THE CRUCIFIX: Cato: Wood isn't thrilled w/ his role...Will depart in the summer

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Regardless of what he does on defense, we are not likely to acquire another player on Luka's contract who can give what Wood can as a scorer IMO. And we haven't even really utilised him properly yet to fully exploit his offensive abilities.

I find it funny the Mavs media are blatanly ignoring anything Spencer Dinwiddie doing on defense, or doesn't do on defense. Yet they were/are on Wood for every defensive mistake.

Luka + Wood + SD = -5 net rating, in 205 min
Luka + Wood + without SD = +15 net rating 301 min
Luka + SD + without Wood = -1 net rating 471 min

There really aren't any working lineups with Luka + SD that perform reasonable well on defense. Which is a big problem now and going forward. Because its put a ceiling on your performance, if you can't get enough stops. And not sure if the net rating of Luka + SD + Wood inspire confidence that this trio will ever work.

Mavs certainly have the personal to fix most issues i think. But not sure if Kidd has the balls to make "unpopular" lineup choices.