03-02-2021, 03:35 PM
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Well, i think Green and T Bey look like very promising 3&D guys. Green did well in limited minutes in the NBA during covid issues, and he was just starting to get comfortable on offense, but clearly was on a short leash. Obviously, its just G league, but give those guys an offseason, and I am guessing they should get some minutes. Actually, I wouldn't mind seeing them get minutes when they return, as they look better than Burke, Powell, and JJ. But sadly, RC would rather crash and burn with vets, than play these guys. So, maybe Donnie needs a bit of credit for drafting these guys. Its early, but they seem to be doing well. Hopefully, we don't send them off in a trade for some over the hill vet and a bag of chips.
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This is my fear as well. We trade them both with Johnson for a mummified Gallo or equivalent. I really hope we keep our rookies at least another year to get a longer look and see what we really have. I could see Green being a rotation guy next season and Bey getting spot minutes in a James Johnson sort of role.
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03-02-2021, 09:14 PM
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In the wake of Gov. Abbott’s removal of the mask mandate and “opening Texas 100%,” effective March 10, the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars say they will not make any changes to their current protocols and capacities. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told WFAA, “Nothing will change. We will continue to follow NBA and city protocols.” –
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03-02-2021, 10:02 PM
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In the wake of Gov. Abbott’s removal of the mask mandate and “opening Texas 100%,” effective March 10, the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars say they will not make any changes to their current protocols and capacities. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told WFAA, “Nothing will change. We will continue to follow NBA and city protocols.” –
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Gonna cost millions in revenue but it’s the right call
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03-02-2021, 10:57 PM
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Gonna cost millions in revenue but it’s the right call
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You are correct especially in light of the fact that Governor Abbott and his fellow Texan GOP are morons with respect to even an iota of basic science knowledge. Governor Abbott and former Governor Perry will never be accused of splitting an atom.
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03-02-2021, 10:27 PM
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03-02-2021, 11:32 PM
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Now Luka has a sore back and is questionable for tomorrow
Carrying trash for three months will do that
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03-03-2021, 01:14 AM
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Now Luka has a sore back and is questionable for tomorrow
Carrying trash for three months will do that
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Hope he sits out the skills challenge.
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03-03-2021, 04:22 AM
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Now Luka has a sore back and is questionable for tomorrow
Carrying trash for three months will do that
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Maybe should have spent that cap space rather than worrying about price range.
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03-03-2021, 06:54 PM
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Now Luka has a sore back and is questionable for tomorrow
Carrying trash for three months will do that
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Carrying 20 extra lbs can't be helpful either.
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03-03-2021, 08:51 AM
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Mavs dropped to 10th without playing a game
Their record would put them at 4th in the East. 4th
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03-03-2021, 09:07 AM
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Mavs dropped to 10th without playing a game
Their record would put them at 4th in the East. 4th
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At least 20 years the East has been trash
How is that possible?
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03-03-2021, 11:58 AM
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Mavs dropped to 10th without playing a game
Their record would put them at 4th in the East. 4th
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I think 10th gets you into the play in though...so theres that.
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03-03-2021, 02:28 PM
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Hey!
Just popped in here to say that there should be a tread that Mavs should do all they can to get Deni Avdija. Wizards don't know how to facilitate him and he's just rotting there. They'd probabaly be willing to give him away for easy money.
If you don't believe me, just wait. With the right development Avdija will be a star in 10 years. I think he could be what Goran Dragić is for Miami.
If Dallas could get him that would definitely prove to be a top 10 ever front office move.
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03-03-2021, 03:09 PM
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Hey!
Just popped in here to say that there should be a tread that Mavs should do all they can to get Deni Avdija. Wizards don't know how to facilitate him and he's just rotting there. They'd probabaly be willing to give him away for easy money.
If you don't believe me, just wait. With the right development Avdija will be a star in 10 years. I think he could be what Goran Dragić is for Miami.
If Dallas could get him that would definitely prove to be a top 10 ever front office move.
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Is this a real life post or a bit? He's averaging 21 Mpg there as a 20 year old. You think he would get remotely close to that here? fuhgetaboutit. Why would the Wizz give their 9th pick away? If other teams were this stupid, we would have a dynasty by now.
