RS 24/25 - Mavs vs Kings (Mond 8:30PM EST)

[41Dirk41]

Remember folks:

It hurts a lot. Messes with your mind and well being. But it's just sports. We'll find a way to deal with the ridiculousness of things. Be nice to one another and understand that everyone is miserable... so no need to be extra miserable to rub salt on wounds. Sometimes it's better to just take a time off this stuff than to be too immersed in it and ruin your mood everyday.

This needs to be stressed, it sucks, but this is entertainment, and real life out there has lots of options to take your mind off, if you can't think positive in the wake of this, you're better taking time off and find something that fulfills you.
Luka will be fine, Mavs will be fine eventually, everyone here should be fine.

for some it is entertainment. for some it is as well a part of life.

They have to hope that those with guns are in the first group

[Bob8]

Go for surgery and get it done with. Might as well shut down Kyrie too down the road. This season is toast. They'll have next year as the only real window in my opinion to go for it all.

Give Christie, OMP, and Hardy all the minutes they can handle for the rest of the season. That's the only way this Mavs will be watcheable.

That is probably the right option if the injury is quite serious (some hints that it may be). However, I can't imagine that these owners would be able to sustain it. They probably would turn on Nico and say he blind-sided them and fire him. The owner kind of comes off like he's not very bright in the head and gives vibes that he couldn't foresee the backlash, so can definitely see down the line some soap opera with finger pointing about who did what.

Almost comical situation. All they had to do was give this team time as originally constructed. They were never healthy and could have a good second of half of the season. Literally all they had to do was do nothing but wait. Then after the season make whatever decisions, always pursing max value. But nah... now we have to deal with this complex reality for the foreseeable future: colluded with Lakers to trade, betray fans and get a fraction of his trade value back. And now we are back to dealing with injuries monitoring anyway.

Remember folks:

It hurts a lot. Messes with your mind and well being. But it's just sports. We'll find a way to deal with the ridiculousness of things. Be nice to one another and understand that everyone is miserable... so no need to be extra miserable to rub salt on wounds. Sometimes it's better to just take a time off this stuff than to be too immersed in it and ruin your mood everyday.

The most comical part is a fat snob, who was married into the money, saying that a player, who was 5x in first All Nba team, is fat and lazy.

[MassimoPayne]

Just a reminder that they are paying AD 62 Mios in year 2026/2027 for his broken ass.
They better hope he is completely injrued and they are getting some money from insurance

[Dirk]

Remember folks:

It hurts a lot. Messes with your mind and well being. But it's just sports. We'll find a way to deal with the ridiculousness of things. Be nice to one another and understand that everyone is miserable... so no need to be extra miserable to rub salt on wounds. Sometimes it's better to just take a time off this stuff than to be too immersed in it and ruin your mood everyday.

This needs to be stressed, it sucks, but this is entertainment, and real life out there has lots of options to take your mind off, if you can't think positive in the wake of this, you're better taking time off and find something that fulfills you.
Luka will be fine, Mavs will be fine eventually, everyone here should be fine.

for some it is entertainment. for some it is as well a part of life.

It's kind of the WWE though. I.e, the Lakers are not a 'real' franchise. They seem to always get some gifts and have different rules apply to them. Most of their fans are people who literally just do it because the team won the most, dont usually have to "tank"/have prolonged rebuilds and usually gets star players there.

Maybe Mark Cuban wakes up one day and has the idea of having other investors apply pressure to try to buy back the team and at least remove the negative aura the current owners brought. Probably far fetched, but potentially some Texas native investors could exploit this situation to get the team back. This entire thing is so bizarre because with the trade they also devalued the franchise and then compounded it by making dumb statements... if motivated investors exist, they could definitely apply pressure to get the team when these owners look so dumb and are loathed by everyone in Dallas.

If we care too too much for something like this... it just may be a sign that we need to ensure we care about more meaningful things in life (speaking against myself here, but true that it's very little we can affect and change and just have to cope with reality forced on us as fans).

[Bob8]

Remember folks:

It hurts a lot. Messes with your mind and well being. But it's just sports. We'll find a way to deal with the ridiculousness of things. Be nice to one another and understand that everyone is miserable... so no need to be extra miserable to rub salt on wounds. Sometimes it's better to just take a time off this stuff than to be too immersed in it and ruin your mood everyday.

This needs to be stressed, it sucks, but this is entertainment, and real life out there has lots of options to take your mind off, if you can't think positive in the wake of this, you're better taking time off and find something that fulfills you.
Luka will be fine, Mavs will be fine eventually, everyone here should be fine.

Mods telling us to take time off is just continuation of laughable events that have taken place in last 10 days. Luka saga is skyrocketing interest in all basketball media. Just look at how many more comments have articles on Mavs Moneyball. There's nothing better than shocking news for sports entertainment industry, which is Realgm part off. Until people are still writing about Mavs everything is ok, the depression will take place, when they stop.

