Dirk is still a top ten player in the NBA and by far the best player still available. I was very surprised to see Dallas not picked in the team round.
Plus he is the perfect compliment to Demarcus Cousins. I have the inside/outside game perfected with this lineup. Plus, Dirk still has the ability to take over a game, especially in crunch time, that the Kings will need (as well as the steely veteran leadership that Cousins and Thomas being so young don't quite have yet). Very happy Dirk was there for me. I really like how my team is shaping up. I now have the 6th, 8th, and 20th best PER's on the year for my first three. No one else can even come close to that.
Alongside Cousins that's a great duo.
Offensively it would be a beauty to watch but I worry a bit about defense.
Dirk is savvy but not a very good defender and Cousins isn't exactly the defensive anchor I would want next to Dirk.
fair point, but with Ibaka gone there aren't many top tier defensive PF's left. There also aren't going to be many (if any at all) duo's that will even pose real problems for Dirk & DMC on either end of the floor.
Meh, disagree on both accounts I guess.
I think there's still a handful of solid defensive bigs. Maybe less flashy names though.
Also a little too early to say there's no duos that will give you problems defensively.
Possibly, but when you start actually looking at Cousins, especially this year, you find he has gotten the better of virtually every matchup. Even against Howard, Cousins won 2, lost 1, and the other game Cousins played less than 10 minutes (the 3 games were clear wins for the guy that won). 2 games between Cousins and Bogut, Cousins won both. Cousins and Noah, Cousins dominated him in their only match-up this year. Cousins and Marc Gasol split.
I can say that no duo will give Cousins and Nowtizki problems because no center has effectively shut down Cousins and that is without a bona fide big time PF playing next to him to take some of the focus away from him.