11-05-2021, 03:19 PM
(11-05-2021, 01:36 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Why? Why are they doing this?
He's obviously not great in the post.
Post-ups are obviously not as useful as they used to be now, with the way modern defenses work and modern officiating.
They have one of the best pick and roll ball-handlers in the world right now, with another one making a strong case that he has made yet another jump in quality of play and might be emerging as a star-quality player. This is the skillset that literally every NBA team is looking for, and the Mavs have two players who fit the bill.
To complement those two, they have shooters all over the roster. I admit some of them haven't been shooting well to start the season, but I have MUCH more confidence that their rhythm will pick up if the right approach is taken to this offense than I have that these Porzingis post possessions will ever amount to anything remotely resembling efficiency.
If the dude would give maximum effort on defense (he was closer to start the season than at any point last year), play offense like a combination of Kleber (spacing, catch-and-shoot) and Powell (hard rolling at smart angles at the right time after setting GOOD screens) while mixing in the occasional two-dribble closeout attack that those guys are quite up to...AND stay healthy (lolz) the Mavericks would really have something. Instead, the team is trapped trying to hold up the pretend narrative that this clown is some type of ball-dominating superstar.
Someone wake me up from this nightmare.
My hope, pal, is that you'll be able to wake up from the night when Kidd feels like it's time to stop tinkering, trying to figure out what everyone can do, and start putting everyone in places where they can succeed. He said, "we should know what we have around Christmas", or something like that. Maybe you'll have to hibernate until then.
BTW, the bolded above sounds like it would give KP plenty to do! Shoot, pnr, 2 dribble pullups, effort on defense...it's not like that's not role with a good amount responsibility.