06-04-2021, 08:42 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-04-2021, 09:00 AM by HanspardsShowerVoice.)
(06-04-2021, 08:35 AM)StepBackJay Wrote: I like this line of thinking. I think CJ is a better player but they have the same problem of how do they get better a player than CJ in any deal? Maybe if they did CJ for an RFA S&T? I think KP is an option but their defense needs to get a lot better.
Getting rid of CJ and replacing him with Powell will improve their defense quite a bit. I've seen some stats on social media how bad McCollum's defense was in the Nuggets series and it was kinda eye popping bad, but I can't confirm it. They really kinda had two fatal flaws ... a) No one in their backcourt can guard. b) No one in their front court can score. CJ for KP at least balances it out a little bit. Powell is a good defender for a 2 guard because he's very long, but probably a little undersized as a wing, imho. And if KP is providing more offensive firepower then you can maybe live with DJJ as a defensive specialist starter. But when RoCo and DJJ were their starting wings with Nurkic as their center, it was offensive death (which is why they traded for Powell and playing 83 year old Melo an insane amount of minutes).
Conversely, Mavs could probably live with McCollum's horrendous perimeter defense if they had a better big than KP behind him .