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

[Jason Terry]

I've seen him affect games VERY positively on defense during these playoffs

In the 16 playoff games for DEN this year:

Defensive Rating w/ Grant ON:
115.4

Def Rating w/ Grant OFF:
108.8

That is -6.6....but in fairness Jokic is -16.1 (!)...but the offense tanks without Jokic. 

Sample size is small, but it was basically the same for Grant in the regular season. Makes me nervous.

I haven’t watched the lakers series, but in the DEN vs LAC series Grant was probably the best defensive player on the court for both teams. Not sure how that wouldn’t help us. Harris was good defensively too. Grant absolutely hides jokics lack of D