“The place is up for grabs.” This is how Jason Kidd summed up the situation, when asked about the hierarchy at position 5. What is certain is that with the arrival of Grant Williams to occupy position 4 in the major five, Dallas has clearly strengthened its racket this summer by getting their hands on Richaun Holmes and rookie Derek Lively II, 12th choice in the Draft, without forgetting Olivier Maxence-Prosper who can also play inside.
At the microphone of Marc Stein, the Mavs coach also recalled that the preparation and the pre-season matches will be used in particular to find the right balance among the different forces present in the squad.
“I’m going to start Lively with the group, and we’ll see how it goes,” he added. “In recent weeks, our rookies have made great progress, and as I told the staff and Nico Harrison (the GM), I am thinking of starting them with Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, and Grant Williams. We’ll see what happens, but I can in any case say that I will start the two rookies quite early during the training camp, maybe even during our first two matches in Abu Dhabi, just to see how they handle the situation “.
An appreciable workforce density
The exit should not have escaped the attention of Derek Lively II, who declared this summer that he wanted to do what was necessary to establish himself at position 5 as a starter in Dallas.
Words that the former Duke resident visibly linked to actions, according to the feedback received by Jason Kidd.
“They did everything we asked them to do. Every week they have been better, so we are excited. I hope the rookies play a lot this season. They will become part of our trademark. And there might be a chance that one of them could start. So we’ll see.”continued Jason Kidd. “I think any time you can put rookies or your young players with your stars, and you can see how they handle the situation, it gives you a good idea of where they are.”
More generally, Jason Kidd praised his squad depth to discuss the reasons why he is approaching this new season with enthusiasm. “And so our three players at the pivot position are part of it, between Richaun Holmes, Derek Lively II and Dwight Powell” he concluded.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Luka Doncic | 66 | 36.2 | 49.6 | 34.2 | 74.2 | 0.8 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 32.4 |
| Kyrie Irving | 20 | 38.1 | 51.0 | 39.2 | 94.7 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 27.0 |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | 53 | 34.1 | 45.5 | 40.5 | 82.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 17.7 |
| Christian Wood | 67 | 25.9 | 51.5 | 37.6 | 77.2 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 16.6 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 71 | 30.3 | 40.1 | 38.5 | 77.0 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 14.4 |
| Dorian Finney Smith | 40 | 32.2 | 41.6 | 35.5 | 75.0 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 9.1 |
| Josh Green | 60 | 25.7 | 53.7 | 40.2 | 72.3 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 9.1 |
| Jaden Hardy | 48 | 14.8 | 43.8 | 40.4 | 82.3 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 8.8 |
| Kemba Walker | 9 | 16.0 | 42.1 | 25.0 | 81.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 8.0 |
| Reggie Bullock | 78 | 30.3 | 40.9 | 38.0 | 70.3 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 7.2 |
| Dwight Powell | 76 | 19.2 | 73.2 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 6.7 |
| Maxi Kleber | 37 | 25.1 | 45.6 | 34.8 | 71.1 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 5.9 |
| Davis Bertans | 45 | 10.9 | 43.1 | 39.0 | 86.7 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 4.6 |
| Markieff Morris | 8 | 8.7 | 42.4 | 36.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 4.5 |
| Javale McGee | 42 | 8.4 | 64.0 | 40.0 | 58.5 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 4.4 |
| Justin Holiday | 18 | 16.4 | 36.7 | 28.6 | 62.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 4.4 |
| McKinley Wright IV | 27 | 12.4 | 46.9 | 32.1 | 68.4 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 4.2 |
| Aj Lawson | 14 | 7.6 | 48.8 | 40.0 | 25.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.9 |
| Tyler Dorsey | 3 | 2.8 | 80.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Frank Ntilikina | 47 | 12.9 | 36.4 | 25.4 | 66.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 2.9 |
| Theo Pinson | 40 | 8.1 | 35.6 | 35.5 | 84.6 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
| Chris Silva | 1 | 3.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 8 | 6.5 | 23.1 | 27.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
