Bob8 wrote:tleikheen wrote:Since Luka is getting criticism from all over about the lack of passing and ball movement it shows how it looks from the team stats where the Mavs are in relationship to the other teams they're fighting for playoff position.
Luka has stats that compete with any other player in the NBA for MVP but will lose out to Jokic because Nuggets are winning more games than Luka's team and also finish behind Shai Gilgeous Alexander.
Neither team OKC and Denver have 3 PG's like the Mavs but they move the ball alot more in their offense and win games by it.
Again, Mavs have better offensive rtg than Denver and a little worse than OKC. Problem is that OKC has 4th defensive rtg, Denver 10th and Mavs 22nd. Maybe Denver should move the ball less?Luka and Kyrie are great Iso players, that's the reason for low assists. I kinda doubt that we want THJ&co. taking Luka's and Kyrie's shots.
All top teams in Nba have top 10 D. Mavs would be top 5 team easily with just an average D.
I'll never understand WHY is it so hard for some people to understand what's the real issue with Mavs. It absolutely blows my mind. It's like those media people who never watch Mavs and they hear it from 1 source then just repeat the same thing over and over again.
I'm always thinking, dude do you have your own eyes, how can you watch this game and think offense is why Mavs are losing?
If they shoot 40% from the floor as a team and both Kyrie/Luka are horrible, yeah, blame the offense, Luka will be the first guy in press after the media blaming himself, but how can you check those stats and see the extreme difference in defensive stops then go out and say "Yo, move the ball better and Mavs will win".
Also, to poster above, Kidd is not Malone, Nuggets have sets where people cut to the basket with motion offense, set off ball screens, etc... Where do you see that with Mavs?
And just to further clarify, during the 7 win streak, at that time, Mavs had 3rd best defense and Nr1 rated offense tied with Celtics. During losing streak they had dead last defense and 8th best offense. And there are still 3 or 4 posters here + Charles Barkley who think not moving the ball enough is the real problem? Guys, just do the simple math, it's not that hard.
