Around the NBA: Hezi vs Melo

[SelbyCobra]

guys... im not celebrating until the mavs win the lotto.
the season isn't even 1/3 done

Let your hair down. It's enough to celebrate that we've had other teams' first rounders for two years in a row in addition to ours. The rest is gravy. We're finally **** doing it right. Just don't pull the football and screw it up, Lucy Dolan.

Seriously. We can celebrate that they've racked up 12 losses in their first 20 games. That's big for the positioning of our pick, regardless of how much they improve going forward. Those 12 losses are banked and non-refundable, and that's a great thing.

There is an alternate world where everything clicked for the Mavs and they didn't bank 12 losses until their 40th game (28-12), and here we are in this world with them achieving those Ls in half that time. It's worth enjoying right now no matter what happens the rest of the way.

[Worst_to_First]

guys... im not celebrating until the mavs win the lotto.
the season isn't even 1/3 done

Yes I would just enjoy and appreciate our overachieving team and not invest too much emotions on our Mavs’ tank.

[Worst_to_First]

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Not denying Luka’s obvious talent but I think a significant part of his success is that Mavs really put him in a position to succeed individually. They were hiding him at PF (or at least the weakest offensive player of the opposing team) at the start of his career and removed guys on that the team that were hindering him. The most telling sign was how angry Cuban was when DeAndre stole a rebound from Luka.

[Rasho Brezec]

Doncic leads the league in potential assists per game and is only 3rd in actual assists (and they're given out pretty generously).

A lot of people in Dallas aren't doing their jobs.

[Juco24]

Dallas 0.5 gm's out of the 4th pick

And may they continue to fail

Not saying it's his fault... but Carlisle has gotta be feeling the heat.

[Juco24]

Luka wasn't even all that good this game. Yeah he had nice stats, but if you watch the game he never really took over. I bet he blames this loss on his teammates though

Luka is the whiniest player in the game and he acts like a spoiled kid

[JXL]

The perfect outcome, and I love it

[spree2kawhi]

Wouldn't the Magic want DSJ for a second rounder? They were just granted an exception.

[spree2kawhi]

Dallas 0.5 gm's out of the 4th pick

And may they continue to fail

Not saying it's his fault... but Carlisle has gotta be feeling the heat.

The roster is horrible, already was going into the season.

When I said that during the summer, dudes were like "bbbbut they had the greatest offense last year ...". It's BS. This is who they are.

[Fat Kat]

The perfect outcome, and I love it

DaLLLLLLLLas Mavericks

[3toheadmelo]

Luka wasn't even all that good this game. Yeah he had nice stats, but if you watch the game he never really took over. I bet he blames this loss on his teammates though

Luka is the whiniest player in the game and he acts like a spoiled kid

Perfect fit next to diva brickstaps

[El Poochio]

Knicks let Suns get CP3 so he can hand Mavs more Ls to improve Knicks' pick?

[El Poochio]

Doncic leads the league in potential assists per game and is only 3rd in actual assists (and they're given out pretty generously).

A lot of people in Dallas aren't doing their jobs.

Good players like Immanuel Quickley just finds a way to will their team to wins

[3toheadmelo]

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Not denying Luka’s obvious talent but I think a significant part of his success is that Mavs really put him in a position to succeed individually. They were hiding him at PF (or at least the weakest offensive player of the opposing team) at the start of his career and removed guys on that the team that were hindering him. The most telling sign was how angry Cuban was when DeAndre stole a rebound from Luka.

Yeah a lot of his stats are kinda empty.

Even though Ayton isn’t a better player, I said that the Suns will have a better record than a Luka led Mavs team. He plays defense unlike Luka. All the Luka stans here came at me but so far my hot take is looking great

[Tron Carter]

Mavs really don’t have as much time as we may think. They finished January 7-9 in 16 games (1 game was postponed). They have 14 games left in February and just 2 in March (3 if they make up the postponement). That’s it. They’re fighting for their playoff lives rn. Another 5 game losing streak and they ain’t even making the play-in.

[3toheadmelo]

Mavs really don’t have as much time as we may think. They finished January 7-9 in 16 games (1 game was postponed). They have 14 games left in February and just 2 in March (3 if they make up the postponement). That’s it. They’re fighting for their playoff lives rn. Another 5 game losing streak and they ain’t even making the play-in.

I don’t think they’re making it. There’s a lot of teams ahead of them right now. I think we’re guaranteed at least one lottery pick this year. Thanks mark Cuban

[SelbyCobra]

Mavs really don’t have as much time as we may think. They finished January 7-9 in 16 games (1 game was postponed). They have 14 games left in February and just 2 in March (3 if they make up the postponement). That’s it. They’re fighting for their playoff lives rn. Another 5 game losing streak and they ain’t even making the play-in.

I don’t think they’re making it. There’s a lot of teams ahead of them right now. I think we’re guaranteed at least one lottery pick this year. Thanks mark Cuban

All this talk about being undefeated in recent posts and this is what you do with it? WTF is this recklessness?!?

[Chanel Bomber]

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Not denying Luka’s obvious talent but I think a significant part of his success is that Mavs really put him in a position to succeed individually. They were hiding him at PF (or at least the weakest offensive player of the opposing team) at the start of his career and removed guys on that the team that were hindering him. The most telling sign was how angry Cuban was when DeAndre stole a rebound from Luka.

Yeah a lot of his stats are kinda empty.

Even though Ayton isn’t a better player, I said that the Suns will have a better record than a Luka led Mavs team. He plays defense unlike Luka. All the Luka stans here came at me but so far my hot take is looking great

Doncic has a higher usage rate than LeBron has ever had in his career. It's not conducive to team basketball.

The only way I want to play next to a guy like him or Beal who just dominate the ball is if they can take me to the playoffs, like Jordan or LeBron. If nobody's eating and the team is losing, there's probably not gonna be a lot of positive energy in that locker room.

[3toheadmelo]

Mavs really don’t have as much time as we may think. They finished January 7-9 in 16 games (1 game was postponed). They have 14 games left in February and just 2 in March (3 if they make up the postponement). That’s it. They’re fighting for their playoff lives rn. Another 5 game losing streak and they ain’t even making the play-in.

I don’t think they’re making it. There’s a lot of teams ahead of them right now. I think we’re guaranteed at least one lottery pick this year. Thanks mark Cuban

All this talk about being undefeated in recent posts and this is what you do with it? WTF is this recklessness?!?

I got this bro. Melo curse undefeated no matter what!

[Chanel Bomber]

Doncic leads the league in potential assists per game and is only 3rd in actual assists (and they're given out pretty generously).

A lot of people in Dallas aren't doing their jobs.

Well, if he shot better than 20% on catch-and-shoot 3s, maybe Luka could play off-ball more and improve their offense while allowing other teammates to eat by sharing more on-ball responsibilities.

Doncic averaging a 35.5% usage rate is not healthy and not conducive to team basketball. To some extent, it's a byproduct of his inability to shoot and play off-ball just as much as his genius as a playmaker.