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

[Jason Terry]

The previous three years DFS has been +4.9, +6.8, +3.8 in on/off....this year -4.0. 

It tells the whole story of what I have been seeing with my eyes.

I’m with you. He hasn’t been good. Poor 3pt and free throw shooting. Dumb plays. Less than his usual stellar defense. Not rebounding as well or playing with as much energy. 

Sometimes guys have bad stretches of seasons and turn it around. We’ve seen that before which is why we need a deep team. Dorian(and Bullock) have what it takes to be in a playoff rotation and contribute to winning series. Wings are the hardest to find out there. Best choice is to hope for a turnaround. Which i think will happen down the stretch. Then maybe sell high on Bullock in the offseason after we’ve re-built value. Roll with Green as the point of attack wing defender to compliment DFS and we will be good. 

It’s Hardaway that just doesn’t have the skill set we need. Luka, Wood, Dinwiddie all do much more on offense that matters. They can all attack. Hardaway cannot and the league is moving away from those type of players. It would be ok if he did something else like handle the ball/facilitate or offensive rebounds. But he can’t do that either. Maybe we wait till the offseason and give it another playoff chance but if he were to get on a hot stretch the next month i could see it as the first domino to fall. It would make even more sense if Wood doesn’t sign his extension and we NEED to “punt” on the season to set ourselves up going forward. “Punt” and Luka still wills us to the 6th seed for a first round exit.