RS 22/23 - Mavs @ Celtics (Wednesday, 7:30PM EST)

[41Dirk41]

This offseason was really a big joke. Mavs lost second best player for nothing and gave 34 years old veteran rim protector, who can't even get in rotation, 3 years contract. On top of that we evidently lost the coach, who was the brain of offensive play.

Even if Kidd put Wood and Green in the starting lineup, which they deserve, nothing much can change. You have 0 rim protection in the starting lineup and you have nobody to generate offense on the bench.

Btw. Bullock's on/off is -16.

Yeah, Dinwiddie should go to the bench, and carry heavier load in 24 minutes rather than help Luka with the 1st unit and play 36 MPG every game.
I'd roll with Green/Luka/DFS/Wood/Kleber as starting lineup, and Dinwiddie/THJ/Bullock/Bertans/McGee in the 2nd unit.

I suggested that starting 5 after 5games, it's a simply thing. When you are in a difficult situation put on the floor best players. Nothing more.
There is no time for experiments when you want to win games.

Instead if we want develop young guys then recall Hardy from G-League and let him and Green play for 25+ minutes a game and see what happens.

It's a no sense keep play with Bullock, THJ ecc ecc 30minutes when they are ice cold.

I see desperation in Kidd eyes. His time it's over.
But it's not his fault, the roster is limited and he isn't an high level coach.

[leolozon]

This offseason was really a big joke. Mavs lost second best player for nothing and gave 34 years old veteran rim protector, who can't even get in rotation, 3 years contract. On top of that we evidently lost the coach, who was the brain of offensive play.

Even if Kidd put Wood and Green in the starting lineup, which they deserve, nothing much can change. You have 0 rim protection in the starting lineup and you have nobody to generate offense on the bench.

Btw. Bullock's on/off is -16.

Yeah, Dinwiddie should go to the bench, and carry heavier load in 24 minutes rather than help Luka with the 1st unit and play 36 MPG every game.
I'd roll with Green/Luka/DFS/Wood/Kleber as starting lineup, and Dinwiddie/THJ/Bullock/Bertans/McGee in the 2nd unit.

I see desperation in Kidd eyes. His time it's over.
But it's not his fault, the roster is limited and he isn't an high level coach.

It's Kidd's fault if he is stubborn, passive-aggressive whenever questionned and if he plays favorites.

Kidd has no offensive schemes and can't seem to be able to adjust.

I think THJ and Bullock can wake up at some point, but he's waiting way too long to pull the trigger on something that hasn't been working since the start of the season.

[41Dirk41]

Yeah, Dinwiddie should go to the bench, and carry heavier load in 24 minutes rather than help Luka with the 1st unit and play 36 MPG every game.
I'd roll with Green/Luka/DFS/Wood/Kleber as starting lineup, and Dinwiddie/THJ/Bullock/Bertans/McGee in the 2nd unit.

I see desperation in Kidd eyes. His time it's over.
But it's not his fault, the roster is limited and he isn't an high level coach.

It's Kidd's fault if he is stubborn, passive-aggressive whenever questionned and if he plays favorites.

Kidd has no offensive schemes and can't seem to be able to adjust.

I think THJ and Bullock can wake up at some point, but he's waiting way too long to pull the trigger on something that hasn't been working since the start of the season.

I agree on the bolded part but for now it's better let play hot guys.

[Bob8]

Yeah, Dinwiddie should go to the bench, and carry heavier load in 24 minutes rather than help Luka with the 1st unit and play 36 MPG every game.
I'd roll with Green/Luka/DFS/Wood/Kleber as starting lineup, and Dinwiddie/THJ/Bullock/Bertans/McGee in the 2nd unit.

I see desperation in Kidd eyes. His time it's over.
But it's not his fault, the roster is limited and he isn't an high level coach.

It's Kidd's fault if he is stubborn, passive-aggressive whenever questionned and if he plays favorites.

Kidd has no offensive schemes and can't seem to be able to adjust.

I think THJ and Bullock can wake up at some point, but he's waiting way too long to pull the trigger on something that hasn't been working since the start of the season.

I don't believe it's that simple. THJ was the best with RC, who played him with as little ball handling as possible, as pure shooter. Now he's trying to create for himself, which is suicidal. He's just used wrong by Kidd. Bullock can't play worse in offense or D, so he will probably be better.

