(06-19-2022, 02:32 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: That's my biggest concern about this trade (not even broaching the attitude concerns here). Because while the Mavs basically doubled down on their approach of small ball everything, they didn't really get more versatile and fix the "big man" problem we all saw in the Warriors series. We're still going to get bullied by the Embiid's/Gobert's/Ayton"s/ and perhaps even the Looney's still.
In that case, you're right. He will get bullied. But that's not too much different than the way it was all year with our current centers. At least Wood can compensate on offense in ways our current centers cannot.
So I agree with some others that another big would be nice... but let's not expect any center we acquire to suddenly "hold their own" against Embid/Gobert/Ayton. We're talking about acquiring a center for close to the vet minimum to play evenly against all-star caliber players.