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

[mvossman]

Closing lineup needs another big.  The don’t trust Wood defensively as a solo-big.  So, they certainly won’t trust him to do it in the most important possessions of the game.  I’ve played around with this too and it is difficult to make it work unless Dorian comes off the bench.

I look at it this way:

Maxi/Wood/DFS/Bullock/Luka  (starters and finishers)

Powell/DFS/Green/THJ/Luka  (Wood breather)

Maxi/Wood/Green/Din/Luka  (Dorian breather)

Wood/DFS/Bullock/Green/Din  (Luka breather)

I have not tried to lay it out minutes wise, but I assume it could be done reasonably well.  I found myself give way more minutes to Green than Bullock due to the need for defense (and the fact that Bullock has his head up his ass right now).  Bullock will likely get at least some of those minutes.