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Old 02-15-2023, 09:49 PM   #41
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If this was soccer Mavs would be demoted to a lower league

We?re really not an NBA team without Luka
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They all went to awful when Luka came back. Not sure why though...
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Jeff Green will be 60 and still kill us.
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Old 02-15-2023, 09:56 PM   #46
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Yep, turning this one off. A not serious team. No way Kyrie stays with this sad bunch.
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Mavs are not worth watching. I?m out.

Worst thing a team can be is unwatchable
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This game was lost when the starting five were announced
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Really need a hard look in the mirror this off-season. The defense just shouldn?t be this bad. Kidd talking about how defense isn?t important certainly doesn?t help. If Kyrie stays we have three championship caliber starters. Complimenting their skill set is of the utmost importance.
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Complementing** they certainly don?t deserve any compliments
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Nice to go into the break on a 3 game losing streak
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Two things to note:

1)McGee should be starting. Powell is useless.

2)Watching that half time show made me sad. How a little girl go in the game and hit 2/2 from NBA three point range and our team cant hit shit? We need to get Nico to start working her agent to play for the Mavericks as our team is allergic to shooting. That's the third peace we have been missing.
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I am also if Kyrie plays the all star game and not this game. That would be interesting to see.
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Powell isn't even effective on lob dunks anymore which is why RC loved playing him.

There's really no reason why he should be starting for a NBA team if you are serious about getting to a championship

The loyalty this organization shows to some players is just ridiculous

Even when kleber comes back I don't think he'll fix anything
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How does an NBA team assemble an entire roster without any perimeter defenders?

That is absolutely mind boggling
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How does an NBA team assemble an entire roster without any perimeter defenders?

That is absolutely mind boggling
Or one center that is starting-caliber (1-30 among centers)

Our best center is 55th
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This team deserves to miss the playoffs

Maybe failure will finally let Cuban learn his lesson

He?s been horrible for so long but keeps getting lucky. The luck may be officially over.

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Aj Lawson baby! lmao.
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At this point kidd needs to try Morris and Holiday as starters after the break

They can't be any worse defensively than what you've been getting all year at the wing positions

Luka and Kyrie are going to score no matter what so kidd needs to find two capable wings who can fucking keep people in front of them and execute on switches

Both of those guys are veterans and similar to DFS so I would take a fucking flyer on them both and see if they can start and defend for 18-20 minutes per night

I'm bringing Green, Bullock, THJ, Wood and Kleber off the bench.
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Again, defense can't fix the offense with Irving out. None of them want to score. That's why AJ Lawson is the second leading scorer.
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And Josh Green has been awful. I don't think he and Luka have chemistry together which makes no sense.
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Again, defense can't fix the offense with Irving out. None of them want to score. That's why AJ Lawson is the second leading scorer.
When Hardy gets beat repeatedly on back door cuts or other guys get beat off the dribble that's purely defense.

Anyone assuming that it's just about the offense not scoring points ain't watching basketball

Luka said it himself this team ain't going to win games in the playoffs trying to outscore people

I find it hard to believe Justin holiday and markief Morris can't help this team big time on defense

They are both smart veteran defenders and understand assignments. They don't have to be stoppers they just have to play with defensive awareness being able to recognize coverages and switches

Which is apparently something that no other players on this roster can do with any consistency.

Some of those defensive lapses just not seeing the ball and their man on cuts is just ridiculous and it must have happened like 10-15 times tonight.

I'm to the point where I'm done watching all these clowns who have been on the roster all year and still making the sane idiotic mistakes

Give holiday and Morris atleast a 3-4 game look to see what you get instead of doing the same shit over and over again and repeatedly failing

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Mavs are going to have a nice stretch over the next nine days. I doubt we lose more than one game in that time
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Anyone assuming that it's just about the offense not scoring points ain't watching basketball.
I didn't say it was just about offense, but this game wasn't going to be won even if the defense was good. You CLEARLY didn't watch this game if you think the offense didn't play a huge part in losing. The first quarter was hot potato, and it never got better.
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I'm hoping that Holiday and Morris can both get settled in after the break. I know neither one of them are popular choices but I believe one of them if not both can help this team defensively if Kidd stops being loyal to the clowns who have been here year after year.

