Game 43: Dallas Mavericks (23-19) vs. Charlotte Hornets (10-28) | 11:00 am CST

[KillerLeft]

I always viewed Kyrie as a point guard prior to his time with the Mavs.  Seeing him the past two years (espcially without Luka), you see he really is a scoring guard.


Iztok Franko
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About that last line in the screenshot; there is a lot of pressure on Kyrie to score with Luka out, but he is averaging 3.0 assists and 3.3 turnovers in 7 games since Christmas.
Imo the Mavs need him in facilitator, advantage creator role than finisher more.

I could be a bit off on this, and I definitely agree with you about Kyrie to an extent, but to me, this issue has seemed more about Kidd's offense than about whether or not Kyrie has PG skills. 

At the very least, he's not a pick-and-roll PG - that's clear. The problem is that the other guys on the roster were assembled to be a pick-and-roll team, with Luka's skills in mind.

EDIT: Hate to tear the bandage off of this old wound, but situations like this where they're missing Luka are exactly why letting Brunson get away was a terrible blunder. Regardless of whether we think he's better or worse than Kyrie, his STYLE of play is much more suitable to fill in for Luka. You could make a solid argument that Kyrie's is more suited to COMPLEMENT Luka, but with Luka out for an extended stretch, that's not very helpful right now.