Mavs looking legit

[Mulhollanddrive]

Doncic playing like an MVP.

Imagine if this was what Lonzo Ball was RealGM would be broken.

[Forbes]

Luka has still has the opportunity to become a lot more lethal. When his step back becomes more accurate, it will force players to be a lot more jumpy on defense like they are guarding Harden. It will open up the Mavs offense even more.

3+D players in the starting lineup are what the mavs need to focus on and a rebounder. As well as pray to find a good 6th man. Eric Gordonesque

[Bob8]

offence became stagnant right after Luka played again,the two last posesions were Seth fault?

So Luka having again very efficient 24/14/8 in 3 Q and is playing bad? You understand how laughable is that even if we forget that he is only 20 years old? Hating Luka is kinda difficult at the moment.

[HotRocks34]

Bench points vs Grizz = 67
Bench points vs Knicks = 16


Didn't see the game tonight. But solid win with Porzingis out and on a road back to back.

[Bob8]

Bench points vs Grizz = 67
Bench points vs Knicks = 16


Didn't see the game tonight. But solid win with Porzingis out and on a road back to back.

To be honest, Grizzlies were missing few important players too and didn’t look like they really want to win the game. It was totally different game than last night.

[HotRocks34]

Bench points vs Grizz = 67
Bench points vs Knicks = 16


Didn't see the game tonight. But solid win with Porzingis out and on a road back to back.

To be honest, Grizzlies were missing few important players too and didn’t look like they really want to win the game. It was totally different game than last night.

I believe it.

Knicks came hard last night. They wanted to win. Dallas has to figure out how to match that intensity because I'm sure a lot of teams are going to look at them as a "can win" game.

[Perseus1966]

offence became stagnant right after Luka played again,the two last posesions were Seth fault?

So Luka having again very efficient 24/14/8 in 3 Q and is playing bad? You understand how laughable is that even if we forget that he is only 20 years old? Hating Luka is kinda difficult at the moment.

i am not a hater ,just saying what i see and yes you can have great stats (not so great 22 shots for 24 points and play bad)

and the therad is Mavs looking great not Lukas friends loooking legit.

[wolfram]

offence became stagnant right after Luka played again,the two last posesions were Seth fault?

So Luka having again very efficient 24/14/8 in 3 Q and is playing bad? You understand how laughable is that even if we forget that he is only 20 years old? Hating Luka is kinda difficult at the moment.

i am not a hater ,just saying what i see and yes you can have great stats (not so great 22 shots for 24 points and play bad)

and the therad is Mavs looking great not Lukas friends loooking legit.

Clean your glasses. He had 16 shots on 56% shooting.

[Perseus1966]

So Luka having again very efficient 24/14/8 in 3 Q and is playing bad? You understand how laughable is that even if we forget that he is only 20 years old? Hating Luka is kinda difficult at the moment.

i am not a hater ,just saying what i see and yes you can have great stats (not so great 22 shots for 24 points and play bad)

and the therad is Mavs looking great not Lukas friends loooking legit.

Clean your glasses. He had 16 shots on 56% shooting.

yes you are right ia dded the 3pts to fg but doesnt change that when he was out the team played better.

[Heej]

JJ Barea's still a damn competent backup PG imo. The Mavs have a better supporting cast than people give them credit for imo. Dorian Finney-Smith in particular is possibly one of the better wing defenders in the league who happens to be a sneaky good offensive rebounder along with a developing 3 ball. Dwight Powell kinda sucks on defense but he's a good rim roller.

Maxi Kleber is one of the more underrated role players in the league. He's just a little bit better at everything basketball-related than you expect him to be at first glance. He's gonna be a staple on the Mavs roster for years to come.

Jalen Brunson is a valid complementary piece to Luka. Him coming into the league as an older guy has hurt his reputation compared to his actual abilities. Seth Curry kinda sucks imo and he always jacks up a 3 during fast breaks even when it's a 3 on 1. THJ can score but I don't think he's a winning player either.