[Absinthe]

The commentary by the announcers during the game was hilarious. Luka isn’t the problem. He’s not perfect (he takes too many threes and his defense is inconsistent), but he’s the ONLY player on the team who can create his own offense and can get to the free throw line. If his supporting cast could shoot he would average 15 assists a game. This team’s roster construction is garbage.

[Archx]

The commentary by the announcers during the game was hilarious. Luka isn’t the problem. He’s not perfect (he takes too many threes and his defense is inconsistent), but he’s the ONLY player on the team who can create his own offense and can get to the free throw line. If his supporting cast could shoot he would average 15 assists a game. This team’s roster construction is garbage.

Maxi, DFS, Bullock, THJ, McGee.. even Dinwiddie to some degree are all underperforming or at least are not what we would expect them to be.
Obviously Luka then takes all the blame, inlcuding being bad on defense. It's literally one man army.

Dumb & Dumber now have 47% and 44% TS for the season And basically no defense aswell. One is playing 29 mpg and the other 24 mpg.
I get it, people say they'll come around when playoffs arrive and all that BS. But people also don't realize that Mavs might not even get to that point lol... Even if they only end up in play ins, ANYTHING can happen, it could be 1 bad game and you're out.

I normally wouldn't criticize DFS because he's a bench player playing a starter role and asked to do a lot on defense but like i mentioned before, he's not the same guy as he was couple of months ago.

Also, Dinwiddie's On/Off has fallen down to -21 now That has to be the worst among ANY starter in the league, right? On the other hand Green is at +16 but can barely play over Dumb&Dumber duo.

[ejs78]

This is over.

Happy Thanksgiving eveyone

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The sky is falling down?

You missed his beautiful emoji

Ahhh another one of my favorite people on this board. Were really gonna take shots at emojis now?

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[Bob8]

The sky is falling down?

You missed his beautiful emoji

Ahhh another one of my favorite people on this board. Were really gonna take shots at emojis now?

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I have a feeling that your emojis were pretty accurate for the situation Mavs are. President Biden the only hope now.

[XTraderXL]

The commentary by the announcers during the game was hilarious. Luka isn’t the problem. He’s not perfect (he takes too many threes and his defense is inconsistent), but he’s the ONLY player on the team who can create his own offense and can get to the free throw line. If his supporting cast could shoot he would average 15 assists a game. This team’s roster construction is garbage.

Inconsistent and horrible are not synonyms

[ejs78]

You missed his beautiful emoji

Ahhh another one of my favorite people on this board. Were really gonna take shots at emojis now?

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I have a feeling that your emojis were pretty accurate for the situation Mavs are. President Biden the only hope now.

Bob,

What's your "The Sky Is Falling" meter at right now? Has it reached they can't pass OKC levels? Let's do a 1-10 scale for the regular season only (this is an all jokes aside question)

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[Bob8]

Ahhh another one of my favorite people on this board. Were really gonna take shots at emojis now?

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I have a feeling that your emojis were pretty accurate for the situation Mavs are. President Biden the only hope now.

Bob,

What's your "The Sky Is Falling" meter at right now? Has it reached they can't pass OKC levels? Let's do a 1-10 scale for the regular season only (this is an all jokes aside question)

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I don't care about playoffs, if they don't have realistic chances to do anything there. My problem is that roster is so **** up that nothing much can be done in next year too. This RS is the least of my concerns.

[Bob8]

The commentary by the announcers during the game was hilarious. Luka isn’t the problem. He’s not perfect (he takes too many threes and his defense is inconsistent), but he’s the ONLY player on the team who can create his own offense and can get to the free throw line. If his supporting cast could shoot he would average 15 assists a game. This team’s roster construction is garbage.

Inconsistent and horrible are not synonyms

Or maybe those 5 points, 30 Fg% players could at least defend, if Luka and Wood must score 60% of all points and rebounds.

[41Dirk41]

The commentary by the announcers during the game was hilarious. Luka isn’t the problem. He’s not perfect (he takes too many threes and his defense is inconsistent), but he’s the ONLY player on the team who can create his own offense and can get to the free throw line. If his supporting cast could shoot he would average 15 assists a game. This team’s roster construction is garbage.

Inconsistent and horrible are not synonyms

Welcome back Luka's hater!!!

Did you like the game? Too many shoots by Luka... Maybe with some other shoots of Bullock,DFS or THJ and we could have won the game... Stupid Doncic.
He is a ballhog and can't defend!!!

