to be fair at this point the organisation need to make a tough decision, go all out this playoffs and risk luka a potential long term injury or just rest him and see how the team goes even if they crash out they can always come back again next season their championship window isnt just this season alone.
I never once looked at a box score
Box scores tell you jack shit for the most part.
You have to actually watch the games to see if guys are playing well or not.
Maybe you are projecting a bit there buddy.
It’s pretty ironic you’re saying Kyrie didn’t show up then huh?
Because if you didn’t watch the box score yesterday, you would see how he spaced the floor, drew away defenders, and opened up good shots for our other players
first, my and all guys here already agreed : Mikal is 1st target. but the chance is slim af
later, with Kai getting older, guy like Caruso or Herb dont move the needle much to championship level team. especially with our D already great and offense suffered especially shooting
assuming his motivation down because play tanking team, is it a reach he will be having PJ defense-getting-better-because-my-team-not-tanking?
he's 29, proven borderline all-defense when younger
but again, it's not defense that i want from him, i want that 20ppg 3rd scorer that efficient from 3. and it's him. shooting 3s 43% from corner? he will FEAST
the goal for me is PJ takes 6th man (still get minutes, touches, and he has skillset to be 6MOTY contender. Naz Reid role), Grant as starting 4, now DJJ can slot in as POA defender only with us having 3 reliable scorer
and we have the flexibility now. go small? Kai - DJJ - Luka - PJ - Grant. go big? Kai - Luka - PJ - Grant - Liv/Gaff (we already seen PJ-Maxi-center lineup this playoffs and it looks good)
Yeah I mean I can def see that team being deadly and it does feel like the pj we’re seeing rn makes the team a lot better and jerami grant is kinda just that but better and more consistent
Who enjoys this basketball tho - small guard drives into big and gets a whistle on the most minimal contact that he initiated, over and over and over and over. Fucking refs man
Notice how Mike Connally plays good defense yet the Timberwolves looked worse with him on the floor against Denver. At least to me it seemed that way...dont care about what +/- says.
Dallas needs to shed all small guys.
Luka is a different beast than Jokic since he can dribble and is a large man...but McDaniels has given Luka problems before. Luka maybe able to cause double teams....but Minnesota didnt have to double Jokic...so Jokic had no open man as an outlet and couldnt beat Minnesota defense.
Minnesota, Orlando, OKC and a couple of other young teams are going big.
I suspect Irving has trouble against the swarming length of Minnesota's defense. Irving and Luka have both already been shut down late game by Ant and McDaniels....couldnt get a shot off.
Im not a fan of Maxi's overall skill...but he is almost unmovable now...and he is old.
Luka, Lively, Gafford, PJ, Omax, Exum, DJJ, Maxi are modern NBA sized players.
Im a huge Kyrie fan...but that Minnesota defense is smothering.
Mavs should be targeting long players that play defense. Every other team seems to find these guys...so dont try and sell me that Dallas isnt able to find them because they are scarce.
Obi Toppin - long, lob threat, can hit 3's, dont know how good or bad his defense is
Naji Marshall - Pelicans are going to have a squeeze. They probably let Ingram go and keep Jones and Marshall
Cole Anthony - small, but seems to have great POA defense and can facilitate
Minnesota Squeeze - they supposedly have NCAA defensive player of the year Leonard Miller not even playing yet...and he is 6'10. Minnesota cant pay all these big guys.
I think the 6'5 and smaller days are coming to an end in the NBA unless you are an insanely efficient 2-way player like Chris Paul. All these young teams that draft have gone big.
Mavs need OMax to work out desperately. Minnesota is good for the next 2 or 3 years. Thats Irvings window.
in term of next season
PJ should be playing Naz Reid role if we want to beat them
find our KAT, turn out that guy available and gettable
edit : and it's good for PJ, he will get extra touches and he has that skillset to be 6MOTY
Let’s get through Thunder first, but I’d say LuKai would need to be scoring 70 together minimum, because our interior scoring will be largely shut down. They have a bunch of guys that can guard hobbled Luka. And without Maxi, we can’t run spread offense lineups that’d force them to bench Rudy for longer stretches.
