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

[cow]

THJ's defenders ignored the most egregious example of the problem with him as exposed by last year. Prior to his injury, THJ was the only Mav who hadn't bought in to Kidd's defensive philosophy. He just couldn't get it right, and was an anchor on our defensive ceiling. I watch the late games. SD, who has the reputation of being a lackadaisical defender, had bought in by his third game and was contributing decently on defense. To me, that's a withering indictment of THJ on that end of the court.

I'm not sure it's a matter of him not buying into it.  He plays with a lot of energy and is often is great position initially but his presence is never felt and quickly gets blown by.  I think he just really, really sucks at defense.