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[mvossman]

That's well done.  Key is the Powell/Wood minutes.  Kidd hasn't tried it and there are those here who think that combo kills Wood's effectiveness by forcing him to stand in the corner on offense.  If the Powell/Wood combo actually works you've got a good answer here.

I think the Powell/Wood combo does need to be tried more.  While not ideal offensively, its not that different than the lineup a couple of years ago with Powell/KP that was the best offense in the league.  In fact, Wood probably fits that role better than KP did offensively.  Plus, if I am reading this right, they are only playing 6 minutes together.  On the other hand, that was the one year that KP was playing quality defense and the Powell/KP/DFS/THJ/Luka lineup was still middling defensively.  I think replacing KP with Wood makes it outright bad.

My biggest concern is to avoid any three of Luka/Wood/Timmy/Din on the court at one time.  The defense is just too bad in those scenarios.  Kemba will fall into that same category.  That means we need 3 of Powell/Maxi/DFS/Green/Bullock/Fank on the court.