GDT: Game 53 - Mavs (29-24) at Grizz (27-25) 8:30pm

[Bryan_Wilson]

Dallas:
Tyrell Terry (personal) Out forever....

Grizz:
Justise Winslow (Quad) Out
De'Anthony Melton (leg) Out

[EricaLubarsky]

Both teams are 6-4 in the last 10, but Mavs come in having lost two straight. Grizz have been real good.

[D_D_D]

On my ESPN app in the preview for the game under injuries it lists KP (rest) ... Hope your source is right! Honestly the injury list on this app is often wrong. We need KP as much as possible the rest of the way in my opinion!

And speaking of "the rest of the way" our remaining schedule actually looks pretty damn nice! Apparently we've had one of the toughest schedules in the NBA so far. Now we might have the easiest the rest of the way, or at least one of the easiest. Not that that guarantees a damn thing of course. Barring injuries I see no reason why we shouldn't make at least the 6 seed.

All that being said.... One game at a time. Let's handle our business on the road against the Frizzlies!!

Mavs 109 - Frizz 102

Go Mavs !

[SMC0007]

Must win.

[purplefrog]

Mavs 106
Grizz 101
Bane 23 points

Gotta root for the Horned Frog even in a loss for his team!

[Bryan_Wilson]

Something about Grayson Allen just makes me hope he runs face first into screen after screen.

[Bryan_Wilson]

I'd rather anyone on Memphis go off but Allen.... GDI

[mac222b]

Originally Posted by Bryan_Wilson

Something about Grayson Allen just makes me hope he runs face first into screen after screen.

And on cue he goes off...

Every team seems to have a scrub to superstar night against us.

[Melonhead]

Originally Posted by Bryan_Wilson

Something about Grayson Allen just makes me hope he runs face first into screen after screen.

Same

[SMC0007]

Originally Posted by purplefrog

Mavs 106
Grizz 101
Bane 23 points

Gotta root for the Horned Frog even in a loss for his team!

This is fax

[Skywalker]

Didn't take long to find out which scrub the mavs are letting go off tonight

[Skywalker]

Great, lost the 1st quarter again

[Dallas41]

Brunson can't stay in front of anyone

Then Powell provides no rim protection once the guards get beat

[Melonhead]

Painful hearing Bane is on pace to go down as best rookie 3pt percentage. A lot of us thought we’d be drafting him

[Bryan_Wilson]

Passing clinic put on by Luka and not a single one ends in a made shot.

hah.



....haha...

[tap2390]

Same f'in story. We take threes. We miss threes. They're aggressive, they get to the rim. Sick of this team. Clean shop. Seriously. Carlisle, THJ, and JRich. Get rid of all of them.

[Dallas41]

Originally Posted by Melonhead

Painful hearing Bane is on pace to go down as best rookie 3pt percentage. A lot of us thought we’d be drafting him

Yeah that is incredible for a rookie

I wonder if the Mavs secretly say they blew it not just with Bane but also with Bey.

Either one of those guys would've made J.Rich not needed on this roster.

Can't believe the scouting dept or Cuban/Donnie screwed that up

[tap2390]

JRich is horrible and you can’t convince me otherwise. The fact that Carlisle won’t play Green doesn’t make him a bust. At the end of this season, I would make it very clear to Green that he’s starting next season. Let Richardson walk, or sign and trade him for literally anything.

[Bryan_Wilson]

Originally Posted by tap2390

JRich is horrible and you can’t convince me otherwise. The fact that Carlisle won’t play Green doesn’t make him a bust. At the end of this season, I would make it very clear to Green that he’s starting next season. Let Richardson walk, or sign and trade him for literally anything.

No one is more disappointed in JRich offensively this year than me but.... What has Green done to deserve minutes let alone starting? I'm not advocating for JRich to come back but I'm certainly not even remotely considering Green a starter. He seriously looks like the worst offensive player on the floor whenever he is on the floor. He has had chances to make an impact too, this isn't a case to me at all where RC just doesn't play a guy because he is young.

And in the past when we have been upset about RC's lack of playtime for young players like Anderson or Motley? I remember GDT's where people roasted RC for not playing them(I know I did for Anderson). They aren't even in the NBA anymore. And I don't buy the lack of development angle either. Neither played with us more than 2 years and they couldn't develop at the age of 22 elsewhere? I really can't recall a single player we didn't play who left and even became a NBA quality player let alone hidden gem of some kind.

