Teffer10 wrote:daoneandonly wrote:AT the end of the day, both Gaff and Lively deserve good playing time. Its Green and THJ that need to be upgraded in the offseason.
Lively = 22pts
Washington/Green/DJJ/Exum = 22pts
Lively/Gaff = 42pts.
Washington/Green/DJJ/Kyrie/Exum/Maxi/THJ = 42pts.
Honestly though, I don't see any championships with a Kyrie/Luka backcourt considering the types of players they would need around them and the lack of assets we have to go get them.
I still think the Mavs will have to consider moving Gaff in the off season to address the huge issue we have at the wings, or move Kyrie to put a more suitable backcourt mate with Luka.
Luka and Kyrie create just about as many problems on the defensive end as those others do on the offensive side.
If anything, these past few games have showed us that Kyrie is more or less replacable, specially if PJ starts hitting those 3's more often. Then you have basically WCF squad with great role players and a much improved center line that has been very missed vs GSW at that time. Maxi and Powell were outmached vs Looney lol...
Exum has been incredible, no other way to say it. He simply works amazing with Doncic. Health is his only concern but dude fits so well in this team.
If push comes to shove, it would say trade Kyrie for two impactful 3&D wings or even SG, then you basically have all you need. The other day i laughed when someone on podcast suggested Kyrie for Vando and Rui, maybe even Reaves from the Lakers. But more i think about it, the more i like it.
And obviously THJ's expiring would help aswell to maybe further upgrade. So, Nico will have options even though he can only do one 1st draft pick swap .
Problem is though, i don't think Nico is bold enough to do such things so we should be prepared to a rather mild off season where i believe THJ, Maxi, Green and maybe even Hardy will be on the block.