RS 24/25 - Mavs @ Hornets (Jan 20, 12PM EST)

joesha1698 · Post #21 » by **joesha1698** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:19 pm

Mavrelous wrote:I can't wait for Dinwiddie to go back to being 15th man...
Kyrie amd Naji also suck today, Gafford is playing great, like last year Gafford and OMax is actually good.

I think Dinwiddie does too much at times and doesn't have a pure point mentality. I think if Exum was healthy or we had another pure pg - that guy would be getting more minutes right now.

Archx · Post #22 » by **Archx** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:19 pm

Mavrelous wrote:I can't wait for Dinwiddie to go back to being 15th man...
Kyrie amd Naji also suck today, Gafford is playing great, like last year Gafford and OMax is actually good.

Indeed. OMax with double the minutes of Maxi and is effective. I love it. But Kidd not going at Lamelo each time on offense is a huge mistake. Dude can't play defense and it would get him in foul trouble, now he's just spamming 3's and is making them as well.

41Dirk41 · Post #23 » by **41Dirk41** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:20 pm

joesha1698 wrote:Din decision making is killing us. I dont like it . If Kidd had Exum, I think he would get minutes over Din at this point...too many unforced turnovers.

Like almost every game.
He is a disaster this season. 1 good games and 10 awful... But he will play 40 minutes for sure because Kidd likes him.

Offense is putrid.
We can't guard the perimeter, every team lights out for 3 against us.

We are confirming that we are a no coached team.

Post #24 » by **Mavrelous** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:21 pm

Archx wrote:
Mavrelous wrote:I can't wait for Dinwiddie to go back to being 15th man...
Kyrie amd Naji also suck today, Gafford is playing great, like last year Gafford and OMax is actually good.

Indeed. OMax with double the minutes of Maxi and is effective. I love it. But Kidd not going at Lamelo each time on offense is a huge mistake. Dude can't play defense and it would get him in foul trouble, now he's just spamming 3's and is making them as well.

They did it to Reaves, no idea why they are sparing LaMelo

joesha1698 · Post #25 » by **joesha1698** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:22 pm

41Dirk41 wrote:
joesha1698 wrote:Din decision making is killing us. I dont like it . If Kidd had Exum, I think he would get minutes over Din at this point...too many unforced turnovers.

Like almost every game.
He is a disaster this season. 1 good games and 10 awful... But he will play 40 minutes for sure because Kidd likes him.

Offense is putrid.
We can't guard the perimeter, every team lights out for 3 against us.

We are confirming that we are a no coached team.

We're also short ball handlers if we're being honest. No exum, no luka...din is not that bad..we just need another option when he's making bad decisions. We got 8 turnovers. Din has not been charged with any but he has about 1 or 2 that were accredited to someone else.

Archx · Post #26 » by **Archx** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:23 pm

It's just night and day difference when it comes to decision making with or without Luka. Even Kyrie has been below average since coming back. On top of that if you rely on Dinwiddie in 2025, that's already like trying to climb a huge hill. Unfortunately injuries suck but Kidd is too scared to give Gortman and Edwards real minutes like OMax is getting now.

joesha1698 · Post #27 » by **joesha1698** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:33 pm

That was clear force by Thompson..took the ball 94 feet and asked for a pick and roll and took the 1st shot. He cannot do that. That's not his game.

41Dirk41 · Post #28 » by **41Dirk41** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:33 pm

joesha1698 wrote:
41Dirk41 wrote:
joesha1698 wrote:Din decision making is killing us. I dont like it . If Kidd had Exum, I think he would get minutes over Din at this point...too many unforced turnovers.

Like almost every game.
He is a disaster this season. 1 good games and 10 awful... But he will play 40 minutes for sure because Kidd likes him.

Offense is putrid.
We can't guard the perimeter, every team lights out for 3 against us.

We are confirming that we are a no coached team.

We're also short ball handlers if we're being honest. No exum, no luka...din is not that bad..we just need another option when he's making bad decisions. We got 8 turnovers. Din has not been charged with any but he has about 1 or 2 that were accredited to someone else.

