“With Dwight out and Willie being unavailable, we’re going to be a little small and we’re going to have to adjust that way,” head coach Rick Carlisle said. “We don’t mind adjustments and challenges. In my 12 years here so far, a lot of it has been trying to take adversities and turn them into positives, so we’re looking forward to it.”
From a roster standpoint, that leaves the Mavericks light on true big men. Carlisle has done things like play relatively big small forwards (Dorian Finney-Smith is one) at power forward. But it really comes down to Porzingis, Kleber and Boban Marjanovic. While Marjanovic is a beloved presence and quality depth piece, he’s more of the traditional center than the new-age big man of the NBA. Porzingis is great, but he can’t play 48 minutes.
That means Kleber is expected to shoulder the most responsibility he’s had since entering the NBA. What can be expected of him based on his usage and play in the last few weeks before the NBA hiatus on March 11th? Let’s take a look."
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The article basically shows individual snippets of video showing Kleber playing with and without Porzingis. How effective he is and really shows the clever offensive strategy the Mavs have to break down the defense. I would love to copy it all and past it in but I feel like that would be no bueno. I like The Athletic as much as any source on the Mavs and would encourage a subscription. I know several here have access to the information. Saad Yousef is the writer and I have been impressed with the last couple of posts. He did one recently on Seth Curry that was well written. Tim Cato is the other main contributor.
There is a page for a free 30 day trial for up to 5 people. All I have to do is put in your email address. If anyone wanted to try it out.
I could also post a unique link. I would only get 5 of those as well. I sound like a shill for them lol.
From a roster standpoint, that leaves the Mavericks light on true big men. Carlisle has done things like play relatively big small forwards (Dorian Finney-Smith is one) at power forward. But it really comes down to Porzingis, Kleber and Boban Marjanovic. While Marjanovic is a beloved presence and quality depth piece, he’s more of the traditional center than the new-age big man of the NBA. Porzingis is great, but he can’t play 48 minutes.
That means Kleber is expected to shoulder the most responsibility he’s had since entering the NBA. What can be expected of him based on his usage and play in the last few weeks before the NBA hiatus on March 11th? Let’s take a look."
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The article basically shows individual snippets of video showing Kleber playing with and without Porzingis. How effective he is and really shows the clever offensive strategy the Mavs have to break down the defense. I would love to copy it all and past it in but I feel like that would be no bueno. I like The Athletic as much as any source on the Mavs and would encourage a subscription. I know several here have access to the information. Saad Yousef is the writer and I have been impressed with the last couple of posts. He did one recently on Seth Curry that was well written. Tim Cato is the other main contributor.
There is a page for a free 30 day trial for up to 5 people. All I have to do is put in your email address. If anyone wanted to try it out.
I could also post a unique link. I would only get 5 of those as well. I sound like a shill for them lol.