2020-2021 NBA Season thread - Page 8 - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

Melonhead · 04-12-2021, 01:03 PM

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Talent always trump system

Wish the mavs saw it this way.

EricaLubarsky · 03-29-2021, 11:44 PM

That Fournier line

Thespiralgoeson · 03-30-2021, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

That Fournier line

And the sad thing is, that trade exception was supposed to be the Celtics' last ace in the hole to bring back another star player and put them in the title picture.

EricaLubarsky · 04-01-2021, 03:10 PM

https://twitter.com/RealBillRussell/...290311682?s=20

Thespiralgoeson · 04-01-2021, 07:14 PM

Is anyone following this Durant/Rappaport nonsense? This is HILARIOUS. KD has go to be the most insecure, thin-skinned NBA superstar that ever lived.

https://twitter.com/MichaelRapaport/...470338/photo/4

BPo001 · 04-01-2021, 10:01 PM

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Is anyone following this Durant/Rappaport nonsense? This is HILARIOUS. KD has go to be the most insecure, thin-skinned NBA superstar that ever lived.

https://twitter.com/MichaelRapaport/...470338/photo/4

I saw the post on IG. So he’s not sorry he said it. He’s sorry people saw it. I guess he should have used his burner account!

EricaLubarsky · 04-05-2021, 03:13 PM

Justin Jackson waived by OKC

sefant77 · 04-08-2021, 01:54 PM

Im starting to be pissed that the Thunder traded up to grab Poku ahead of us. This kid is going to be great. Like a better Toni Kukoc at least

EricaLubarsky · 04-08-2021, 03:10 PM

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Im starting to be pissed that the Thunder traded up to grab Poku ahead of us. This kid is going to be great. Like a better Toni Kukoc at least

I've definitely been impressed. A lot of good players in that draft.

mac222b · 04-08-2021, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by sefant77

Im starting to be pissed that the Thunder traded up to grab Poku ahead of us. This kid is going to be great. Like a better Toni Kukoc at least

He looks legit. I thought he was like 3 years from being a contributor with that body and shooting but he is so skilled and smart.

We have had some bad luck and bad decisions with the draft. Luka/Brunson was amazing but even then we had to trade a 1st to draft Luka due to bad lottery luck.

We all know they wanted to move up for Halliburton. I wonder if they considered the same for Poku or if they just had him in a tier with Green, Saddiq Bey and others and weren’t willing to trade up knowing they’d get one from that cluster.

EricaLubarsky · 04-10-2021, 11:00 PM

Trent is good

Bryan_Wilson · 04-11-2021, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Trent is good

44 on 17 of 19 shooting is... Man that's just insane.

dirt_dobber · 04-11-2021, 12:52 PM

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44 on 17 of 19 shooting is... Man that's just insane.

restricted free agent this summer - I bet he gets max money from Toronto.
hmmm... although his dad did play for the Mavs 1999-2001

EricaLubarsky · 04-13-2021, 12:01 AM

Poor Jamal Murray

mac222b · 04-13-2021, 02:19 AM

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Poor Jamal Murray

It looked like a bad one. Really terrible for him and the team. His run in the playoffs last year was amazing.

BPo001 · 04-13-2021, 10:10 AM

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Poor Jamal Murray

Murray out with torn ACL. Big blow for them.

Melonhead · 04-13-2021, 10:53 AM

Man I was really pulling for Denver. They have new life with Gordon.

Poor Murray.

EricaLubarsky · 04-13-2021, 11:50 AM

Anthony Davis - held out of B2Bs, injured in a game with 1-day rest
LeBron James - held out of B2B, injured with 1-day rest
Jamal Murray - held out of the first game of B2B, injured in the second game
Joel Embiid - held out of the first game of B2B, injured in the second game

This season has been brutal

BPo001 · 04-13-2021, 02:34 PM

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Anthony Davis - held out of B2Bs, injured in a game with 1-day rest
LeBron James - held out of B2B, injured with 1-day rest
Jamal Murray - held out of the first game of B2B, injured in the second game
Joel Embiid - held out of the first game of B2B, injured in the second game

This season has been brutal

But I thought the Mavs were the only team that rested their stars in B2B games?

