GDT: game 6/82 - Hornets (2-3) at Mavs (4-1) 6:30pm

[EricaLubarsky]

Kleber - toe - out
Morris - sick - out
Kyrie - foot - probable

[BPo001]

Still holding out hope we get to see what Holmes can do.

[FreshJive]

They basically ended the Mavs season last year, so thanks to Hayward, Washington, and DSJ for helping to deliver Lively.

This can?t be a tournament game though. Against an Eastern team?

[Melonhead]

Originally Posted by FreshJive

They basically ended the Mavs season last year, so thanks to Hayward, Washington, and DSJ for helping to deliver Lively.

This can?t be a tournament game though. Against an Eastern team?

Correct tuesdays and fridays are in season tournament games

[EricaLubarsky]

Professional team is shooting 33% from the free throw line

[EricaLubarsky]

Kidd?s teams shit the bed in the first quarter

It?s kind of our identity

[EricaLubarsky]

Luka 0% from the field

[EricaLubarsky]

No one is afraid of us on D

[EricaLubarsky]

Maybe defend and don?t allow teams to perpetually hit 63% in the first half

[EricaLubarsky]

Luka is such trash

These passes are sloppy and lazy

[EricaLubarsky]

This is just ugly, predictable basketball. Even if we were winning, it?d be unwatchable.

We?ll try to mount a comeback in the second half like always but we?ll always be the bitch that lets the other team set the tempo and identity.

[EricaLubarsky]

Ish 3fouls in 2min

[Melonhead]

Exact same basketball we saw last year. God they are incredibly boring. I laughed at the spread for Dallas tonight -12. They SHOULD be 12 points better but Kidd can?t run a team.

[EricaLubarsky]

Ha! We cut it to 4

No defense and a jacked three and they push it to 8

[EricaLubarsky]

Ha! Layups all over

[EricaLubarsky]

62% shooting

[Melonhead]

36 points in the paint lmao

[Melonhead]

Make it 38

[EricaLubarsky]

42-16 points in the paint

-10 rebounds

[BPo001]

Normally I?d be pissed off I can?t watch games because Bally sucks, but this team is so bad I?d rather watch something else.

[Melonhead]

Luka back to bitching with refs, head completely out of the game, what?s new

[BPo001]

Luka just going to keep chucking 3?s?

[Melonhead]

Team is so much better to watch when Kyrie is running the offense. Did not think I?d be saying that.

[Melonhead]

Classic Luka tech stfu man

[SMC0007]

Luka is never going to change. So much whining and standing around. When coaches, owners and teammates walk on eggshells with there is no reason to man up and keep playing hard. We need a cpl trades. Fn trade anyone, idc.

Who is the common denominators if we are playing the same way that hasnt been working for many years aside from the fluke year we went to WCF?

[Melonhead]

Luka seems to have woken up after watching Kyrie and co go on that run to end the third.

[Melonhead]

Lively and Grant my goodness

[BPo001]

Why is THJ taking 17 shots? I know he has played well, but can we trade this man?

[SMC0007]

Good news- 4-0 in clutch games.
Bad news- 72 point in the paint
Good news- Out rebounded them
Bad news- we dont dwfwnd pnr well
Good news- fairly balanced scoring
Bad news- We are the worst in the league by far about challenges and not knowing when to take them
Good news- Young Hardy and Lively gave us a huge boost

[Melonhead]

Lively 15 points on 7-9 shooting with 14 rebounds in 32 minutes

Grant 18 points also on 7-9 shooting

The last 6 min of the third when Luka sat was the catalyst for the team grooving then kept the foot on the gas in the 4th when Luka came back in.

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Mavs love making games hard to win.

But winning is winning. If they want to win that way and keep winning...so be it.

[Melonhead]

A 41 point fourth quarter I mean at least they?re closing in the clutch. I?ll take that every day of the week

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Glad to see Hardy playing better and better. Likely only having to earn minutes because of his injury.

Also wonder if we just waive Curry. He was been unplayably bad this season and a DNP this game.

[EricaLubarsky]

Mavs under Kidd know one strategy:

Rope-a-dope

Let them score so efficiently in the first half that they start to miss by the fourth quarter

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Glad to see Hardy playing better and better. Likely only having to earn minutes because of his injury.

Also wonder if we just waive Curry. He was been unplayably bad this season and a DNP this game.

That?s literally why we brought him in though.

He can run some PG and make some threes in a few games and won?t be pissed off if he gets DNPs in his next five

[EricaLubarsky]

The good:

1) Lively was solid with an effective double-double
2) this team can still win with Luka having an off night. 11% from three and four TOs. Only got 23 from him and yet we won. Lots of games last year he?d need 48-50 pts just for a chance

[Budapest Maverick]

Hardy was so aggressive and at such a crucial time that Kidd and co. hopefully understands by now that we NEED HIM. Yes, he is still very young and a project, but we need someone like him who can get out on the fast break and attack the basket.

[dirt_dobber]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Mavs under Kidd know one strategy:

Rope-a-dope

Let them score so efficiently in the first half that they start to miss by the fourth quarter

Genius (both the comment and the diagnosis)

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Originally Posted by Budapest Maverick

Hardy was so aggressive and at such a crucial time that Kidd and co. hopefully understands by now that we NEED HIM. Yes, he is still very young and a project, but we need someone like him who can get out on the fast break and attack the basket.

The real question is what happens with THJ. His hot start is starting to lose steam again. His minutes bottle up Hardy and to a lesser extent Curry from getting minutes.

It's a blessing and a curse to play Tim. When he is hot, you have no choice. When he is not, he then loses any trade value he might have gained.

[SMC0007]

Imo Hardy make THJ expendable in a trade with a few others. Hardy can handle, create, sckre and shopt 3s. Thj can shoot 3s. Maxi, Thj and any combo of the bench players could net us a more usable player in the rotation. Not sure exactly who we need but we could use some.veteran size, maybe at the 4.