ROSTER TALK: Mavs favs for Vogel if no HC job exists. Kyrie handshake deal?

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Me? I think that's a waste of time. I'd rather play the way I know I'll be forced to play in the playoffs all year round so that my team gets good at it. I flatly don't want specialists like McGee in the top 8-9 of my rotation. I want all 8-9 of those guys to be able to play multiple ways in multiple styles.

Frankly, I think the Mavs have a way better handle on this issue.

You want to have the ideal big-man roster for GS in June. But, The Mavs are intent on having a group that will (a) survive 110 games, and (b) be effective against 29 teams, not just 1.

You can argue that being able to handle GS then will make you good enough against the rest - but you'd be wrong. All big man groups and team strengths to play against are not alike. For example, if you can't get past Towns-Gobert in playoffs, you might not even get to GS. Or GS might not get past them, and then the hurdle is not GS but someone else. And MINN's a completely different animal to deal with, requiring quite a different big-man roster. I'm not saying the Mavs chosen plan does ALL of that, but it's a helluva lot more flexible than what you wanted them to settle for.