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[DanSchwartzgan]

well, start Green next to Luka. The pace goes up whenever Green is on the floor. Luka/Green is the 2nd highest pace duo on the Mavs, behind Green/Bullock (100 min+).

Luka/Green 102.21 Pace
Luka/SD 95.91 Pace

Green is a 3 times better fit anyway, fight me on that.

Luka/Green (SD bench): 126 ORTG 105 DRTG
Luka/SD (Green bench): 116 ORTG 118.45 DRTG

I don't see Green ever not be better next to Luka, since Luka/SD is just too much traffic cone on D. And the Mavs seems to be slipping in DefRtg with every minute he is injured.

Thanks for this data.  I agree wholeheartedly from an empirical standpoint.  But, I suspect the internal dynamics of sitting SD (or even Tim) in favor of Green would be challenging.  But, if you want the benefit of a seasoned Green in the playoffs, it needs to happen fairly soon.

One encouraging note is Green seems to have fully surpassed Bullock in the rotation…baby steps.  That is no small feat.  Replacing SD with Green would be so much easier if one of THJ or Powell were also replaced with someone who could create a little.