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[Dundalis]

A team can be elite defensively but still lose games.
Apparently, teams lose when they have exploitable weaknesses.

I'd like to think the requisite number of ballhandlers for any team should be 3.

Currently, the Mavs have 2 ballhandlers.
Hardy has pretty good handles, and he can be counted as a quasi-third, but he isn't a player you ask to bring the ball up and organize an offense.
Green has good court vision, but his dribble although functional, isn't as good.

Beyond these 4, there's no one who could dribble.

The thing is -- this third ballhandler doesn't need to be a guard.

The Mavs need a PF more than a ballhandler at this point, if they can find a stretch 4 or a big SF who's not totally inept with the ball, that's going to do wonders for the Mavs.

I specifically referred to having 3 ball handlers in the starting lineup. Not on the team in general. The Mavs made the WCF with two starting ball handlers, along with a very good defense. I'm certainly not against getting a third ball handler for the bench. It's far more important to surround Luka and Kyrie with high level defenders, than it is to have a third ball handler start with them. If they can manage to acquire a high level defensive wing/big who can handle the ball, then obviously that's great. It's not necessary though.