11-09-2023, 01:29 PM
(11-09-2023, 12:57 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Yeah. The roster breakdown is very simple. Nobody above 6´6 has any vertical lift (left) except DJJ and maybe Lively. I´m not even sure Lively is much of a leaper, he´s just 7´2 with long arms, while everybody else is in our front court is 6´11 at best, on a good day. Even prime Holmes only averaged 8.3 RPG as a career best. So our guys are neither tall, nor jump very high.
Mavs should have gone after some of the World Championship standouts that would have cost NOTHING and had strong-ish club seasons.
Bruno averaged 16/8 with 2 blocks for the German champions before finishing 3rd in RPG, 17th in BPG, 23rd SPG, 23rd PPG and 9th in EFF Rtg at the World Championships.
Wenyen Gabriel had a nice season with the Lakers before playing a nice World Championships for South Sudan, where he finished #1 in BPG, #22 in RPG. He actually got waived by the Celtics recently. While he has his limitations, he´s at least an energy big who is really fast and running the floor hard with some vertical. He´d certainly gives us a dimension in the frontcourt we currrently don´t have.
He´s the free agent I´d look at. Otherwise it has to be a trade.
If Holmes can’t play or if they think he can’t play, mavs need to look at a move. You can’t expect Lively to be your main cog for 82 games as a 19 year old.
They looked at Drummond this summer. He could probably had for a second round pick. Could be a short term option. Bamba? Mavs need to be on the lookout for someone who at least can be insurance.
In my ideal scenario we develop a younger center. There will be several in the next draft who are probably second rounders. But I hope we find a wing with length where Grant can fill in some minutes as a small ball 5. We are just too small right now for that to work.