(08-17-2021, 09:58 AM)fifteenth Wrote: That's literally what was said in the post that you were sarcastic about
I took it as a flat comment on levels of players that you run plays for. Embiid, Dirk are completely different level cosmically than KP and LM, but in the Mavs universe, we don't have the luxury to compare our players simply to every player across the league, we have to compare them...in the micro...to the ones we can actually put on the court.
If we need 30-40 points on the court when Luka isn't out there or we have to have a total of 18-20 or more from 1 or 2 guys to win, and we don't have a guy that we can just give the ball at the top of the key and clear out, letting him go one-on-one repeatedly successfully, then we have to look at our best options, and the best plays to get them the ball in the best spots for them to be successful.
My point is yes, the type of player, but the levels have to be determined by what we have, not "either he's elite or we don't run plays for him".
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