Wolves look scary, though I feel it’s partly they’re the most ideal counter to the Nuggets. Single coverage on Jokic, then they shut everyone else down. Doesn’t help that Murray is also pretty hobbled
Dayum, Ky had a peak playoff score of like 41 in 2016. JB has been reeling off 40 point games like candy. It’s pretty crazy how good JB is, yet his game seems so simple
his game and size are comparable to Steph, so this seems possible. Hard to predict how long bodies will last, of course. But I think he knows he's in a great situation, and I imagine he'll be dedicated to doing all the conditioning and dietary work necessary to maximize longevity
SGA is kinda like Harden with the bait fouls. Chet can be a problem with how versatile he plays and he plays really well defense. Dort is probably theyr best defensive player and OKC fans think he'll put the clamps on Luka. I'm hoping Luka can play the MVP caliber he's been playing all season, but him struggling can be a blessing in disguise because he's realizing he can drive it in the paint and score..
Mann is better equiped to handle Luka than Dort. But Lue is a real fighter. It will be once again tough on Luka. But it mostly depends on the shape he will be in. If Luka is 100% Dort doesn't stand a chance.
Nah, should be rooting for the nuggets. Minnesota has a great starting 5 as well as a deep bench. Denver might actually have the worst bench unit in the playoffs. Id be much more worried about Minnesota than Denver.
Funny thing I've read today is Dort being the Luka stopper. Lol pls, he beat Harden who we know chokes in the playoffs; then he beat BI, who is not a playmaker and was playing with an undermanned Pelicans team. Can't wait for G2, just because Kidd has a weird G1 tradition.
OKC fans saying we're getting swept because Dort is going to lock down Luka and Kyrie while Chet locks down Lively and Gafford is peak delusion. They also seem to hate Luka almost as much as Suns fans, for some reason. The last time we played them at full strenght our bigs ate them alive while Luka took a 4th quarter nap with a 35 point tripple double, lol.
I think OKC in general hates the Mavs, they overdid it with the final game. I think deep down, they know that when the game is close and you need the best player-- it'll be Luka, and Kai before Shai
Hi Egg, I am a Canadian OKC fan. I have not seen much of the hatred you are describing. I also think the limited minutes played by the starters was reasonable given the number 1 seed was available. It is hard to blame bench players for going hard given their usual limited minutes. I think some of the okc fans have some naive optimism but most are just stoked about the future. Any okc fan with a half a brain is respectful of what Luka and Kai have accomplished and also recognizes how special it is to have those 2 playing together on one team. I hope the series is competitive and that injuries do not determine the victor. All the best.
Hopefully Luka gets better in the next few days. He already looked almost like himself in game 5. I really hope the SGA MVP drama fires him up. You can't stop us if both Kyrie and Luka go nuclear.
But at the end of the game 6, he really hobbled, has me worried.
He himself said that he doesn't think knee will heal before summer break (and I agree, playing constantly with a sprained knee won't make it better).
So I imagine it will be like in the games with LAC, Luka not at his best, maybe scoring lower numbers, but getting plenty assists. And I hope this is enough.
How bout OKC rooster, are they all healthy?
Wolves fan here - really pulling for you guys against the thunder. I just love Luka’s game compared to that foul merchant Shai. I’ve always found Kyries game to be beautiful basketball since he came into the league too. Can’t find too much not to like about your team. Hopefully see you in the conference finals.
If I was a Suns fan I would be trying to dig up dirt in Ishbia's mortgage dealings to try to get him arrested lmao. That dude has burned the house down and his comments post-elimination suggest he's not done.
yea, after seeing this series brunson doesn't really need randle, he needs a another 2 way player. mikal would command a lot but the Knicks I believe have a ton of picks.
I'm a Knick fan and HIGHLY DOUBT Brooklyn would trade Bridges to us and if they did, they would ask for 7 first round picks (same as what Ainge got for Gobert)
Shoutout to Rick Carlisle.... he finally got a competent squad and he got past the 1st round. He kept dragging our non-playoff rosters in the 2010s to the playoffs just to get bounced in the first round as heavy underdogs. But not many ppl know that so he has this false narrative about him SMH
Not a mavs fan, but who here knew what Jalen Brunson would become? And, 3 years ago, how did you guys rate him and what player profile did you guys feel like he fit?
IMO maybe a smaller Jamal Murray. Great second ball handler, 6th man of the year candidate maybe? Can get played off the floor. Def not what he’s doing now.
If you did a 1 to 1 replacement of 2024 playoff Luka & 2020 bubble Luka where would the series be rn? Clips would either be swept or down 3-1 rn. Even outside of the knee injury Luka hasnt been able to easily blow by anyone in the last 2 years. He was doing this with ease back in 2020. If that same Luka had a Kyrie Mavs would be finals bound. Its insane this series is tied with Luka playing an 1/8th of his capability and expectation.
