The 2018 NBA Manifesto
Dorian Finney-Smith
SF/PF - 6’8, 220lbs - 25 years old - 2 years of experience
After playing in 1,642 minutes last season, a very large amount for an undrafted rookie, DFS barely managed a quarter of that this year due to injury. He missed the first three quarters off the season with a bout of knee tendinitis that took an age to go away, and when he did play, he was much the same player as he was last season. This figures, considering the lack of court time would inhibit development, but as last season showed, development is needed.
When healthy, Daily Fantasy-Sports is a pretty athletic defender of four positions. He is a small forward by default, because underskilled 6’8 players always are, yet he is best employed as a free-roaming switch beast, who can guard any position from two through five while also doing a good jump if switched onto the point guard ball handler. Direct Furnishing-Supplies specialised on this one end, and grabs some rebounds to boot, the kind of resume that coaches love and wish their more talented players would try and mimic more.
Offensively, though, he is underskilled. Doing very little if not nothing with the ball in his hands, Dynamic Frequency-Selection also struggles as an outside shooter, two things that continued into this season. He does not need to create off the dribble or become even a tertiary ball handler - he just needs to run, cut, move to the weakside and hit whatever comes his way, both at the basket and from the perimeter. Deutsche Flugsicherung needs only to play a limited role offensively. Yet he is currently too limited to do that.
Player Plan: One unguaranteed season of minimum remaining. If they really do value his defence that highly, the Mavericks will keep him. Extension eligible, by the way, although this seems like a meaningless aside.
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SF/PF - 6’8, 220lbs - 25 years old - 2 years of experience
After playing in 1,642 minutes last season, a very large amount for an undrafted rookie, DFS barely managed a quarter of that this year due to injury. He missed the first three quarters off the season with a bout of knee tendinitis that took an age to go away, and when he did play, he was much the same player as he was last season. This figures, considering the lack of court time would inhibit development, but as last season showed, development is needed.
When healthy, Daily Fantasy-Sports is a pretty athletic defender of four positions. He is a small forward by default, because underskilled 6’8 players always are, yet he is best employed as a free-roaming switch beast, who can guard any position from two through five while also doing a good jump if switched onto the point guard ball handler. Direct Furnishing-Supplies specialised on this one end, and grabs some rebounds to boot, the kind of resume that coaches love and wish their more talented players would try and mimic more.
Offensively, though, he is underskilled. Doing very little if not nothing with the ball in his hands, Dynamic Frequency-Selection also struggles as an outside shooter, two things that continued into this season. He does not need to create off the dribble or become even a tertiary ball handler - he just needs to run, cut, move to the weakside and hit whatever comes his way, both at the basket and from the perimeter. Deutsche Flugsicherung needs only to play a limited role offensively. Yet he is currently too limited to do that.
Player Plan: One unguaranteed season of minimum remaining. If they really do value his defence that highly, the Mavericks will keep him. Extension eligible, by the way, although this seems like a meaningless aside.
