MAVERICKS 139, PELICANS 107

[mvossman]

I just don’t understand why one of our better man to man defenders is languishing when we need better defenders around Luka and KP. I know it won’t happen but wish it would.

Defense only wings are nearly unplayable in todays NBA.  Green's defense is not nearly enough to make up for the offense being effectively 4 on 5.  There is a reason he is only seeing garbage minutes.  He should probably still be in the G League.

If you want to beef up the starting lineup defense, replacing THJ with Bullock is probably your best option (at least until Frank gets back, but not sure his offense warrants starting minutes).  The other option is to replace Powell with Maxi, which maybe they will do once he gets he fully recovers/conditioning.