Watching the undermanned Mavs wallop the Jazz after the biggest shock to their system since Roy Tarpley’s first arrest, two thoughts roused me from my usual...
settles in will we have a better handle on how this pans out. My guess is it’ll go just fine, at least in the short term. Out of leverage and with a max contract in the offing, Irving knows he must play nice the rest of this season, anyway.And, for the purposes of this column, we’re only talking short-term. Like, this week.
The problem, as always with Wood, is his defense, or lack thereof. Kidd no doubt practiced a little tough love, dangling a starting role if Wood improved his D. He’s certainly athletic enough, and he appears at least somewhat willing. Yet his defensive rating this season is slightly worse than his career average.
On the other hand, if Wood already has such good chemistry with Luka, and Irving makes them the best three-ring offense in the West, why not simply sit back and enjoy the show? That was the take of David Moore, an NBA insider masquerading as our lead Cowboys beat writer, on the SportsDay Insider podcast this week.
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