12-27-2020, 02:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-27-2020, 02:55 PM by dirkfansince1998.)
(12-27-2020, 02:29 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: In other words, the thought I put out there is regardless of what we have today. I think we need 3 + defending starters, we have 2 right now. We shouldn't be comparing our team to ourselves. W eshould be comparing our team to the contenders.
I don´t think it is as easy. 4 great individual defenders can still play horrible team defense with the wrong scheme. Multiple bad defenders can still play good defense with a good scheme and/or a great defensive anchor.
Good example would be the Heat. Even without Butler or Adebayo. Running lineups with Robinson, Herro, Dragic and Olynyk. They played great defense.
Bad example would be the Clippers vs the Mavs in the playoffs. PG, Kawhi, PatBev, Morris. All good defenders but they never played as a unit and couldn´t stop the Mavs.
Personally I think that the Mavs still need a glue guy. A veteran player that calls out plays, switches and rotations and/or a great help defender that can cover a lot of ground.
Right now the Mavs have Richardson (good on ball defender), DFS (slightly above average on ball defender), Maxi (versatile onball defender, good help defender), KP (elite rim protector) as high minute players that can make an impact on defense. They don´t have a Smart, RoCo, Draymond, Gobert or even a vet like CP3 or Lowry.