01-17-2023, 03:56 AM
(01-16-2023, 11:20 PM)sefant Wrote: No i am just saying Green impact might been underrated despite "the hype", despite avg only ~ 20 min a night. And being without Green in 4 out of the 5 no Luka games makes it even harder to win those.
I was just kidding, but I am not surprised that an athletic defensive presence like Green can make such a difference for this team. Similar to how Justin Anderson/Dwight Powell elevated an old a** Mavs team into the play-offs simply by playing hard (er than the old geezers could). I´m sure DFS/Bullock were back in the gym after a fairly short rest in the summer and have not had fully recovered from the physical and mental drain of the play-offs. Given that both are notoriously bad season starters to begin with, that is the likely problem. I don´t believe for one second that DFS got contract lazy. I expect a re-juvenated DFS on return. I´d actually consider giving Bullock a similar break once DFS and Green return.