01-31-2024, 06:08 AM
(01-31-2024, 05:57 AM)meistermatze Wrote: The defense has been mostly bad, but not in Kidd's first season when we made thw WCF. DoDo was the closest thing we had to an All-NBA-Defender. My argument is: Players like this exist. The MBT has not been ablte to provide one or more of these players. We have some that kind of check the box, but not really (Williams, DDJ, Green, Exum). My argument concludes, that the reason for this is not that it is difficult to build around Luka and Kyrie but that the management just has not provided thise kind of players. So do you agree or disagree, that it is a myth do build good defense around Luka and Kyrie?
I believe decent enough defense could be constructed next to Luka and Kyrie. But it takes specific players and there are only so many specific players available. So far, Mavs have been unable to actually get one. I think we know we need the big wing as neither GW or DJJ seem like good enough solutions. I am not sure if Green and Exum are a good solution at the other wing (or guard), but we will decide about that once we get the big wing.