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Dragic has elevated his game as a floor general. His half-court game has improved. I would like to see him get back at the PG starting position. Our offense is so much better when is on the floor with Jimmy.

No. Dragic is killing teams off the bench and his ability to run an offense allows Butler plenty of time to rest. Dragic is perfect as instant offense and game stabilization for when Butler sits. Let Dragic run that show because Dragic will always defer to Jimmy if they’re on the court together.

Dragic also has a similarly drive and kick mindset as Butler with more pick & roll focus so his game netted well with our young rooks too so the structure of the offense stays similar when Dragic gets those keys handed over.

And then when Dragic is in a rhythm and Jimmy is rested, we spring that duo on squads In the 2nd half to have teams pulling their hair out.
 

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Dragic has elevated his game as a floor general. His half-court game has improved. I would like to see him get back at the PG starting position. Our offense is so much better when is on the floor with Jimmy.
His half-court game has always been good. It's just that he now plays half the minutes he used to and can go all out without worrying about saving himself for later.

I'm not totally sold on Bustise as a PG yet but truth is this team doesn't need a true PG.
 

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Dragic off the bench is so perfect for this team. Dude is a microwave of instant offense. Downhill gettin to the rim, and 3point shooting. The young dudes off the bench follow his lead and play through his energy. Bench Dragic is a godsend.

Wow Cuban actually did us a solid by trying to screw us over. Imagine drag coming off the bench producing like this for the mavs instead of us?? Or to still have hassan and dion pouting even tho i think jimmy wouldve had hassan happy with his lobs

:wow:
 

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You have young talent that provides instant energy and is constantly improving. You have to let young players play to get better. JJ is obviously more polished and better than DJJ right now but this is what you do with young talent

but the thing is DJJ hasnt really improved that much. he gets dumb fouls & his defense is meh at best. also for a guy who has dumb hops seems like he misses a lot around the basket. i dont mind him playing but what spo did tonight was perfect. he saw that DJJ wasnt giving us much & let JJ get his mins
 

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but the thing is DJJ hasnt really improved that much. he gets dumb fouls & his defense is meh at best. also for a guy who has dumb hops seems like he misses a lot around the basket. i dont mind him playing but what spo did tonight was perfect. he saw that DJJ wasnt giving us much & let JJ get his mins

I think his rebounding especially on the offensive end is pretty good. He’s athletic enough that he can play alongside our less mobile bigs like Olynyk and Meyers plus his constant cutting and catch radius make him looming threat capable of turning bad possessions into 2nd chance attempts.

plus he’s legitimately one of the best dunkers in the league and those kind of highlights tend to be huge momentum boosts for a team that plays like this. Cats on this team vibe with each other and feed off those moments.

Let Airplane mode live. JJ gonna get more play later on especially in playoff time.
 
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