06-25-2022, 02:28 PM
(06-25-2022, 01:52 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Will he do that here with Luka?
If you remember, the thing we were all worried about with Brunson next to Luka was playing off-ball? He wasn't a finished product there yet, but he was doing much better than expected, and it was working. How's Murray's catch and shoot game? Because if he can't play off-ball, it's not even worth discussing. It will be Josh Richardson all over again. So far, Brunson and Hardaway are the only players who have fit in a backcourt with Luka, and they've tried several.
And flip it - put Brunson in SA, running the show for them as the lead ball-handler, in place of Murray. Do you think they would've been better than SA has been recently? I believe that HARD.
I think that his 3pt shooting drop off is a significant issue. No doubt. I think that his Pick and roll offense would be fine here - with the MAVS personnel/scheme. Those are the two issues that are debatable.
He is a driving machine. He is a significantly better distributor - albeit with more TO's. He is a force in transition. He is elite defensively.
I think if you switched Murray and JB last year, the Mavs are better and the Spurs are worse. I don't think that they are even that close when compared to one another for their entire games. I also think that it solves our defensive guard issue and allows bullock/DFS to defend more wings - that Murray's defensive presence is felt throughout the lineup and makes us a better defensive team - especially if we are rolling out Wood at C.