Mavs with clear worst offensive efficiency so far. 12th best defense. Bottom 10 on 4 factors. 26th on own efg%, 30th on offensive rebounding. Top 10 only on not fouling but being meh everywhere else does not endorse the restraint.
10 of 11 most used pairs negative and 8 are bad to terrible. Flagg horrible results with all starters. Russell, strong pairs across main rotation except Flagg and Thompson. Amazing with Davis. Washington with some bad pairs while his great pair with Lively is only 20th most used on team.
Most used 5 man lineups are mixed but 3 of 5 most used quads are negative, with 3 awful to horrendous. Some of best quads use Russell Christie. Only 1 quad used q0 minutes per game and is one of the awful ones. 183 quads used and only about 28% positive.
All 6 most used trios are negative, with most really bad. Only 7 of 20 most used trios are positive. Flagg only in the 2 with smallest minutes but Flagg Washington Lively is strong and should be used way more. Russell in the 5 biggest minute and best positives.
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Flagg 3 for 14 from field tonight. 3rd worst +/- on team. -12 on, neutral off.
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Flagg negative with 9 of 10 most used pairs. Most bad to horrible. Only positive with Lively because of rebounding and scoring from 2 pointers and foul shots. Terrible with Davis and from almost net stat.
Flagg 13th on team +/- court and 15th on / off.
Almost no progress from October to November.
Complete mess. No expressed strengths. Appears no one has a clue to make it work yet, including Flagg.
Appears to be a SF. The least impactful position on average. A star? Nowhere near at this point. Give it time but give it another position and perhaps style.
Mavs 29th from 3. Need a video study of plays but probably need to consider waiving or trading guys to try to change that. Christie is now essential but not near enough. Hardy has the 3pt shot and good +/-. Can't or won't pass but should go from 11 minutes per game to over 20 and see what happens. Christie - Hardy and Williams -Christie were strong in tiny tests. Do more of that until you can bring in new people.
The current starting unit is a disaster at -40 pts / 100p. Either have major new ideas to fix or just stop it.
156 lineups used. Just 2 over 2 minutes per game for season and just 5 more over a monute, most barely. How about picking 5-10 to really test?
15 most used pairs all negative except for 1 neutral. That suggests total failure of systems and / or execution. They were this bad last season.
6 of 10 most used Thompson lineups are positive but 43 of the 62 used are not. Pick a handful and concentrate to test. All 10 of 10 most used pairs are negative, most terribly; so not a lot of promise, but look a lot harder at the best or judged best.
What are the analytics staff saying about lineups? Is it being listened to / used? Is it good advice or not?
Whether to build around Flagg right now is a real question given early returns but in long run how do they propose to do it? How could or should it be different than the current attempt?
When the results suck with almost everybody, is it going to be that different with Irving? Why?
How do they want Flagg to play and is it any different than how Flagg is playing, has played in past? What is in the insight, what is the plan?
21% usage right now. Is that the right number now or for future? Vs. 16% or 25%?Horrible shooting everywhere but at rim. About 120th in transition frequency. I guess that isn't that bad, but I'd want to make it higher, do the things necessary to make it higher, whatever those things are. 90 players in league with 10+ cut plays... and Flagg isn't one of them. That is wrong. Amen Thompson is at 34. What can Mavs take positive and negative from the Amen Thompson experience to date? Amen didn't start to get on track on Darko until about game 25. Flagg faces a big hill to match him. Thompson appears to have plateaued at game 125. Temporary or not?
Flagg currently tied for 448th on Darko. 341 on offense, just 470th on defense. What can be said about his defense? Stocks are not impressive.
There is no positive combination of Flagg with Mav bigs that does not have Lively and the most promising combination is the big lineup with Flagg, Washington, Davis and Lively. 25 minute test and needs to get to 250+ asap. Can that quad work with Irving? If you take one guy out (and probabky add Christie) who would it be? Flagg? Davis? Too early to say but find out.
Flagg 13th on team +/- court and 15th on / off.
Almost no progress from October to November.
Complete mess. No expressed strengths. Appears no one has a clue to make it work yet, including Flagg.
Appears to be a SF. The least impactful position on average. A star? Nowhere near at this point. Give it time but give it another position and perhaps style.
Mavs 29th from 3. Need a video study of plays but probably need to consider waiving or trading guys to try to change that. Christie is now essential but not near enough. Hardy has the 3pt shot and good +/-. Can't or won't pass but should go from 11 minutes per game to over 20 and see what happens. Christie - Hardy and Williams -Christie were strong in tiny tests. Do more of that until you can bring in new people.
The current starting unit is a disaster at -40 pts / 100p. Either have major new ideas to fix or just stop it.
156 lineups used. Just 2 over 2 minutes per game for season and just 5 more over a monute, most barely. How about picking 5-10 to really test?
15 most used pairs all negative except for 1 neutral. That suggests total failure of systems and / or execution. They were this bad last season.