Dallas41 · 04-13-2021, 04:11 PM

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But I thought the Mavs were the only team that rested their stars in B2B games?

Jokic
Zion

So this goes both ways

We will eventually see though if resting the Mavs stars will help them come post season

EricaLubarsky · 04-14-2021, 02:39 PM

Nets holding out Harden, Durant, Aldridge and Griffin

Bryan_Wilson · 04-14-2021, 11:50 PM

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Nets holding out Harden, Durant, Aldridge and Griffin

All star soft squad.

Bryan_Wilson · 04-15-2021, 09:57 AM

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/st...08080262193155

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Full statement from LaMarcus Aldridge, who has retired after 15 NBA seasons that included seven All-Star appearances and five All-NBA teams:

BPo001 · 04-15-2021, 10:05 AM

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https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/st...08080262193155

Scary stuff. Irregular heartbeat. Good for him for putting his health first

https://sports.yahoo.com/la-marcus-a...150045025.html

Jack.Kerr · 04-15-2021, 11:21 AM

I actually agree with the Mavericks' policy of resting players on B2Bs (KP in particular), especially given that they are not in a position to contend for a championship.

After Durant's ruptured Achilles I think teams may have a different awareness, and are taking a longer-term view of injury recovery, in particular with what seems to be an inordinate amount of B2Bs in a COVID-compressed season.

As for the Nets "holding out" Durant, Harden, Griffin, and Aldridge:

1) Harden is 31 years old, overweight, and dealing with a pulled hamstring; he's injured, not just being held out.

2) Durant is 32 years old, and is coming of a missed season due to the ruptured Achilles, PLUS rehabbing back into game shape through COVID.

3) Griffiin is 32 years old, and experiencing ongoing issues with the knee on which he had a surgical procedure, and has alsp been rehabbing and getting into game shape through COVID.

4) Aldridge just retired with a heart issue.

None of these cases is really a comparable issue to resting otherwise healthy players.

EricaLubarsky · 05-07-2021, 06:55 PM

Zion broken finger

Mavs play Pels Wednesday

Jack.Kerr · 05-08-2021, 09:55 AM

Contrasts and juxtapositions.

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Pelicans' Zion Williamson out indefinitely with fractured ring finger

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — New Orleans star Zion Williamson is sidelined indefinitely with a fractured left finger, a major blow to the Pelicans’ run at a Western Conference Play-In spot.

The 20-year-old forward averaged 27 points and 7.2 rebounds in 61 games and the injury comes before the Pelicans opened a five-game trip against certain or potential playoff teams. The Pelicans made the announcement Friday before they played the Eastern Conference-leading Philadelphia 76ers.

The Pelicans said a timetable for Williamson’s return would be determined upon further evaluation. He appeared to hurt the finger trying to grab a rebound Tuesday against Golden State.

Pelicans vice president of basketball operations David Griffin ripped the NBA and its officiating for not doing more to protect their franchise player.

“I’m really frustrated because this was avoidable,” he said. “We told the NBA through every means available to us, through sending in film, through speaking to everybody in the officials department, everybody in basketball operations, that the way they were officiating Zion was going to get him injured. Quite frankly, he’s injured now because of the open season that there’s been on Zion Williamson in the paint. He’s been absolutely mauled in the paint on a regular basis to the point other players have said to him (they will) keep doing this to you because they don’t call it.”

San Antonio’s recent five-game losing streak helped the Pelicans pull within 1 1/2 games of the final Western Conference Play-In spot with six games to go. New Orleans’ second-leading scorer Brandon Ingram was out of the lineup with a left ankle sprain. Steven Adams (toe sprain) and Josh Hart (thumb) also were set to miss Friday’s game.

New Orleans’ road trip will continue at Charlotte, Memphis, Dallas and Golden State. The Pelicans’ lone remaining home game is their season finale against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Their playoff chances look much more daunting without Williamson.

“He doesn’t complain. He doesn’t yell at officials. He doesn’t flop. He doesn’t sell calls,” coach Stan Van Gundy said. “He’s the kind of guy that should get favorable treatment because of the way he acts, but that’s not what works. What works is yelling and complaining and flopping and selling calls. He doesn’t do any of that.”

