10-09-2022, 01:52 PM
(10-09-2022, 12:27 PM)omahen Wrote: You stated a specific window from last season. Important fact, which should not be neglected - both Brunson and Luka were available through the whole stretch. Certainly an important factor for the good result.
No argument there. But, I’m not saying we don’t need two PG’s. I’m saying the calls that Dallas has to have a third ball handler and getting one was the reason we started winning may not be accurate. An anchor to that argument is the winning started before the third one showed up. In fact, basically the same winning percentage the 22 games before the trade with only two ball handlers as the 25 games after the trade with three.
It turns out as posted a bit later in this thread, Mavs might be targeting a different player for the role all along.
As for injury protection, I don't believe any of Green, FN or Hardy is capable of running a team offense. Neither is Wood. You are posting plus Green minutes, but those minutes were not with him as primary offense initiator. Greens minutes actually increased after the all star break, but of course THJ was out.
We don’t have any idea if that is an agent throwing Dallas into the mix to pump up interest or a legitimate story. Regardless, would Campazzo bump Josh from his minutes? I don’t think so. If not, Campazzo is not the “third ball handler”. He’s the minimum wage third string PG to be used only in case of injury. I never said Green or FN or Hardy can be our third ball handler (a role I define as a rotation player). I said if the rotation is done in a certain way, we don’t have to have a third ball handler in our top 9 rotation players when everyone is healthy.