06-10-2021, 02:58 PM
Mark Cuban speaks to the Daily Beast on the series and the offseason.
Highlights --
What went wrong with the playoff run?
Our role players didn't make their threes, and we had plenty of open looks in Game 7. We did a great job on Kawhi. You pick your poison. If Luke Kennard is gonna beat us, he's gonna beat us. And he beat us.
Beef between Luka and KP?
Doesn't exist. On the court, they have good chemistry. We just used KP as a decoy. That was the idea -- get more space for Luka because it was so crowded. KP did a great job doing everything we asked him to do. Our role players just didn't make shots.
That's a pretty expensive decoy.
I'm fine with that. Not everyone can be a decoy. If we had other players who could be a decoy, we would have used them.
What does this roster need to contend?
A secondary ball handler with some size. KP will spread the court, make threes, cut, and block shots. Luka will create. We've got shooters with Tim and Trey and Maxi and others. We need someone to take the pressure off Luka, so that instead of him having to have the ball in his hands for 40 minutes, it could be 32 minutes. That's what we need.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mark-cuban...-to-crypto
Highlights --
What went wrong with the playoff run?
Our role players didn't make their threes, and we had plenty of open looks in Game 7. We did a great job on Kawhi. You pick your poison. If Luke Kennard is gonna beat us, he's gonna beat us. And he beat us.
Beef between Luka and KP?
Doesn't exist. On the court, they have good chemistry. We just used KP as a decoy. That was the idea -- get more space for Luka because it was so crowded. KP did a great job doing everything we asked him to do. Our role players just didn't make shots.
That's a pretty expensive decoy.
I'm fine with that. Not everyone can be a decoy. If we had other players who could be a decoy, we would have used them.
What does this roster need to contend?
A secondary ball handler with some size. KP will spread the court, make threes, cut, and block shots. Luka will create. We've got shooters with Tim and Trey and Maxi and others. We need someone to take the pressure off Luka, so that instead of him having to have the ball in his hands for 40 minutes, it could be 32 minutes. That's what we need.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mark-cuban...-to-crypto