2021-22 NBA Season Discussion

Peregrine01 · Post #5381 » by **Peregrine01** » Sun May 22, 2022 5:18 pm

I wonder if the Celts are trying too hard to make Tatum into something he's not as an on-ball creator. He has spurts of good court awareness and then games like last night where he's dribbling with his head down into defenders. Also think Pritchard should get a lot more minutes...the offense just seems to flow way better with him in.

Having Lowry back was huge for the Heat. Even at this stage, he just seems to have huge impact whenever he's on the floor.

Post #5382 » by **Texas Chuck** » Sun May 22, 2022 5:47 pm

Thoughts on the Mavs bench actions and the rather small fines the NBA is issuing in what I guess is a half-hearted attempt to address it.

I mean these guys are constantly on the court, some of them literally never sit down, they are shouting the whole game and the other team, fans with premium tickets behind their bench are dealing with obstructed views.

Anyone else think as I do the league should be cracking down harder on this? And yes I realize other teams' benches are guilty of this at times, but the Mavs with Pinson and Hardaway have taken this to an extreme I don't recall having ever seen before.

Post #5383 » by **Outside** » Sun May 22, 2022 6:57 pm

Texas Chuck wrote:Thoughts on the Mavs bench actions and the rather small fines the NBA is issuing in what I guess is a half-hearted attempt to address it.

I mean these guys are constantly on the court, some of them literally never sit down, they are shouting the whole game and the other team, fans with premium tickets behind their bench are dealing with obstructed views.

Anyone else think as I do the league should be cracking down harder on this? And yes I realize other teams' benches are guilty of this at times, but the Mavs with Pinson and Hardaway have taken this to an extreme I don't recall having ever seen before.

Biased perspective on my part, but yes, it's an issue.

I'm curious whether the guy on the Mavs bench wearing white was intentional. The broadcast crew did a nice job showing Curry in the fourth quarter throwing the ball right to him. Is this a thi thing the Mavs do when the other team is wearing white jerseys? It wouldn't be an issue except when combined with the habit of those on the Mavs bench standing the whole time.

Post #5384 » by **Texas Chuck** » Mon May 23, 2022 12:21 am

Outside wrote:[
I'm curious whether the guy on the Mavs bench wearing white was intentional. The broadcast crew did a nice job showing Curry in the fourth quarter throwing the ball right to him. Is this a thi thing the Mavs do when the other team is wearing white jerseys? I

I think unintentional? I've never noticed it before. OTOH, he immediately tugged on his sweater, so he definitely thought Curry was fooled by the white, so IDK.

But it definitely seems like too much. And I'm biased for them lol.

Statlanta · Post #5385 » by **Statlanta** » Mon May 23, 2022 12:40 am

If the Warriors are going to win this series I want it to be as fast as possible. I don't want to see what happened last night where guys were just getting hurt.

I at least want the Finals to be as injury free as possible.

Post #5386 » by **Texas Chuck** » Mon May 23, 2022 12:46 am

my man Reggie Bullock won the Kareem Social Justice award. Glad to see one of the truly good guys not only get recognized for his play but for his work off the court.

falcolombardi · Post #5387 » by **falcolombardi** » Mon May 23, 2022 12:48 am

is that a different award that the best citizen one?

HeartBreakKid · Post #5388 » by **HeartBreakKid** » Mon May 23, 2022 1:27 am

Texas Chuck wrote:my man Reggie Bullock won the Kareem Social Justice award. Glad to see one of the truly good guys not only get recognized for his play but for his work off the court.

I thought this said the Karen Social Justice award

Peregrine01 · Post #5389 » by **Peregrine01** » Mon May 23, 2022 1:34 am

Those Ill-advised deep pull-up 3s from Curry are why I’ve soured a bit on him as a player. He can get to the rim at will on this Mavs d and instead settles for these absurd shots when he isn’t even hot.

yoyoboy · Post #5390 » by **yoyoboy** » Mon May 23, 2022 1:37 am

It doesn't even really feel like the playoffs for whatever reason. Even the crowds have been pretty tame imo.

toodles23 · Post #5391 » by **toodles23** » Mon May 23, 2022 2:03 am

Beating a dead horse but god damn do they let Draymond get away with an absurd amount of whining and showing up the refs. Any bench player would have been ejected by now if they behaved like this.

