2021-2022 MAVS NEWS: 4th in West | WCF loss [ARCHIVED]

[TXBamanut]

I don't think those things you said are what he said 

1)  My obvious contention is that I believe KP was the successful plays in that highlight reel was off proper plays run for him as one of our top options offensively.

2)  He said you run plays for Dirk and Embiid, not players like KP or Markannen. "Completly understand why a team would run plays like this for Dirk, Durant or Embiid. But not for Markkanen or KP."

3)  So KP is not one of our top players offensively?

You can't say "you shouldn't run plays for KP" which was his point and believe that you should do to get your top options open with your structure on the floor AND believe that KP is one of our top options...and to that third statement, as this team is constructed, I call bull crap.

We can all talk the metric ground game of "league efficiency", but the reality is that if you don't have that, and we don't, we have to take the best option available.  That's just common sense. 

Past Luka, who are all the better options we should run plays?  THJ?  Yeah, some nights... Brunson?  Some nights, but consistently KP is in the top 2 or 3 of our options the majority of the time...so it's foolish not to maximize what he can do, especially when our offense struggles past Luka.

If KP is one of our top players offensively (the rest of the league doesn't play for the Mavs), and I contend that he is, then my statement is the opposite of what he said.  Because his assertion is either that KP is not a top option of the options that we have on our team, which I disagree...he's top 3 every night, and top 2 most nights OR you don't run plays for him.

And you know why the Knicks were so bad that year?  Because they look like us when Luka is off the floor... the leading scorers in that game were Micheal Beasley (off the bench), KP and Courtney freakin Lee...  If you want to live off of iso ball with Jalen "never saw anyone open like me" Brunson as your non-Luka option, go right ahead. 

Until KP is gone, or unseated by bringing in a better option, he is the other viable option, so whatever it takes, you run, because Luka can't score 100 points a night. 

As great as he is, he just can't.  Dude, when my other car isn't available or is in the shop or to not put 50,000 miles on it a year, I wouldn't want to drive a lime green Yugo that smells like cheese to work either, but it beats walking, a 2.5 hour bus trip and it beats not even getting there and losing my job.  I can cry about the second car or I can make every adjustment to maximize it while I deal with it until I get a different one.  Just sitting it in the driveway and complaining about it, doesn't get me to work either.