Yes of course but we return at the same point, can Spencer Dinwiddie run a simply p&r or another high school offensive play?
If the answer is no, it's ok. We have to take what he can do.
If the answer is yes out problem is on the bench.

joesha1698 · Post #29 » by **joesha1698** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:34 pm

Gafford looking like Hakeem Olajuwon out there!

joesha1698 · Post #30 » by **joesha1698** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:35 pm

Dream Shake! Ok Gafford!

joesha1698 · Post #31 » by **joesha1698** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:38 pm

Honestly, i wished this offense consistently fed our bigs the ball and demanded them to be good in the post but thats just not how this offense is ran...and as much as we want to blame Kidd - Kidd is some-what of a Luke henchman. He does what is best for Luka in terms of the offense that Luka prefers. That's what I sense....if i'm worng, i'm wrong but that's the vibe I get. Kidd hitches his wagon to Luka. ****tigger warning, please resist this comment***

joesha1698 · Post #32 » by **joesha1698** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:43 pm

Josh Green looks like a non-factor as usual.

41Dirk41 · Post #33 » by **41Dirk41** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:45 pm

At least OMax looks like a real player today.

I love those Kleber ball in hands possesions. OMG.

joesha1698 · Post #34 » by **joesha1698** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:46 pm

I will now be adding tigger warnings to certain comments I make :nod:

41Dirk41 · Post #35 » by **41Dirk41** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:47 pm

joesha1698 wrote:Honestly, i wished this offense consistently fed our bigs the ball and demanded them to be good in the post but thats just not how this offense is ran...and as much as we want to blame Kidd - Kidd is some-what of a Luke henchman. He does what is best for Luka in terms of the offense that Luka prefers. That's what I sense....if i'm worng, i'm wrong but that's the vibe I get. Kidd hitches his wagon to Luka. ****tigger warning, please resist this comment***

I'm here

I agree, Kidd can't coach so he puts all of his eggs in Luka basket... He is his last chance to stay in NBA

BliscoSantos · Post #36 » by **BliscoSantos** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:50 pm

joesha1698 wrote:
Mavrelous wrote:I can't wait for Dinwiddie to go back to being 15th man...
Kyrie amd Naji also suck today, Gafford is playing great, like last year Gafford and OMax is actually good.

I think Dinwiddie does too much at times and doesn't have a pure point mentality. I think if Exum was healthy or we had another pure pg - that guy would be getting more minutes right now.

Yeah but Exum isn't a pure PG either... he's just a guy that brings the ball over and then passes it and waits in the Corner... he really isn't setting up plays or playcallin/playmaking

41Dirk41 · Post #37 » by **41Dirk41** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 6:57 pm

Klay open in the corner but Dinwiddie takes another step back 3s. Great

joesha1698 · Post #38 » by **joesha1698** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:02 pm

BliscoSantos wrote:
joesha1698 wrote:
Mavrelous wrote:I can't wait for Dinwiddie to go back to being 15th man...
Kyrie amd Naji also suck today, Gafford is playing great, like last year Gafford and OMax is actually good.

I think Dinwiddie does too much at times and doesn't have a pure point mentality. I think if Exum was healthy or we had another pure pg - that guy would be getting more minutes right now.

Yeah but Exum isn't a pure PG either... he's just a guy that brings the ball over and then passes it and waits in the Corner... he really isn't setting up plays or playcallin/playmaking

Yeah but he doesn't over dribble or take fade a way luka lites..

joesha1698 · Post #39 » by **joesha1698** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:04 pm

I do not like that Din has more shots than Klay. We can be a little more creative than that. I'm not for forcing Klay the ball but we can run some plays to get him more looks. I like that Klay is not forcing (for the most part) and hopefully he closes out strong.

BliscoSantos · Post #40 » by **BliscoSantos** » Mon Jan 20, 2025 7:05 pm

joesha1698 wrote:
BliscoSantos wrote:
joesha1698 wrote:
I think Dinwiddie does too much at times and doesn't have a pure point mentality. I think if Exum was healthy or we had another pure pg - that guy would be getting more minutes right now.

Yeah but Exum isn't a pure PG either... he's just a guy that brings the ball over and then passes it and waits in the Corner... he really isn't setting up plays or playcallin/playmaking

Yeah but he doesn't over dribble or take fade a way luka lites..

He won't but somebody else(Grimes,Hardy,Naji,...) will... it's not like they are all of a sudden gonna start playing organised basketball, start calling plays

As long as Kidd is the coach it will be pick'n roll and ISO