Mavrelous wrote:I wanted Luka suspended and fined for the money gesture in the end, Cuban and Kidd can't control him, the league should. It was a blatant missed call, like the Looney jersey pull, but Hardy got a phantom call before it, and Green bumped that scrub to the ground and took the ball from him. He's alienating the refs, and it's not working in his favour.
I see that gesture as well. If we fanbase notice that, you think the army of the zebras don't? Soon they will not give their whistles to Luka and he will act more like a child.
IQ_baller wrote:MJ never played against quality teams in the finals
IQ_baller wrote:Replace MJ with Jimmy and Bulls win the same amount of rings
ACMFFL wrote:Guys don't feed that XL troll, just ignore him.
How is it trolling if 90% of my predictions are correct?
You all are just pissed off I am right. Mavs will never win anything with Luka as their #1. He hasnt won anything in 5 years as the #1 guy. And when he did, they had by far the best team in Euroleague plus he was being coached. Now he is allowed to do whatever he wants, is fat and cant play defense and spoiled rotten. He was none of those things back then. He is not the golden boy anymore, time to admit that.
If the Mavs are ok with just getting to playoffs in the next 5-10 years and maybe repeat last season once or twice then Luka is your guy. If their goal is the Championship they should get rid of him and start building something new. I would offer him to whoever wins gets the #1 pick this year. Maybe Pop, who is losing it, will trade it for Luka if the Spurs get the pick.
Dude a real fan would never eeever root against his own team or enjoy seeing them lose just because he hates a player. But a troll would, sir.
Following your "reasoning" Philly should trade Embiid ass as soon as possible cause hey he's 29 and he never passed the 2nd round.
And yeah, let's pretend a 24 years old player can't improve his game and body anymore.
I honestly don't think anyone is enjoying or happy seeing mavs struggle as of late. They sound happy after seeing the losses is a sign of self comfort. There's nothing wrong to admit as a fan that we suck this year and our star players let us down or our FO made terrible moves. But deep down I believe everyone who came to this board and left their posts here do care about the Mavs and wish to see their success. It's just everyone reacts differently when facing obstacles.
I knew mavs will lose to the warriors before watching the game and my sixth sense was right. But i still watched the game and rooted for them in front of the tv. I believe a lot of the guys are like that too.
IQ_baller wrote:MJ never played against quality teams in the finals
IQ_baller wrote:Replace MJ with Jimmy and Bulls win the same amount of rings
Ni Da Ye wrote: I honestly don't think anyone is enjoying or happy seeing mavs struggle as of late. They sound happy after seeing the losses is a sign of self comfort. There's nothing wrong to admit as a fan that we suck this year and our star players let us down or our FO made terrible moves. But deep down I believe everyone who came to this board and left their posts here do care about the Mavs and wish to see their success. It's just everyone reacts differently when facing obstacles.
I knew mavs will lose to the warriors before watching the game and my sixth sense was right. But i still watched the game and rooted for them in front of the tv. I believe a lot of the guys are like that too.
I don't know man, I feel like that XL guy comes here just to provoke some users.
Ni Da Ye wrote: I honestly don't think anyone is enjoying or happy seeing mavs struggle as of late. They sound happy after seeing the losses is a sign of self comfort. There's nothing wrong to admit as a fan that we suck this year and our star players let us down or our FO made terrible moves. But deep down I believe everyone who came to this board and left their posts here do care about the Mavs and wish to see their success. It's just everyone reacts differently when facing obstacles.
I knew mavs will lose to the warriors before watching the game and my sixth sense was right. But i still watched the game and rooted for them in front of the tv. I believe a lot of the guys are like that too.
I don't know man, I feel like that XL guy comes here just to provoke some users.
You have to look at it from the other perspective too. To me, the following statements are equally bad and should be considered as trolling or provoking:
1) Luka playing? Mavs will lose 50!! - Overly negative 2) (Mavs have not been playing well lately) Mavs will beat the crap out of this [insert league top team] and we win by 25 easy! (Then later the game was a blow out ugly loss) - Overly positive 3) "At least a lot of guys here are happy when the Mavs lose. Good for you." (Sarcasm and feeding no proof words into others' throats)
IQ_baller wrote:MJ never played against quality teams in the finals
IQ_baller wrote:Replace MJ with Jimmy and Bulls win the same amount of rings
leolozon wrote:Did anyone on the team explain why they weren’t there after the time out? I can understand that they thought it was their ball, I can’t understand why they were under the wrong basket. Something is missing.
Because even arena announcer said it's Mavs ball. And even 1 ref was with the Mavs on the wrong side. If you look closely, there are only 2 refs on the right side of the floor. There had to be some kind of miscommunication even if the ref did signal it was GSW ball.
Someone could have also just told Mavs, it's not their ball they should go and defend or whatever... Unless they thought they are inbounding on the opposite side.
The ball went out of bound on that side of the court, so no matter who was inbounding, they should have been there. The only thing I'm thinking of, is that they were in no hurry to get there as they thought that they were inbounding, but it looks sloppy to me as the Warriors were all there and ready. I'm not sure I like that mentality of taking so much time to get back on the court. If the ref gave the ball, he must have thought that the Mavs should have already been there.
Ni Da Ye wrote: I honestly don't think anyone is enjoying or happy seeing mavs struggle as of late. They sound happy after seeing the losses is a sign of self comfort. There's nothing wrong to admit as a fan that we suck this year and our star players let us down or our FO made terrible moves. But deep down I believe everyone who came to this board and left their posts here do care about the Mavs and wish to see their success. It's just everyone reacts differently when facing obstacles.
