(06-29-2021, 10:04 PM)cow Wrote: Mavs fans obsession with proving Luka is better than Trae is a little exhausting.
Is he a complete defensive liability? Serious question.
His defensive on/off don´t seem to suggest so. Over his whole career it´s virtually +/- 0.
What stands out is that the Bulls five-man line-ups did really well, as long as Coby White and Zach Lavine didn´t play together. Those two were a complete trainwreck together. So I´d argue Markkanen was not the problem, but rather the backcourt combination of White/Lavine. I think Markkanen next to a defensive center and with a reasonable SG defender can easily work.
In a way Ball and Markkanen would seem to fit really great together. Can we pull that off?