GAME 30: DAL (15-15) @ CLE (20-11) | 99-100 loss

[Chicagojk]

It is hard to get too upset at anyone over last night's game.  It was a valiant effort...a moral victory if you will given what we threw out there.  Our starters actually won their floor time fairly significantly.  Wood won his floor time against Allen (and Cleveland is +8 per 100 anytime Allen is on the floor).

The bench, basically our 12-15 guys, just didn't have enough real NBA talent.  The offense just died when Theo, Hardy and McGee were in together.  Kidd did the Dorian first out and first back thing again (even w/o point-PF Luka), leaving Wood as the only player of any size.  We survived those minutes just fine.  It felt like if we could have had just one of our regular bench guys back, we would have probably won.

Questions:  

1) With only 2 playable bigs for the next two months, does this team need another body (PF/C) type?   Wood has missed some games in the past and if he went down this may be DOA.   If McGee is utterly undependable does this team need to look for insurance?

2) Minutes were already tight with Din, Hardaway, Green, DFS and Bullock.  If Kemba proves he can play consistent minutes, what is the plan?   Moving Hardaway for a PF type would be ideal imo, just not sure that is in the cards.  I will be really disappointed if Green is the one who loses minutes.   Two guys may need to lose some minutes though.   I guess, it may be putting the cart in front of the horse though.  Maybe we should wait to see if this is something Kemba can do consistently.   Not scoring 30 plus points but look like a positive on the court.