2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[Scott41theMavs]

2-guard? We already have a better two-guard than both of those guys in terms of fit if not overall talent - JRich.

I love JRich and think he will be one of our best players but I do not think he is better than Buddy Hield currently. I think he provides some much needed defense, integral even. But Buddy provides the same sort of impact on offense in my mind.

If you bring in another 2-guard, you displace JRich at the 2-guard, which is the binary decision not to re-sign him next summer, imho. Unless you're thinking like SBJ is, and see JRich (guards the point guards) and Hield as the guards and Luka as the defensive three. That's the one way Hield could work. But it would also require that Luka become, by this season or next at the absolute latest, a plus defender, because Hield never will be, and there's no prayer of contending with two minus defenders in the starting lineup.