What do you get when you put together an NBA starting lineup all on the wrong side of 30?
To be general, a bad defensive team. To be specific, the 2010-11 Dallas Mavericks.
What do you do when you have a bad defensive team?
As Shawn Marion can attest to: Run and Gun.
Playing a Nellie Ball system would take advantage of the Mavericks' strengths and hide many of their deficiencies, particularly on the defensive end.
Dallas already has the personnel necessary to quickly adopt this system: veteran players who will do anything to win, an intelligent and creative point guard, a plethora of athletic wings, a pair of athletic centers (Mahinmi, not Haywood), and the best shooting big man in the NBA.
An adoption of this system would all start with Jason Kidd. At this point in his career, Kidd can barely keep up with opposing point guards and can only be asked to play shutdown defensive in short spurts. However, Kidd has not lost his ability to handle the ball, ignite fast breaks, and put teammates in a position to get easy buckets.
This leads to the players to whom Kidd will be feeding the ball.
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Article written by Keith L.
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