Portis is a scheme vs. personnel thing and I don't have enough insight into what the Mavs are trying to accomplish on defense to know whether he would be a 4 or 5 in our system. MIL had a lot of success playing a very conservative style, controlling the point of attack with Jrue and dropping Giannis to be closer to the rim. That allowed him to rebound and run. This year they're playing much more aggressively, probably because they can't control the point-of-attack, so both Giannis' and Portis' defensive rebounding percent has plummeted and they've not been very good on defense overall.
In Dallas, I suspect they'd play more conservatively with Lively, Luka and Portis in drop and Exum controlling the point of attack. Things change and they blitz more with Green in there. But honestly, that's only a guess as it's been impossible to identify any sort of scheme with guys in/out of the lineup.
In Dallas, I suspect they'd play more conservatively with Lively, Luka and Portis in drop and Exum controlling the point of attack. Things change and they blitz more with Green in there. But honestly, that's only a guess as it's been impossible to identify any sort of scheme with guys in/out of the lineup.
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