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

[dirkfansince1998]

The one that had KP put up career high in #s efficiency wise and the same ppg as his 1st year here? 
Or are you talking about just the Clippers series? 

We know the Mavs decided to use him that way based on the gameplan (which almost worked btw). And defensively they did even worse to Gobert. 

Again THJ is also a really bad defender. and always has been. He got abused constantly in that series too. There is reason to hope KP is a solid defender again.
I think that people are wildly overreacting to the Clippers series and think that was how KP played this year.

KP had the worst net rating among all rotation players this season. It wasn´t just the Clippers series. And yes THJ is not a good defender but he wasn´t horrible for most of the season. Not the smartest team defender but at least okay as an on ball defender. He actually had better defensive tracking numbers than DFS or Maxi in the series against the Clippers. KP on the other hand was a solid -7.6 on defense for the Mavs in the regular season. That´s all time bad for a big. He still provided some value on offense but the honest truth is that the Mavs played better when he wasn´t on the floor. Center is the most important defensive position. Nearly impossible to have a good team defense with a giant liability like KP in the middle.