Game 36: HOU (21-10) @ DAL (12-23)

[Winter]

We have seen the Flagg PG experience enough this season to know it does not work.  T

I'm not really disagreeing with this as a whole, but this last sentence struck me funny. 

What does "work" mean in that context?  I never once thought Kidd was trying to make something "work"  in the context of winning games. I rather thought the opposite. That Kidd was possibly sacrificing games for 1. lack of a first-rate PG and 2. And giving Flagg the steering wheel just to test drive.

Without a working Dlo at PG, why not? They weren't going to competitive without a PG (BWill had that hamstring injury and Nembhard was too raw at the time). Do I think Kidd was not wanting to play Nico-ball before the Front-office fired him? Probably. Did Kidd have his own agenda? Probably. Did it include not playing DLo? Maybe. But that was an easy call since the roster was so flawed. I mean why not? If you're going to lose games, make it educational for Flagg's development. 

I don't think any of this has a right or wrong answer. I think Kidd just took the opportunity to coach Flagg that way given a bad roster. Kidd made a choice on how he saw the team and how he saw Flagg. I don't mind that he did it that way. I would just as soon not have 6-9 more wins anyway. 

Of course we don't know what Flagg actually gained. That part is unknown. But we do know these Mavericks were not a competitive playoff team with those PG issues. So for me personally, I don't care. It's water under the bridge. Let's see if we can draft Flagg a good teammate.