The elephant in the room

[Thespiralgoeson]

Originally Posted by SMC0007

Is there anyone left willing to justify Wood not starting? A few media members like Coop, and Locked on etc. had been behind it, but it never made sense.

Idk how much longer the staff can afford to hold out on this decision. We aren't championship caliber atm anyway, but to maximize what we have, we need to implement the best version we can. I still call this horseshit SLU and shenanigans.

What the Mavs need to be a championship caliber team- 1. another quality ball-handling guard, 2. Quit bullshitting around and just start Wood already.

I honestly think that's it. I really think we're on the cusp of being really, really good. But the Mavs are shooting themselves in the foot by not doing anything to replace Brunson, and insisting on bringing Wood off the bench- which in opinion is the reason Luka and Wood haven't developed a real two-man game yet.

[saclare]

Originally Posted by Thespiralgoeson

What the Mavs need to be a championship caliber team- 1. another quality ball-handling guard, 2. Quit bullshitting around and just start Wood already.

I honestly think that's it. I really think we're on the cusp of being really, really good. But the Mavs are shooting themselves in the foot by not doing anything to replace Brunson, and insisting on bringing Wood off the bench- which in opinion is the reason Luka and Wood haven't developed a real two-man game yet.

I believe the same. However, if you could upgrade the big position and somehow start a Wood/Turner front court, would you do it? Essentially a massive upgrade on Powell/Maxi/McGee. Could 1-2 punch it and grab McConnell, too.

[SMC0007]

Originally Posted by Thespiralgoeson

What the Mavs need to be a championship caliber team- 1. another quality ball-handling guard, 2. Quit bullshitting around and just start Wood already.

I honestly think that's it. I really think we're on the cusp of being really, really good. But the Mavs are shooting themselves in the foot by not doing anything to replace Brunson, and insisting on bringing Wood off the bench- which in opinion is the reason Luka and Wood haven't developed a real two-man game yet.

Pretty much. And that's the 2 flaws so far.

1. In-house Brunson replacements the staff mentioned like Frank and THJ have issues that don't even need to be typed out. Everyone knows them. They even mentioned Hardy and Dorsey a cplctimes in interviews. :/

2. Replace the production of Brunson with combo of Wood and Spence. Both are playing well but Wood is missing a ton of potential Luka minutes. But defensive tone blah blah. Guys yall came up short on the build, you can't just say that and have guys be great defenders.

Moves like Derozan, would have been awesome next to Luka but no, we have to have 1 dimensional shooters. Bane would have been awesome but his fn arms are short and he cant get his shot off in the NBA, lol. Helll I wanted Wood 3 years ago. It's great we have him now but it's the same old S, they have an idea that isn't exaclty wrong but it's forcing a square peg into a round hole. We don't have 2 way players and we don't have defenders that are THAT good, where we can know that we are stopping opposing offenses. We can't even slow down lesser to mid-pack teams.

I wonder if Luka as a leader is voicing his opinion on the rotations. Hell maybe he likes it, idk. If the franchise wants me to lead, then I'm speaking up on stuff like that.