2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[bodhisattva]

In all honesty, I think the Mavs interest in Drummond has to do with a KP for Collins possibility.

To me this is the only thing that makes much sense.

I dont think Drummond is coming here. I think he is LA bound and thats ok. What i wanted to say is, short and long term, our biggest problem is our Frontcourt. We have KP at center, who cant play center on defense and Maxi. WCS  and Bobi are 10 minutes/specific matchups guys.

Now my long 2K career experience tells me you need 3 man rotation in frontcourt. If you are trading KP for Collins that would be a huge step in this direction, as i would keep Maxi as off the bench big. Collins and KP are basically the same player. Great offense bad defense. Collins is better and I have more faith in him, going forward on the defensive end, than KP. It has been all written in posts above.

But, Collins is smaller and classic PF, who cant fill KPs role on D. It should come as no surprise then, that Mavs SHOULD be in the marker for 2 bigs, especially if KP or (god please no) Maxi are outgoing. We have been lacking 1 rotational big for 2 years now. Its where our biggest problems come from. Bad defense, bad rebounding, hustle. I was hoping WCS and Johnson could fix it a bit, but it has been worse than in the bubble.

I mean, Lowry, Fournier, Powell, Smart, etc would be nice, but i think Brunson is good enogh on play for now. I thing THJ is not that much worse than Fournier, and I think JRs defense is good enough. Meanwhile, Bobi, WCS, and as it stands now...KP...are not. As weird as that sounds.

In short, barring Maxi, our frountcourt has to go, and if you bring Collins next to Maxi you need another guy at center. WCS and Bobi can step in but not in long term. I said it 10 times, but i need Wall, Holmes, etc. I need hustle, i need ally oops ,offensive rebounds, defence and 10 reb/game. He doesnt need to shoot threes.

From this point you start to think about upgreads, maybe a superstar in a year or two and a championship.
Thats my opinion on trading and current state. At this current timeline backcourt is ok. Any change will be minor like JR-Curry trade. Gain some ˙(defense), loose some (shooting). Its frontcourt where it is at. We need two new guys there, with Maxi coming off the bench.

Sorry for ramble. Trade deadline stress i guess.