Postgame: The team formerly known as Mavs vs Pacers

[sefant77]

Its not just losses or an unlucky night, its almost unwatchable

[ghazi]

I miss Dirk

[xrobx]

i think the texas legends could give this team full of scrubs a run for their money.

[CATCH-17]

Lol... Use the Butler chip. If not no NBA title shot.

[Mav Addict]

We need some help seriously

Sasha looks serviceable

[CadBane]

MVP. Easily. Top 4 team to lottery team.

[Dan1]

this team is pathetic

wtf, we cant have a decent game (not necessarily a win) against the pacers playing in a back-to-back? and we had 3 days off?

[deamon]

So Cuban still you don't want to make a trade?

[jasonkido]

lol

[LetsGoMavs]

Like i said in the GDT - if that just was a taste of the post Dirk era...

[peppersquad]

Barea, anjinca, mahimi, cardinal some dude named Sasha playing big minutes.

Stevenson is what he is.

Terry and Haywood are useless.

Kidd, Chandler, & Marion can only do so much. It's not hard to see why this team is terrible right now. Wait they just played the pacers and were never in the game. Make that beyond terrible.

[LetsGoMavs]

Originally Posted by jasonkido

lol

Huh?

[deamon]

Fall down to 3rd in West.

[Dan1]

Originally Posted by deamon

Fall down to 3rd in West.

and we're not getting that 2nd spot back

[Mav Addict]

One would think that without Dirk in the lineup, that at least the defense would look better, but for some odd reason that's not true.

"JJB, Sasha, and Cardinal on the floor at the same time...They don't even speak the same language"- Fish

[Thomas86]

Originally Posted by deamon

Fall down to 3rd in West.

There gonna keep falling in the standings and the Mavs front office are still not gonna make a move.

[xrobx]

i guess i'm just glad they decided to go ahead and implode now instead of waiting until the playoffs started and getting my hopes up like they usually do.

[sefant77]

Bobcats will win the 4th in a row, stupid weak EC. There goes Jax or Wallace

[Rick41]

Lol Mavs.

[dude1394]

funny thread

[Rick41]

Originally Posted by ghazi

I miss Dirk

But I thought "We Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacked!" ??

[CadBane]

Originally Posted by Mav Addict

One would think that without Dirk in the lineup, that at least the defense would look better, but for some odd reason that's not true.

"JJB, Sasha, and Cardinal on the floor at the same time...They don't even speak the same language"- Fish

Why would one think that? Dirk is an above average defender and the Mavs are a much better defensive team with him on the court.

Defense: Pts per 100 Poss.

101.4 On Court

106.7 Off Court

-5.3

One would be better served to know what they're talking about beore posting.

[GermanDunk]

Come on guys. It´s just one game.

[sefant77]

Originally Posted by GermanDunk

Come on guys. It´s just one game.

Sry, i just watched too many ugly games the last weeks. Every single game was horrible to watch.

I think i will skip the games until Dirk is back. Its just not worthy the time (specially late at night).

[Rick41]

Originally Posted by GermanDunk

Come on guys. It´s just one game.

It's been more like 2 1/2 weeks.

I don't know about you, but I hate losing. Especially while the Spurs are having this bs miraculous season.

[BGMaverick9]

Originally Posted by sefant77

Sry, i just watched too many ugly games the last weeks. Every single game was horrible to watch.

Most teams would look bad when 3 of their top 7 players are out. All you can do is hope to survive. The margin is razor thin for errors, they can't make mistakes basically.

[sefant77]

Originally Posted by BGMaverick9

Most teams would look bad when 3 of their top 7 players are out. All you can do is hope to survive. The margin is razor thin for errors, they can't make mistakes basically.

I just hope that Cuban realize that with Butler gone its not "just" Dirk and Roddy missing...its more.

But it sucks that Philly and Charlotte will be in the playoff race at the deadline, even with 0.400 records

[dude1394]

Mavs are doing the exact correct thing. If they rush dirk back and he's hobbled the rest of the year I'm not sure I'll ever forgive the MBT. The team is getting a pretty big dose of humble pie right now....

