04-11-2021, 10:12 AM
(04-11-2021, 09:54 AM)mvossman Wrote: We don't need to be a top defense, we just need to be good. Since the all-star break, after we mostly recovered from the Covid disaster, I believe we have a top 5 offense and a top 10 defense. We are already good. Putting DR in the starting lineup will reverse all the work they did to make this a better defensive team. There was a reason they inserted Maxi into the starting lineup and traded for JRich.
I am willing to see what this looks like in the playoffs. I just worry ab relying on any of these guys to hit important shots in a tough playoff game. I trust Luka of course and I can live with KP. After that it's hard to depend on Maxi, Rich, DFS for a lot of offense.
Again there are so many options/directions the Mavs could go. I think ab DeRozan sort of like I thought of Monta Ellis (who ended up being much cheaper that whatever DR will demand). Every time I watched the Mavs play Ellis he was such a handful. He was not a great fit either at the time bc he was too small and could not hit 3's. That being said the best Mavs team up until the Luka era was that Ellis/Dirk team that took the Spurs to 7 games. Ellis was just a really good basketball player.