2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[MaxiThreeba]

Ya I agree with this. The nice thing ab THJ is that I think he is fine coming off the bench if it makes sense at some point to have a token starter in front of him. At that point THJ will have his money, still be getting 30+ mpg and finishing most games so I don't think he would pout if that helped the Mavs win.

For me Dragic as a stop-gap would help lighten Luka's load somewhat + the fact that Brunson is going to keep getting better. The thing I like ab Dragic is not only is he Luka-friendly, I don't think he is a threat at all to Brunson's minutes.  Dragic would be sort of in late-career JJB mode to help run the offense and move the ball while still using Brunson for a lot of the scoring.

J Rich to me will want to leave but there is a decent chance Mavs could get back a usable player in return. Certainly there are a few RFA's that make sense (notably LM) or at least a usable rotation player that's certainly better than what you'd get for vet min.

KP is the elephant in the room. Unless he really wholesale changes his attitude I would be of the mind to sell high on him.

I liked what I heard from KP after last night's game...not the strip club apology...but the role he is playing.

Between missing so many games and never consistently being in the flow of the offense I can understand his frustrations at times.  I do think a few of those KP post games were thinly veiled shots at Luka when he would always bring up how well they moved the ball in a game Luka sat.

But I think those frustrations center on him not really knowing what his fit was offensively.  Rick parked his ass at the 3pt line so often it's hard to stay engaged...but Rick probably had an eye on KP's health for when it really mattered.

These couple of games have flashed just how good KP's instincts are with his off ball movement.  I have also seen a couple of switches where instead of taking the defender to the low block he's taken them more the elbow.  The face up ability there to shoot over smaller defenders but also see the whole floor...he looks way more comfortable there than on the low block where he sometimes can't decide to use the glass or not.

KP may be finally finding his role...with Luka.  He still has the Unicorn ability to completely stretch a defense but the baseline off ball movement and the elbow/high post area could be the keys to finally unlocking the fit between Luka and KP.