Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban Should Trade Dirk Nowitzki

The reason for this is Dirk plays more like a guard. A GREAT guard. The most dominant guard in the league. Dirk is a guard that can shoot over anyone and can't be guarded by 7 footers or he will blow by them, so you have to put guards on him to prevent him from penetrating. This then turns Dirk into a dominant post players. Which is why he is doubled and tripled on the post constantly.

 

So, because Dirk is a super-guard he is the perimeter red star. So to build around him properly you need the interior red star and everything else is wasted. Everything else is redundant, and that's the way the Mavs are currently built.

 

Also, with Dirk, if you have a dominant post player WITH Dirk, it puts a ton of pressure on the opposing bigs. It forces teams to match up with Dirk in the right way. Because the Mavs don't have a center like this it takes the opposing team off the hook. They can put bigs other places on the floor and hide them. If you have the team built properly the team can't do this, they can't hide anyone.


If you have the team built improperly, as it is now, you are taking the ball out of Dirk's hands. You aren't building the team in such a way that Dirk can lead the team. He is just a facilitator. And you are forcing the role players to be the leaders of the team.

A perfect example of how to build around Dirk is being done in Toronto.. Bargnani and Bosh are the exact type of dynamic that Dirk needs and has never had in his career. this is the exact dynamic I am talking about, but, actually, I feel Bosh and Bargnani are more orange than red..

CC Bosh - orangish red
PF Bargnani - orangish red

But this creates that dynamic -- inside-outside -- Just like Shaq-Wade or Duncan-Parker/Ginobli.. but it does it in an entirely new way. And really a better way IMO. Both Bargnani and Bosh will look as great as they possibly can in this dynamic. They will make each other look as good as they possibly can and will put so much pressure on the opposing frontcourt they will foul them out and create all kinds of havoc. This is why we haven't yet seen anything close to Dirk's full potential. If you don't have a team that complements you fully you will never see how good a player can be.

This is why Nash looks so incredible on the Suns, he couldn't have a team that complements him more perfectly, and guess which GM built both these teams, the Nash/Amare Suns and Bosh/Bargnani Raptors. The same guy. And he built both teams through the draft. Nash was a free agent but he was the crowning jewel. He also fleeced both Cuban and Isiah Thomas to build that suns team.



Now here's the biggest problem the Mavs face.. the Mavs have been trying to get this inside presence to pair with Dirk since they have had Dirk, but Cuban is unable to. He has no pieces to trade for one, and he has been unable to get one through a trade. And because he is capped out he can't sign one as a free agent.

 

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