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RS 25/26 - Mavs vs Grizzlies (8:30PM EST)

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RS 25/26 - Mavs vs Grizzlies (8:30PM EST) 

Post#1 » by Dirk » Sat Nov 22, 2025 5:40 pm

How blessed are we? Cooper Flagg...

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...and PJ Washington play again tonight.
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Re: RS 25/26 - Mavs vs Grizzlies (8:30PM EST) 

Post#2 » by HMFFL » Yesterday 3:22 am

Beautiful 3 pointer by Klay to end the 3rd as the buzzer sounded.

I wish we could be the contender he expected to be playing for. Team player!
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Re: RS 25/26 - Mavs vs Grizzlies (8:30PM EST) 

Post#3 » by Mavrelous » Yesterday 6:03 am

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Re: RS 25/26 - Mavs vs Grizzlies (8:30PM EST) 

Post#4 » by 41Dirk41 » Yesterday 7:44 am

Good L... This was tough without Morant and JJJ.

Now a good stretch of Ls, i hope other tanking teams will win some games.
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Post#5 » by Bob8 » Yesterday 10:13 am

Just trade Gafford while he still has some value.
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Post#6 » by arkuo » Yesterday 10:17 am

IMO, if they were just going to lose this game to the Grizz, they should have tanked the game against the Pelicans last night. For the standings, it works for a high pick. The schedule towards Christmas will get harder and I can see more losses in the record than wins.
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Re: RS 25/26 - Mavs vs Grizzlies (8:30PM EST) 

Post#7 » by Bob8 » Yesterday 10:26 am

arkuo wrote:IMO, if they were just going to lose this game to the Grizz, they should have tanked the game against the Pelicans last night. For the standings, it works for a high pick. The schedule towards Christmas will get harder and I can see more losses in the record than wins.


Mavs had arguably the easiest schedule strength, combining teams that they play against and far the least away games they played. So I wouldn't be concerned about losing games in the future.
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Re: RS 25/26 - Mavs vs Grizzlies (8:30PM EST) 

Post#8 » by 41Dirk41 » Yesterday 10:43 am

arkuo wrote:IMO, if they were just going to lose this game to the Grizz, they should have tanked the game against the Pelicans last night. For the standings, it works for a high pick. The schedule towards Christmas will get harder and I can see more losses in the record than wins.


Players don't tank. Pelicans are pretty bad. It's hard to lose against them honestly.

Our schedule was very easy, we will lose a lot of games. Don't worry.
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Re: RS 25/26 - Mavs vs Grizzlies (8:30PM EST) 

Post#9 » by Archx » Yesterday 12:42 pm

Martin still getting minutes and Klay shooting clutch logo shots with 18 seconds to go. Can't tank better than that.
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Re: RS 25/26 - Mavs vs Grizzlies (8:30PM EST) 

Post#10 » by arkuo » Yesterday 2:23 pm

41Dirk41 wrote:
arkuo wrote:IMO, if they were just going to lose this game to the Grizz, they should have tanked the game against the Pelicans last night. For the standings, it works for a high pick. The schedule towards Christmas will get harder and I can see more losses in the record than wins.


Players don't tank. Pelicans are pretty bad. It's hard to lose against them honestly.

Our schedule was very easy, we will lose a lot of games. Don't worry.


Cooper had a career game against the Pels. AD, Kyrie, and Lively need to sit out the rest of the year to have whatever injuries they have heal first. But obviously management has to talk to them behind the scenes that they're tanking. You just can't say that out loud in the media. That's like a $200k fine.
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Re: RS 25/26 - Mavs vs Grizzlies (8:30PM EST) 

Post#11 » by arkuo » Yesterday 2:24 pm

We need Terry Rozier in the team so we can do some point shaving. Mavs lose games and his boys in whatever hood he came from get to win the unders or the moneyline. LOL
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Post#12 » by HMFFL » Yesterday 3:53 pm

Mavrelous wrote:Loved this from Klay
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Re: RS 25/26 - Mavs vs Grizzlies (8:30PM EST) 

Post#13 » by HMFFL » Yesterday 3:54 pm

Nice job by Flagg for not putting up with Santi Aldama tripping him. Flagg seemed ready if Aldama wanted a go at it.
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Re: RS 25/26 - Mavs vs Grizzlies (8:30PM EST) 

Post#14 » by HMFFL » Yesterday 3:57 pm

Bob8 wrote:Just trade Gafford while he still has some value.
You said the frontcourt ia fine before the season started, right?
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Re: RS 25/26 - Mavs vs Grizzlies (8:30PM EST) 

Post#15 » by Bob8 » Yesterday 4:15 pm

HMFFL wrote:
Bob8 wrote:Just trade Gafford while he still has some value.
You said the frontcourt ia fine before the season started, right?


Gafford was always meant to be traded, even with Nico there. His value is going to go only down with nobody to make plays for him and he never was very good defender.
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Re: RS 25/26 - Mavs vs Grizzlies (8:30PM EST) 

Post#16 » by Super Cooper » Yesterday 4:19 pm

Bob8 wrote:
HMFFL wrote:
Bob8 wrote:Just trade Gafford while he still has some value.
You said the frontcourt ia fine before the season started, right?


Gafford was always meant to be traded, even with Nico there. His value is going to go only down with nobody to make plays for him and he never was very good defender.


Huh? They extended him. With DLive's glass skeletal system, Gaff is seen as necessary in the FO. What indicators do you have otherwise?
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Re: RS 25/26 - Mavs vs Grizzlies (8:30PM EST) 

Post#17 » by Bob8 » Yesterday 4:51 pm

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Bob8 wrote:
HMFFL wrote:You said the frontcourt ia fine before the season started, right?


Gafford was always meant to be traded, even with Nico there. His value is going to go only down with nobody to make plays for him and he never was very good defender.


Huh? They extended him. With DLive's glass skeletal system, Gaff is seen as necessary in the FO. What indicators do you have otherwise?


Because they have too many Cs and no guards and Gafford was the easiest player to be moved. That was reasoning before Nico was fired. Now with season more or less over Mavs shouldn't be concerned about how healthy their Cs are, losing might be even beneficial. Gafford value is not likely going up with how team or he is playing either. Just look how his Fg% dropped. He has the worst FG% of his career.
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Re: RS 25/26 - Mavs vs Grizzlies (8:30PM EST) 

Post#18 » by HMFFL » Yesterday 5:07 pm

Max Christie needs to be the third option on offense.
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Re: RS 25/26 - Mavs vs Grizzlies (8:30PM EST) 

Post#19 » by Super Cooper » Yesterday 6:25 pm

HMFFL wrote:Max Christie needs to be the third option on offense.


He's 2nd on the team in 3pt attempts, which is 63% of his attempts. I feel like we're seeing Max at his ceiling.

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