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

[dirkfansince1998]

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.

The problem with these numbers is that his minutes are basically matched with the best opposing wing scorer. Most teams are looking better on defense when they don´t have to worry about Kawhi or LBJ. Nuggets also have a good 2nd unit with (despite his blunder in the last game) a better defensive big coming from the bench.
Just look at Maxis numbers in the series against the Clippers. Terrible +/- and shooting percentages. Nevertheless I think that no other current Mavs player could have done a better job against Kawhi.