05-11-2021, 12:06 PM
(05-11-2021, 11:31 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: Yeah, it gets really complicated if you let it.
The bottom line for me is this: as the team is constructed today, the best option at the 5 is WCS, as he's the one and only defensive difference maker they have the option of playing there. To my thinking, THAT is the spot I would focus on upgrading, and THEN I'd figure out how to make the pieces fit together once I had that guy in place. That's why I'm not as high on Collins as I once was. He's just a better version of what they already have - a combo of some of the better skills offered by Powell and Kleber. That's nice, but doesn't address the REAL problem, imho.
Without a top 10 defensive 5, you're not going to have a top 10 defense. People say the Mavs need a rim runner. That's fine. If that skill is attached to a defensive 5, then all of a sudden Kleber is juuuuuuuust fine as a starting 4. Maybe even DFS, for that matter. The center is what's missing here.
So I am in agreement with you here. If Mavs move away from KP I'd rather them do a defensive 5 which Collins isn't. Maxi fits just fine as you say alongside many rim-rolling, defensive 5s. I still think Mavs will try to make it work with KP for at least one more year.