Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

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Think it's clear Kidd's/Sweeney's system prefers mobile switchable bigs over drop coverage ones. I disagree on the spacing with a rim roller though, if you had to give up one or the other, it looks like an elite vertical spacer/rim roller is more important than a big that is average at shooting 3s and camps on a 3 point line somewhere. Maxi offers pretty much no vertical spacing or rim rolling in his current condition and the offense is not looking good with him. Maxi is Grant Williams level on drives and can only capitalize if the lane is completely vacated with someone on the other team falling asleep. Lively/Gafford are elite vertical spacers and DJJ has slashing and a vertical game as well.
Maybe OMax (if you ever think the PJ trade is bad you need to consider him still being on the roster as part of the deal) can save the day in a season or 2 with some more versatile lineups instead of Maxi.

Turn off the sound. Ignore the screaming. Just look at the positioning of the bigs in the pick and roll. That's on Kidd. What the Mavs have been doing since he arrived. Deep drop coverage. Now with bigger bodies instead of Powell/Kleber. Mavs bigs (except for Gafford) have above average mobility but the Mavs aren't taking advantage of it.