06-08-2021, 04:39 PM
(06-08-2021, 04:30 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: I don't think it's as bad as you say. Really the key thing is KP needs to play next to a good defensive big. I am already on the record that KP needs to go and I am 99/1 sure he is gone. I also think its hard to judge every move by "will this win a championship" bc short of signing Kawhi there aren't a lot of moves that you can say will put you in true contention for a championship.
Until the Mavs really upgrade their perimeter defense I think you are cooked either way. If I have a choice of finding two elite wing defenders (DFS is not one which is also a problem) or running a 2 big system to pack the paint I think its easier in the short term to do the latter. Mavs already play a more conservative drop coverage to funnel things into the messy middle but KP at center isn't good enough on his own. I would rather have 2 bigs that really make it hard to get things inside and live with the fact that some nights you will get cooked from 3. That happens anyway a lot of nights anyway.
The Mavs sans KP could create a switchable defense but as long as KP is here that just isn't possible. So with that I do think you can live with a 2 big system and still win a lot of games.
But we just tried a two big system and nothing about drop coverage even came into play because we had to run a zone...in the nba playoffs....in game 7....and gave up 70 points in a half all because KP simply can't play the 4 on defense.
We seem to be on the same page about KP leaving but adding a true center next to him makes thing much much worse defensively. He's already proven to be bad at the one thing he's supposed to be good at so I don't understand how asking him to do something we already know he's bad at would help anything at all.