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

[DanSchwartzgan]

Because you don't know if he "can" unless you actually try. And that has been my great frustration with Kidd and Wood. Kidd has looked convinced that Wood "cannot" do "X" and it has been a self-fulfilling prophecy until injuries forced Kidd to do what he did not want to do.

The next time Powell is healthy, we will have a good idea if Wood will be starting 5 or bench 5 (but exclusively a 5 w/o Maxi as Killer has said).

Then we can turn our attention to whether Kidd has been screwing the pooch this entire season or whether he’s managed this in such a way that Wood would have success when he ultimately moved into the spot you’ve envisioned all along.  I suspect I know what you will say.

I don’t know the answer, nor do I know if the answer matters.  But, I’ll offer two thoughts...  1.  No one knows Wood better defensively than Sweeney.  He proved last season that he’s not an idiot.  2.  I went back and looked at Wood in the five games prior to the last week when Maxi missed time.  The defensive results of those games look nothing like what we’ve seen the last three games.