[41Dirk41]

I have a feeling that your emojis were pretty accurate for the situation Mavs are. President Biden the only hope now.

Bob,

What's your "The Sky Is Falling" meter at right now? Has it reached they can't pass OKC levels? Let's do a 1-10 scale for the regular season only (this is an all jokes aside question)

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I don't care about playoffs, if they don't have realistic chances to do anything there. My problem is that roster is so **** up that nothing much can be done in next year too. This RS is the least of my concerns.

It's funny Bob, we were the only to said the same things for years ... and now that everyone has figured it out i read a lot of sarcasm.

But that's ok, i can understand the embarrassment

[41Dirk41]

The commentary by the announcers during the game was hilarious. Luka isn’t the problem. He’s not perfect (he takes too many threes and his defense is inconsistent), but he’s the ONLY player on the team who can create his own offense and can get to the free throw line. If his supporting cast could shoot he would average 15 assists a game. This team’s roster construction is garbage.

Inconsistent and horrible are not synonyms

Or maybe those 5 points, 30 Fg% players could at least defend, if Luka and Wood must scored 60% of all points and rebounds.

They have to take more shoots, it's Luka' fault if they can't score... They were all 20+ points averages NBA players before came to Dallas.

[ejs78]

Bob,

What's your "The Sky Is Falling" meter at right now? Has it reached they can't pass OKC levels? Let's do a 1-10 scale for the regular season only (this is an all jokes aside question)

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I don't care about playoffs, if they don't have realistic chances to do anything there. My problem is that roster is so **** up that nothing much can be done in next year too. This RS is the least of my concerns.

It's funny Bob, we were the only to said the same things for years ... and now that everyone has figured it out i read a lot of sarcasm.

But that's ok, i can understand the embarrassment

What's the embarrassment you are talking about (can you see it in my eyes lol) I honestly don't see how you even pull that from what was asked.


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[Captain_Obvious]

The commentary by the announcers during the game was hilarious. Luka isn’t the problem. He’s not perfect (he takes too many threes and his defense is inconsistent), but he’s the ONLY player on the team who can create his own offense and can get to the free throw line. If his supporting cast could shoot he would average 15 assists a game. This team’s roster construction is garbage.

Maxi, DFS, Bullock, THJ, McGee.. even Dinwiddie to some degree are all underperforming or at least are not what we would expect them to be.
Obviously Luka then takes all the blame, inlcuding being bad on defense. It's literally one man army.

Dumb & Dumber now have 47% and 44% TS for the season And basically no defense aswell. One is playing 29 mpg and the other 24 mpg.
I get it, people say they'll come around when playoffs arrive and all that BS. But people also don't realize that Mavs might not even get to that point lol... Even if they only end up in play ins, ANYTHING can happen, it could be 1 bad game and you're out.

I normally wouldn't criticize DFS because he's a bench player playing a starter role and asked to do a lot on defense but like i mentioned before, he's not the same guy as he was couple of months ago.

Also, Dinwiddie's On/Off has fallen down to -21 now That has to be the worst among ANY starter in the league, right? On the other hand Green is at +16 but can barely play over Dumb&Dumber duo.

Hey, Hardaway was now 50% on 2s, thats improvement!

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[XTraderXL]

The commentary by the announcers during the game was hilarious. Luka isn’t the problem. He’s not perfect (he takes too many threes and his defense is inconsistent), but he’s the ONLY player on the team who can create his own offense and can get to the free throw line. If his supporting cast could shoot he would average 15 assists a game. This team’s roster construction is garbage.

Inconsistent and horrible are not synonyms

Welcome back Luka's hater!!!

Did you like the game? Too many shoots by Luka... Maybe with some other shoots of Bullock,DFS or THJ and we could have won the game... Stupid Doncic.
He is a ballhog and can't defend!!!

Why are you so emotional?:lol:

Is it not true that Luka is a horrible defender?

[41Dirk41]

Inconsistent and horrible are not synonyms

Welcome back Luka's hater!!!

Did you like the game? Too many shoots by Luka... Maybe with some other shoots of Bullock,DFS or THJ and we could have won the game... Stupid Doncic.
He is a ballhog and can't defend!!!

Why are you so emotional?:lol:

Is it not true that Luka is a horrible defender?

And Luka is not played worse defender than our lockdown defender Reggie Bullock