12-22-2022, 02:10 PM
(12-22-2022, 02:03 PM)F Gump Wrote: Last season, Kidd had a playoff lineup with 1 big. Again this season, when he had more playable bigs than he does now, he has been starting a wing at PF. IMO that is what he is wanting to play.
The season ended that way, but it certainly didn't begin that way. He started his tenure here trying to play Powell and Porzingis together, when anyone could see that Porzingis should've been played as a solo big.
As you suggest, I thought he had pivoted with the trade, but his second attempt to play two bigs staring out this season makes me think that's what he wants, and the pivot last year was just his way of making the best of things after realizing Porzingis needed to go for a variety of reasons. Personally, I don't think it's some coincidence (or just addition by subtraction) that the team started to perform better when that pivot was made, I think it's a superior approach.
He must not agree, however, because they signed McGee to that horrendous contract and once again, started this season trying to make a two-big approach work. I hate it.
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