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Lor20 · 05-02-2007, 04:57 AM

dirk wont go berserk this series - heis constantly being doubled, sometimes before he gets the ball. there is no player in this league who will bring a stellar offensive performance when you do that to him, especially not if hes no guard. Is there any place that keeps stats on how often a player touches the ball? Dirk just doesnt get the ball much and avery doesnt usually let him shoot threes so whats a guy to do? All he can, which is try to draw the double team and pass out. thats the reason he waits for the double so much - because he knows it opens up another guy (unless they allow GS to play with 6 guys now).
when dirk plays the 5 then he doesnt get the ball at all other than maybe a few rebounds and when he plays the 4 they just draw the guy from dop since he is no offensive threat. maybe they should try throwing cro in as a center for a while next game. he can score, rebound and hit hard fouls which is more than we usuaully got from our 5 position this series and if he fouls out its not the end of the world.
I still think this whole series went off wrong from game 1 and the mavs have just tried to come back from that.
Now they need game 6. I think they can get it bacause they seem to figure them out more and more.
Yes - GS seems to make crazy threes the last two games but thats sheer luck and thats gonna stop very soon (of course one more time would be enough so maybe i shouldnt say that). when biedrins is on the floor they should foul him a bit more. biedrins makes in average 1/2 FT's so that'd be 1 point per possession - they are usually above that. Plus it might make one of their nutjobs explode at a ref :-P

05-02-2007, 04:57 AM	#74
Lor20 Golden Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,472	dirk wont go berserk this series - heis constantly being doubled, sometimes before he gets the ball. there is no player in this league who will bring a stellar offensive performance when you do that to him, especially not if hes no guard. Is there any place that keeps stats on how often a player touches the ball? Dirk just doesnt get the ball much and avery doesnt usually let him shoot threes so whats a guy to do? All he can, which is try to draw the double team and pass out. thats the reason he waits for the double so much - because he knows it opens up another guy (unless they allow GS to play with 6 guys now). when dirk plays the 5 then he doesnt get the ball at all other than maybe a few rebounds and when he plays the 4 they just draw the guy from dop since he is no offensive threat. maybe they should try throwing cro in as a center for a while next game. he can score, rebound and hit hard fouls which is more than we usuaully got from our 5 position this series and if he fouls out its not the end of the world. I still think this whole series went off wrong from game 1 and the mavs have just tried to come back from that. Now they need game 6. I think they can get it bacause they seem to figure them out more and more. Yes - GS seems to make crazy threes the last two games but thats sheer luck and thats gonna stop very soon (of course one more time would be enough so maybe i shouldnt say that). when biedrins is on the floor they should foul him a bit more. biedrins makes in average 1/2 FT's so that'd be 1 point per possession - they are usually above that. Plus it might make one of their nutjobs explode at a ref :-P Last edited by Lor20; 05-02-2007 at 04:57 AM.