The Mavs weak point is the SG position imo. If they had someone like Gary Harris in that position they'd be legitimate title contenders imo. As it is now, they don't have a real go-to 5 man unit to Duke it out vs the best of the best atm. I think they'll give the Lakers a scare in the first round though.

[Bob8]

offence became stagnant right after Luka played again,the two last posesions were Seth fault?

So Luka having again very efficient 24/14/8 in 3 Q and is playing bad? You understand how laughable is that even if we forget that he is only 20 years old? Hating Luka is kinda difficult at the moment.

i am not a hater ,just saying what i see and yes you can have great stats (not so great 22 shots for 24 points and play bad)

and the therad is Mavs looking great not Lukas friends loooking legit.

And I’m saying that player with 24/14/8, 66 TS% and PIE 25 in just 3Q cannot play bad. It’s true that Mavs bench was much better than Grizzlies bench, which looked really bad especially in D. But your premise was how much better are Mavs without Luka and presumably Kp, who was also out. Do you really believe that Mavs bench can play against other teams starters and Mavs being 6:3?

[Gooner]

They've had the easiest schedule in the league.

[Perseus1966]

Probably not but i watched 2 games last nights and against lakers and insaid that he monopolizes offence and make critical turnovers ,his statline is good but the tean is onesided when he plays ,if he gets the shots like today (lay upnsnd 2 3pts ) is ok when he doesnt ,problem ,and i say again its Mavs team not Luka and friends.
Dontnget me wrong but the only decent win is over nuggets and was bad in that game

[wolfram]

Probably not but i watched 2 games last nights and against lakers and insaid that he monopolizes offence and make critical turnovers ,his statline is good but the tean is onesided when he plays ,if he gets the shots like today (lay upnsnd 2 3pts ) is ok when he doesnt ,problem ,and i say again its Mavs team not Luka and friends

You are just looking for reasons to say he is bad. He will be an allstar and mvp candidate this year, without him this team goes nowhere. He had like 15 assists against the Lakers, I don't know what you are talking about. This is not Euroleague.
With any player you can find weaknesses, even Lebron.

[Bob8]

Probably not but i watched 2 games last nights and against lakers and insaid that he monopolizes offence and make critical turnovers ,his statline is good but the tean is onesided when he plays ,if he gets the shots like today (lay upnsnd 2 3pts ) is ok when he doesnt ,problem ,and i say again its Mavs team not Luka and friends

Mavs had 2 points lead and 2 Fts 6 seconds before the end against great Lakers. It looks his monopolization of the offense was great.

Mavs are Luka and Kp + supporting cast which will change a lot in next few years. They are still in rebuilding mode. They might agree with you and trade Luka, his trading value is top 3 in the league, but I kinda doubt.

It’s kinda weird to attack a 20 years old player, who is leading his 6/3 team with 28/11/9 and 61 TS%. This stats are so good that even I don’t believe they’re long term sustainable, but at the moment he’s playing on MVP level.

[Perseus1966]

I didnt say his is bad i said he must play more for the team less for himself

[Bob8]

I didnt say his is bad i said he must play more for the team less for himself

How a player, who’s second in assists, is not playing for the team? This is Nba, superstars driven league, not Euroleague. Why do you think that players like Lillard, Irving... are scoring 50 points? Did you watched how LeBron was playing in Cleveland? How many shots Curry is taking?

[Smirkin Dirk]

There are some really weird criticisms in this thread.

[Perseus1966]

Asists in nba is a joke,you give the ball to the player next to you and scores a 3 pt .
Last night i was watching Luka take the vall dribble dribble hide and seek Dribble no shot pass.he has a huge time of ball posesion

[Gooner]

I didnt say his is bad i said he must play more for the team less for himself

I don't see a problem there, Doncic show is all they have right now. But once the Mavs get better, Doncic will have to sacrificie some of his stats, even as he gets older and better overall.