Checking in to say I like Kristaps as PF at 4 with a good 5 to complement him. This works well for Luka as well imo because as a Big guard his rotations now have good protection and length around him.
Kleber playing well makes the front line rotation as is very strong, hopefully he gets fully back in offseason.
In general the KP/Boban minutes were all very competitive against the Clippers in the playoffs.
I saw Dallas fall behind really when Boban went off the floor and KP or someone else tried to hold it down.
If KP hadn't missed all 5 3 pointers (on top of TJH's 1 for 9) that entire game 7 looks different and if Boban had been part of the offensive closing unit with KP still out there (Kawhi also had to help guard Boban) the Mavs could well have won in 6.
I thought about this JUMBO 4/5 reading about Jokic and the Serbian players after Nikola takes the MVP home.
If Porzingis plays the 4 as his primary off a good center the 5 then becomes a secondary role against some 2nd units but his length and skill level really only requires that he shoot the ball well to lock in an advantage against most any rotation.
So yeah, give me a strong center performance with a revived Unicorn at 4, Luka Magic at 1.
Kleber playing well makes the front line rotation as is very strong, hopefully he gets fully back in offseason.
In general the KP/Boban minutes were all very competitive against the Clippers in the playoffs.
I saw Dallas fall behind really when Boban went off the floor and KP or someone else tried to hold it down.
If KP hadn't missed all 5 3 pointers (on top of TJH's 1 for 9) that entire game 7 looks different and if Boban had been part of the offensive closing unit with KP still out there (Kawhi also had to help guard Boban) the Mavs could well have won in 6.
I thought about this JUMBO 4/5 reading about Jokic and the Serbian players after Nikola takes the MVP home.
Quote:Marjanovic and Jokic first met when the Nuggets’ star was a teenager, and they spent time as teammates in the Adriatic League with Mega Leks.
“Nikola is [a] great guy. I know him, he show[ed] up and we basically played together on the same team,” Marjanovic said. “I played the 5, he played the 4. Back over there [in Serbia], that skill level that he has right now, he had that back over there. He was really good. All the potential, all the nice touches, all the movement, all the brain, all the passes was like what he’s doing right now in Denver. He’s amazing and I know everybody says, ‘I know he will be somebody someday.’ But I really knew it because you really know how Nikola is thinking, how he plays, how he makes great decisions in great moments. And he is my friend [laughs]. I am so proud of him. It would mean a lot for sure for Serbia. It mean[s] a lot for my country, but a lot for me. Nikola is my friend, one of my closest friends. We don’t talk every single day, but we are online very often. It mean[s] a lot for me and of course for him and of course for our country that we have the MVP of [the] NBA league, the best league in the world.
For him to win MVP it’s amazing, it’s great.”
If Porzingis plays the 4 as his primary off a good center the 5 then becomes a secondary role against some 2nd units but his length and skill level really only requires that he shoot the ball well to lock in an advantage against most any rotation.
So yeah, give me a strong center performance with a revived Unicorn at 4, Luka Magic at 1.