Play in "final" - Mavs @ Grizzlies (Frid 9:30PM)

[Mavrelous]

Defense wins championships

[Mavrelous]

Thank God for Brandon Williams

[Danny Darko]

damn man... AD just cannot be healthy.

[Cubboo]

Hey Everyone, A Grizz fan here.
I'm sorry for the season you had and I think the rest of the league (minus the Lakers) thinks the trade was unfair to your fanbase and franchise and seems shady as .....
Hoping things turn around for ya'll very soon.

[GermanFan120]

Thank you Grizzlies for ending the nightmare season.

We can all sleep better now.

[Mavrelous]

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[HMFFL]

damn man... AD just cannot be healthy.

Which has been known. It also makes Nico look even more foolish.

[arkuo]

The moment Kyrie went down, that was the end of the season. No way you go for a deep playoff run without Kyrie.

[Mavrelous]

The moment Kyrie went down, that was the end of the season. No way you go for a deep playoff run without Kyrie.

Healthy Kyrie wouldn't stop 60 points in the paint, that was a disgrace....

[arkuo]

The moment Kyrie went down, that was the end of the season. No way you go for a deep playoff run without Kyrie.

Healthy Kyrie wouldn't stop 60 points in the paint, that was a disgrace....

They look out of position. Based on how I see them. Maybe Kidd can talk AD into playing C and everyone else moves one spot up. But if that happens, one of Lively and Gaff are displaced.

AD not moving right is too slow to play PF in the perimeter. He's better off at C. Or... he gets surgery in the summer.

[41Dirk41]

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[Mavrelous]

The moment Kyrie went down, that was the end of the season. No way you go for a deep playoff run without Kyrie.

Healthy Kyrie wouldn't stop 60 points in the paint, that was a disgrace....

They look out of position. Based on how I see them. Maybe Kidd can talk AD into playing C and everyone else moves one spot up. But if that happens, one of Lively and Gaff are displaced.

AD not moving right is too slow to play PF in the perimeter. He's better off at C. Or... he gets surgery in the summer.

I turned it off after the halftime, it was really bad, they say on the podcasts that it got better, but it's really confusing
PJ as a PG? AD as an isolation scorer at the top of the key?
That's offense, on defense like I said they got punked on their supposed strength.

[41Dirk41]

AD doesn't want to play at the C because he is soft (and always injuried), pairing him with Lively or Gafford is a joke.
It can't work, we all knew it when trade happened.

This roster is crap, no PG and a 3 centers... I repeat, the trade was not basketball and the proof is there.
They didn't try to fill PG spot. No more lies.

[arkuo]

Healthy Kyrie wouldn't stop 60 points in the paint, that was a disgrace....

They look out of position. Based on how I see them. Maybe Kidd can talk AD into playing C and everyone else moves one spot up. But if that happens, one of Lively and Gaff are displaced.

AD not moving right is too slow to play PF in the perimeter. He's better off at C. Or... he gets surgery in the summer.

I turned it off after the halftime, it was really bad, they say on the podcasts that it got better, but it's really confusing
PJ as a PG? AD as an isolation scorer at the top of the key?
That's offense, on defense like I said they got punked on their supposed strength.

PJ as a PG is a moron move.

AD iso for stretches feels like Kidd is trying to recreate Dirk out of him. It's the Dirk plays. But AD's fadeaway is not Dirk's.

[Teffer10]

Bane will be a problem, but they have the frontcourt size that I think will be another problem. That is one advantage we would normally have but not in this case. The frontcourt will basically even out, but their guards will kill us.

We have to have huge games from Klay, BWill AND Exum on both ends for us to have any chance.

How did that front court size work against Draymond and Looney? The Mavs have a clear advantage in the frontcourt.

I'm glad I'm not the type of person that would say "I told you so"

[Archx]

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You know it's a dark and twisted world when Mavs fans start supporting MacMahon.

Also...



....oh, and not another AD injury, that surely never happened before?

[Mavrelous]

2025 season is over
Stickied are the new trade thread and the 25 draft thread.
Also, if anyone wants to share his thoughts on the 2025 playoffs, there is an around the league thread.

Thanks everyone for sharing your thoughts on here, it's been a rough ride, we hope for better days.

[Mavrelous]

You know it's a dark and twisted world when Mavs fans start supporting MacMahon.

Also...

I've said it before, MacMahon is a slimy SOB, but he's also VERY smart and knows what, how and when to pull every position.
He smelled blood in the water for 2 years, and he caressed Nico's ego, by badmouthing Luka and carrying his water, once the job was done, and Nico pulled off the unthinkable, he knows Nico's days are numbered and he changed his position, the smart position now is to expose Nico for the megalomaniac idiot he is and paint Luka as the victim to prop him up in LA.

[Dirk]

Ughhhhh. Ugly ugly start and ruined the whole game.

In some ways, it's better to just have this nightmare season finished right here, rather than go into a full series where there'd be a thin chance of winning.

We naturally feel like we're in a dark place and with very little hope... but sometimes... just as some wacky thing happens that makes us feel bad... some unexpected thing may happen the other way that will make us feel better.

Easy thing to say would be "Fire Nico", but since this guy didn't act on his own (ownership approved it)... I don't imagine that happens. Even if it happened... the trade was brutal because he got little to no draft/trade capital back (trade should have been vetoed in a serious league). So just gotta hope Kyrie heals well and maybe somehow... some good moves happen and next year we are blessed with good health.

Stay strong and connected everyone.

[Andri]

You can get rid of a bad GM. But getting rid of a bad owner, boy, that’s tough.