Post #5392 » by **Outside** » Mon May 23, 2022 2:12 am

Texas Chuck wrote:
Outside wrote:[
I'm curious whether the guy on the Mavs bench wearing white was intentional. The broadcast crew did a nice job showing Curry in the fourth quarter throwing the ball right to him. Is this a thi thing the Mavs do when the other team is wearing white jerseys? I

I think unintentional? I've never noticed it before. OTOH, he immediately tugged on his sweater, so he definitely thought Curry was fooled by the white, so IDK.

But it definitely seems like too much. And I'm biased for them lol.

On the broadcast today, they showed ref Mark Davis asking him to change into a different colored shirt because the Warriors are again in white and he was wearing a white tee. He did not change the shirt. So yeah, it's intentional.

GSP · Post #5393 » by **GSP** » Mon May 23, 2022 2:25 am

Feels like Luka has struggled against Wiggins or Looney all series but gets what he wants against anyone else including Draymond

When he cant matchup hunt his athletic limitations really shows. I noticed anytime he played Philly Ben Simmons would always lock him up too

falcolombardi · Post #5394 » by **falcolombardi** » Mon May 23, 2022 2:39 am

if warriors just sweep or 4-1 the mavs that is gonna ve a really good luck for the grizzlies and a really bad one for suns ngl

GSP · Post #5395 » by **GSP** » Mon May 23, 2022 2:43 am

Warriors gets every single rebound off missed 3s its absolutely unreal. Ive never seen anything like it. Their team, coaching staff, scouts something knows some secret rebounding thing that no one else does. It makes no sense how often they go small and still outrebound anyone........like a lineup of Steph, Poole, Klay, Wiggins and Draymond gets every board.......

GSP · Post #5396 » by **GSP** » Mon May 23, 2022 2:45 am

falcolombardi wrote:if warriors just sweep or 4-1 the mavs that is gonna ve a really good luck for the grizzlies and a really bad one for suns ngl

Itll make Jokic look alot better too specially considering how much better Lukas supporting cast is. The last 3 games of that Denver series all came down to the wire. Luka getting swept here would be a bad look and its headed that way. He might get thrown out soon he gets hotheaded often and has been complaining about calls all game

itsxtray · Post #5397 » by **itsxtray** » Mon May 23, 2022 2:48 am

Peregrine01 wrote:Those Ill-advised deep pull-up 3s from Curry are why I’ve soured a bit on him as a player. He can get to the rim at will on this Mavs d and instead settles for these absurd shots when he isn’t even hot.

He's always taken those he just used to hit them at 40+ percent. In 15-16 he was doing ridiculous **** like this:

Read on Twitter

Peregrine01 · Post #5398 » by **Peregrine01** » Mon May 23, 2022 2:50 am

Luka does almost nothing off the ball. This Mavs offense can get very predictable.

Peregrine01 · Post #5399 » by **Peregrine01** » Mon May 23, 2022 2:55 am

itsxtray wrote:
Peregrine01 wrote:Those Ill-advised deep pull-up 3s from Curry are why I’ve soured a bit on him as a player. He can get to the rim at will on this Mavs d and instead settles for these absurd shots when he isn’t even hot.

He's always taken those he just used to hit them at 40+ percent. In 15-16 he was doing ridiculous **** like this:

Read on Twitter

Wasn't a big fan of it even when he's hitting and especially not when he can just go to the hole whenever he wants against this defense. Even the greatest shooter in NBA history can take bad shots.

Peregrine01 · Post #5400 » by **Peregrine01** » Mon May 23, 2022 2:56 am

GSP wrote:Warriors gets every single rebound off missed 3s its absolutely unreal. Ive never seen anything like it. Their team, coaching staff, scouts something knows some secret rebounding thing that no one else does. It makes no sense how often they go small and still outrebound anyone........like a lineup of Steph, Poole, Klay, Wiggins and Draymond gets every board.......

Their system preaches kinetic energy on both offense and defense. The more you move around the more likely you are to get boards. Mavs are just flat-footed a lot of the time.