11-07-2019, 08:37 AM
(11-07-2019, 12:29 AM)Mak Wrote:(11-07-2019, 12:02 AM)Kammrath Wrote:(11-06-2019, 11:54 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Any reason why Barea played more minutes than Curry, Wright and Brunson outside of them having a bad night?
Curry started the game and actually played quite well. His benching was inexplicable to me.
Brunson is DEEP in a shooting slump (40/30/50 club) and isn't playmaking all that well. His benching made total sense to me.
Wright was pretty invisible and had a team worst -10 for the night. I didn't think he did anything terrible and I think when you give him minutes he eventually rewards you with some good hustle plays and cuts to the basket.
Barea playing was an attempt to snap the team out of a general malaise. It worked in the sense that he played with energy, but it didn't work in that it did not get the team playing cohesively. He played total hero-ball and if he hadn't hit his shots at an insane rate would have caused a loss. He took the ball out of Luka's hands and totally stagnated the team ball and offensive flow.
I think the Mavs want (and need) a dribble-drive player like Barea to be able to take the ball out of Luka’s hands and create offense for a few minutes here and there.
It can’t be barea longterm tho due to his age and Achilles but those things didn’t stop him tonite! Once again, Barea was injected unexpectedly into the game against a team from Florida and the Mavs came out on top, as is tradition.
That's what I take from it too. When Luka is in a slump or getting a breather, and Mavs need a creator off the dribble who can get his own shot, JJB is probably the best guy for the job. Team really needs a Jamal Crawford or JET. THJ on paper should fill this role, and he hasn't been playing all that poorly per se, but he is just not that talented off the dribble.