07-09-2022, 03:42 PM
(07-09-2022, 03:29 PM)cow Wrote: Further, I still think our offensive playstyle needed tweaking. With Luka, JB and Dinwiddie, it was always a game of "my turn, your turn". I'm not sure the roster gets the team to where I'd like to see them but I'm really curious what Luka looks like with Wood. Is he the Amar'e approximation that a lot of us have pined for?
I agree with the “turns” point. @"ItsGoTime" and I have had that conversation a lot recently. We all agree that it needs to change, but I don’t see how DECREASING the number of competent ball-handlers helps with that. I think that issue was caused by Luka and Brunson both being ball-stoppers by CHOICE, probably through inexperience.
Donnie said it before his last year, and Kidd has said it about 10 times since: Luka needs to get out of “me against the world” mentality and start moving the ball earlier in most possessions. I see this as part of the journey for pretty much any young phenom, not the result of bad offensive design.
I DO agree that adding the Luka/Wood element will help a ton, if their chemistry is natural and they work at it.
Again, I just lived for two weeks in a world where (I thought) both Wood and Brunson were going to be Mavericks. Rational or not, I’m going to be in mourning until they give me something that helps me let go of that. I’m sure the line for that is different from person to person. If this is the roster, I’m not there yet.