07-13-2021, 07:34 PM
(07-13-2021, 07:13 PM)mvossman Wrote: My argument was that Luka does not need special unique frontcourt players for offense. You are making a defensive argument. There is no question that KP was bad defensively and that if he can't get back to what he was prior to this season he needs to go, and he may need to go regardless. But you replace him with Holmes for half the price and you don't have these issues. No need to add Collins to the ledger.
As for the offense in the playoffs, the starting lineup (which replaced JRich with THJ) was 126 off with a +10. That group was not the problem.
I was referring to the Mavs offense vs the Clippers defense. They could go to that lineup and not care cause the Mavs have no elite slashers or inside scorers other than Luka who gets all of the attention. Don't really punish them on the boards either. Dodo is a great player, but his ball handling is still very weak and he can't score when driving. You should only have 1 maybe 2 of those guys in your starting 5 I think. Dodo + Maxi + KP is like 3 of those guys. THJ isn't the best slasher either. Tried to punish them with Boban but then you get the other issues Boban brings plus moving KP to 4 and playing zone and all that. I think ideally you keep Dodo starting and move Maxi to the bench. It might not happen that way though because other teams would want Maxi and not Powell so he may have to be moved for whatever deals they make this offseason.
Do you have the stats for that lineup vs the Clippers small ball lineup specifically? Rating could be super high due to it destroying the Clippers Zubac lineups in the early games.