(01-26-2021, 08:00 PM)Omega_Supreme Wrote: Seith Curry was a much bigger loss and bigger piece for this team than I think anyone realize.
An underrated part of his game was his ability to facilitate and run the offense
I think the Mavericks focused to much on Defense and may have broken the offense.
I am still not a big fan of KP right now and feel this current collection of players may not be the best fit.
Except for the running the offense part I agree. The Mavs underrated the effect his shooting greatness had on the overall spacing for Luka and moreso Porzingis. I don´t think they necessarily overcorrected on the defense end, but they need to realize they are one great player and one very good roleplaying shooter short. Therefore all the talk about adding another guy like Aaron Gordon is so misplaced imho. We already have too many guys that can´t shoot. We simply need a guy that can make life easier for everybody else.
Always comes back to Zach Lavine and Bradley Beal. Lavine is now shooting almost 50/40/90 for the season, as the sole focus of the Bulls offense. Beal is not far behind percentage-wise putting up 35 PPG. We simply need to move all-in and get one of them next summer. They´ll have to demand the Mavs trade and go nuclear like Harden to drive the price in our direction. I know the behaviour stinks, but better be on the right side of it now, before Luka does it to us in three years.
Little off-topic: That Porzingis for Brown/Smart trade idea would look pretty good like now. I wanted to go so hard after Brown in RFA with a max offer and then he prematurely extended his contract. I still think he´d have been the perfect Pippen for Luka and even I didn´t see this explosion coming.