04-11-2023, 05:50 PM
(04-11-2023, 05:08 PM)omahen Wrote: Another gem. So if defense fell apart with basically same roster (unless you think Brunson was the defensive anchor), is it perhaps the scheme? Or Mavs just didn't see 30+ year old players could regress?
(1) Mavs Film Room ?? on Twitter: "That’s that brutal Nico Harrison honesty right there lol He’s right" / Twitter
Oh, really? Last offseason really gives us confidence in this statement.
(1) Mike Leslie on Twitter: "Nico Harrison: “To fans that are frustrated, they should be frustrated. This year was not acceptable… I feel for them, and the only confidence I can give them is we’re going to evaluate everything, and we’re not going to be in this position again.”" / Twitter
There are a lot of factors to the defense falling apart.
-Dorian and Maxi being hurt for part of the season.
-Jalen being gone meant that other people had to fill his minutes and scoring role who might be worse defenders than Jalen.
-The McGee/Wood experiment failing spectacularly.
-Bullock falling off a cliff.
-Kidd
-Luka not giving a shit on the defensive end for large chunks of the season.
Nico's comments are absurd about Dorian. Yes, they were terrible on defense last year but they are further away from being a good defense now that Dorian is gone.