2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[KillerLeft]

If you watch closely, Dallas has been putting the ball in the hands of JRich and Brunson much more to initiate plays.  Often that ends up in a Luka post up, but not always.  They have other plays they run out of that action.  They absolutely have to take the ball out of Luka's hands some or we will forever be capped as the James Harden Rockets.  It is just too easy to game plan one guy at the end of games.  If you have other guys who can create (like DeRozan and Brunson) in late game situations, doubling Luka will get you killed.  Right now we don't have a great counter.

Well said, and I 100% agree with every word here. 

However, I can't help but feel like the catch and shoot game (not at a Redick level, but hopefully better than DeRozan's) is a necessary component of this hypothetical added creator. Otherwise, you'll be making a new problem to solve the one you have now. Yes, on-ball Luka needs to be lessened some, for a variety of reasons, but I can't envision any scenario (that improves the team) in which it's not still the most often used approach.

I think a guy with DeRozan's game could help, but imho, not him, specifically, due to age, cost and his deserved feeling that he's an All-Star level player who should start and have the ball in his hands a LOT. I mean, if he wants to come here and play 25 minutes per, maybe even off the bench, AWESOME! But, I think he probably has his eyes on a role similar to Luka's, only on a team that doesn't have a Luka. Just my opinion, tho.