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Mavs defense talk

https://www.dmagazine.com/sports/2023/11...or-better/

It's crazy that this article is almost exactly what he had written last year.

The roster is simply too small.  We can give Hardaway all the props he deserves for shooting well this year but when you're having to play him at POWER FORWARD, you're going to lose a ton of games.  I truly believe that a simple swap of Hardaway for a bigger wing player of similar production on both ends would pay huge dividends.  We just need a more balanced roster.

To be taken seriously we still need to find (and I'm basically excluding Maxi when I say these things because he's always hurt, in theory he may give us some of this):

A true starting power forward
A better backup center
A two way wing who can guard the POA

In a world where you can do those things using Hardaway this trade deadline and then next offseason Holmes' expiring paired with picks (and probably Maxi) and potentially have bench unit that includes Green/GWill/Hardy then you've done pretty well for yourself.

It's possible to get those things, it's just going to take a couple cycles of roster movement.  Best bet would be having something on paper that matches that before the start of next season.  Will be interesting to see how they navigate those needs and the time it takes while knowing Kyrie is going to start battling father time before not too long.