03-06-2024, 05:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-06-2024, 05:08 PM by Scott41theMavs.)
(03-06-2024, 04:06 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Just digging into some of the guys we've been talking about during this stretch:
Kyrie has had some mind boggling defensive choices, but offensively I'm not sure where this team is in this 6 game stretch without him. He's been putting up 26/5/3 on 47/41/100 splits. Aside from Boston he's been great offensively. Of course trying not to beat the dead horse but yes his defense has been bad. I've said it before but I really believe its a coaching issue than the personnel. I can literally repeat over and over for all these guys that the defense has been horrific, so I'm not going to continue doing that to save time.
Green has really fallen down to earth during this 6 game stretch. Before he was hovering close to 12ppg and shooting a blistering 55/50/91 from the field. Since? 6.8ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.0 apg on 47% from the field and 31% from 3.
Exum since returning from injury has been getting less than 14mpg, but in those minutes he's looked like a ghost out there. He's putting up 3.3/2/2 on 37.5/50/75. It feels like Kidd is doing everything in his power to limit Exum's minutes in the hopes of preserving him. Overall he's been pretty awful.
Lively is by far the best of the bunch here. He's been the most impactful guy in some games. This is NOT Lively bashing at all. Again, he's been solid all things considering. But from where he was before this stretch, he's taken a small step back. Absolutely normal in a rookie season. Averages are 6.8ppg and 3.5rpg. The biggest hit has been his rebounding but that also coincides with a drastically reduced role minutes wise. He's getting less than 20 a game. Before his broken nose he was getting 26 a game. Is Kidd being cautious? Or does he just prefer Maxi more?
Speaking of Maxi...he has been probably the worst guy on our team during this stretch. And that's incredible given how bad THJ has been playing (THJ averages just for context: 8.2/3/1 on 33/34/100). What has Maxi been doing on offense? 2.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.2 apg, on 16.7% from the field (that's not a typo), 20% from 3, and 67% from the line. Now Maxi is not a boxscore player. His impact lies beyond numbers. He hasn't been as bad as the paper tells us. But at the end of the day we need more than 2 points in 23 minutes of action.
When 5 rotation guys numbers fall off a cliff all at the same time, it speaks to something larger at play. If the Mavs just had 2 of these guys playing like they were pre all-star break I think we're looking at much different results.
And you didn't even mention THJ, who is still playing rotational minutes.
Whoever they get to be the new coach (when the FO returns to sanity), it had better be someone who can teach JG to fight through screens.