07-20-2023, 09:42 AM
(07-20-2023, 02:16 AM)omahen Wrote: I agree with the first part. For years Mavs needed to improve top of the rotation, as they lacked that 3rd and 4th best player on a contender but had a bunch of (at best) five best players. As it is now, they only replaced Bullock with GW, who was 8th man in rotation for Boston. We hope he is more than that. We hope Green can take another step forward and become credible starter, who he wasn't last season. Mavs had great individual moves, but didn't address biggest issues of the roster. I am affraid how this season will look like.
I would argue that Williams is a replacement for Dorian, not Bullock. Our replacement for Bullock of last season is probably Exum (the bar is very low). Our replacement for Bullock circa the WCF run is probably Green right now. In fact, if you look at that roster two years ago, we are replacing Brunson/Dorian/Bullock/Din with Kyrie/Williams/Green/Hardy/OMax/Lively/Holmes. We got younger and added more depth in the frontcourt.
A team with Luka, Kyrie and several decent role players should have done better than what they did last season. I don't know how much was Kidd's fault and how much was locker room issues, but it was probably a combination of both. One of the things they seemed to focus on this offseason was cleaning up the locker room. I'm hoping that will have a significant impact on performance this coming season.
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