EricaLubarsky · 05-08-2021, 10:26 AM

Never thought I'd see the day where Mavs fans s#$% all over the star of the team.

BPo001 · 05-10-2021, 05:55 PM

Ira Winderman: Whoa, per Celtics: This past weekend Celtics forward Jaylen Brown was diagnosed with a torn scapholunate ligament in his left wrist. Brown is expected to have the torn ligament surgically repaired later this week, and will be out for the remainder of the 2020-21 season. – via

BPo001 · 05-10-2021, 05:58 PM

Jose Juan Barea and Estudiantes have reached an agreement for the two sides to part ways according to Encestando. The former NBA champion had joined the team on January, signing a contract until the end of the season

EricaLubarsky · 05-12-2021, 03:51 PM

Dipo is gone for the rest of the season/post-season

Heat just paid for a four-game rental of a UFA

spreedom · 05-12-2021, 04:35 PM

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Dipo is gone for the rest of the season/post-season

Heat just paid for a four-game rental of a UFA

Fortunately they didn't pay much for him. Pacers made out like bandits, trading the disruptive Oladipo for LeVert.

BPo001 · 05-12-2021, 07:06 PM

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Dipo is gone for the rest of the season/post-season

Heat just paid for a four-game rental of a UFA

2 days after he bought a $7 million mansion in Miami. I think I read it’s the same muscle that he had surgery on.

BPo001 · 05-13-2021, 08:30 PM

Watching games on TNT just got better. Unfortunately Reggie is still there.

With the NBA playoffs days away, TNT and longtime analyst Chris Webber have reportedly parted ways.

The New York Post reports that Webber and the network agreed to a split on Thursday. The two sides did not conduct negotiations on a new contract leading up to the split, according to the report.

Webber had worked as a color commentator and occasional studio analyst at TNT since 2008. He joined the network shortly after the conclusion of his 15-season NBA career.

mac222b · 05-14-2021, 04:11 AM

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Watching games on TNT just got better. Unfortunately Reggie is still there.

With the NBA playoffs days away, TNT and longtime analyst Chris Webber have reportedly parted ways.

The New York Post reports that Webber and the network agreed to a split on Thursday. The two sides did not conduct negotiations on a new contract leading up to the split, according to the report.

Webber had worked as a color commentator and occasional studio analyst at TNT since 2008. He joined the network shortly after the conclusion of his 15-season NBA career.

I kind of like Reggie. Never liked Webber as an analyst but he has gotten better. He’s still not good. He used to be terrrrible.

spreedom · 05-14-2021, 10:41 AM

Webber would have been the best player-turned-analyst on Turner if he'd worked in the studio instead of calling games. He's pretty sharp and clearly admires the current crop of players, but he's too long-winded and soft-spoken for live action.

Reggie, Marv, and especially Shaq should all be canned too.

BPo001 · 05-14-2021, 11:57 AM

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Webber would have been the best player-turned-analyst on Turner if he'd worked in the studio instead of calling games. He's pretty sharp and clearly admires the current crop of players, but he's too long-winded and soft-spoken for live action.

Reggie, Marv, and especially Shaq should all be canned too.

Marv was breathing heavy last night. Sounded like he had just run a marathon. He’s been off all season calling out wrong players and such. Might be time to hang it up.

Dtownsfinest · 05-16-2021, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by spreedom

Webber would have been the best player-turned-analyst on Turner if he'd worked in the studio instead of calling games. He's pretty sharp and clearly admires the current crop of players, but he's too long-winded and soft-spoken for live action.

Reggie, Marv, and especially Shaq should all be canned too.

I always chalked that up as Webber being relatively new but he's been doing it for some time now hasn't he? I really like him though. He really does a great job.

Shaq does suck.....but Shaq, Barkley, Kenny and Ernie is gold lol.

Dtownsfinest · 05-16-2021, 07:06 PM

You know I came on here pissed about the whole Oladipo trade...still a fair trade but I really undersold Olynyk. He's turned out to be a damn good player. His skillset for that size is pretty incredible.

BPo001 · 05-18-2021, 10:15 PM

Westbrook not playing with the same passion/energy that you’re used to seeing from him. Tatum putting on a show.