[Apz]

I just hope luka doesnt resign with lakers and only jave 1 destination to drive down the price: Spurs. Nicos legacy to gift spurs an warriors era. Dirk should go pick up his statue

[Mavrelous]

Remember folks:

It hurts a lot. Messes with your mind and well being. But it's just sports. We'll find a way to deal with the ridiculousness of things. Be nice to one another and understand that everyone is miserable... so no need to be extra miserable to rub salt on wounds. Sometimes it's better to just take a time off this stuff than to be too immersed in it and ruin your mood everyday.

This needs to be stressed, it sucks, but this is entertainment, and real life out there has lots of options to take your mind off, if you can't think positive in the wake of this, you're better taking time off and find something that fulfills you.
Luka will be fine, Mavs will be fine eventually, everyone here should be fine.

Mods telling us to take time off is just continuation of laughable events that have taken place in last 10 days. Luka saga is skyrocketing interest in all basketball media. Just look at how many more comments have articles on Mavs Moneyball. There's nothing better than shocking news for sports entertainment industry, which is Realgm part off. Until people are still writing about Mavs everything is ok, the depression will take place, when they stop.

We are posters before we are mods, and also we are human beings, this is the right approach, if something is causing you misery and bringing toxicity, and you find yourself unable to handle, step away and don't dwell in the toxicity, also, don't tie your long term happiness and well being to decisions and actions of people who don't know you exist, that's how grown ups should manage their lives.
If you can handle the subject, then by all mean, continue to invest in it.

[Darren]

Tough schedule down the stretch with key injuries. The Mavs could very well end up with lottery.

[BliscoSantos]

Do you think DAL might have rushed AD back too soon just so that they would try to make people forget about what happened? Considering the comments from Dumont ,Kieff and others it seems like the Mavs wanted Luka to come back early and Play(cause they need him) ...but it seems Luka wanted to heal his injury completely,take his time(maybe because he saw how the injury limited him in the finals)...Kieff said that Luka was one of the few players he knows that played thru the injuries(dealing with pain)...remember that report that some Cavs players were upset last year with Jarret Allen cause he didn't wanna Play thru injury... that Dumont comments on Luka taking "vacation" time was really weird and it feels like they wanted him to push thru pain

We'll see how big of an injury AD has suffered..if there's a rupture and he needs surgery the season is over..if not not he should be back in a month...but I don't trust this organization to wait for him,they might Rush him back and make it even worse

[Mavrelous]

Do you think DAL might have rushed AD back too soon just so that they would try to make people forget about what happened? Considering the comments from Dumont ,Kieff and others it seems like the Mavs wanted Luka to come back early and Play(cause they need him) ...but it seems Luka wanted to heal his injury completely,take his time(maybe because he saw how the injury limited him in the finals)...Kieff said that Luka was one of the few players he knows that played thru the injuries(dealing with pain)...remember that report that some Cavs players were upset last year with Jarret Allen cause he didn't wanna Play thru injury... that Dumont comments on Luka taking "vacation" time was really weird and it feels like they wanted him to push thru pain

We'll see how big of an injury AD has suffered..if there's a rupture and he needs surgery the season is over..if not not he should be back in a month...but I don't trust this organization to wait for him,they might Rush him back and make it even worse

Post Casey Smith Mavericks training staff have been terrible, and need to go ASAP, but yes, there was immense pressure on Nico, and AD wanted to help him, AD himself pushed to come back.

[Bob8]

This needs to be stressed, it sucks, but this is entertainment, and real life out there has lots of options to take your mind off, if you can't think positive in the wake of this, you're better taking time off and find something that fulfills you.
Luka will be fine, Mavs will be fine eventually, everyone here should be fine.

Mods telling us to take time off is just continuation of laughable events that have taken place in last 10 days. Luka saga is skyrocketing interest in all basketball media. Just look at how many more comments have articles on Mavs Moneyball. There's nothing better than shocking news for sports entertainment industry, which is Realgm part off. Until people are still writing about Mavs everything is ok, the depression will take place, when they stop.

We are posters before we are mods, and also we are human beings, this is the right approach, if something is causing you misery and bringing toxicity, and you find yourself unable to handle, step away and don't dwell in the toxicity, also, don't tie your long term happiness and well being to decisions and actions of people who don't know you exist, that's how grown ups should manage their lives.
If you can handle the subject, then by all mean, continue to invest in it.

Everyone, who is writing here, is doing that because he's getting something back. Entertainment, sharing love for the game, enjoying in discussion with others about the basketball or simply just killing some time.

I find extremely patronising, when someone, who doesn't know anything about me, is sharing wisdom about what should I do. You're not helping anyone with those instant truths.

