11-05-2022, 01:00 PM
(11-05-2022, 12:50 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: For the Mavs those lineups work because Kleber (and to a lesser degree Powell) can defend most matchups on the perimeter. Meaning that even though they are technically bigs they might as well be listed as oversized wings if they play next to another big.
Problem is that the wing skill set is limited to the defensive end. As we saw last night. When Kleber managed to step out of bounds three times when he tried to floor the ball. Missed two driving layups after he attacked the close out.
Not to even mention Powell who is disqualified from any non center minutes on offense because he cannot shoot. Making it even more difficult to find touches for Wood. Who ends up as the floor spacer.
Don´t have the time right now but it might be worth it to look at a correlation between Powell´s minutes and Wood´s usage. People complained about the low amount of FGA he had in the last couple of games. Could this be about the amount of minutes he plays next to traditional bigs?
He has hardly played any minutes with Powell (the most being last night) so there is not enough sample. Can't imagine Maxi is having any impact on his shots. My guess if there is any player on the floor impacting his shots it's Timmy chucking. I think KL had it right that his number of shots is most impacted by how switch heavy the defense is.