(02-01-2021, 01:31 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: That means that currently, the only way to get the matchup you need for KP to help Luka with spacing is to go super small, which has a negative impact on the defensive end.
It's a pickle.
It should be obvious by now, as you noted, that the Mavs need to utilize 2 bigs rather than one. It feels like the Mavs do have the players to make this work. The problem is that the results haven't been there.
Maxi returning will provide a floor spacing big, if KP can't do that. (Unless Maxi has lost his ability to shoot, too.) So far this year the best result has been Maxi as the stretch big with WCS (rather than DP) as the roll/interior big.
But in theory, stretch 5 is KP's job and something he should be capable of handling. If he can't make shots at a really good TS%, that's a big problem.
I do think that part of the problem is the lack of enough true bigs lately to comfortably use them in pairs. They have only had 3 suited up at a time. (Johnson is more of a wing forward, and smaller.) Hopefully the return to a full complement will make a significant difference in how they are used, and the results.