(06-14-2021, 03:58 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: After reading this, I love the idea of going after Butler, if there's any chance Miami would give him up (or if he demanded a trade...).
All I see is open paths to penetrate when Luka runs the floor. He consistently draws the second defender, passes the ball. Another Mavs player has that crease to penetrate, but doesnt, and when they do, it doesnt turn out well. Sometimes they opt for the shot with that crease, and that is OK. But the penetration we could create from players other than Luka, would absolutely kill any team. Especially when the outside shots dont go in, then you need penetration. So yes, Butler would be a great fit. Chris Paul. Vucevic would destroy teams with those creases Luka creates. What we need is SKILLED experienced player knowing how to take easy advantage of that space Luka leaves. The worst thing you can add is an athletic player that does not know how to use that crease, or how to position himself to take advantage of that. We need mid range game, penetration, finish at the rim. Because those creases made by Luka, offer that opportunity as much as the 3 pointers.
All respect to DFS, he is one of the hearts of the team, not to mention Jrich etc, but I dont know how many times I have seen them with that crease Luka creates, essentially "a welcome free ticket to the paint to score", but they cant do it regularly and well enough. When going into paint they run in wrong paths with wrong timing. The only thing they know is to take that crease and get a shot of for 3 pointer, but to take advantage of the crease in terms of penetrating, especially when the 3 pointer is not going in, they dont know how to do it.
Number 1 priority IMO is to add smart bbIQ players that do know how to take advantage of those creases created by Luka. Take mid rangers, penetrate to rim and finish, or penetrate and make a pass, make the ball flow around and create further creases other places. Because, if we add those players, we first then will get multidimensional, and not uni dimensional like we are now with Luka. What will happen is that the other players will simply destroy teams on their own and the ball will flow much smarter and more fluid.
Its incredible how little we take advantage of how much space created by Luka. The only players that knows how to use that crease, and this is only sometimes, and not conistently is THJ and Brunson. And they are not great at it at all. Brunson suffers from lack of length penetrating in paint, although he can pass, while THJ also lacks some physicality and skills in this to really be a weapon in playoffs, and cant pass out of penetration, but can pull it off at times finishing at rim, he is better than given credit for in this. But players like Butler and Derozan would punish teams literally, they are FAR better with even much smaller creases, or even no creases at all.
(06-14-2021, 05:28 PM)JamesConway Wrote: It was rough watching what they did to Green/Bey/Terry. Carlisle never had an ounce of interest in developing them. Everything makes sense now. They probably weren’t the guys he wanted and he acted accordingly.
I hope we waive or trade all three of them instead of further destroying the start of their careers. Just a huge waste of everybody’s time as always the Mavs‘ limited asset base but that’s another one of those typical Mavs stories that just reek of incompetence.
At this point we’d be better off with a fresh start. Coaching, GM, everything. The guys we have don’t have it anymore.
It was so obvious S. Bey and Bane were a ton better and polished players, fitting a Luka style offense. It was obvious from the moon.