The other thing that sticks out is that in 10 years he would be a star. So when he is 30 he will have 2-3 years of high level play. I'm not sure how this one made it past quality control
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03-03-2021, 04:04 PM
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He is averaging a lot of minutes but doesn't get the ball at all. He's having issues with his team mates.
Not more than 20 minutes of play here? Do you not know Dallas?
I think he would be great for Dallas. Yeah. He'll leave a mark in NBA. Just visit this comment in 10 years.
What sticks out for me is that you just had to be a bit greasy, right?
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03-03-2021, 04:22 PM
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He is averaging a lot of minutes but doesn't get the ball at all. He's having issues with his team mates.
Not more than 20 minutes of play here? Do you not know Dallas?
I think he would be great for Dallas. Yeah. He'll leave a mark in NBA. Just visit this comment in 10 years.
What sticks out for me is that you just had to be a bit greasy, right?
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Josh Green, Our own 1st round pick gets half those minutes, and even those were inflated because we had players out for weeks with covid protocol. No way kids here get big meaningful minutes unless they are potential face of the franchise like Luka. Josh, Terry and Bey are all in the Gleague instead of getting some minutes with the Mavs.
No one wants to wait 10 years for a guy to make a mark in the league. Thats comical to me. If we had that kind of time, DSJ would still be here. I agree that he has potential to be a legit player but in ten years? If it takes him that long, he won't even be in the league by then.
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03-04-2021, 11:37 PM
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If you don't believe me, just wait. With the right development Avdija will be a star in 10 years
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10 years??? I'm sure you just threw that out there, but 10 years is more than a career...if someone isn't a star in 4-5 years...it isn't going to happen. Even then, it will likely happen for a different team.
Not that you might not be right about the player...it would just need to happen a lot faster than that.
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03-04-2021, 11:39 PM
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10 years??? I'm sure you just threw that out there, but 10 years is more than a career...if someone isn't a star in 4-5 years...it isn't going to happen. Even then, it will likely happen for a different team.
Not that you might not be right about the player...it would just need to happen a lot faster than that.
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Not to mention he’d be 30.
In the NBA if you aren’t a star by 26, you’re sunk
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03-04-2021, 11:44 PM
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Not to mention he’d be 30.
In the NBA if you aren’t a star by 26, you’re sunk
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Well. It was mentioned. Lol.
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03-05-2021, 09:01 AM
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Officially have the 8th seed for a week now
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03-05-2021, 09:52 AM
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Officially have the 8th seed for a week now
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Fire Rick
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03-05-2021, 01:05 PM
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I think it's fishy how Blake Griffin has played all year basically just going through the motions and yet every potential contender Lakers, Nets, Heat, Clippers and Warriors are already looking to sign him.
Honestly, I believe he staged much like Harden and it wouldn't shock me one bit after ne of those teams sign him his activity level on the court is going to sky rocket.
This guy has John Wall written all over him the minute he gets signed by a team he wants to play for
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03-05-2021, 01:45 PM
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I think it's fishy how Blake Griffin has played all year basically just going through the motions and yet every potential contender Lakers, Nets, Heat, Clippers and Warriors are already looking to sign him.
Honestly, I believe he staged much like Harden and it wouldn't shock me one bit after ne of those teams sign him his activity level on the court is going to sky rocket.
This guy has John Wall written all over him the minute he gets signed by a team he wants to play for
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Playing for a contender will do that. I’m sure he was sandbagging it to an extent. I also think you see an uptick in his number on a new team simply because he is playing with better players that require more attention to BG.
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03-05-2021, 01:48 PM
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Yeah he was sandbagging it. I'm sure he didn't want to get hurt and have to stay in Detroit.
That being said...I'd kick the tires on him if I'm the Mavs. I think its too early for him to ring chase.......
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03-05-2021, 02:16 PM
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Yeah he was sandbagging it. I'm sure he didn't want to get hurt and have to stay in Detroit.
That being said...I'd kick the tires on him if I'm the Mavs. I think its too early for him to ring chase.......
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I only watched a few of their games earlier in the season when Blake actually tried to play hard.
He looked solid and I was surprised by his passing and ball handling ability.
