11-20-2023, 02:14 PM
(11-20-2023, 12:02 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: @grantafseth
Dallas Mavericks Defensive Rating By Span:
Whole Season: 118.2 (26th)
Last 10 Games: 120.9 (28th)
Last 5 Games: 122.7 (29th)
Last 3 Games: 124.3 (29th)
Last 2 Games: 130.5 (29th)
Last Game: 134.4 (29th)
The Mavs' defensive woes have only grown as the season has progressed.
Yeah, it is concerning. I brought up before the Milwaukee game why our defense was trending backwards. Quality of opponents the last two games doesn't help.
The Mavs have a tough riddle with no easy answers. I think how Hardaway is playing Kidd is probably making the right choice to ride him and hope for the best on defense. The issue with Hardaway in the game, we get really small, really fast. With Josh, Hardy, Seth all being pretty small. So we have seen lineups with Hardaway at the 4. We have also seen Hardaway at the 4 with either Maxi and Powell as the center. That is an open invitation to go to the rim every possession. We just lack that big 4 right now that could help those lineups not bleed points on defense. Hardaway, Green, Seth and Jaden are all probably shooting guards. Maybe you disagree on Green but he seems small guarding wings. A lot of mouths to feed at that spot. Hardaway with his hot start has really eaten up a lot of those minutes. To get minutes for others it is causing us to be really small.