But they'd better not rush the dirkster back, they have to realize that seeding is absolutely meaningless without a healthy dirk.

[xrobx]

maybe this is a good thing? if we lose every single game they'll be forced to make a move, right?

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by dude1394

funny thread

[BGMaverick9]

Originally Posted by xrobx

maybe this is a good thing? if we lose every single game they'll be forced to make a move, right?

They're going to wait until Roddy and Dirk get back and see where they stand...

[Mav Addict]

Carlisle is pissed right now ... He does not wanna answer any Dirk questions

Dirk should be rested once he return, and hopefully Kidd can rest after the trade deadline has passed.

[GermanDunk]

Originally Posted by Rick41

It's been more like 2 1/2 weeks.

I don't know about you, but I hate losing. Especially while the Spurs are having this bs miraculous season.

Yes, but it is just 1/82. But the team has got to figure out how to win even without Dirk. I admit that.

[sefant77]

Originally Posted by BGMaverick9

They're going to wait until Roddy and Dirk get back and see where they stand...

Roddy probably back in just 2-3 weeks leaves them with 2-3 weeks to evaluate and either trying a bigger trade or getting some minor SF bench upgrade.

Thats not really a nice window to evaluate and act....

[dude1394]

Originally Posted by BGMaverick9

They're going to wait until Roddy and Dirk get back and see where they stand...

I guess I can understand it and the timing is probably right IF roddy gets back before the end of january (but not sure he will).. I sjax is traded away to someone else in the meantime they will have chose poorly imo.

I also think they shouldn't have to wait until dirk/roddy gets back to know what they have...they should know now...it seems a little tentative and kinda scared imo.

[BGMaverick9]

Originally Posted by sefant77

Roddy probably back in just 2-3 weeks leaves them with 2-3 weeks to evaluate and either trying a bigger trade or getting some minor SF bench upgrade.

Thats not really a nice window to evaluate and act....

That's their problem and they'll deal with it as best as they can. Either way, it won't be the final product with Roddy because it's going to take Roddy time to get his basketball legs under him. For a guy that moves as quickly as he does, he will get fatigued quickly...so it's going to be a process with him, even when he returns.

[j0Shi]

For me its quite clear now that the team lost their confidence, good spirits and optimism alongside Butler and Dirk. Dirk will come back at some point, but the injuries really spoiled this promising season and you might think that also the players still deal with this disapointment. It's easy to say to get over it and play on, but sometimes it is not that simple.

Maybe the return of Dirk will get some of these things back, but the games without him really backfired on the Mavs in terms of confidence. Actually I thought that a stretch without Dirk could even be helpful, because other players would step up and improve their own game without him, but it's quite the opposite.

I kind of asking myself if this chemistry thing is really worth caring about any longer in terms of possible trades. In my eyes the spirit of this team may be long gone, so why bother? But this is an opinion of someone who is obviously not by any means close to the team, so hopefully other people can estimate this a whole lot better and make the right decision.

[DevinHarriswillstart]

One can't deny that the ship is taking on water.

[dude1394]

Originally Posted by Mav Addict

Carlisle is pissed right now ... He does not wanna answer any Dirk questions

Dirk should be rested once he return, and hopefully Kidd can rest after the trade deadline has passed.

Good, he should be pissed...This team seems to be just laying down while waiting for dirk to come and bail them out. Mavs let the pacers outscore their average after a back-to-back and they had 3 days off. the pacers seem to out-scrap them again.

It's one thing to not score enough points without dirk, and it's another to lose against the thunder/magic...But to come in and be manhandled by indiana...he should be pissed.

[dude1394]

Hanging onto players (especially Caron) entirely because of "chemistry" is ridiculous, I hope for goodness sakes that's not actually going through their minds. In the seventh game of a playoff series, having caron on the sideline in a suit will not get them a single point.