I think they both can give you a solid 12-18 minutes per night at the 3 & 4. You can throw them both at guys like PG, MPJ, Ingram, Wiggins, Booker or Bane.

Kyrie and Luka together is going to generate offense for this team vs anyone. The key will be finding some sort of combination of wings and a big that you can trust to make a few shots when needed but most importantly hold up defensively around those two guys.

If Kleber is healthy I think him and Wood should rotate at center. Depending on what you need offense or defense late in games you can close with one or the other.

I honestly would love to see Kidd experiment with a starting lineup of Kleber, Morris, Holiday, Kyrie and Luka. I know it's wishful thinking because Powell and THJ asses aren't coming off the bench to start games.

But I believe both of those veteran wings would give you similar production as DFS. I'm not saying they are equal to DFS but they both have offensive and defensive traits similar to him.

If Kidd truly wanted to get a little better production on that end of the floor Kleber, Morris and Holiday would be a solid trio because they can all switch and rotate pretty effectively on defense.

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I think I know what our problem is!

We have too many guys doing nothing. We need someone of those guys to be doing something like scoring. I noticed looking at the box score we have Bullock, Green, Frank and Pinson with good minutes yet they didn't do anything. Hmm.

Perimeter defense is a problem too.

I'd start with those 2 issues.
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I think I know what our problem is!

We have too many guys doing nothing. We need someone of those guys to be doing something like scoring. I noticed looking at the box score we have Bullock, Green, Frank and Pinson with good minutes yet they didn't do anything. Hmm.

Perimeter defense is a problem too.

I'd start with those 2 issues.
Thing is that we're never going to be the defensive team people want with the current squad.

The only way this thing works this season is doubling down on offense. That, of course, is tough to do if Luka or Irving are hobbled.

Frank playing 24 minutes means we've done something terribly wrong.

Just feels like there is no actual game plan which is why we're so hard on Kidd. How can this many players play this poorly?

Reggie Bullock and Josh Green played 59 minutes and score 9 points. Not amount of defense can overcome that type of offensive production. And they are overrated as defenders as it is...esp Green who just doesn't seem like the same defender that we all touted. Maybe the higher minutes/role has hampered that a bit.
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This was ugly but about what was expected with those missing against the top team. Home stretch of 6 games coming out of the break, but perhaps more importantly, practice time. Lot to figure out here even with Maxi returning. Defense, rebounding, shooting. Ugh.
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I'm not sure how much practice time there will be. Asb / vacation.
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From prior recollection, they tend to get a couple in before the 1st game back. Who knows.
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yeah i mean i get luka wants a vacation in mexico, but damn youd think theyd be wanting to nail down some things kyrie/luka at some point.
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Luka looks and behaves like he's already been on vacation. Looks overweight, heaving and slumped over when he doesn't have the ball. He's out of the MVP race unfortunately. Was really hoping he would take the next step. Won't be a Mav when/if he wins a championship. Very disappointed in Kidd, Cuban and Luka.
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Some of Luka's problems were understandable-- Kidd played Frank at PG so Luka could start playing off-ball/SG. That is where Luka is less comfortable, but also where he needs to grow. A few years ago he came out and said that he'd never play off-ball. Now he has to.

Anyway, Frank is an absolutely crap PG so it's hard to judge him in his time playing off-ball

If this team succeeds, though, it will be 1) Luka playing off-ball, 2) Luka setting monster screens, and 3) Luka posting and passing out of the post.

The grand experiment begins. That doesn't excuse his weight or penchant for carby food/beer, but it does explain some of his apparent lethargy. He wasnt playing his crispest ball, because he is learning to play a different way.

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It?s quite shocking that trading away your best defender makes you worse on defense. Hopefully Morris and Maxi will be ready after the break. Somebody (on the broadcast?) said that Morris wasn?t quite in shape when he got here.
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I've made this very same observation lately in that Luka certainly looks heavier now than he did at the start of the season. He has played a ton of hoops over the past 12-18 months and I think it may be finally catching up to him. Probably wouldn't hurt if Luka got in contact with Javale McGee's chef!
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