MAVS NEWS: Luka Is Hurt, But is Trudging On | DLive's Mom Passes Away| Maxi OUT

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Putting this in the Mavs News thread since its original home (Preseason Game-2 thread) will soon be long gone:


Here is an attempt at graphically laying out the rotation from the Orlando game to the closest 30 seconds.  It allows you to see the overlap between Luka and Dinwiddie and how the big minutes played out (with about 1:30 of Wood as lone big).  It was a fairly basic 9 man rotation except Hardy and Green shared what would normally be one spot.  It was also fairly platooned with the exception of the McGee cameo appearance in the second quarter for about 3 minutes and Luka staying on with the second unit until the end of the first quarter (which is common for him).

Given the reporting about Wood, Maxi, Hardaway and Dinwiddie coming off the bench, Green (and his D) almost has to be the one who joins that group once Luka sits.  To me, the question is whether Green also gets the six minutes to start the half that Hardy got or whether Hardy gets to retain those minutes.  My guess is that it is Green on opening night, but the situation is fluid.  Of course, this plan is based on the reporting of a couple of guys who I don't know.  Just two games into the pre-season we've seen reporting about lineups be wrong.


JM---------/CW--------------------/JM------/MK-------/
DS--------------/MK----------------/DS-----------------/
RB------------/TH------------------/RB-----------------/
JH------------/SD--------------------/LD----------------/
LD----------------------/JG-----------/TH---------------/

It is an interesting thought process and depending on how the wind is blowing my opinion tends to change.   So, maybe that means there is no great option?  I tend agree that it will be fluid and I also tend to prefer Green, at this point.   This is year 3 for him and a big year for him.   I really don't want him to be left with table scraps with minutes.   Give him consistent minutes and see what he does with it.  If it doesn't work out, then you have your answer on him.   I understand ball creation would be an issue, but I think he is a better option than Hardy at this point, I think.   I can also think Hardaway as the starter, but I am not sure that is being considered.

I was thinking that Luka likes to start games getting going.  He typically is not a guy who gets everyone involved by scoring 3 points in the first quarter (hint...I would personally like to see this more though--sort of Chris Paul-ish).   So if you start Dinwiddie next to Luka, Dinwiddie may go 5 minutes to start the game and get 1-2 shots.   Is that the best way to utilize Din to start the game?

This summer, one of the Mavs guys mentioned Mavs had hopes for Dorsey.  I thought that was strange.  Maybe they had hopes he would win this spot?  That doesn't appear to be the case now.   On a side note, if Jaden did start and had 10 minutes to play, I shudder to think how many shots he would get up in those 10 minutes