DAL OFFSEASON: Trade & FA | Mavs "mostly done...but you never know."

[Scott41theMavs]

I watched the games in which he played (and yes, I know you did too). He did too perform.

Did we watch the same games...? I remember 1 standout game vaguely from WCS (just looked it up, it was against Charlotte where Luka didn't play and he put up a solid 15 and 10).

Other than that he barely got on the floor for any significant amount of time. Carlisle routinely played him 5 minutes a game and yanked him because of his lack of impact. Then he went MIA dealing with a death in his family. And then opted out of the bubble. WCS played a total of 157 minutes for the Mavs.

I get we all want a recreation of Tyson/Brandan Wright but WCS isn't it.

From what I have seen, and seeing him with the Kings and Warriors before, he is a far better roll man (not just rim-running) than most here acknowledge. He could reach Powell's level with just a little bit of work on timing/reps (remember, it took 5 years of damn hard work for Powell to become the good-but-not-in-a-million-years-deserving-of-that-preposterous-contract player he is now), and he is already echelons above him in terms of the physical gifts for above-the-rim play. He also has the physical tools to play post defense and protect the rim - aspects of the game which have been a six-year-long facepalm with Powell. In Robert Plant's voice: "Does anyone remember rim protection???" Which is a skill our friend Bobi doesn't provide either, BTW. Another BTW, Bobi is going nowhere on the pure basis of chemistry/locker room with Luka.