03-03-2023, 02:28 PM
I understand that Wood is not the perfect big man - he has lots of flaws. But he's not completely useless and at some point, the Mavs need to realize that there are maybe 5-10 "perfect" big men in this league for them total and it's not easy to get one of them. They need to start figuring out how to make it work with the players they are able to get and win games.
Every team in the league would love to have a switchable PF/C on defense who can score/shoot, and rebound. The reality is that not every team can obtain one so like those teams, the Mavs need to learn to make the most of what they have to still throw out a successful team. And that does not mean continuing to heavily rely on Powell and Kleber for 5 years.
Wood is done here, there is no fairytale ending to his story as a Mav. But I can see the Mavs running into the same issue in the future with anyone else they bring in unless they can somehow get one of those perfect big men.
Every team in the league would love to have a switchable PF/C on defense who can score/shoot, and rebound. The reality is that not every team can obtain one so like those teams, the Mavs need to learn to make the most of what they have to still throw out a successful team. And that does not mean continuing to heavily rely on Powell and Kleber for 5 years.
Wood is done here, there is no fairytale ending to his story as a Mav. But I can see the Mavs running into the same issue in the future with anyone else they bring in unless they can somehow get one of those perfect big men.