2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[ItsGoTime]

Can't argue with any of this logic. It makes a lot of sense. I just can't imagine that having that family connected with this team would be a good thing. Maybe I'm making too much of that, but I actually am one of the people around here who believes in the Mavs' culture stuff. I think it's one of the few things they've done mostly right over the past 20 years. 

And, while I'm with you about the player description you laid out seeming like the perfect fit next to Luka, we somehow need to reconcile the fact that the Mavs tried two players like that during the last two years - first, Delon Wright, then Josh Richardson. In both cases, it eventually became clear that the team was better off with Hardaway, a pure shooter, in that spot instead. How do we make sense of that? Are Wright and Richardson not good enough examples of that type? I mean, it would be GREAT if Hardaway was also a lockdown defender and not just an adequate one, but THAT guy would be a MAX player - a STAR.

I think this is a difficult thing to figure out, especially given how many people's biggest criticism is the offense. It's almost as if the Mavs need TWO starting guards next to Luka, and Luka needs to be the 3, in name and practice both. I know @"omahen" tends to look at things from that angle, and he might be right.

I was meaning to talk about this with Omahen's original post about where the players logically fit on this team. Luka could also be used in that 4 spot. He mostly guarded Morris in the Clippers series didn't he? As a defender he's a big body for the bigger guys but he's quick enough for the guys that are smaller at that position. Also, there are a lot of catch and shoot guys at that position around the league. 

At the very least, it allows us to be flexible in our search. If we find 2 guard types, get them and use a season to see if it'll work. If it doesn't, trade to match what you need.