RS 25/26 - Mavs vs Spurs (Wednesday Oct 22, 7:30 EST)

Post #1 » by **Dirk** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 3:38 pm

A new era begins.

The Spurs went 5-0 in preseason but are expected to be shorthanded. De’Aaron Fox, Jeremy Sochan, and Lindy Waters III are all questionable or likely out to begin the season.

Predict the Cooper Flagg line.

I'll go with 18 - 6 - 6.

Archx · Post #2 » by **Archx** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 4:10 pm

Whoa, you know it's serious when Dirk comes out of hibernation

But, i'm a bit confused now, is the game on 22nd or 24th? ESPN and Mavrelous have it both on 22nd i think. These time differences sometimes mess me up lol.

Darren · Post #3 » by **Darren** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 4:36 pm

DLive-Wemby match up again in season opener. For both teams, this is a tone-setting game. Flagg is going to meet the rookie duos who has played excellent against Cooper Flagg. This is a difficult matchup at 1 spot. Fox always performs well against the Mavs. DoLo is certainly not the right answer to the challenge.

Darren · Post #4 » by **Darren** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 4:39 pm

Will Popovich send Wemby to guard AD or use Wemby as a help defender? Whichever team shoots well from the corners will have an advantage to seal the win.

Bob8 · Post #5 » by **Bob8** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 5:01 pm

Darren wrote:DLive-Wemby match up again in season opener. For both teams, this is a tone-setting game. Flagg is going to meet the rookie duos who has played excellent against Cooper Flagg. This is a difficult matchup at 1 spot. Fox always performs well against the Mavs. DoLo is certainly not the right answer to the challenge.

Fox isn't playing.

41Dirk41 · Post #6 » by **41Dirk41** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 5:21 pm

Coop

It's a tough match up, we need to shoot well from 3s.

Super Cooper · Post #7 » by **Super Cooper** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 5:51 pm

Darren wrote:DLive-Wemby match up again in season opener. For both teams, this is a tone-setting game. Flagg is going to meet the rookie duos who has played excellent against Cooper Flagg. This is a difficult matchup at 1 spot. Fox always performs well against the Mavs. DoLo is certainly not the right answer to the challenge.

Because of this, I think we'll see Coop at PG again.

Bob8 · Post #8 » by **Bob8** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 5:57 pm

Super Cooper wrote:
Darren wrote:DLive-Wemby match up again in season opener. For both teams, this is a tone-setting game. Flagg is going to meet the rookie duos who has played excellent against Cooper Flagg. This is a difficult matchup at 1 spot. Fox always performs well against the Mavs. DoLo is certainly not the right answer to the challenge.

Because of this, I think we'll see Coop at PG again.

You want Coop to defend injured Fox?

Super Cooper · Post #9 » by **Super Cooper** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 7:12 pm

Bob8 wrote:
Super Cooper wrote:
Darren wrote:DLive-Wemby match up again in season opener. For both teams, this is a tone-setting game. Flagg is going to meet the rookie duos who has played excellent against Cooper Flagg. This is a difficult matchup at 1 spot. Fox always performs well against the Mavs. DoLo is certainly not the right answer to the challenge.

Because of this, I think we'll see Coop at PG again.

You want Coop to defend injured Fox?

He's rookie. That assignment gives room to grow lol

Bob8 · Post #10 » by **Bob8** » Mon Oct 20, 2025 7:44 pm

Super Cooper wrote:
Bob8 wrote:
Super Cooper wrote:
Because of this, I think we'll see Coop at PG again.

You want Coop to defend injured Fox?

He's rookie. That assignment gives room to grow lol

I'm sure he will do a great job on Fox on Wednesday.

mademan · Post #11 » by **mademan** » Tue Oct 21, 2025 3:43 am

Super Cooper wrote:
Darren wrote:DLive-Wemby match up again in season opener. For both teams, this is a tone-setting game. Flagg is going to meet the rookie duos who has played excellent against Cooper Flagg. This is a difficult matchup at 1 spot. Fox always performs well against the Mavs. DoLo is certainly not the right answer to the challenge.

Because of this, I think we'll see Coop at PG again.

Coop cant play PG right now. That big lineup with shaky shooting is just not capable of winning against competent teams. Coop at PG with AD at C and another wing in place of Lively could be interesting, but there's just not enough spacing with the double big combo without Dlo (and maybe with him too)

Post #12 » by **Dirk** » Tue Oct 21, 2025 9:11 am

Archx wrote:Whoa, you know it's serious when Dirk comes out of hibernation

But, i'm a bit confused now, is the game on 22nd or 24th? ESPN and Mavrelous have it both on 22nd i think. These time differences sometimes mess me up lol.

Strangely, the source I used for years for scheduling is wrong. The game is at 23 Oct 2025 3:30AM SLV time (I think).

Michaellam1987 · Post #13 » by **Michaellam1987** » Tue Oct 21, 2025 9:27 am

Honestly, if playing at home, against SAS without Fox, we still find it tough. Then good luck to keep ourselves in good ranking position before Irving returns.

41Dirk41 · Post #14 » by **41Dirk41** » Tue Oct 21, 2025 1:53 pm

We have to win against Spurs without Fox, no matter what.

But i think we will probably lose, lack of ballhandling/playmaking/shooting is tough to overcome.

I just want a Coop poster dunk on Bambi Wemba. He is soft.

Super Cooper · Post #15 » by **Super Cooper** » Tue Oct 21, 2025 7:53 pm

So, if Coop starts at the 1, what kind of anarchy is coming to this board?

Bob8 · Post #16 » by **Bob8** » Tue Oct 21, 2025 8:10 pm

Super Cooper wrote:So, if Coop starts at the 1, what kind of anarchy is coming to this board?

Anarchy on a 5 people board? :lol:

Super Cooper · Post #17 » by **Super Cooper** » Tue Oct 21, 2025 11:27 pm

Bob8 wrote:
Super Cooper wrote:So, if Coop starts at the 1, what kind of anarchy is coming to this board?

Anarchy on a 5 people board?

Excellent point

Post #18 » by **HMFFL** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:39 am

I am getting some goosebumps with game one getting closer. Let's have a healthy season.

41Dirk41 · Post #19 » by **41Dirk41** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 9:27 pm

Coop at the point... Ok our 5 best players are in the lineup. We will see.

Marko_MFFL · Post #20 » by **Marko_MFFL** » Wed Oct 22, 2025 9:28 pm

Let's go Mavs!