You're telling me that being mod is not important in this situation, but how is possible that only you and Dirk are giving advices about taking time off? Maybe you should take some time off, if things are too difficult? I mean from human beings perspective.

[Archx]

Mavs are in a very, very, very weird and tough situation right now. There are few problems.

1. You can't tank, you simply can't anymore at this point. Even if they lose all games, they'll still be out of lottery. And we know this team is good enough to win games even without Kyrie and AD. Tanking is 100% not an option, unless you're ok with some middle of the pack pick.

2. Anytime a possibility of surgery is mentioned, you just know the injury is way more severe than first anticipated and it takes long time to fully heal on its own.

3. I think the best thing to do right now is just to soldier on. Try and win as much as you can and hope for the best.

4. This is tied to nr 3 and by that i mean, if you do make it through the play ins, they better hope Kyrie won't be worn out and AD stays healthy for the playoffs. With Lively's return they could go all the way. But like i said, moving forward, health is going to be a pure lottery.

[Mavrelous]

Everyone, who is writing here, is doing that because he's getting something back. Entertainment, sharing love for the game, enjoying in discussion with others about the basketball or simply just killing some time.

I stated clearly that my message was if you can't think positive...

I find extremely patronising, when someone, who doesn't know anything about me, is sharing wisdom about what should I do. You're not helping anyone with those instant truths.

You're telling me that being mod is not important in this situation, but how is possible that only you and Dirk are giving advices about taking time off? Maybe you should take some time off, if things are too difficult?

Then don't listen to me, if you find this patronizing, I'm not here to provide you entertainment or follow rules you make up.
If I am acting as a mod, I write in red bolded font, otherwise I'm posting here like everyone else, and I'm not going to stop posting because Bob finds it patronising and doesn't like my advice.

[Bob8]

Everyone, who is writing here, is doing that because he's getting something back. Entertainment, sharing love for the game, enjoying in discussion with others about the basketball or simply just killing some time.

I stated clearly that my message was if you can't think positive...

I find extremely patronising, when someone, who doesn't know anything about me, is sharing wisdom about what should I do. You're not helping anyone with those instant truths.

You're telling me that being mod is not important in this situation, but how is possible that only you and Dirk are giving advices about taking time off? Maybe you should take some time off, if things are too difficult?

Then don't listen to me, if you find this patronizing, I'm not here to provide you entertainment or follow rules you make up.
If I am acting as a mod, I write in red bolded font, otherwise I'm posting here like everyone else, and I'm not going to stop posting because Bob finds it patronising and doesn't like my advice.

I didn't say to stop posting because of me, but because you're suffering too much, I just give you back your own advise to suffering fans. I see you don't like that kind of advises too.

[41Dirk41]

Mavs are in a very, very, very weird and tough situation right now. There are few problems.

1. You can't tank, you simply can't anymore at this point. Even if they lose all games, they'll still be out of lottery. And we know this team is good enough to win games even without Kyrie and AD. Tanking is 100% not an option, unless you're ok with some middle of the pack pick.

2. Anytime a possibility of surgery is mentioned, you just know the injury is way more severe than first anticipated and it takes long time to fully heal on its own.

3. I think the best thing to do right now is just to soldier on. Try and win as much as you can and hope for the best.

4. This is tied to nr 3 and by that i mean, if you do make it through the play ins, they better hope Kyrie won't be worn out and AD stays healthy for the playoffs. With Lively's return they could go all the way. But like i said, moving forward, health is going to be a pure lottery.

They just have to give up... Only on this way you can calm the fans, this is no more a riot. This is war.

Even the trade lovers or neutral have changed opinion... This situation is no more fixable.

[Mavrelous]

Everyone, who is writing here, is doing that because he's getting something back. Entertainment, sharing love for the game, enjoying in discussion with others about the basketball or simply just killing some time.

I stated clearly that my message was if you can't think positive...

I find extremely patronising, when someone, who doesn't know anything about me, is sharing wisdom about what should I do. You're not helping anyone with those instant truths.

You're telling me that being mod is not important in this situation, but how is possible that only you and Dirk are giving advices about taking time off? Maybe you should take some time off, if things are too difficult?

Then don't listen to me, if you find this patronizing, I'm not here to provide you entertainment or follow rules you make up.
If I am acting as a mod, I write in red bolded font, otherwise I'm posting here like everyone else, and I'm not going to stop posting because Bob finds it patronising and doesn't like my advice.

I didn't say to stop posting because of me, but because you're suffering too much, I just give you back your own advise to suffering fans. I see you don't like that kind of advises too.

This is and official warning, mocking posters for giving simple advises will not be tolerated, post with good intent and contribute or find somewhere else to post.

[Bob8]

I stated clearly that my message was if you can't think positive...



