(01-07-2021, 01:33 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: I mean Seth is doing what he's always done in his career. He's a fantastic shooter. Philly was desperate for someone like that in their system and Doc is making sure he's being used to his full potential.
Does that mean JRich is bad or we lost the trade? No of course not. We needed JRich and our defensive numbers are showing his impact already.
We're also seeing our offense without someone like Curry in the mix coming off the bench and it's the sole reason why THJ is being moved their now.
J Rich is the far better for us. We have a defense on another level than with Curry.
When we started with Luka-jRich-DFS-Maxi-WCS. This was the best defensive lineup we ever started with in Lukas time here. It was really disruptive for the opponents. All 5 defensive players and there was no "holes" in defense or easy ways to get baskets. This was the first time Ive seen this here in Dallas in Lukas time.
Yet, the same time also offensive production was there with this lineup.
Lukas defense has gotten a lot better. Is it JRich that sends the standards and it spreads to other teammates? Could be. Or it is Luka with more experience. Or a combination. One thing for sure is that when you have bad defenders in a lineup, this can easy spred like a virus to other teammates. I think this was the first time we started and there was no bad defender in the lineup. Every player on Mavs team knew that and played better D because of this. Rockers were struggling to get to the basket. Every shot was contested. This is the basketball we want to see.
Its crazy to think that soon we can replace WCS with KP that is even far far better defender (and offensive player as well). We will have 5 plus defenders starting. It will be tough for any team to break us down. With Luk and KP, we will always have some good offense. Even on bad nights. We need to surround them with plus defenders. With Jrich, Maxi and DFS, we have just that. Not only that but we have 5 two way players starting. All 5 that can defend. All 5 that can score in different ways. All 5 shooters. Its going to be near impossible to break Mavs down in a long series.