06-19-2021, 09:05 AM
Simmons would be sort of like a positionless player in the Mavs offense, but kind of the 5 since he's a non-shooter. Mavs just need 3 shooters and you are fine. You would want another frontcourt guy with some size, Maxi or a Batum type might suffice. You won't have shot-blocking but you would have a full-switching scheme. You could always get a shot blocker to bring off the bench.
Lineup would be something like:
Luka, THJ, DFS, Maxi, Simmons.
There would be a temptation I think to get one of these bigs that sort-of shoot outside okay but I think you need a legit scoring big to make it work. Maxi for his faults is a 40% shooter in the regular season at least at pretty good volume. I don't think a Turner type (even tho I love Turner) is going to work. So you really need a big wing (again think. Batum) so you can just switch everything. That is the way the NBA is going anyway.
Lineup would be something like:
Luka, THJ, DFS, Maxi, Simmons.
There would be a temptation I think to get one of these bigs that sort-of shoot outside okay but I think you need a legit scoring big to make it work. Maxi for his faults is a 40% shooter in the regular season at least at pretty good volume. I don't think a Turner type (even tho I love Turner) is going to work. So you really need a big wing (again think. Batum) so you can just switch everything. That is the way the NBA is going anyway.