GDT Game 47 - Mavs (15-31) vs Wizards (26-20) 7:30pm FSSW

[Magnum_3_Ball]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

You're looking at things in too simple of a sample. There are a million ways to orchestrate a trade depending on who is involved and with what team...and if the Mavs are willing to part with the player.

You're right. Granted things change once you involve more pieces/teams in a trade. But, I was more speaking to the notion that as a fan, you tend to overvalue your guys; especially the players you admire & identify with. Platoon bats in baseball is just a good analogy because everyone can see the value to your team, but the market value of an average platoon bat is virtually nil.

How much value does a 6-10 PF with a well below average jump shot, a per 36 blocks per game average under 1.0, and no specialized, above average skill have? Literally, a guy like that is a dime a dozen.

[EricaLubarsky]

We can’t trade Smith, but he’s hurting the tank

[mac222b]

Wonder if Scott Brooks is the next coach gone. Wizards look like they’ve checked out

[EricaLubarsky]

Scotty Brooks looks worn out

[sefant77]

Brooks or Lue are next

[Bryan_Wilson]

I want to see 11 more points from DSJ in the 2nd half.

And I want the Wizards to wake the hell up.

[Magnum_3_Ball]

Originally Posted by Bryan_Wilson

I personally would take a bag of air(meaningless late 2nd) for Powell. Just to be rid of his salary. Energy guys like him are everywhere. Yogi and Kleber I wouldn't because they are on team friendly deals.

Holy cow! Powell is set to make $9.6 mil next season & $10.3 mil the season after. After seeing this, we should be paying a team to take his salary off our hands. Literally, the only 2 other players signed to the team in the '19-'20 season, when Powell makes $10.3 mil, are Barnes & DSJ. Let's pray we can get rid of Powell by then. No doubt that money could be spent better elsewhere.

Yogi, I'd be fine with moving because his contract is up at the end of the season. I'd be fine with waiting it out & seeing if we can resign him to another team friendly deal too. Kleber I agree. He only costs $815k this season & $1.4 mil next season, so might as well wait & watch him develop.

[Magnum_3_Ball]

As we currently hold a 16 point lead at half here's some good news. At least the Hawks won tonight!!

[Bryan_Wilson]

2 minutes of maybe the worst basketball I've ever seen.

[Underdog]

Wow, Kleber just kicked Marcin in the Gortats.

[Underdog]

Dennis getting chippy. I like it.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by Magnum_3_Ball

Yogi, I'd be fine with moving because his contract is up at the end of the season.

Actually the Mavs have a $1.7m team option on Yogi next season... I'm betting you got that info off HoopsHype, which is actually wrong (they often are -- check Spotrac for more accurate figures). http://www.spotrac.com/nba/dallas-ma...ferrell-20283/

[Underdog]

Tech on Salah, nice to see Dennis in there telling him to chill... The kid is already acting like a leader.


@espn_macmahon: Salah Mejri gets no sympathy from Rick Carlisle after picking up two T's arguing a call and getting tossed. "Get the f--- outta here!" Carlisle shouts as Mejri tries to plead his case.

[Magnum_3_Ball]

Originally Posted by Underdog

Actually the Mavs have a $1.7m team option on Yogi next season... I'm betting you got that info off HoopsHype, which is actually wrong (they often are -- check Spotrac for more accurate figures). http://www.spotrac.com/nba/dallas-ma...ferrell-20283/

Followed the link you provided and saw the team option on Yogi. Thanks.

Actually, I got my information from this site: https://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/DAL.html

I was poking around at other team's payrolls on there too. Any thoughts on basketball reference's accuracy when it comes to contract #s?

[EricaLubarsky]

Thank you, refs.

Completely shifted momentum

[Bryan_Wilson]

Originally Posted by Underdog

Tech on Salah, nice to see Dennis in there telling him to chill... The kid is already acting like a leader.


@espn_macmahon: Salah Mejri gets no sympathy from Rick Carlisle after picking up two T's arguing a call and getting tossed. "Get the f--- outta here!" Carlisle shouts as Mejri tries to plead his case.

Lol Rick. Yeah I thought the first one was a little on the ref, still dumb by Salah. He clearly wasn't in the mood from all the Wizards complaining. You could read the lips as all he said was "walk" to Salah, basically refusing to tell Salah what he did wrong which I hate. The 2nd one was all Salah tho.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by Magnum_3_Ball

I was poking around at other team's payrolls on there too. Any thoughts on basketball reference's accuracy when it comes to contract #s?

Bball Reference is great for almost any stat, but they tend to miss salary details like team options and qualifying offers from time to time... Spotrac is always on point.

[Underdog]

Looks like the otter has his work cut out for him...

@bobbykaralla: The Mavs have won their last 150 games when leading by at least 17 points after the third quarter. All-time they're 265-3.

[EricaLubarsky]

Dirk is timeless

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Why on earth is Barea getting a tech when Wall walks up to him? What a joke.

[Bryan_Wilson]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Why on earth is Barea getting a tech when Wall walks up to him? What a joke.

Yep, typical NBA.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Why on earth is Barea getting a tech when Wall walks up to him? What a joke.

