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

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KL, I had a play in mind from recent games shown below, but I've noticed it many times this thing. 1) Luka creates space either directly or indirectly, 2) Brunson exploits the space through penetration, 3) Brunson excels in paint. (And when THJ is in, he totally destroys that opportunity IMO while DFS doesnt). 









I just love to see the space Luka creates being used in different ways than pure shooting. And when we have seen Brunson attacking the paint, and then passing it further out from the paint, the ball movement has been amazing. I agree this stuff is hard to scheme for. But once in a while Brunson needs to catch and shoot that situation to keep that defender coming at him.

P.S. The above is why i believe Sabonis would lift this team to new dimensions. As Brunson and Luka -  Sabonis can also shoot, drive, pass, almost as an PG, all three skills including screens. The number of plays where this above is seen would significantly increase, to a number of easy baskets and unpredictable offense for defenses to deal with in playoffs. Instead of one-two, we would see this as one-two-three. Luka-Brunson-Sabonis could then be paired with two limited shooters in Maxi and DFS, players that can shoot but not at the same level drive and pass. We would both get both the spacing, but also this cooperative penetration and ball movement.