2024 Playoffs Rd 1 Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Clippers

[rimrocker]

Observation on Green...agree or disagree.
Luka's game is too slow for him so in the half-court game, he is best when he can go full speed for offensive rebounds.
When he plays with Kyrie while Luka is on the bench, he seems to be in his comfort zone.

Also, baseball analogy....Luka is our ace starter and Kyrie is our rock solid closer.

This team is fun to watch and somewhat reminds me of the 2011 championship team....a lot of long athletic defensive studs around two great offensive players.

[Thespiralgoeson]

Originally Posted by rimrocker

This team is fun to watch and somewhat reminds me of the 2011 championship team....a lot of long athletic defensive studs around two great offensive players.

There was more than one great offensive player on the 2011 Mavs? This is news to me.

[rimrocker]

Originally Posted by Thespiralgoeson

There was more than one great offensive player on the 2011 Mavs? This is news to me.

JET was one of our best scorers.
I guess "great" would be debatable, but we don't win a championship without his scoring.

Point being, this team is constructed in a similar manner.

[Thespiralgoeson]

Originally Posted by rimrocker

JET was one of our best scorers.
I guess "great" would be debatable, but we don't win a championship without his scoring.

Point being, this team is constructed in a similar manner.

Yeah, he was a good shooter. I?d hardly call him great. Certainly not great like Dirk, Luka, and Kyrie are great. Those are all first ballot Hall of Famer?s, jet never made an All-Star team.

I do take your point about the team being constructed kind of similarly though. The only problem is, I don?t trust our role players as much as that team. At least not on offense. We have too many guys that are extremely streaky and can go ice cold from three for multiple games at a time.

I think that?s the only thing that?s stopping us from winning a title right now, and that?s what we need to focus on in the off-season. We need At least one more very reliable, three-point shooter, preferably more. The other thing I?d say we?re missing is an elite sixth man (like jet.)

[rimrocker]

Originally Posted by Thespiralgoeson

Yeah, he was a good shooter. I?d hardly call him great. Certainly not great like Dirk, Luka, and Kyrie are great. Those are all first ballot Hall of Famer?s, jet never made an All-Star team.

I do take your point about the team being constructed kind of similarly though. The only problem is, I don?t trust our role players as much as that team. At least not on offense. We have too many guys that are extremely streaky and can go ice cold from three for multiple games at a time.

I think that?s the only thing that?s stopping us from winning a title right now, and that?s what we need to focus on in the off-season. We need At least one more very reliable, three-point shooter, preferably more. The other thing I?d say we?re missing is an elite sixth man (like jet.)

Yeah, if we are going to win this thing it will have to be with our defense.
But this team does have 2 superstars and a very solid defense so we might be able to make it happen.

I thought PJ would need to become a key contributor to our offense for us to have any chance of winning a championship. Someone will need to step it up on that end.

[Scoobay]

Originally Posted by rimrocker

Observation on Green...agree or disagree.
Luka's game is too slow for him so in the half-court game, he is best when he can go full speed for offensive rebounds.
When he plays with Kyrie while Luka is on the bench, he seems to be in his comfort zone.

Also, baseball analogy....Luka is our ace starter and Kyrie is our rock solid closer.

This team is fun to watch and somewhat reminds me of the 2011 championship team....a lot of long athletic defensive studs around two great offensive players.

Green's role in half court is a coaching point I hope Kidd works on figuring out...
There's no question to me that it's by design to have him stand in the corner looking for the right opportunity to cut or crash the boards. surely there's more that could be done. He got that alley oop on a back pick. I feel like he should be running around screen and picks more looking to get leverage for an opening.

small hat tip to having Green be last man back on that jump ball... not sure maybe that's just how it worked out but he's one of our fastest players and he tracked that tip down with relative ease.