01-12-2024, 12:56 PM
(01-12-2024, 12:19 PM)Winter Wrote: I don't fully agree, but we can leave at that. I simply think that our most successful lineups include DJJ... and likely still do even if he's hitting 32%. If there is another starting lineup without DJJ that is better, I could be persuaded to change my mind.
Both things can be true.
I think DJJ has been one of the better players on the team this year. I think he's probably in their top 5, definitely their top 7. As currently constructed, the team must play him.
AND, if he's in the playoff rotation, not having to be guarded, the Mavs will have a 0% chance of beating someone. You LITERALLY cannot win these days playing 4 on 5. It's the one, cardinal sin of team design that can't be overcome.