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

[mvossman]

Current 8 man playoff rotation:

Kyrie/Green
THJ/Green
Bullock/Luka
Luka/Maxi/Wood
Powell/Wood/Maxi

I would love to find a trade that pushes Powell to the 9th man in the rotation (the 9th man is usually the player with a low amount of minutes) and since the Mavs aren’t going to start him, get off Wood. Who is that guy though?

I’d say the list of somewhat/possibly available players at our offering level is:

Collins (I honestly don’t actually like his defense all that much)
Grant Williams
PJ Wash
Jerami Grant?
Crowder (as I’m writing and researching this, his trade comes through…)
Harris
Toppin
Gafford
Draymond

Probably others I’m not thinking of. Building a trade to involve one of these guys would be great IMO.

I agree with all of this and I think its a real shame that we did not do anything to address.

I think we are going to have to look at this team a little differently from a lineup construction standpoint.  You already have it above.  Luka is our starting Power Forward (unless they start Wood and Maxi).  After you get through our 3 bigs, Luka is the biggest wing that we have and by far the rebounder of the group.  He is a point forward that will take on PG duties when Kyrie is not on the court.  I think your playoff rotation is probably spot on.