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

[KillerLeft]

Not with how many times I watched Powell getting backed down for an easy bucket and pushed around for rebound positioning.

That's just matchups, though. Regardless of position, good teams will force mismatches (through lineups, motion that forces switches or both) to try to get what they want. 

For that matter, it's ludicrous to suggest that playing Porzingis at a different position will result in less targeting of him in the pick and roll. Regardless of what position he plays, that's going to be how teams attack the Mavs when he's on the floor unless he gets better at handling it. Probably even after that, unless he improves to the point where there's a more enticing way to attack them. 

If you put him next to a center who's better at that, I think you'll see that center end up standing in the corner, wondering whether or not to leave a shooter while KP gets worked just like he did all of this past season. 

There's no scheme to fix what he was this past year, imo. He's either better after an off-season of health, as might can be hoped, or he's literally not a usable player on defense.