10-07-2022, 07:40 AM
(10-07-2022, 07:18 AM)Kammrath Wrote: Yep, 100%. Switchable defense is nice in theory, but the Mavs never played top level (even average?) switchable D. I think in part because Luka was such a defensive liability last year.
The problem with this thinking is that it doesn't seem to take into account that "to switch or not to switch" is not always a choice. The main reason the Mavs beat the Suns is that they felt they must switch everything against the Mavs' offensive approach and unlike the Mavs, didn't have the personnel for it. Their fans were pulling their hair out over their "choice" to switch everything against Dallas, but in reality it was the lesser of two evils because they wanted no part of Luka's actual pick and roll, downhill with options game.
And in one summer, the Mavs have made themselves look more like that overmatched team, defensively (by signing one of their actual players, no less) and even slightly compromised the offensive fear they used to put into teams like the Suns.