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So you saying in the play-offs we put Luka and Green on the floor together for 48 minutes, we are #1 in everything.

No i am just saying Green impact might been underrated despite "the hype", despite avg only ~ 20 min a night. And being without Green in 4 out of the 5 no Luka games makes it even harder to win those.

Green is replacing a bit of the dynamic Bullock/DFS of last season so far. Without the injury and more of the same, he would prolly still have a fairly decent plus/minus lead. Not sure if you can luck yourself into a good plus/minus on a decent sample size.

While everyone acting now Luka + Brunson + scrubs lead the Mavs to the WCF, the team defense was probably better than the team offense last season. And arguing Luka / Brunson carried the D is a bit blasphemy.

DFS/Bullock were 1st and 2nd in +/- in the regular season and playoffs. Its almost like people forget that those duo was fairly important too. Because Bullock has been hot garbage and DFS has been a bit underwhelming too until the injury.


Luka net is +20 with Green and + 0.38 without him
Wood net is +12.5 with Green and -3.4 without him
DFS net is +14.85 with Green and -2.8 without him


Looking at the DFS net, one could argue Kidd should have really tried to bench Bullock after 10 games and tried it with Green/DFS as the new defensive combo in the starting lineup. Last season Reggie + DFS were +9 on the floor, on a high number of minutes. And the team was -0.2 net without them.

This season that net dipped to from +9 to -1.39 together.