01-11-2021, 02:56 PM
(01-11-2021, 02:22 PM)Kammrath Wrote: And I think THAT is a big who is honestly better on the perimeter and moving his feet than muscling down low.
Yes, he's very good at moving his feet...for a big.
Personally, I thought he did a kick ass job on Jokic the other night in the post. I know Jokic put up some points, but come on - he's got to keep shooting, he's their best player. I see no reason WCS can't defend most bigs in a variety of attack styles. I felt like his problems against Vucevic (and he did have problems as Dan pointed out) were about not adequately understanding what Vucevic was trying to do in terms of positioning. And, to Vuc's credit, he simply didn't let WCS's length bother him as much as Jokic did.
Matching WCS (or KP) up against Lebron, or Kawhi Leonard? Nooooooooo, thanks. That's a very, very dumb idea. So imo, neither he or KP has any business being the team's regular 4, because obviously, those are the two, specific players who stand between the Mavericks and their goal. I'm also not very interested in giving up corner threes to Crowder while one of them slowly recovers from helping in the paint. Powell, Kleber and Johnson are all MUCH better suited to do the ENTIRETY of the job to a satisfactory level, imo.
However, I think WCS has earned a chance to play the backup 5 minutes, even when KP returns. I kind of assumed he'd be completely out of the rotation after that. He still might, because playing four bigs is tough - five is impossible. I'm not sure who will be out. Could be him, could be Johnson, I guess. Most people will say Powell, and I can see an argument for that, but I don't expect that to be the case.
I guess this is what you call "a good problem."