2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[dirkfansince1998]

But that is not how it works. No team in the league is running all starters vs all bench lineups. Bench also doesn´t exclusively play vs bench. The Mavs only have to players averaging 30+ (starter minutes), 3 if you include DFS (29min). They have 5 more players averaging 20+ minutes.
If you think that lineups without KP and Doncic are getting blown out I would advise you take a look at lineup data. Overall the team is outscoring opponents without both on the floor and there are multiple lineups without them that have great  +/- numbers.

Again, PPG does not mean much. What means is how many games you win. If you rack up one game ton of points, and several games without, it means nothing. You will outscore your opponents, have good PPG and same with +/-. But you still dont contribute to winning many games. Look up how many leads they blew. If we both cant find the stats, then we dont have it. This is why "outscoring opponents" and PPG and +/- is unreliable. 

Bench has blown away so many leads consistently over a very long period and that was easy to see. They are not horrible, I will agree on that. But certainly not great as well. Lots of room for improvement that needs to happen.

I don´t buy it. The Mavs are blowing leads but just blaming it on the bench isn´t working because the Mavs lineups are mixed up. Bench players next to starters and vice versa. At some point the sample size for +/- reaches a point where individual games barely make an impact. It´s not like they outscore opponents by 50 in one game and get outscored by 5 in the next 10 games.
You are basing your entire argument around an opinion but don´t provide any facts to back it up. That´s what happens in every single gamethread. The opponent grabs an offensive rebound. Next to post are telling us that the Mavs cannot rebound. Fact check reveals that they are a pretty good rebounding team.

This is my last attempt: Bench net rating

vs Celtics1: -5.6
vs Celtics2: +4.1
vs Nets: + 11.0
vs Hornets: -9.1
vs Bulls: +3.8
vs Cavaliers1: +45.7
vs Cavaliers2: +23.6
vs Nuggets1: + 13.6
vs Nuggets2: -7.1
vs Pistons: -9.9
vs Warriors1: +15.7
vs Warriors2: +13.5
vs Warriors3: +0.1
vs Rockets: +0.1
vs Clippers1: -6.0
vs Clippers2: +2.4
vs Lakers1: +12.0
vs Lakers2: -3.6
vs Lakers3: -1.3
vs Lakers4: -8.2
vs Grizzlies: +19.3
vs Heat: +1.3
vs Bucks: -3.0
vs Timberwolves: +22.8
vs Pelicans1: +32.8
vs Pelicans2: +5.0
vs Pelicans3: +22.2
vs Knicks1: -2.5
vs Knicks2: -5.0
vs Thunder: +0.1
vs Magic: +4.4
vs 76ers: -0.8
vs Suns: +9.7
vs Blazers1: -3.0
vs Blazers2: +4.5
vs Blazers3: +0.2
vs Kings1: -3.3
vs Kings2: -10.8
vs Spurs1: -1.8
vs Spurs2: -1.0
vs Raptors 1: 0.0
vs Raptors 2: -13.4
vs Wizards: +10.6

24 positive net ratings
19 negative net ratings
1 neutral

I am done for today. Time to take a break.