I think Blake would be an upgrade offensively compared to both Kleber and Johnson when he tries hard. He looked like a natural Point Forward a more skilled JJ in that role.
I'd kick the tires on him because it could be low risk/high reward, I doubt the Mavs even put in an offer because they are real picky in terms of who they want.
I just thought it was rather fishy that all of a sudden all those contenders are now in on Blake.
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03-05-2021, 02:21 PM
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Sounds like he’s going to the Nets
It’ll be sad when Harden, Irving, Durant, and Griffin can’t win a ‘ship
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03-05-2021, 09:05 PM
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Sounds like he’s going to the Nets
It’ll be sad when Harden, Irving, Durant, and Griffin can’t win a ‘ship
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I can’t think of a collection of players I’d rather root against. Anyone but Brooklyn.
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03-05-2021, 09:08 PM
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I can’t think of a collection of players I’d rather root against. Anyone but Brooklyn.
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I kinda hope that it starts the new trend of players being attacked for joining super teams and not performing. If Durant, Harden, Kyrie, and Griffin can't get a championship, are they really that good? It might bring balance to the force and make future players reconsider their moves to super teams.
Then again, probably not. The league has been ruined since LeBron/Wade/Bosh and I don't see that changing soon.
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03-05-2021, 10:50 PM
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I kinda hope that it starts the new trend of players being attacked for joining super teams and not performing. If Durant, Harden, Kyrie, and Griffin can't get a championship, are they really that good? It might bring balance to the force and make future players reconsider their moves to super teams.
Then again, probably not. The league has been ruined since LeBron/Wade/Bosh and I don't see that changing soon.
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It really sucks. I love NBA ball enough that I don’t need super teams or villains in order to watch. But I know the NBA lives the ratings and kinda encourages this crap. I’m also pissed that Houston sent Harden to his preferred destination after the way he behaved. For a lousy package of future picks and Oladipo rental. On principle they should’ve made Brklyn include Joe Harris or trade Harden to Sac or Cleveland.
I think it’s going to be really difficult to stop the Nets offense especially with 3 guys getting superstar calls in the playoffs. I think Philly can come out of the East if they trade for Lowry. They need another creator. It’s a question of how much Toronto wants to make a playoff run vs. Maxey and a pick from Philly; what they value more.
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03-05-2021, 11:08 PM
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I kinda hope that it starts the new trend of players being attacked for joining super teams and not performing. If Durant, Harden, Kyrie, and Griffin can't get a championship, are they really that good? It might bring balance to the force and make future players reconsider their moves to super teams.
Then again, probably not. The league has been ruined since LeBron/Wade/Bosh and I don't see that changing soon.
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This is a tangent but I’ve been listening the Whistleblower podcast about Tim Donaghy— highly recommend!— and it’s dredging up a lot of bad memories especially as pertains to our beloved Mavs of yore.
The end of the Utah/Philly game the other night and Lebrons subsequent cracking wise about Utah and not picking those guys on Xbox or whatever silliness he was on—It just makes me feel like the deck is stacked so much in favor of LA/NY/Miami teams and while I’m not against “player empowerment” per se, it sucks that in order to win big in the league you are fighting the forces of NBA clique culture, the leagues desire to have big glamour markets win and also the officials and how those forces/interests often intersect. You effectively have to beat, let’s just call him “Lebron”, on many levels. Cliques, agents, markets, league interests/profit, officiating tilted towards benefiting the aforementioned. It’s very discouraging. To not have those things aligned it requires having an all time great player and/or “lighting in a bottle” situation ala 2011 Mavs with Dirk and finding the perfect supporting cast and coach. Even then our margin for error was zilch. Or it takes all-time great team building, coach and all-time great player like Duncan and the Spurs. And they tanked hardcore and had to get really like to even get Duncan. And even the Spurs lost Kawhi to the coast. It can seem incredibly discouraging. I don’t watch as much American football as I used to as I’ve replaced it with Hockey but I appreciate the inherent parity in both sports relative to nba ball.The idea of Brooklyn stacking the deck to win a championship is almost enough to put me off the entire thing.
