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[KillerLeft]

I know we are not supposed to read anything from this (tanking) season, but is anyone else not surprised that Flagg had his best game in a long while and the team had its best offensive game in a long while when we started a PG and played PJ at the 5?  The more space we give Flagg to operate in the better he is going to be.  If Mavs end up drafting Boozer or Wilson I think they need to seriously consider playing those guys significant minutes at the 5 like they did with PJ last night.

It's the most predictable thing in the world, I think. 

I'll go a step further: the Mavs shouldn't draft a player like those mentioned unless they want to play them at the 5. 

Flagg is a versatile player, it's true, and that's great! But, the best (and default) approach should be to have him out there with only one "bigger" player, for super obvious reasons. You want his speed/quickness matched up with the opposing team's lack of it, creating both space and an advantage when exploiting that space. He can guard them (and be at least 40-50% of an effective plan to guard the rim, incidentally) while that type of player has no chance to guard him. It's such a no-brainer I'm surprised there's any resistance to this line of thinking whatsoever. The absolute dream is to force matchups between Flagg and the opposing 4's - hopefully even 5's in cross matches, when possible.