A Few Thoughts on Mavs 107, Bulls 109

[dirkfansince1998]

His hand and double teaming by the opposition did not stop him from being effective when he was not jacking up 3s...did it?

If you watched the game and think that the injury did not bother him I cannot help you. He struggled to beat defenders of the dribble all game long. Had slower handles and rarely attacked left.

KP at least tries to make an impact on the defensive end, unless your criterion for most impactful is just trying on the offensive end. 

So it is about two way impact. KP had one good month on offense and that´s enough to overtake the player that carried the Mavs for half of the season? KP is a good defender but you make it look like he is anchoring the best defense in the league. That´s not the case even with him on the floor the Mavs are below average. Like it or not they are an offensive minded team and the best offensive player on the team is Luka. They are good without him. They have the best offense in league history with him. KP does not have a similar two way impact. He is behind Luka in every single advanced stat. Boxscore based, +/- based doesn´t matter. Being the better defender doesn´t mean that he is the more impactful player. Good example. On court ratings:
KP is +0.9 on offense and +2.4 on defense
Luka is +6.3 on offense and - 2.4 on defense

Even with Luka the team has struggled against the top teams. A huge part of it is on Luka because he tries to do way too much. The team is not so poor that he has to have the ball constantly in his hands or force a lot of poor shots. That is making excuses for heroball play when it is not needed.  What do injuries have to do with it?  Why not trust your teammates a bit more given that they have not fallen off a cliff in games Luka has not played? Why not save some energy on the offensive end and focus a bit more on the defensive end also?

I agree with some of the mentioned things. I am not the biggest fan of him playing hero ball in some games. But on the other hand his teammates aren´t doing any better or even worse in those moments. Last game for example his trusted teammates were terrible (team obviously missed Curry who is probably the 2nd best perimeter shot creator).
Quick reminder that you are complaining about a game where THJ lead the Mavs in shot attempts...not Luka. He took some bad 3s but without Curry and Brunson he was left with JJB and Wright as secondary ballhandlers. Worked great. They combined for  1 point in 39 minutes. He clearly should have given more touches to them. Maybe he wouldn´t have to take as many bad shots if Wright wouldn´t hesitate on his wide open ones.

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There a players on the bench who unfortunately have been deemed 0s offensively by the coach because they cant make 3s. Boban who is shaqlike with pure size/power in the paint scores and boards over anyone with ease and requires an instant double to keep outta position/from catching the ball, and changes the dynamic of the floor with his presence alone.

Boban played 22 minutes against the Bulls. So your complains about him not getting minutes make zero sense in this case.