I knew mavs will lose to the warriors before watching the game and my sixth sense was right. But i still watched the game and rooted for them in front of the tv. I believe a lot of the guys are like that too.
I don't know man, I feel like that XL guy comes here just to provoke some users.
You have to look at it from the other perspective too. To me, the following statements are equally bad and should be considered as trolling or provoking:
1) Luka playing? Mavs will lose 50!! - Overly negative 2) (Mavs have not been playing well lately) Mavs will beat the crap out of this [insert league top team] and we win by 25 easy! (Then later the game was a blow out ugly loss) - Overly positive 3) "At least a lot of guys here are happy when the Mavs lose. Good for you." (Sarcasm and feeding no proof words into others' throats)
But #3 exists because #1 keeps provoking, that's cause-effect.
Some people prefer to see their team lose in order to have then something to keep talking **** about their target, in this case Luka.
Speadge wrote:There seems to be something wrong with your memory. You "predicted" this regarding previous game against Grizzlies.
It's weird he wasn't doing those predictions when Luka was bailing them out and they still had a winning record before it all went to **** with injuries and bad coaching decisions. And now thinks he's a genius because Mavs barely lost to a full GSW squad without Kyrie and THJ. We have a real Nostradamus here.
We have a couple of Nostradamus here, the other one knew we would lose before seeing the game (but of course he writes it later).
And they think that trade Luka and Kyrie will make this team better.
leolozon wrote:Did anyone on the team explain why they weren’t there after the time out? I can understand that they thought it was their ball, I can’t understand why they were under the wrong basket. Something is missing.
Because even arena announcer said it's Mavs ball. And even 1 ref was with the Mavs on the wrong side. If you look closely, there are only 2 refs on the right side of the floor. There had to be some kind of miscommunication even if the ref did signal it was GSW ball.
Someone could have also just told Mavs, it's not their ball they should go and defend or whatever... Unless they thought they are inbounding on the opposite side.
The ball went out of bound on that side of the court, so no matter who was inbounding, they should have been there. The only thing I'm thinking of, is that they were in no hurry to get there as they thought that they were inbounding, but it looks sloppy to me as the Warriors were all there and ready. I'm not sure I like that mentality of taking so much time to get back on the court. If the ref gave the ball, he must have thought that the Mavs should have already been there.
The entire situation is incredibly weird and unusual. Watching it live, i had no clue what's going on, announcers had no clue what's going on and even worse, Mavs themselves had no clue what's happening apparently.
But i feel like in these type of situations, refs should step in and explain to them. If teams are in the huddle for too long, ref always comes over to tell them it's time to go. But like i said, 1 ref was still at Mavs side of the floor, so apparently he was confused aswell, while 2 refs were on the right side.
I don't know man, i think Mavs and the refs are equally at fault here. But if the arena announcer said it's Mavs ball, then you know there was a huge confusion going on. At least 1 ref should have had the brain to organize things and say something. Worst thing is, if foul was called on Luka before that, this never would have happened anyway. Looney literally threw Luka down right in front of the ref
Whoever was at fault the referee still should've waited for the Mavs to be set on defense... they never let you inbound the ball when the other team is not set... It was a strange situation but that's only one play.
It isn't a good time for the Mavericks to be playing their worst basketball of the season. Overall, the chemistry isn't there right now. There is a combination of reasons - Luka's health, Kyrie's health, trying to adjust to the new players, bad luck, and a bunch of one-dimensional players that don't seem to complement each other.
leolozon wrote:Did anyone on the team explain why they weren’t there after the time out? I can understand that they thought it was their ball, I can’t understand why they were under the wrong basket. Something is missing.
Because even arena announcer said it's Mavs ball. And even 1 ref was with the Mavs on the wrong side. If you look closely, there are only 2 refs on the right side of the floor. There had to be some kind of miscommunication even if the ref did signal it was GSW ball.
Someone could have also just told Mavs, it's not their ball they should go and defend or whatever... Unless they thought they are inbounding on the opposite side.
JWillTheFreak wrote:Whoever was at fault the referee still should've waited for the Mavs to be set on defense... they never let you inbound the ball when the other team is not set... It was a strange situation but that's only one play.
While the refs are at fault --- no way they should allow that to happen --- I don't think we have a 100% bulletproof explanation as to why no Mavs players were on the other side (the ball would always have to be in-bounded from there).
It was a weird, probably blown call that lead to that Looney dunk, but Cuban needs to shut up. You can’t let one blown call swing the trajectory of a game. Look at the Mavs’ record since the all star game and count how many 1-2 possession games they’ve lost. That is on the coach and the players. They’re getting out hustled and the other teams want it more.
Absinthe wrote:It was a weird, probably blown call that lead to that Looney dunk, but Cuban needs to shut up. You can’t let one blown call swing the trajectory of a game. Look at the Mavs’ record since the all star game and count how many 1-2 possession games they’ve lost. That is on the coach and the players. They’re getting out hustled and the other teams want it more.
Completely agree. Kidd is a joke but the team play without hustle and pride. That's a shame.
Absinthe wrote:It was a weird, probably blown call that lead to that Looney dunk, but Cuban needs to shut up. You can’t let one blown call swing the trajectory of a game. Look at the Mavs’ record since the all star game and count how many 1-2 possession games they’ve lost. That is on the coach and the players. They’re getting out hustled and the other teams want it more.
Completely agree. Kidd is a joke but the team play without hustle and pride. That's a shame.
That's where DFS is missing the most, Dwight Powell also isn't having the energy and hustle impact he used to have, which was most of his advantage, but primarily, this is on Luka, he's the one showing frustration, not getting back on defense, and showing defeatist body language, and he needs to change because the team follows his lead.
