2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[Mavs2021]

Going on record with this right now:

I am (surprisingly, to myself) very open to bringing Noel back. I was hopeful the first time and really disappointed when he crashed and burned here. 

However, I view that through a lens of "if KP is gone" exclusively. 

If the plan is to play Noel and Porzingis together, I am not only out on that, but I will very, very quickly lose a lot of faith in what this new management team brings to the table. That is a bad, terrible, awful idea.

I´m the opposite. I don´t want Noel without Porzingis. Noel is a PF with size, great speed and shot blocking ability, but no width/bulk to protect the paint and block the lane as a center. He has no range on offense, but he´s better than Porzingis in the restricted area and above league average, although not elite for a big. Unless you want another small-ball four like DFS next to Porzingis, I only see guys like Noel, Allen and maybe John Collins as viable options to help improve our interior defense. 

Of course the other option would be trading Porzingis.
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 I can´t wait for the draft. I wish we could spy on the MBT for the night to get a feeling for who pushes for which strategic decisions.

I think the Mavs should acquire an early 2nd rounder from the Thunder or Pelicans, just to pretend they are doing something differently now and keep our hopes going for another few days before Plan Powder 11.0 arrives on August 2nd.      <-- these are don´t take the last comment too seriously smilies.