(01-10-2023, 10:05 AM)mvossman Wrote: So the entire point of your post is that Dinwiddie is the primary issue with team defense, and I used your same numbers to show that Dorian, Luka, Bullock, Wood and Timmy are almost as bad.
Now you are moving the goalposts entirely (no longer focusing specifically on his defense) and looking at his net rating for the season without any context and claiming we are not a winning team with Dinwiddie on the court (its "indisputable").
If we are going to treat individual net rating of less than half a season with no context as gospel, then why are you not clamoring for Powell to start over Wood and get more minutes? He has by far the highest net rating on the team and much higher than Wood.
My point is this: SD is somehow (whether his play or his use by the coaches or his dynamic alongside certain players, etc) central to the team defense issue through 41 games this season. I think the data backs this up massively.
That's it. I have said he needs to be moved to the 6th man role from literally game one of the season. I also think he should be traded as I actually don't care for his fit with the team long term and think the Mavs should "sell high" since his shooting has been fantastic.
All I am saying is that the evidence is indisputably saying that the Mavs have NOT been a good team (especially defensively) with SD playing this year and that the TEAM has been way better (especially defensively) when SD is not playing. Those are statistical facts.
What to do with that is the question. My OPINIONS are 1) move him to the bench and 2) explore trades for him. Those do not have to be the answer, but something needs to be done because this 41 game trend correcting itself on its own without changes is REALLY unlikely IMO.