RS 24/25 - Mavs vs Nuggets (3PM EST)

[BliscoSantos]

grimes still makes a lot of silly mistakes (decision making)
we dont get anything from Gafford on offense at times (if he's not catching alley hoops)
also dumb fouls by gafford at times
our backup PF at 11 million is pretty useless
this is a game we should have won without the stupid misakes
wheres the on ball defense? (just letting westbrook get layups is stupid)

these two - if we can improve got to consider moving
gafford
maxi
grimes - i would keep grimes but his decision making has to improved. overthinking.

Gafford isn't big enough,and skilled enough, to guard the Best C's... that's why he's a backup and was only a starter on a bad team
Grimes was bad today,at least his price came down a little bit
Kidd was bad in crucial moments....far too many games when the team gives up a big lead in the last quarter....he needs to do better

[Mavrelous]

Lively foul trouble forced Kidd hand into playing Maxi and Gafford and they were absolutely terrible, Grimes believed his own hype, he was the worst player in the game, Kidd should've just went with Hardy.
This loss hurt, they had the game and gave it away.

[GermanFan120]

Repeat after me: fcuk Kleber

[Mavrelous]

Outside of the clutch, the team gave a defensive masterclass, if it wasn't for 20+ 2nd chance point DEN wouldn't have broken 100...

[41Dirk41]

Not a bad game, but we missed out stars.

Dinwiddie was terrible again, he can't be the starter PG in any NBA team. Sometimes he scores, sometimes he get some dimes but he never makes the right choice. Never.

Kleber cost us the game, him and who continues to play him at the 5. Nothing news.
Kleber and Kidd are the weak spots of this team. Again.
Grimes terrible.
Gafford also bad.

Lively, Klay and Naji were the best players tonight.
PJ up and down.
Hardy is Hardy.

I can't watch another game with Spencer Dinwiddie run the team. Please stop. It's painful to watch.

[41Dirk41]

Repeat after me: fcuk Kleber

-26 in 20minutes.

[41Dirk41]

this team has a loser mentality at times...one thing i don't like. kidd is player friendly. i wish we had a personality like draymon or jimmy bulter. we need more leadership and someone to hold guys more accountable on the roster.

Naaaaaaa we don't need Luka, they are better without him.

Did you see the great ball moviment at the end? Dinwiddie was a master. Great stint to watch... No more step back 3s by Luka. He can't win games. Right?

[Archx]

Dinwiddie sure was special................ again.

I think Mars would come crashing down before B.Williams or Gortman would get some minutes in real games.

[GermanFan120]

Can we just release Kleber? I can’t stand him for another two years. lol

[Archx]

Mavs had insane win % chance when Kidd took over with his dumb rotations and took out a red hot Klay. At this point Nuggets started a comeback.

3:59 Maxi Kleber enters the game for Klay Thompson



Yet another coaching "masterclass" from Kidd.

Memphis - Horrible
Lakers - average (LA simply sucked)
Blazers - Horrible
Nuggets - Horrible rotations and clutch performance (two straight 3pt attempts from Maxi out of timeout )

[Realtalk420]

Gave up the lead way to easy. I’m starting to believe they don’t even draw a play at the TO. Midd just talks to them with his calming voice. After 1st too late TO we saw !MAXI! brick two 3s in a late clock situation, after 2nd TO we saw a terrible Spence step back 3 (…late clock situation). Every play organised by Spence is a late clock situation.

[Maverick41]

Problem was Maxi and Hardy missing every single shot during the Nuggets run. Most of them were good shots, just didn't go in. Also the second Lively went out, felt like it was an avalanche of offense from Murray and the Nuggets. Gaff continues to have concrete feet this season.

[41Dirk41]

Keep calm guys, Kidd is a brillant coach just in PO

[Mavrelous]

Problem was Maxi and Hardy missing every single shot during the Nuggets run. Most of them were good shots, just didn't go in. Also the second Lively went out, felt like it was an avalanche of offense from Murray and the Nuggets. Gaff continues to have concrete feet this season.

