MAVS 103, NUGGETS 89

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Super interesting, thanks for these numbers. I didn't feel like JB and Luka played particularly well off of each other last night, but you can't argue with the team success while they were together. Hope it continues.

I think it is because when Luka is there the overall ball movement seems to take a dip even though he is a terrific passer.  It is understandable with any great player who is ball dominant. One of the reasons is that the other players sometime tend to relax knowing they have a transcendent player who can save the day.   So the perception is that the overall fluidity in the offense stops. 


If we could package the ball movement and off the ball movement we had begun to see without Luka and incorporate that seamlessly with Luka in the lineup, this team can average 25 to 30 assists a game. That’s the next step for Kidd and the staff to focus on.  Before Luka was out for an extended time, I thought the rest of the cast was just junk.  I no longer feel that way. Sure we don’t have the overall talent level of a Pnx or Brooklyn but we can be like the Warriors who have a system around one great player but all the acquisitions and schemes revolve and perfectly fit around that player.