10-29-2021, 08:40 AM
My takes from the first games:
- Powell/DFS are an unplayable frontcourt duo on the defensive side. There's no rim/paint protection at all.
- Powell is a great person and plays with admirable effort, but he just has too many deficits in his game to be an NBA starter.
- Powell, DFS, THJ and Bullock can't move the ball efficiently on offence and only rely on what is created for them. Luka alone with these 4 is a recipe for offence disaster unless they are bailed out by lights out shooting.
- Willie just does nothing special at all. He should be replaced by Moses who plays with more effort and has way more upside.
- Franky is a great pickup, he definitely can help the bench playmaking or play next to Luka. Quite optimistic he can grow into a very useful role with the Mavs.
- On the one hand Mavs can be really lucky to have 3 wins on their record based on their on-court performance. OTOH, they managed to wrestle 3 wins from those bad games against weaker opponents, in the past years these often were the games they lost.
- Refs still hate Luka, he just gets no easy calls and is watched very tightly. Good job keeping his calm until now, hope he manages to continue with that (end of Spurs game he went back into bitching mode).
- Brunson needs to be locked up or cashed in by TDL. Or Mavs need to play him as a starter next to Luka to get a chance to pay him (not sure this is the right move). No way you can let him go into free agency as a reserve, he will be lured away by the promise of a starter job and/or overpay and leave for nothing.
- Powell/DFS are an unplayable frontcourt duo on the defensive side. There's no rim/paint protection at all.
- Powell is a great person and plays with admirable effort, but he just has too many deficits in his game to be an NBA starter.
- Powell, DFS, THJ and Bullock can't move the ball efficiently on offence and only rely on what is created for them. Luka alone with these 4 is a recipe for offence disaster unless they are bailed out by lights out shooting.
- Willie just does nothing special at all. He should be replaced by Moses who plays with more effort and has way more upside.
- Franky is a great pickup, he definitely can help the bench playmaking or play next to Luka. Quite optimistic he can grow into a very useful role with the Mavs.
- On the one hand Mavs can be really lucky to have 3 wins on their record based on their on-court performance. OTOH, they managed to wrestle 3 wins from those bad games against weaker opponents, in the past years these often were the games they lost.
- Refs still hate Luka, he just gets no easy calls and is watched very tightly. Good job keeping his calm until now, hope he manages to continue with that (end of Spurs game he went back into bitching mode).
- Brunson needs to be locked up or cashed in by TDL. Or Mavs need to play him as a starter next to Luka to get a chance to pay him (not sure this is the right move). No way you can let him go into free agency as a reserve, he will be lured away by the promise of a starter job and/or overpay and leave for nothing.
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