11-09-2023, 08:54 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.
I would also vote for Wenyen Gabriel over Markieff Morris on this roster. As Maxi continues to struggle, Gabriel would give us a backup 4 who plays defense and rebounds. He doesn't space the floor but made a positive contribution last season for the Lakers. Always plays hard. He seems like a player Kidd would appreciate. I second this idea.