Mavs & Cavs Draft Pick Watch

kg01 · Post #501 » by **kg01** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 2:26 am

DAL post-deadline roster is not that bad. Carlisle has jumped the shark as a coach though.

thecampster · Post #502 » by **thecampster** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 2:41 am

Tonight's game pushing my narrative a bit. No Luka and Dallas up 12 with 3 minutes left. Going to put up 120 points as well. Would like to see them sit Luka a bit more and see if he's stat padding at the expense of the team. Its only Cleveland but still.

kg01 · Post #503 » by **kg01** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 2:44 am

Interesting.

Night Traen · Post #504 » by **Night Traen** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 3:07 am

thecampster wrote:Tonight's game pushing my narrative a bit. No Luka and Dallas up 12 with 3 minutes left. Going to put up 120 points as well. Would like to see them sit Luka a bit more and see if he's stat padding at the expense of the team. Its only Cleveland but still.

I don't see why this is a problem....for Mark. Lose games to hopefully retain that pick and get the guy he traded for to win ROY. Why would this be an issue?

King Ken · Post #505 » by **King Ken** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 3:08 am

thecampster wrote:Tonight's game pushing my narrative a bit. No Luka and Dallas up 12 with 3 minutes left. Going to put up 120 points as well. Would like to see them sit Luka a bit more and see if he's stat padding at the expense of the team. Its only Cleveland but still.

His defense has been horrible and Dallas can't play that slow pace with this personnel. Luka could sit out the rest of the year and Dallas would win some games just off Tim going off.

Post #506 » by **HMFFL** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 6:12 am

Adenusi wrote:Mavs are sitting out Luka, blatant tanking. Just need Dirk to score 60 and we all good

He has a knee injury. Coach would like for him to sit but he said no, so I guess Luka agreed to sit vs Cleveland, and Dallas won.

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Post #507 » by **HMFFL** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 6:19 am

Mavs and Memphis are battling for positioning. Dallas and Memphis will face off April 5th and April 7th.

I predict Memphis cools off and wins maybe 2 more games in March.

As for Dallas, they may beat New Orleans next, but it will probably be their only win for the rest of March, and maybe win two games in April.

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personanongrata · Post #508 » by **personanongrata** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 1:29 pm

thecampster wrote:Tonight's game pushing my narrative a bit. No Luka and Dallas up 12 with 3 minutes left. Going to put up 120 points as well. Would like to see them sit Luka a bit more and see if he's stat padding at the expense of the team. Its only Cleveland but still.

One game against Cleveland means nothing. He's not stat padding. He's doing what the coaches are asking of him, and having to shoulder all the ball handing responsibilities for this garbage roster, all while the while nursing a knee injury. Yet still averaging 21/7/5. What do you want from him? Don't make the trade turn you into a Luka hater, that's just lame.

peoriabird · Post #509 » by **peoriabird** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 2:26 pm

personanongrata wrote:
thecampster wrote:Tonight's game pushing my narrative a bit. No Luka and Dallas up 12 with 3 minutes left. Going to put up 120 points as well. Would like to see them sit Luka a bit more and see if he's stat padding at the expense of the team. Its only Cleveland but still.

One game against Cleveland means nothing. He's not stat padding. He's doing what the coaches are asking of him, and having to handle all the ball handing responsibilities for this garbage roster, all while the while nursing a knee injury. Yet still averaging 21/7/5. What do you want from him? Don't make the trade turn you into a Luka hater, that's just lame.

Why do people feel compelled to defend Luka on a Hawks message board? The guy just made an observation about how the team scored more point with him out of the line up and win the same games that they would have won with him in the line up. What that means at this point is unknown.

personanongrata · Post #510 » by **personanongrata** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 3:25 pm

peoriabird wrote:
personanongrata wrote:
thecampster wrote:Tonight's game pushing my narrative a bit. No Luka and Dallas up 12 with 3 minutes left. Going to put up 120 points as well. Would like to see them sit Luka a bit more and see if he's stat padding at the expense of the team. Its only Cleveland but still.

One game against Cleveland means nothing. He's not stat padding. He's doing what the coaches are asking of him, and having to handle all the ball handing responsibilities for this garbage roster, all while the while nursing a knee injury. Yet still averaging 21/7/5. What do you want from him? Don't make the trade turn you into a Luka hater, that's just lame.

Why do people feel compelled to defend Luka on a Hawks message board? The guy just made an observation about how the team scored more point with him out of the line up and win the same games that they would have won with him in the line up. What that means at this point is unknown.

So his criticism is not related to the trade? Come on, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be writing about Ayton, Bagley or the other rookies. Why do people feel compelled to defend Luka on a Hawks message board? A better question would be why do people feel compelled to attack Luka on a Hawks message board. The defenses are rebuttals against attacks, as with any fair, honest debate.

turnermx · Post #511 » by **turnermx** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 3:43 pm

Spud2nique wrote:
turnermx wrote:Next 2 games for Dallas are big for us... while we play up in Boston they play at home against Cleveland. We will know if they lose that one they are dead serious about the tank.

Then they've got Memphis.. Thats a tank slugfest there lol

Whatup Turner? Been a minute hope ur good!

Whatup! hope u are too! too premature to be excited about the next SL in Vegas? how the heck is this season going so fast?!

thecampster · Post #512 » by **thecampster** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:06 pm

personanongrata wrote:
thecampster wrote:Tonight's game pushing my narrative a bit. No Luka and Dallas up 12 with 3 minutes left. Going to put up 120 points as well. Would like to see them sit Luka a bit more and see if he's stat padding at the expense of the team. Its only Cleveland but still.

