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

[DanSchwartzgan]

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.

It is worse than that.  DFS is the only real PF.  Not only does Kidd really just have Wood and Powell to cover the C minutes, but he's having to expose one of them to playing 10-12 minutes w/o Dorian.  I wrote something in response to mvossman in another thread that outlines non all-star players who might fit next to Wood as a starting center.  We have to be careful because we do have Maxi and Dorian when everyone is healthy.  I guess Maxi could play his time at C (benching Powell again) if you brought someone in.

It would be nice if that someone could play small-ball center.  Could you solve both issues above with something like P.J. Washington for Bullock?  He's mobile enough to play next to Wood.  He didn't make my list in the other post, but he typically shoots 3's well enough that he would make the list.  He's an average rebounder and above average shot blocker and he's had 7 games of 20 points or more this season.