06-10-2023, 02:53 PM
(06-10-2023, 02:20 PM)Ghost of Podkolzin Wrote: Am I the only one watching the finals thinking the Luka/Kyrie two-man offensive scheme could be very much like Joker/Murray? IMO, you have Kidd watch EVERY minute of Joker/Murray on the floor at the same time before you look at adding any other pieces to the scheme.Fixed it for you.
Joker is the embodiment of position-less basketball. Sound familiar? For giggles I put Luka into my center rating model. He ranks 4th, after Joker, Embiid, and AD. So if you look at offense as position-less (which it should be in 2023), Luka fulfills our needed production as a center.
I don't think there's any argument that Kyrie could be at least as good as Murray in the Murray mode, Luka and Kyrie seamlessly switching ball handling duties precisely like Joker/Murray do. It reminds me of an amazing band where the guitar players switch from lead to rhythm without a difference to the ear.
That said, let's ignore defense for a moment and see if we can we fill out a roster with the supporting pieces to make a DAL version of the Nuggets' offense work...
Matching Denver's Top 8 Man Rotation:
Nikola Jokic > Luka Doncic (younger, smaller, more scoring, less rebounding, more range)
Jammal Murray > Kyrie Irving (older, slightly smaller, more scoring, more efficient)
Aaron Gordon > Naz Reid (younger, bigger, less explosive)
Michael Porter Jr > Christian Wood (older, more rebounding)
K Coldwell-Pope >> Josh Green (younger, taller, much more efficient)
Bruce Brown = Tim Hardaway Jr (older, more scoring, more range, less efficient, less distribution)
Jeff Green = Markieff Morris (kinda identical)
Christian Braun << Jaden Hardy (younger, smaller, more scoring, more range, more distribution, much more explosive)