Maxi Kleber Discussion

Effort and not putting up with Dray's dirty bull s***.

JJ might have settled on a new favorite role player based on these closing lineups.

 

and all we had to do was ship out Gabe? Nice!

 

the offensive board pursuit alone is great.

 

I think Cuban is right - Maxi is a big who can move his feet extremely well on defense. Combine with smarts and willingness to do the dirty work and he's surpisingly valuable

I have no idea why his jumper has just disappeared. He might be the Lakers #1 center if he could hit 3's again. He might still be going forward - JJ plays a switch heavy scheme. So in the 4th quarter I could see JJ going with Maxi and Smart with Luka/Lebron/AR. When Lebron goes into 4th quarter defense mode you have both him and Maxi will be tough for defenses to score on

 

I’ll be so vindicated if Kleber becomes a playoff rotation piece. Manifested it into reality

 

his problems in dallas the past couple years were a) forgetting how to shoot, and b) health.

the first seems mental, but that shot is super flat, so it's never going to be great. the health, i fear, is the one that is going to disappoint people. he's barely been able to stay on the floor, so relying on him is dangerous.

i'll take it for now, though!

 

I would pay attention to that Maxi screen instead of just Kennard - just wipes out Kennards guy on these off ball screens.

If only he could get his 3 points shot he's like having another sneaky good Marcus Smart out there

 

He'll definitely be a key piece in the playoffs. I think he will be the most trusted center by JJ in crunch time.

Hope he continues this good play and arrives at his peak to April

 

Maxi has given us some really good minutes the last few games, but if we're relying on him to be a key piece in the playoffs we are in trouble. At this stage of this career, he should only be an 11th-ish guy that surprises you with his competence when he's forced to play due to injuries.

 

Of course. But IF he's healthy same as our whole TEAM there's the "possibility". Size, toughness, moves his feet, sets picks, knows what he's doing out there. 10 minutes a game might be just the rest one or two other players combined might need to stay fresh enough to be better themselves. This roster now is in no way shape or form as ridiculously bad and dysfunctional as it's been made out to be. IF it's all there. It's all about heath now, same as other teams, and some of them going through the same **** now too. Depends what's happening in May-June. 10th man sounds just fine.