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Originally Posted by Five-ofan
Hollinger is smarter than some of you guys are giving him credit for. That said, hes flat out wrong on this one. Im going to take KGs numbers as being correct without checking(i have no reason to doubt them). This team being number 1 in defensive effeciency with najera playing 13 minutes a night over that stretch is nothing short of amazing. Najera is one of the 30 or so worst players in the nba. He hustles but he doesnt do anything well, hes not a scorer, hes not a good defender, and hes a terrible rebounder for a center(because he isnt a center). Combine those qualities and you basically end up with the mavs playing 4 on 5 for 13 minutes a game. Also add in that hes our player outside of dirk and haywood whos even 6-8. Thats a fairly insane lack of size while damps out. When you replace him with damp, the mavs will end up getting quite a bit better in all 3 areas(yes damp is an offensive improvement too). The thing is, this team doesnt have a glaring weakness once Damp gets healthy and thats something very few teams can say and its something his formula doesnt account for.
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Oh come on. Give him more credit than that. He puts a lot of pressure on teams offense with full court pressure, he gets a lot of loose balls, he annoys players his size, and etc. For what disadvantages he has, he makes up with his hustle. Dampier will obviously be an upgrade but it's not like we suck with Najera out there.