Poll: What is the Mavs "achilles heel" (great weakness)?
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Toughness
30.43%
7 30.43%
Rebounding
8.70%
2 8.70%
Shooting
43.48%
10 43.48%
Turnovers
17.39%
4 17.39%
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Achilles Heel
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Replying to my own thread  

Lack of toughness is a concern but on the flip side, I think this team can play with above average skill & BBIQ. Doncic can bang with anyone and starting Brunson over J Jackson helps as well. Love Brunson's grit. 

Lack of a dominant rebounder could be a big problem, but not against every team. Clearly Doncic is a strong rebounder on the Wing and Wright has the potential to be a plus rebounding Guard. But I think our bigs will struggle against physical teams. A tough physical banger next to Porzingis addresses this. But who?

Turnovers, I think Carlisle will get this under control and actually turn into a strength.

Shooting I think this will turn out to be the Mavs achilles heel this year. 

If Brunson can shoot +40% that's a HUGE plus but I'm not optimistic about Wright, THJ and Barea. Curry helps but isn't durable. So when 3 of your four primary rotation guards are below average shooters, you have a problem. 

Moving to Wings: Doncic, DFS, Jackson and THJ. Doncic will be a volume shooter and All Star, so that's good. Jackson may shoot a decent percentage but he will be dared to shoot. THJ will shoot a lot of 3s but won't crack 35%. DFS is hopeless. 

Last the Bigs. Porzingis is great but Powell is also hopeless. Maxi is in the same boat with J Jackson.

So all in, we can sort rotation shooters thusly:

Good: Doncic, Porzingis and maybe Brunson ... Curry will shoot well in spots

Below Average: Barea, THJ, Jackson, Maxi

Turrible: Wright, Powell, DFS

NA: Boban
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Achilles Heel - by vfromlmf - 10-20-2019, 09:36 AM
RE: Achilles Heel - by vfromlmf - 10-20-2019, 11:18 AM
RE: Achilles Heel - by ItsGoTime - 10-20-2019, 12:18 PM
RE: Achilles Heel - by Jym - 10-20-2019, 01:47 PM
RE: Achilles Heel - by MrGoat - 10-20-2019, 05:35 PM
RE: Achilles Heel - by Mavsfan12 - 10-21-2019, 08:48 AM
RE: Achilles Heel - by vfromlmf - 10-21-2019, 10:11 AM
RE: Achilles Heel - by michaeltex - 10-21-2019, 12:24 PM
RE: Achilles Heel - by JamesConway - 10-21-2019, 01:27 PM
RE: Achilles Heel - by vfromlmf - 10-24-2019, 09:08 AM

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