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

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Don't want to speak for Dan, but I think "defensive specialist" might be selling Vanderbilt a bit short. 

I'd call him a physically gifted, athletic difference maker who is showing an increasing ability to positively impact winning on the offensive end. He might be a good enough shooter, in time, or he might not, but he can already handle the ball pretty well for his size (not like Luka or Dinwiddie, but better than Wood or Hardaway, probably). I think you might be thinking of him as a "bigger DFS" and that isn't quite accurate, I don't think.

Ya this is definitely where we diverge and I may turn out to be wrong and he develops an offensive game but to me he just hasn't shown enough on that end to start to mortgage the future on him.

In today's NBA if your wings can't shoot then your team offense is going to have a navigate a much smaller court and they become nearly unplayable in the playoffs so I just don't want them on this roster.  Like I said, I may be wrong and he develops a shot but there really aren't signs of life there from what I've watched of him.