It's not just concrete feet, it's flopping like a fish for loose ball fouls when he never ever get that call...

[BliscoSantos]

I wishMavs would feed Lively more ...with Kyrie and Luka hurt he should get the ball more often,try to develop more post moves
Gafford bulked up in summer and I think it shows on D...he seems slower than last year
And as for Maxi,I never liked his extension and was on a kick him to the curb wagon for the past three years

[Archx]

I wishMavs would feed Lively more ...with Kyrie and Luka hurt he should get the ball more often,try to develop more post moves
Gafford bulked up in summer and I think it shows on D...he seems slower than last year
And as for Maxi,I never liked his extension and was on a kick him to the curb wagon for the past three years

LIvely and Gafford both have problems that can easily be fixed. Lively needs more muscles and get stronger. He still gets easily pushed around and commits stupid fouls.

And Gafford is so obsessed with blocking shots that he bites on every single pump fake. So he basically gets himself out of position and often has to chase down people or is late to rotate. How no one on the coaching staff has observed that by now is quite shocking.

[BliscoSantos]

I wishMavs would feed Lively more ...with Kyrie and Luka hurt he should get the ball more often,try to develop more post moves
Gafford bulked up in summer and I think it shows on D...he seems slower than last year
And as for Maxi,I never liked his extension and was on a kick him to the curb wagon for the past three years

LIvely and Gafford both have problems that can easily be fixed. Lively needs more muscles and get stronger. He still gets easily pushed around and commits stupid fouls.

And Gafford is so obsessed with blocking shots that he bites on every single pump fake. So he basically gets himself out of position and often has to chase down people or is late to rotate. How no one on the coaching staff has observed that by now is quite shocking.

Is Tyson Chandler still around the team/coaching staff? He should work with Both of them,not just Lively...and in the summer someone should introduce Lively to Olajuwon...I think he trains C's,if he's paid

[Bob8]

Mavs just don't have enough quality to win against good teams without Luka and Kyrie, even when they were 19 points ahead it looked like it's just a matter of time, when Denver goes ahead. Hopefully Kyrie will be back soon.

I wonder how haters of Luka's ball hogging interpret that Mavs are playing with slower pace without him?

They should trade Gafford, Grimes and Kleber.

[Archx]

I wishMavs would feed Lively more ...with Kyrie and Luka hurt he should get the ball more often,try to develop more post moves
Gafford bulked up in summer and I think it shows on D...he seems slower than last year
And as for Maxi,I never liked his extension and was on a kick him to the curb wagon for the past three years

LIvely and Gafford both have problems that can easily be fixed. Lively needs more muscles and get stronger. He still gets easily pushed around and commits stupid fouls.

And Gafford is so obsessed with blocking shots that he bites on every single pump fake. So he basically gets himself out of position and often has to chase down people or is late to rotate. How no one on the coaching staff has observed that by now is quite shocking.

Is Tyson Chandler still around the team/coaching staff? He should work with Both of them,not just Lively...and in the summer someone should introduce Lively to Olajuwon...I think he trains C's,if he's paid

Yeah he is still working with both of them. But they're also shooting a lot of 3's in training and i have no clue why if they're not using that shot in the real game.

[BliscoSantos]

LIvely and Gafford both have problems that can easily be fixed. Lively needs more muscles and get stronger. He still gets easily pushed around and commits stupid fouls.

And Gafford is so obsessed with blocking shots that he bites on every single pump fake. So he basically gets himself out of position and often has to chase down people or is late to rotate. How no one on the coaching staff has observed that by now is quite shocking.

Is Tyson Chandler still around the team/coaching staff? He should work with Both of them,not just Lively...and in the summer someone should introduce Lively to Olajuwon...I think he trains C's,if he's paid

Yeah he is still working with both of them. But they're also shooting a lot of 3's in training and i have no clue why if they're not using that shot in the real game.

It's cool that they're shooting threes,trying to expand their game, but I wish they would work more on their post moves,playing with back against the basket,positioning... Lively's shown some progress but Gafford is terrible playing with his back against the basket....he scores most points from direct assists facing toward the basket