09-16-2020, 12:19 PM
(09-16-2020, 11:37 AM)Dahlsim Wrote: playing off an old school size advantage front line.
You are not realistic. Jokic is miles away from "old school". He is best passing big ever. He is hitting threes at 40 % clip. And yes, he can also post up. Although he often goes to his trademark high arching mid range fade away shot, which is just incredibly difficult.
Besides, Rockets are the only one really going small. Clippers have traditional big and they are starting him. Harrell can also be called traditional, even though he is not so tall. Lakers usually start with traditional big. Utah has Gobert. OKC has Adams. Portland has Nurkic. Mavs playing KP at five are actually "innovators" moving away from traditional bigs forcing others to adjust - exactly what you want from them. Which big of the above can run around KP on the three point line? None. They were hiding them on DFS or Maxi on defense, so they could stay near the rim. If we would have just a bit better players in these positions, we would be killing the mismatches.
There are reasons for low minutes on Bobi. 5 seasons in the league and he never played more than 15 mpg. He can do damage on offense and he gets exploited on defense. He can be a surprise here and there. We have seen him be that. We have also seen games where he was totally ineffective offensively and exploited defensively. You can't claim Mavs result would be totally different if we played him more. But I agree, it felt they could try it a bit more.