01-18-2023, 04:47 AM
(01-17-2023, 11:19 PM)F Gump Wrote: To me, the dividing line is whether he can make the team be a winner when the best guy is out, or can't. I don't think Wood is anywhere close to being a guy who can take the Mavs to wins when Luka is out. By that criteria, he's probably way down the list.
Because he is still remains a big at the end of the day. There is some increased dependency compared to the other position.
Against OKC he was somewhat dominant, and ending up with a statline of 27 Pts on 8-13 FG with a plus minus of +1. While the ball hog brothers of SD/THJ ending up with 6-16 and and 6-18 lines. Luka doing whatever he wants on offense is one thing, but Kidd letting SD/THJ do whatever they want without any coaching influence is hard to watch at times.
There were some bafflings games early on from a coaching stand point ignoring Wood and playing him < 20 min. First Nuggets and 2nd Nuggets game was a fireable offence from Kidd.
127 scored first Denver game -> 26 min from Wood, 28 pts on 11-16 FG
98 scored 2nd Denver game -> 17 min from Wood, 5 pts on 2-3 FG
The Luka/Wood PnR made a mockery out of Deandre Jordan in that 1st game. 2nd game Kidd & coaching staff suffering from dementia 2 days later.