03-28-2023, 11:43 AM
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We played a .400 team without their three best players.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves and pretend we are good.
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03-28-2023, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky
We played a .400 team without their three best players.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves and pretend we are good.
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You are right this team is far fr9m good
But look at the west you could say that about 4-5 teams that are battling for a lower playoff seed.
Several teams like the mavs are flawed
But I have seen this team win games that I didn't give them a shot in hell of winning like the last matchup with Philadelphia for example
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03-29-2023, 09:36 AM
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?We will need him,? Kidd said, referring to McGee. ?We?re going to need his energy, we?re going to need his ability to make it tough, and then also to be able to rebound the ball.
Wait, now Kidd wants to use Mcgee's ability to make it tough on offenses and rebound the ball????
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03-29-2023, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Melonhead
?We will need him,? Kidd said, referring to McGee. ?We?re going to need his energy, we?re going to need his ability to make it tough, and then also to be able to rebound the ball.
Wait, now Kidd wants to use Mcgee's ability to make it tough on offenses and rebound the ball????
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Like I said before (maybe on twitter though lol), I have a weird suspicion that McGee has been hurting and they've had him on ice until the playoff push. Then again, if they were serious about it, that push should have started two weeks ago. IF McGee is healthy and can give what he did the other night, he basically becomes our best C option like that. That's how bad the Mavs 5 spot has been this year.
Again, though, terrible team missing 3 of their best. This three game stretch is going to expose this defense.
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03-29-2023, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by saclare
Like I said before (maybe on twitter though lol), I have a weird suspicion that McGee has been hurting and they've had him on ice until the playoff push. Then again, if they were serious about it, that push should have started two weeks ago. IF McGee is healthy and can give what he did the other night, he basically becomes our best C option like that. That's how bad the Mavs 5 spot has been this year.
Again, though, terrible team missing 3 of their best. This three game stretch is going to expose this defense.
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McGee is what he is though. The Suns couldn't play him in the playoffs because of his lack of mobility and the NBA is highly mobile at the 3/4/5 now. He's now 35 and has had a ton of little injuries.
I love McGee, but he's not Mavs Jesus
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03-29-2023, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky
McGee is what he is though. The Suns couldn't play him in the playoffs because of his lack of mobility and the NBA is highly mobile at the 3/4/5 now. He's now 35 and has had a ton of little injuries.
I love McGee, but he's not Mavs Jesus
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Oh, I didn't mean to imply it. Just that he'd be our best option and it's sad.
The guy wears a back brace unless he's on the court lol
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03-29-2023, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by saclare
Oh, I didn't mean to imply it. Just that he'd be our best option and it's sad.
The guy wears a back brace unless he's on the court lol
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Didn't mean to sound critical. Just adding on. I agree that he's our best hope. He's also a third center at best on a good team.
Just shows how sad we are that none of our centers would be a reserve/second option on any other team in the league. Can't have three third or fourth-stringers and no starters/quality backups.
But of the three centers (Powell, Kleber, McGee), we have one guy who can set picks and roll. One guy who can hit threes and kinda defend. Then we have McGee who can rebound. For a team that struggles to rebound, I think we all agree that McGee should play more, but in the only thing I will say to defend Kidd, Kidd has no good options.
Reminds me of 2003-2004. Fortson could rebound but not defend. Bradley could kinda score (he had lost much of his defense). Ndiaye was decent at defense, but was a terrible offensive player/rebounder. None of the options were good.
Last edited by EricaLubarsky; 03-29-2023 at 11:48 AM.
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