09-13-2023, 10:56 AM
(09-13-2023, 10:19 AM)omahen Wrote: Thats the whole point. He doesn't really, as he is terribly inefficient. Vast majority of his shots are coming from someone creating for him and when he doesn't, he is just bad at it. His EFG is almost 60 % when shooting without dribbling and it drops to even below 40 % (which is horrible) when he takes more than 1 dribble. His strength is that he is able to take and hit shots at good percentage even when he is not completely open. If he doesn't need to dribble. So, you either play him next to one of the stars and three defenders (a very one dimensional offense) or you play him next to two guards capable of creating (all of those guys on Mavs are bad defenders) and you will have bad defense. Neither is good.
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That's a fascinating statistic. I didn't realize the discrepancy was that dramatic.
In that case, I suppose he'll have to always play with 2 creators. I think a Luka, Jaden Hardy and THJ lineup could outscore their opponent even if they'd be poor defensively. We'll see if Exum or Josh Green can fill the role of secondary creator as well.
Hopefully, the new assistants can help Jason Kidd figure out winning lineups.
My biggest disappointment from this off-season is that the Mavericks failed to secure a former head coach to be a lead assistant to Kidd. That should not have been difficult to accomplish. It's possible though that Kidd resisted that as he didn't want his possible successor in the locker room.
I still believe THJ is somewhere between the 3rd through 5th best player on our roster. I think we should trade him only for an upgrade.
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