RS 18/19 - G79 - Mavs vs Grizllies (Tank Battle I)

Post #1 » by **Dirk** » Thu Apr 4, 2019 7:26 pm

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ejs78 · Post #2 » by **ejs78** » Fri Apr 5, 2019 4:54 pm

Conley or Noah for the Grizz.

ejs78 · Post #3 » by **ejs78** » Fri Apr 5, 2019 5:34 pm

Luka, Powell, and Brunson all out.

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Post #4 » by **Dirk** » Fri Apr 5, 2019 5:35 pm

ejs78 wrote:Luka, Powell, and Brunson all out.

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Salah Mejri to start at PG

Can they out tank this bunch:

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ejs78 · Post #5 » by **ejs78** » Fri Apr 5, 2019 6:04 pm

It should be close. Wright could be their starting pg next season, Rabb could be their Powell, and Holiday/Dorsey are very hot/cold.

The Grizz want to win and give up their pick this year unless its Zion as they will be even worse next year.

ducler · Post #6 » by **ducler** » Fri Apr 5, 2019 6:22 pm

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Post #7 » by **HMFFL** » Fri Apr 5, 2019 7:09 pm

Luka Doncic (thigh), Jalen Brunson (rest) and Dwight Powell (rest) have been ruled out of Friday's game vs. Memphis.

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Captain_Obvious · Post #8 » by **Captain_Obvious** » Fri Apr 5, 2019 11:35 pm

Thats just sad

dirkforpres · Post #9 » by **dirkforpres** » Sat Apr 6, 2019 1:03 am

The Grizzlies lineup is much worse than ours. We will win this one

ejs78 · Post #10 » by **ejs78** » Sat Apr 6, 2019 1:13 am

JB is going to run the wheels off Wright tonight.

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Post #11 » by **HMFFL** » Sat Apr 6, 2019 2:51 am

Memphis gets the win

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Archx · Post #12 » by **Archx** » Sat Apr 6, 2019 9:31 am

After all this obvious tanking, it will be quite embarrassing if Mavs end up at the 6th spot and then they'll have to give up the pick to ATL.

Was Kostas injuried or something? I expected at least 25 mins from him tonight. No clue why he doesn't get a chance.

Post #13 » by **Dirk** » Sat Apr 6, 2019 11:35 am

I'm actually "slightly" more concerned with the fact that I'd expect the Mavs to win a few more games/beat certain teams. It likely won't matter in the future, but this game as an example... it was a pretty brutal loss, down by 20 at one point after jumping to an early lead. Similar teams with the same caliber of talent have been playing better/harder.

"We just didn't play hard," Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said. "It was the same way the last time we played these guys. They play with more force."

Forward Kostas Antetokounmpo is limited by knee soreness and was not available, Carlisle said.

Kostas looked very out of place in the short cameos he had this year, but give him the chance in the remaining games if he's ok.

If the Hawks end up benefiting from the Mavs "tank", so be it. This is the best thing for the Mavs to do at this point --- 'giving rest' to players and 'giving other players a better look'.

All will be forgotten not long for now and I for one do not care if the Hawks pick 6th or 9th.

JamesConway wrote:

How impressed are you with the Mavs management? Hard to believe they had the nerve to sit these guys out for this game. Love it actually.

What does it say here

Spoiler:

And boom

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ejs78 · Post #14 » by **ejs78** » Sat Apr 6, 2019 12:40 pm

Stinks cuz in another tank battle the Pels lost another one to the Suns in OT. Spalding got alot of run.

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Archx · Post #15 » by **Archx** » Sat Apr 6, 2019 12:58 pm

ejs78 wrote:Stinks cuz in another tank battle the Pels lost another one to the Suns in OT. Spalding got alot of run.

I was actually very surprised that they let Spalding go. He was showing a lot of promise in summer league.

JamesConway · Post #16 » by **JamesConway** » Sat Apr 6, 2019 7:05 pm

Dirk wrote:I'm actually "slightly" more concerned with the fact that I'd expect the Mavs to win a few more games/beat certain teams. It likely won't matter in the future, but this game as an example... it was a pretty brutal loss, down by 20 at one point after jumping to an early lead. Similar teams with the same caliber of talent have been playing better/harder.

"We just didn't play hard," Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said. "It was the same way the last time we played these guys. They play with more force."

Forward Kostas Antetokounmpo is limited by knee soreness and was not available, Carlisle said.

Kostas looked very out of place in the short cameos he had this year, but give him the chance in the remaining games if he's ok.

If the Hawks end up benefiting from the Mavs "tank", so be it. This is the best thing for the Mavs to do at this point --- 'giving rest' to players and 'giving other players a better look'.

All will be forgotten not long for now and I for one do not care if the Hawks pick 6th or 9th.

JamesConway wrote:

How impressed are you with the Mavs management? Hard to believe they had the nerve to sit these guys out for this game. Love it actually.

What does it say here
Spoiler:

And boom

Gfycat Video - Click to Play

"Mittelfranken grüßt Dirk Nowitzki" ==> "Central Franconia greets Dirk."

Würzburg is located in Franconia which is a district within Bavaria. These people must live close to Würzburg.

Re the management: yes, that showed some guts. As always I wish we would have done more more tank-wise earlier (why are Devin/Salah playing every night? Plugging in Kostas/Macon might have made a differenct against PHI/GS/OKC) but overally we can still get the job done. 6th best odds would give us a fighting chance. Definetely deserves some praise.