Cuban paid good money for the refs to help us tank this season -- they're just trying to earn their paycheck.

[Magnum_3_Ball]

Tank watching... We almost got a W from Phoenix tonight. Bulls headed to OT (after they lost a lead & looked like they were gonna take an L)... fingers crossed, Memphis about to pull out a W tonight too!

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by Underdog

Cuban paid good money for the refs to help us tank this season -- they're just trying to earn their paycheck.

Cuban needs his money back.

[Underdog]

Mavs have 8 blocks so far tonight... Every non-guard who's logged minutes has at least one.

[Bryan_Wilson]

Originally Posted by SMC0007

Wall and Beal combine for 65 pts. We fall short after a desperate attempt late to get back in the game.

4:15 left in the game and the Wizards finally hit 65 as a team.

I hope you learned a valuable lesson.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by Bryan_Wilson

4:15 left in the game and the Wizards finally hit 65 as a team.

I hope you learned a valuable lesson.

lol

[Underdog]

Jalen Jones in the box score, look out!

[Bryan_Wilson]

Originally Posted by Underdog

Jalen Jones in the box score, look out!

He drove into the lane and actually looked like he had done it before, that's an improvement on basically every wing we have.

[Underdog]

Barnes with a quiet 20/10 double-double... DSJ came up short of another 20+ performance, but 17 points, 6 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 steals is nothing to be ashamed of.

Our streak of clutch games dating back to Dec. 20 comes to an end with an exclamation point.

[Bryan_Wilson]

I think the DSJ 360 dunk basically destroyed their souls. It was downhill after that for the Wiz and it never got good.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Mavs are built to wreck the Wizards. Wiz are an old-school team and Rick knows how to wreck them, plus they've been having real issues with effort and consistency that a recent players-only meeting didn't help. Back in November they were our second win of the season and we totally outclassed them.

I'm afraid we'll win and sweep the series.

Nailed it.

Originally Posted by Bryan_Wilson

I think the DSJ 360 dunk basically destroyed their souls. It was downhill after that for the Wiz and it never got good.

Also nailed it.

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Smith has already arrived. He no longer hesitates or is unsure of what to do even when he misses shots. The confidence is 100%.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Smith has already arrived. He no longer hesitates or is unsure of what to do even when he misses shots. The confidence is 100%.

So basically...

[Underdog]

@BallinWithBryan: Carlisle on Dennis Smith Jr.: “I don’t know who’s doing the invitations to the dunk contest, but if they don’t invite him after tonight’s exhibition, somebody’s probably not doing their job very well. In a dunk contest, he would be absolutely spectatular.”

[tap2390]

Wizards are a good example of how mediocrity kills. They’ve been in the playoffs 3 of the last 4 years only to lose in the semis. They aren’t good enough to hit 50 wins nor bad enough to get Wall some help. Now all of a sudden Wall is 27 and you have to wonder how much longer he can be successful without a consistent outside shot.

I absolutely dread this happening to us with DSJ.

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Originally Posted by tap2390

Wizards are a good example of how mediocrity kills. They’ve been in the playoffs 3 of the last 4 years only to lose in the semis. They aren’t good enough to hit 50 wins nor bad enough to get Wall some help. Now all of a sudden Wall is 27 and you have to wonder how much longer he can be successful without a consistent outside shot.

I absolutely dread this happening to us with DSJ.

That's true, and I've always thought the Wizards were garbage every time we played them.

They made a huge mistake matching Porter who is nothing more than a role player.

[Underdog]

@Mavs_FFL: JJ. Barea’s response to Wall calling him a midget: "Now I have somebody in the NBA that I don't like. But I don't think his teammates like him either."

[Melonhead]

Unrelated, but Im finally seeing my first Mavs game in Dallas Wednesday. Watched in LA and NOLA a few times but never dallas

Recommendations on when to arrive to see shootarounds from each team? Thanks in advance. And any other recs you want to throw my way while in dallas or at the arena is welcome

[Magnum_3_Ball]

Originally Posted by Melonhead

Unrelated, but Im finally seeing my first Mavs game in Dallas Wednesday. Watched in LA and NOLA a few times but never dallas

Recommendations on when to arrive to see shootarounds from each team? Thanks in advance. And any other recs you want to throw my way while in dallas or at the arena is welcome

How long will you be in town for?

I've only been to one Mavs game well ahead of the tipoff time, and that was a preseason game. I think I arrived about an hour before tipoff. I was able to watch the Hawks' rookies & back of the rotation players do some shooting drills. I remember 2 of their vets were out there going through some stretches & I think ballhandling drills, but nothing exciting. I never saw any Mavs players out of the floor, so they must of got their time in before hand.

I know I did hear Coach Carlisle say on tonight's pre-game radio interview that the Mavs have their team meeting 28 minutes prior to tip off, so Dirk & other vets get 8 more minutes to warm up in the weight room with exercises designed to get their muscles loose. So, you definitely need to be there more than 28 min prior to tip to see the Mavs put in any work. My best guess would be to play it safe tho and be there as soon as they open doors to the public, probably 2 hours prior to tip.