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03-06-2021, 01:55 PM
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I understand the frustration with the superteam narrative, but just take a look at a list of NBA champs by year:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions
There have always been superteams in the sense that power/ talent has always historically condensed in just a handful of teams.
Does it matter that players are now taking matters into their own hands to team up now? I would argue that it doesn't matter in the grand scheme.
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I doubt the Mavs kick the tires because Blake wouldn’t come here. He will go to a contender. Can’t say I blame him. I’d rather go to LA or Brooklyn too.
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03-05-2021, 08:40 PM
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The Brooklyn Nets are believed to be leaders to sign six-time All-Star Blake Griffin, sources tell me and
@JLEdwardsIII
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Mavs were never in the Griffin race
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As the Houston Rockets' losing streak stretched to 13 games before the All-Star break, rival front offices increasingly wondered whether new general manager Rafael Stone will launch an earnest rebuild and turn his team into a seller before the March 25 trade deadline.
"They're starting to call teams," said one assistant general manager.
In addition to Houston's most-whispered names, Victor Oladipo and P.J. Tucker, team executives polled by B/R are also curious whether the Rockets will look to move supporting players deeper in their rotation. They're specifically eyeing Houston's cadre of athletic, two-way wings like Danuel House Jr., Ben McLemore, Sterling Brown and Jae'Sean Tate.
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03-09-2021, 02:35 PM
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As the Houston Rockets' losing streak stretched to 13 games before the All-Star break, rival front offices increasingly wondered whether new general manager Rafael Stone will launch an earnest rebuild and turn his team into a seller before the March 25 trade deadline.
"They're starting to call teams," said one assistant general manager.
In addition to Houston's most-whispered names, Victor Oladipo and P.J. Tucker, team executives polled by B/R are also curious whether the Rockets will look to move supporting players deeper in their rotation. They're specifically eyeing Houston's cadre of athletic, two-way wings like Danuel House Jr., Ben McLemore, Sterling Brown and Jae'Sean Tate.
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Which none of them do I consider notable "Two-way" players. I mean maybe House Jr but that's a stretch. If it's not Vic or PJ, then it doesn't move the needle for me.
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03-09-2021, 03:32 PM
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[Ed Kupfer] NBA strength of schedule until today and for the rest of the season. HCA and rest days adjusted.
{Mavs with hardest schedule before the break and 5th-easiest after}
March is going to be brutal - but April and May are a much easier schedule.
MARCH with 8 away games and 4 at home
vs San Antonio
@ Oklahoma City
@ Denver
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vs LA Clippers
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@ Portland
@ Minnesota
vs Indiana
@ New Orleans
@ Oklahoma City
@ Boston
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Looks like Richardson has really turned it around and actually is the reliable 3 and D workhorse we thought he was. I'm honestly thinking Covid was the thing that screwed up the first part of his season. We've seen it happen with a lot of players around the league. It seems like it takes weeks, if not months, to really recover from.
Whatever the case, thank god, for the turnaround because we seriously need it.
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03-18-2021, 11:30 AM
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Looks like Richardson has really turned it around and actually is the reliable 3 and D workhorse we thought he was. I'm honestly thinking Covid was the thing that screwed up the first part of his season. We've seen it happen with a lot of players around the league. It seems like it takes weeks, if not months, to really recover from.
Whatever the case, thank god, for the turnaround because we seriously need it.
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I made a comment in the GDT yesterday, but he has really turned things around the last few games. He is starting to look like the player we all expected him to be when we traded for him. Hoping the trend continues.
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03-18-2021, 01:29 PM
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Looks like Richardson has really turned it around and actually is the reliable 3 and D workhorse we thought he was. I'm honestly thinking Covid was the thing that screwed up the first part of his season. We've seen it happen with a lot of players around the league. It seems like it takes weeks, if not months, to really recover from.
Whatever the case, thank god, for the turnaround because we seriously need it.
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I made a comment in the GDT yesterday, but he has really turned things around the last few games. He is starting to look like the player we all expected him to be when we traded for him. Hoping the trend continues.
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The way I see it is, What JRich brings is hustle and intuition and that has more staying power. I think it will keep trending with more chemistry. Those defensive plays are part hustle but also very much intuition. He understands if someone gets around him that he has another chance to effect the play from behind.
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