2019-20 Mavs News

[dirkfansince1998]

I would say we have a top heavy team. 

I would say that our top two rank in the top ten of top twos in the league (and certainly has the potential, given age and upside, to rocket into the top three), that our bench, when healthy, is certainly top ten, and that the rest of our starting lineup is, dead serious, bottom three in the league when compared to the healthy best-case scenarios of the other 29 teams.

Somebody please inform Cuban and Donnie that a starting lineup has five players, not two.

The Mavs #3-10 players are in the bottom 1/3 of the league as far as talent and the absolute worst of the playoff teams.

Disagree. It´s really about the 3 remaining starters. We basically took 2-3 former bench players and inserted them in the starting five. Obviously they are outmatched against better players. But even worse they are missing in the bench unit.
JJB/Harris/DFS/Kleber/Powell was a top 3 bench last year. Harris retired. JJB looks like he needs to retire as well. Before his injury Powell was the starting center. DFS is the starting SF/PF. Kleber comes of the bench but nearly plays starter minutes. The Mavs are also missing Brunson who was growing into JJBs bench leader role. Curry is needed in the starting five. Wright never lived up to the expectations.

Would be huge if the Mavs could rebuild the 2018/19 bench next year. But that would require them to find at least two quality starters.

Brunson/Curry/x/Kleber/Powell is a really good bench. Would be a dream to move DFS back to the bench as well but that´s probably a pipe dream. If Powell isn´t the same player after the injury the Mavs still have Boban.