TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[mvossman]

Acquiring Kyrie, elevating Green, and developing Hardy have made this a completely different and drastically superior team than last year’s. Kyrie is better than Brunson, and Green is now much better than DFS. In time, Hardy will be better than Widdie. And, while it was insanity to believe THJ could replace Brunson’s productivity, it’s not so ridiculous to think he can help fill a scoring void left by Widdie. I’m happy Wood will stay, and he seems happy about it also. He may not be everything you want, but you can’t say he doesn’t upgrade the bigs. The Mavs are ready to role, finally.  It’s been the most frustrating year I can remember.  But, we’re going to enjoy this last part.  I think the Mavs are legitimately the best team in the West, and I could see from the body language last night, they believe it too, especially Luka. My only slight concern is the coach and whether he can dial it back, stabilize the rotation at 9 (with Hardy as the 9th man instead of Wright or Frank), and just keep it all very basic and well defined.

The biggest question is what Kidd will do with Wood.  Is he going back to the starting lineup?  Starting Powell in the playoffs last year did not work, and I'm skeptical it will be any better this playoffs.