Dodo shot 30% from 3 for 3 years till he put it together so he could put in the work and turn it around next year... At the same time though, he airballs wide open corner 3's. The ones he was supposed to be adequate from in college, he looks like he's never shot them before. He's at like 2 of 20 on the year and you can tell by his body language when he passes up shots that he has zero confidence in his shot so I don't think it's just a lack of opportunities. He has had plenty of chances IMO with all the covid stuff and banged up guys we have had.

[turin]

Originally Posted by Bryan_Wilson

No one is more disappointed in JRich offensively this year than me but.... What has Green done to deserve minutes let alone starting? I'm not advocating for JRich to come back but I'm certainly not even remotely considering Green a starter. He seriously looks like the worst offensive player on the floor whenever he is on the floor. He has had chances to make an impact too, this isn't a case to me at all where RC just doesn't play a guy because he is young.

And in the past when we have been upset about RC's lack of playtime for young players like Anderson or Motley? I remember GDT's where people roasted RC for not playing them(I know I did for Anderson). They aren't even in the NBA anymore. And I don't buy the lack of development angle either. Neither played with us more than 2 years and they couldn't develop at the age of 22 elsewhere? I really can't recall a single player we didn't play who left and even became a NBA quality player let alone hidden gem of some kind.

Dodo shot 30% from 3 for 3 years till he put it together so he could put in the work and turn it around next year... At the same time though, he airballs wide open corner 3's. The ones he was supposed to be adequate from in college, he looks like he's never shot them before. He's at like 2 of 20 on the year and you can tell by his body language when he passes up shots that he has zero confidence in his shot so I don't think it's just a lack of opportunities. He has had plenty of chances IMO with all the covid stuff and banged up guys we have had.

I'd argue that Crowder left due to less playing time than he deserved. He moved on, received more money, more playing time, and demonstrated that he deserved them.

I find it interesting when Mav fans bring up Crowder's name from time to time as a possible addition. Why he would come back and play under Carlisle is beyond me. I still think that a main reason so many players choose other destinations over the Mavs is due to RC. He's well known for his prickly demeanor, and if I made millions, I wouldn't be inclined to looking forward to having to deal with that at work on a regular basis if I had other options.

[SMC0007]

Originally Posted by Dallas41

Yeah that is incredible for a rookie

I wonder if the Mavs secretly say they blew it not just with Bane but also with Bey.

Either one of those guys would've made J.Rich not needed on this roster.

Can't believe the scouting dept or Cuban/Donnie screwed that up

But Banes aRmS aRe ShOrt.

Hell forget green, I'd swap him with JRich right now.

[Melonhead]

Love van gundy

“You could make a highlight reel of Lukas passes that end up in misses”

[Skywalker]

Might as well wrap this one up

[Bryan_Wilson]

Really hate that pullup mid range shot by JB... offense was looking much more fluid until that horrible shot.

[Bryan_Wilson]

Every shot Redick puts up feels like it's going in. I miss that feeling.

[Bryan_Wilson]

Feels like we should be down 10+

[SMC0007]

Just started the game and see that Lukas shorts are 3x too big. That is all for now.

[EricaLubarsky]

Only down 3 at the half

[tap2390]

Of course we're getting killed by the dirtiest POS in the league.

[EricaLubarsky]

When I’m watching ESPN, am I always watching the opposing team’s announcers?

[Bryan_Wilson]

KP is too passive tonight imo....

[Bryan_Wilson]

And as I say that- He gets much more active

[FreshJive]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

When I’m watching ESPN, am I always watching the opposing team’s announcers?

ESPN is always national announcers, is it not? Nbatv is usually one of the locals.

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by FreshJive

ESPN is always national announcers, is it not? Nbatv is usually one of the locals.

They just seem to drool over the opposing team and critique us

[FreshJive]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

They just seem to drool over the opposing team and critique us

Ah. I missed the joke.

[Dallas41]

Nice win

Very clutch play by Luka

More impressive is the fact that the Mavs finally won a game when trailing after the 1st QTR.

That stats seems so weird but it has been a thorn in their side most of the year.

Now they just need to get some consistency and move ahead of Portland because this game was a example of how dangerous it would be to play in the play in tournament.

One off game and you could go home....

[tap2390]

JRich spins away and throws up a garbage one hand floater that bricks... Bane hits the three on the other side. How many times a game does this happen? How many time is going to happen before we bench his ass?

[Melonhead]

Nice one Bane. Thought we were gonna tie the quarter until then.

[Stylistic]

This team is simply destined to play in that play in game even with Portland trying their hardest to get us to that 6th seed.

[tap2390]

What the hell is that mascot? Is Chuck E Cheese a crackhead?