(10-20-2022, 01:41 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: 1) I don't think Kidd wants to play Wood/Kleber together to end most games. I think he wants to play one of them with DFS, Bullock, Dinwiddie and Luka.
2) I think he's trying to give Kleber a sense of "it's your job to lose" with the closing minutes, and that he's not just going to give that role to the new guy. That might frustrate us in the short term, but I can kind of see the logic, I guess. Kleber just got them to the WCF, has been here a while, and once Wood takes over they'll still need Kleber's head on straight about his role because he'll still be super important. I think Kidd might be taking baby steps here so as not to mess up the chemistry. It's probably already kind of messing with Kleber a little that he's not the first big off the bench anymore.
3) If Wood keeps playing as well as he did last night, I don't think this process will take long at all. All involved will understand soon what gives this team its best chance to win.
1) I think that makes sense. I don't think the Mavs are deep enough to be playing lots of Maxi+CW. If one of them goes down, it is going to be painful potentially.
2) I definitely think the only thing that makes sense of last night's rotations is a culture and chemistry approach from Kidd (winning be damned for now).
3) CW not only needs to close, he needs to play as many minutes as Luka. And again, the Mavs certainly know WAY more than I do about CW's past and how this all needs to be handled. So I am going to give them the benefit of the doubt and trust them. It just sucks seeing IMO the single most talented player Luka has ever gotten to play with, sitting there on the bench when the game is totally winnable.