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

[mvossman]

I haven’t been too hard on them because we didn’t know the market for Holmes would dry up like it did and I like the Bullock signing.  We also couldn’t know Frank would sign here (and might not have without urging from Bullock).  Given the way the schemes (or lack thereof) are working, I’m not sure Holmes does anything to help our offense right now.  Of course, the attraction was his D and rebounding while pushing Powell/Maxi to the bench.  But, if we are going to go single big KP in the playoffs (and the Powell/KP lineups are just to protect KP), Bullock was the better signing anyway.

I disagree on the Holmes/Bullock option.  Holmes is a significantly better player than Bullock, and the only cost would have been WCS.  The offense would have been better simply because Holmes is better than Powell (but still ugly if KP was going to continue to post up when we have a P&R big on the floor) and the defense would have been way better.  We also would have been way more protected from KP/Maxi injury (a constant concern).  There would be concerns on how those two work defensively com playoff time, but I feel like Holmes just moves the needle so much more than Bullock it would have been worth a shot.