MAVS NEWS: Luka Is Hurt, But is Trudging On | DLive's Mom Passes Away| Maxi OUT

[omahen]

Oh, I think he’s capable of defending wings. No issue. 

You just can’t play him unless he’s the worst shooter you have on the floor. He CAN be the screener/roller, and is very good at that, in fact, but obviously this takes him out of any lineup that includes Powell or Holmes. 

It’s actually a conceivably good fit since Luka is going to be guarding down almost exclusively. 

I’m mostly just trying to head off the dozens of pages of people who can’t understand why the Luka, DJJ, O-Max, Williams, Holmes lineup isn’t being used. I’ve been acquainted with Mavs fans for decades, and I promise there will be people arguing for this guy to play the 2 about a week into the season.

I think a lot will also depend if the Mavs will start to play faster. If they will be still playing slow, than they need guys who can score those wide open shots at very good percentage. Otherwise they will have big problems staying on the court. If they start playing faster where wings are pushing the ball in transition, than those kind of guys will easier find time. Luka commands halfcourt if the push is not successful. Never understood why Dallas played so slow.

Slovenia national team is full of below average wings next to Luka as basically the only guy that can really create somethin in halfcourt. Yet Slovenia is playing very fast scoring a bunch of points. Wings are running and pushing the ball and Luka finds them. That is why I have a bit of a problem that it is just Luka that wants to play slow in Dallas. Slovenia games are very fun to watch on offense (defense will be extremely bad this year with almost all plus defenders injured). On a smaller court where it is more difficult to score (just paraphrasing what Luka said in one of his first seasons). Dallas was mostly boring.