12-02-2019, 05:26 PM
When all said and done I believe the sport person Luka will be compared to is not another basketball player. Because I dont think there is another one that has the number of skill sets that he has. Maybe Bird but then not again completely. Maybe Magic. I think in the end Luka is like a very cerebral QB that runs a system and adapts the player around him to that system he runs to perfection. Brady will be the sport person he will be compared to. Not athletic yet gets all done, and has that toughness and winning mentality. He cant stand to lose and will not accept to lose.
It looks already like he is building a system around him and already now that system is the best offense in the history of the game. Wait until players around him adjust to this even more, and that he adjusts them to the way he plays. He will improve on defense as well.
No doubt Mavs will win championships with Luka. Question is more how many?
I think this thread raises a very important and relevant question. One that Mavs must ask right now. Not later but immediately.
In my opinion they can take everyone down. Not in the next years, but this year already. Everyone that is besides the Clippers. I can see Mavs facing Clippers in the Conference Finals the way this is unfolding at the moment.
What Mavs need to improve is the defense. They were pushed around in the paint. Also need a PF or C that has an all around game on offense in the paint. Not a 3 point shooter. One that can play traditionally and score in different ways and posting up. This is what is missing, that weapon is not existing at all at the moment. KP brings rim protection on defense and 3 point shot on offense. They need next to him one that also plays defense but has that inside offensive all around game. Kleber checks that box on defense, however on offense he brings pretty much the same as KP not more dimensions than the outside shot. Thus, they dont complement well.
This is why Vucevic would have been a terrific addition and make Mavs a championship team. Because he brings that complementarity and that leaves KP to stay more outside and knock down the shots. At the moment neither KP, Kleber nor Powell have none of that all around inside game that is really the missing piece to make Mavs offense unstoppable. At the moment Mavs offense is not unstoppable as we saw the Clippers could contain the Mavs.
I think a traditional offensive PF or C with also good rebounding and solid defense would be a great fit and exactly a missing piece to a championship this season. Vucevic would have been perfect but Love also has that all around game and post moves. I think a player with those skillsets would make a huge difference against the Clippers deep in playoffs and make Mavs an all around offense that can beat you in every kind of way.
It looks already like he is building a system around him and already now that system is the best offense in the history of the game. Wait until players around him adjust to this even more, and that he adjusts them to the way he plays. He will improve on defense as well.
No doubt Mavs will win championships with Luka. Question is more how many?
I think this thread raises a very important and relevant question. One that Mavs must ask right now. Not later but immediately.
In my opinion they can take everyone down. Not in the next years, but this year already. Everyone that is besides the Clippers. I can see Mavs facing Clippers in the Conference Finals the way this is unfolding at the moment.
What Mavs need to improve is the defense. They were pushed around in the paint. Also need a PF or C that has an all around game on offense in the paint. Not a 3 point shooter. One that can play traditionally and score in different ways and posting up. This is what is missing, that weapon is not existing at all at the moment. KP brings rim protection on defense and 3 point shot on offense. They need next to him one that also plays defense but has that inside offensive all around game. Kleber checks that box on defense, however on offense he brings pretty much the same as KP not more dimensions than the outside shot. Thus, they dont complement well.
This is why Vucevic would have been a terrific addition and make Mavs a championship team. Because he brings that complementarity and that leaves KP to stay more outside and knock down the shots. At the moment neither KP, Kleber nor Powell have none of that all around inside game that is really the missing piece to make Mavs offense unstoppable. At the moment Mavs offense is not unstoppable as we saw the Clippers could contain the Mavs.
I think a traditional offensive PF or C with also good rebounding and solid defense would be a great fit and exactly a missing piece to a championship this season. Vucevic would have been perfect but Love also has that all around game and post moves. I think a player with those skillsets would make a huge difference against the Clippers deep in playoffs and make Mavs an all around offense that can beat you in every kind of way.