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... his contention that Grank is a better option at PG than Dragic or Kemba.

I don't know that Kidd said that (if so, I missed it).

But Kidd seems to me to be one doesn't view the team through a roster-building lens (ie, who do we want to ADD, or what are we missing) and instead thinks about what he has, and how to make it work the best.

As for "in what way" might Kidd truly prefer Frank/Green, that would certainly be true from a defensive perspective (and Kidd strongly emphasizes that end of the floor). Also Frank/Green offer way more from a health/youth/energy angle, I think. Setting up the team and making the offense flow? Not so much.

I do generally disagree with DS idea that the Mavs are likely to play lots of minutes with NEITHER Luka or SD on the floor. I can see it happening on an experimental or development basis, trying to plan for injury or to speed the growth, but I think this team has been built for both Luka-SD together as preferred, but no less than 1 on the floor. Of course camp won't reflect that - how can you play 2 PGs together when you are playing 5 on 5, with only 2 PGs on the entire roster with 1 mostly in mothballs and the other perhaps nursing a pain?