One game against Cleveland means nothing. He's not stat padding. He's doing what the coaches are asking of him, and having to shoulder all the ball handing responsibilities for this garbage roster, all while the while nursing a knee injury. Yet still averaging 21/7/5. What do you want from him? Don't make the trade turn you into a Luka hater, that's just lame.

You should probably go back and read my previous 5 or 6 comments for context on the stat padding (I document it well) and the 120 points is an argument against people stating Dallas has a bad roster and Luka elevates it. He's greatly slowing their pace, hurting them defensively and honestly him sitting out was the best thing for us. Every Dallas win is a Hawks win at this point.

ejs78 · Post #513 » by **ejs78** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 8:40 pm

As a Mavs fan I come in peace.

1)really hard to say if someone is stat padding and I am sure many players can be accused of this if that's what you wanna believe.
2) There is no way the Mavs are in the game vs Den or Hou if he doesn't play( lost each by one )
3) 120 point game was against the Cavs. The other 3 games he's missed the Mavs scored 89 vs Detroit, 104 vs Denver where they were down 18 going into the 4th, 109 vs Utah where they lost by 16.
4) The only other guy on the roster who may be a starter is THJ, and well his last 2 teams he was on weren't exactly good as you know. Can maybe toss Powell in too but again these are both maybes and likely a no on winning teams.

Does he have flaws sure. But Hawks fans should want him to play over sit.

thecampster wrote:
personanongrata wrote:
thecampster wrote:Tonight's game pushing my narrative a bit. No Luka and Dallas up 12 with 3 minutes left. Going to put up 120 points as well. Would like to see them sit Luka a bit more and see if he's stat padding at the expense of the team. Its only Cleveland but still.

One game against Cleveland means nothing. He's not stat padding. He's doing what the coaches are asking of him, and having to shoulder all the ball handing responsibilities for this garbage roster, all while the while nursing a knee injury. Yet still averaging 21/7/5. What do you want from him? Don't make the trade turn you into a Luka hater, that's just lame.

You should probably go back and read my previous 5 or 6 comments for context on the stat padding (I document it well) and the 120 points is an argument against people stating Dallas has a bad roster and Luka elevates it. He's greatly slowing their pace, hurting them defensively and honestly him sitting out was the best thing for us. Every Dallas win is a Hawks win at this point.

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Post #514 » by **ATL Boy** » Mon Mar 18, 2019 6:07 am

I'd rather Memphis finishes ahead of Dallas in the lotto standings and has DAL with the 7th best odds

Bob8 · Post #515 » by **Bob8** » Mon Mar 18, 2019 9:59 am

thecampster wrote:
personanongrata wrote:
thecampster wrote:Tonight's game pushing my narrative a bit. No Luka and Dallas up 12 with 3 minutes left. Going to put up 120 points as well. Would like to see them sit Luka a bit more and see if he's stat padding at the expense of the team. Its only Cleveland but still.

One game against Cleveland means nothing. He's not stat padding. He's doing what the coaches are asking of him, and having to shoulder all the ball handing responsibilities for this garbage roster, all while the while nursing a knee injury. Yet still averaging 21/7/5. What do you want from him? Don't make the trade turn you into a Luka hater, that's just lame.

You should probably go back and read my previous 5 or 6 comments for context on the stat padding (I document it well) and the 120 points is an argument against people stating Dallas has a bad roster and Luka elevates it. He's greatly slowing their pace, hurting them defensively and honestly him sitting out was the best thing for us. Every Dallas win is a Hawks win at this point.

Your argumentation is great. Mavs has won first game after the trades without him and you will probably be shocked, if I tell you that Cleveland’s DEF rating is far the worst in the league. Mavs still needed incredibly high 46% for 3 to win by 5 points.

Hawks board is the only team board in RealGM, where posters constantly bash other teams rookie. Congrats.

kg01 · Post #516 » by **kg01** » Mon Mar 18, 2019 12:36 pm

Why. Are. You. Here?

And clearly you don't frequent any other teams' boards if you think that last statement is true.

Post #517 » by **Jamaaliver** » Mon Mar 18, 2019 1:00 pm

ATL Boy wrote:I'd rather Memphis finishes ahead of Dallas in the lotto standings and has DAL with the 7th best odds

7th worst record seems most like most ideal scenario at this point.

I still don't get why Memphis is actively trying to win and convey a top-10 selection to Boston this year. Unless they are all out tanking for the next few years -- it makes no sense.

Washington's brain trust is pretty short-sighted, too. Making the 8th seed and losing in the first round can't be preferable to a top-10 draft pick for a struggling, capped out team, can it?

Post #518 » by **Jamaaliver** » Mon Mar 18, 2019 1:04 pm

kg01 wrote:Why. Are. You. Here?

And clearly you don't frequent any other teams' boards if you think that last statement is true.

To incite unrest. To chastise our posters.

Literally no other reason on a site with dozens of forums and thousands of posters.

He comes to our board looking for a fight. :wink:

Bob8 · Post #519 » by **Bob8** » Mon Mar 18, 2019 1:09 pm

kg01 wrote:Why. Are. You. Here?

And clearly you don't frequent any other teams' boards if you think that last statement is true.

I wouldn’t be here, if you didn’t write about Luka.

Did you see anything about Trae on Mavs board? Absolutely nothing. On which teams board people are bashing Trae?

kg01 · Post #520 » by **kg01** » Mon Mar 18, 2019 1:19 pm

Jamaaliver wrote:
kg01 wrote:Why. Are. You. Here?

And clearly you don't frequent any other teams' boards if you think that last statement is true.

To incite unrest. To chastise our posters.

Literally no other reason on a site with dozens of forums and thousands of posters.

He comes to our board looking for a fight.

I don't think anyone here still falls for it though so what's the point? It's just eyeroll-worthy at this point.