6 of 10 most used Thompson lineups are positive but 43 of the 62 used are not. Pick a handful and concentrate to test. All 10 of 10 most used pairs are negative, most terribly; so not a lot of promise, but look a lot harder at the best or judged best.
What are the analytics staff saying about lineups? Is it being listened to / used? Is it good advice or not?
Whether to build around Flagg right now is a real question given early returns but in long run how do they propose to do it? How could or should it be different than the current attempt?
When the results suck with almost everybody, is it going to be that different with Irving? Why?
How do they want Flagg to play and is it any different than how Flagg is playing, has played in past? What is in the insight, what is the plan?
21% usage right now. Is that the right number now or for future? Vs. 16% or 25%?Horrible shooting everywhere but at rim. About 120th in transition frequency. I guess that isn't that bad, but I'd want to make it higher, do the things necessary to make it higher, whatever those things are. 90 players in league with 10+ cut plays... and Flagg isn't one of them. That is wrong. Amen Thompson is at 34. What can Mavs take positive and negative from the Amen Thompson experience to date? Amen didn't start to get on track on Darko until about game 25. Flagg faces a big hill to match him. Thompson appears to have plateaued at game 125. Temporary or not?
Flagg currently tied for 448th on Darko. 341 on offense, just 470th on defense. What can be said about his defense? Stocks are not impressive.
There is no positive combination of Flagg with Mav bigs that does not have Lively and the most promising combination is the big lineup with Flagg, Washington, Davis and Lively. 25 minute test and needs to get to 250+ asap. Can that quad work with Irving? If you take one guy out (and probabky add Christie) who would it be? Flagg? Davis? Too early to say but find out.
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Explore trade possibilities for G Allen, Conley, Monk, C White, Dosunmu, Grimes or Konchar
using Gafford, Russell, Hardy, Thompson, Powell or others.
Waive up to 3 deep bench and bring in others for trial fit. If they don't work out, bring in still others.
Consider hiring Michael Malone or Taylor Jenkins? Or possibly even S Brooks or Borrego.
using Gafford, Russell, Hardy, Thompson, Powell or others.
Waive up to 3 deep bench and bring in others for trial fit. If they don't work out, bring in still others.
Consider hiring Michael Malone or Taylor Jenkins? Or possibly even S Brooks or Borrego.
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At this point, it looks wise to never play Flagg without Lively if Lively is available and never with Davis without Lively.
Davis without either is better than with both or with just Flagg. With just Lively has not been tried this season. Was good in very modest test last season.
Lively without Davis was good last season. Great in 22 minutes this season. Lively, no Davis or Flagg, just tried 2 minutes. Try both far more when available.
Flagg off bench? I'd test it. Flagg sitting out of a few games? I might try that to see what happens. Road games around Thanksgiving or in December.
Davis without either is better than with both or with just Flagg. With just Lively has not been tried this season. Was good in very modest test last season.
Lively without Davis was good last season. Great in 22 minutes this season. Lively, no Davis or Flagg, just tried 2 minutes. Try both far more when available.
Flagg off bench? I'd test it. Flagg sitting out of a few games? I might try that to see what happens. Road games around Thanksgiving or in December.
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All 3 victories with very low for modern times 3ptas- 24 to 26. They did have 1 loss, the season opener, with just 21 attempts but all other losses had 32-45 3ptas.
Lean into that style or heck no? Try to and succeed or fail, or try to up volume and succeed ot fail?
Which will it be? What is the analytics staff recommendation? The coaching preference? The outside view?
2 of 3 victories came with 2 of 4 best 2pt fg%s.
Why aren't they a better rebounding team? How much has that been a priority? Just 6 guys over 6-7 and on average 2 have been missing per game. 4 of 6 best by BPM are in this group but need them to play more.
5 guys 6-4 and under. 4 -2 BPM to way worse, 1 hasn't played. Only average 50 minutes per game combined On paper might want it to be less til Irving gets back but it probably can't. If Flagg can't cut it at PG, trade for one or more.
Ben Simmons? Go all on on big? Oladipo?
Scheierman? Cam Payne? Colby Jones?
Lean into that style or heck no? Try to and succeed or fail, or try to up volume and succeed ot fail?
Which will it be? What is the analytics staff recommendation? The coaching preference? The outside view?
2 of 3 victories came with 2 of 4 best 2pt fg%s.
Why aren't they a better rebounding team? How much has that been a priority? Just 6 guys over 6-7 and on average 2 have been missing per game. 4 of 6 best by BPM are in this group but need them to play more.
5 guys 6-4 and under. 4 -2 BPM to way worse, 1 hasn't played. Only average 50 minutes per game combined On paper might want it to be less til Irving gets back but it probably can't. If Flagg can't cut it at PG, trade for one or more.
Ben Simmons? Go all on on big? Oladipo?
Scheierman? Cam Payne? Colby Jones?