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kingrex · 05-06-2005, 10:38 AM

One thing about the playoffs, it exposes your weaknesses, and defending McGrady is our weakness (probably a weakness for most teams in the NBA).

There's no reason to believe that McGrady will be leaving Houston, so the Mavs will be seeing him in the playoffs every year for a long time.

So, what can the Mavs do to match-up better with McGrady?

Option 1: Wait until Howard (or even Daniels) get better defensively.

Option 2: Trade for someone who will be a better defensive match-up against McGrady. The question then, is who?

As I mentioned above, the only ones the come to mind right now are Bowen and Artest, and their respective teams would never trade them away. So, I believe that option 1 is the only realistic option right now. And personally, I think Josh has a lot more growing to do both skills-wise and experience-wise (as LRB pointed out).

05-06-2005, 10:38 AM	#39
kingrex Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 2,229	RE:Paul Gasol Anyone? One thing about the playoffs, it exposes your weaknesses, and defending McGrady is our weakness (probably a weakness for most teams in the NBA). There's no reason to believe that McGrady will be leaving Houston, so the Mavs will be seeing him in the playoffs every year for a long time. So, what can the Mavs do to match-up better with McGrady? Option 1: Wait until Howard (or even Daniels) get better defensively. Option 2: Trade for someone who will be a better defensive match-up against McGrady. The question then, is who? As I mentioned above, the only ones the come to mind right now are Bowen and Artest, and their respective teams would never trade them away. So, I believe that option 1 is the only realistic option right now. And personally, I think Josh has a lot more growing to do both skills-wise and experience-wise (as LRB pointed out).