Then don't listen to me, if you find this patronizing, I'm not here to provide you entertainment or follow rules you make up.
If I am acting as a mod, I write in red bolded font, otherwise I'm posting here like everyone else, and I'm not going to stop posting because Bob finds it patronising and doesn't like my advice.

I didn't say to stop posting because of me, but because you're suffering too much, I just give you back your own advise to suffering fans. I see you don't like that kind of advises too.

This is and official warning, mocking posters for giving simple advises will not be tolerated, post with good intent and contribute or find somewhere else to post.

You said that you're not posting as a mod and then giving me a warning on your post?

Message received and understood. It won't happen again.

[Bob8]

Mavs are in a very, very, very weird and tough situation right now. There are few problems.

1. You can't tank, you simply can't anymore at this point. Even if they lose all games, they'll still be out of lottery. And we know this team is good enough to win games even without Kyrie and AD. Tanking is 100% not an option, unless you're ok with some middle of the pack pick.

2. Anytime a possibility of surgery is mentioned, you just know the injury is way more severe than first anticipated and it takes long time to fully heal on its own.

3. I think the best thing to do right now is just to soldier on. Try and win as much as you can and hope for the best.

4. This is tied to nr 3 and by that i mean, if you do make it through the play ins, they better hope Kyrie won't be worn out and AD stays healthy for the playoffs. With Lively's return they could go all the way. But like i said, moving forward, health is going to be a pure lottery.

They were not winning anything even before injury, but if that is season ending injury, which looks the most likely scenario, if they're really discussing surgery, then you should just shut down Kyrie with his back problems and hope for lottery miracle.

Most importantly they should stop talking ****, I'm pretty sure Kyrie didn't like Zionist owners even before this events and it's highly unlikely his love for them is getting bigger with them **** on their ex player.

[BliscoSantos]

Do you think DAL might have rushed AD back too soon just so that they would try to make people forget about what happened? Considering the comments from Dumont ,Kieff and others it seems like the Mavs wanted Luka to come back early and Play(cause they need him) ...but it seems Luka wanted to heal his injury completely,take his time(maybe because he saw how the injury limited him in the finals)...Kieff said that Luka was one of the few players he knows that played thru the injuries(dealing with pain)...remember that report that some Cavs players were upset last year with Jarret Allen cause he didn't wanna Play thru injury... that Dumont comments on Luka taking "vacation" time was really weird and it feels like they wanted him to push thru pain

We'll see how big of an injury AD has suffered..if there's a rupture and he needs surgery the season is over..if not not he should be back in a month...but I don't trust this organization to wait for him,they might Rush him back and make it even worse

Post Casey Smith Mavericks training staff have been terrible, and need to go ASAP, but yes, there was immense pressure on Nico, and AD wanted to help him, AD himself pushed to come back.

I get that AD wanted to help out but sometimes you need to Save players from themselves.... wasn't Luka playing thru injuries the whole postseason last year lesson enough? How dumb do you have to be to make an injury prone player Play Just to save your face...this organization is a joke

[Archx]

Mavs are in a very, very, very weird and tough situation right now. There are few problems.

1. You can't tank, you simply can't anymore at this point. Even if they lose all games, they'll still be out of lottery. And we know this team is good enough to win games even without Kyrie and AD. Tanking is 100% not an option, unless you're ok with some middle of the pack pick.

2. Anytime a possibility of surgery is mentioned, you just know the injury is way more severe than first anticipated and it takes long time to fully heal on its own.

3. I think the best thing to do right now is just to soldier on. Try and win as much as you can and hope for the best.

4. This is tied to nr 3 and by that i mean, if you do make it through the play ins, they better hope Kyrie won't be worn out and AD stays healthy for the playoffs. With Lively's return they could go all the way. But like i said, moving forward, health is going to be a pure lottery.

They just have to give up... Only on this way you can calm the fans, this is no more a riot. This is war.

Even the trade lovers or neutral have changed opinion... This situation is no more fixable.

Hmmm... i would say, yes and no. "No" in a sense that they don't really need to give up. Like i said, this team is still good enough to win games and get at least to play ins. A healthy AD+Kyrie is still good enough to get you into the playoffs. But everyone will have to be healthy.

But yeah, i do agree if AD's injury shows it's more severe than it actually is, then Kyrie alone won't be good enough. That's a 1st or 2nd round exit.

Most importantly they should stop talking ****, I'm pretty sure Kyrie didn't like Zionist owners even before this events and it's highly unlikely his love for them is getting bigger with them **** on their ex player.

Yeah i think you're right. I can't see Kyrie extending. Obviously that is just speculation but even with AD and how detached from reality new owners are, Kyrie might look to go elsewhere. It's a freaking Zoo out there right now.

But he could also say, well Kidd is still there and he likes him, then there is AD plus other good guys, so he might bite the bullet and stay for 2 more years.