ROSTER TALK: Mavs favs for Vogel if no HC job exists. Kyrie handshake deal?

[KillerLeft]

"Locked in"? In what way? I see flexibility in the roster construction personally. Last season they COULDN'T play big after the TDL and that hurt them in the playoffs.

I agree that they couldn’t play bigger in the playoffs last year. 

But now, I’m not sure that problem has been solved, really, because either McGee or Powell HAS to be used, whether they can hang or not. If they had added another forward, then the FLEXIBILITY necessary to play only Wood and Kleber at the 5 (should that be the way they feel the need to go at the time) would’ve been achieved. 

Imagine, for a second, that neither Powell nor McGee are able to hang on the court in a series. Yes, Wood provides a means of making that work from a bigs angle, but that leaves them with Luka, Dinwiddie, THJ, Bullock and DFS only. To my thinking, that’s one piece fewer than what’s required, at least. Also, the absence of any third ball-handler among them means less flexibility in how even those 5 can be combined. 

Sure, it’s possible that either Green, Ntilikina or Hardy steps up (they kind of need 2/3 at this point) and proves to be playoff ready, but while I’m happy for them to continue developing those guys, I think it quite unwise to count on them at this time. 

Unless there’s a move coming that changes Powell for a wing or guard, providing some flexibility, the Mavs MUST play at least three bigs to reach any sort of reasonable 8-9 man rotation, the way I see it.

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Just a reminder that McGee was benched in favor of Biyombo last season, during a series that we here all watched closely. Valuable tool, yes. Good addition, also yes. 

Someone I want to be counted among my TOP 8 players? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO