06-17-2021, 10:08 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-17-2021, 10:08 PM by StepBackJay.)
(06-16-2021, 12:42 PM)SwisherPrice Wrote: The free-flowing offense is nothing new in the NBA, many teams run it - including the Suns. However, most teams have multiple shot creators to make it work successfully. The Mavs don't have the personnel outside of Luka but they also had no real Plan B or C so thus the reliance on Boban.
Ya its going to be tough to fix that... I still think if you have guys that can hit open shots, Luka is so good that he can create a lot on his own. Ideally we'd have a second guy he can dump the ball to in traps that can make good decisions. Maxi and DFS are guys that we relied on too heavily in those situations. I felt like THJ let us down, he should have been better at being that 2nd guy but he sort of choked.
With KP I really thought he would be the trap buster because he would be unguardable in a 4 on 3 situation but he doesn't make good decisions I guess so they just stuck him in the corner.
We also thought J Rich would be the 2nd ball handler, good defender, decent shooter and of course that never panned out. Mavs could have used even an old Marc Gasol at the end of game 6 when they needed someone to make good passes.
I just think you need to blow most of this team up. Brunson was unplayable but has value. I still think Maxi and DFS have value on a Luka team since they are 2-way guys but I am open to anything.
Back to KP we will see if his value is as low as people say it is. I could see a new GM, coach trying to "make it work" a little while longer given their lack of trade options, if nothing else to try to raise his trade value.