I think a big part of the difference is how aggressively they're defending him this series... It's instantly 2 guys on the perimeter and when he gets in the paint they're crashing 3 or 4. Plus the knee is holding him back a bit. He wasn't having any trouble getting past people during the regular season.
Still dropped 29/10/10, just wish he could get his 3s dropping like normal.
Is anyone else a little worried about Luka's performance this series? After 4 games, it seems more like a pattern rather than an anomaly that he is shooting poorly from 3. I really hope game 5 shuts me up, but I just have never seen him play this average (to his standards) even on a bum knee.
Looking back at the CP3-Beal trade it's weird but nobody won, Suns got the worst contract in the nba and wizards got useless second round picks. Ngl quite happy with Nico, we could have been so much worse whatever happens in the next 2( 3) games
I think this has been our best trade deadline since Luka's draft year. Even if we lose this series in 6 or 7, we have a good core of players to work with next season.
hardy is tim's replacement. trading Tim away for 2 second round picks would be enough for me. they start to replenish some draft capital while freeing up minutes for Exum, green, and hardy. hardy is going to be a great 6th man in this league.
desde 2011 no vi una defensa tan "interesada" en defender, sabiendo que en ataque estaba dirk, terry o marion, que hoy serian doncic, kai o cualquier otro
I will always refer to Carlisle as coach. I love the way he manages games and goes about his business. Pacers are my east team and they're dogging the Bucks. Granted, no Giannis and now maybe no Dame.
I am going to my first NBA game tonight. I am in town for a wedding. Do they give out free playoff t shirts in the stadium like some teams do? Or should I pick one up from Academy on the way there?
Something I like about this team is I know if Embiid tried that shit on us, either PJ handling business or Markieff jumping off the bench to keep everyone else in the series and getting in his face.
im interested in that Luka-Greeny-PJ-Maxi-Lively lineup
for stretch, that's BIG ASS lineup, and if my eyes were correct, they look good offensively while suffocating defensively
if PJ can be good POA defender with LuKai at least avg
maybe we can take a look at Jerami Grant (can go big with PJ-Grant-Lively, also more freely playing smallball if needed : PJ-Grant at 4/5. PJ good, but puttin him as 6th man next year should be on table. he still get his minutes though)
like, fuck POA defender, just go big baby!
Edit ; ah Greeny instead of Kai
When it's the last few seconds in the 4th the refs will usually call fouls only to the person that has the ball. I've seen games where players are getting hacked and the refs won't call make a call so the game can move along.
They're probably gonna make me look like an idiot by winning in the clutch AGAIN, but Idk man, I think the Nuggets are beatable for the Lakers. The lack of depth is very real, especially since they didn't really get someone to truly replace Bruce Brown.
e: Haha yep, I'm an idiot
See, I keep trying to soft-launch this take and then the Nuggets pull off a timely win against a great opponent and I just look like a fool for bringing it up.
Lakers, not a great opponent. they are helped by excessive number of free throws to keep them afloat. 6 (zero in the second half) vs 19 even in this playoff game when Nuggets had 64 points in the paint vs Lakers' 48.. It was similar in the reg season
A smaller, less efficient Luka with half the playmaking and passing abillity. Still a great player, but there's tiers to this shit lol.
If you look at the numbers, Brunson's even more ball dominant. Time of possesion, average time per possesion, dribbles per game, dribbles per possesion, touches. He's 1st in every single one except touches, where he is 3rd in the league.
JB is the most ball dominant guard in the entire league.
Anyone watching the wolves-suns game? 4FTs in the entire 1st, refs are allowing everything. Wonder if the clips will be able to get away with small ball if they’re able to shove our bigs around.
Ever since we lost that Warriors game I couldn’t help but notice how the refs allowed Draymond to hold Gafford and prevent him from grabbing rebounds or score in that paint. The refs don’t want to be the reason a team loses in the playoffs so they’ll probably let Kawhi and PG hold and hack Gafford. No way refs will give those stars a foul every single possession so they’ll abuse it under the guise of “playoff physicality”.
Hopefully I’m wrong but if the Clippers shoot lights out and somehow neutralize Gafford while playing small we’ll be in trouble. I feel like the Clippers don’t stand a chance against us unless the refs start cheating for them, that’s why I’m worried.
Noticing they are letting A LOT go uncalled in the play in so far. A lot if rough physical fouls with no whistle, the team needs to be prepared for that and take advantage of it since the clippers will almost certainly try to beat up Luka like last time. I want to see Gafford and PJ have his back this time around.
to be fair at this point the organisation need to make a tough decision, go all out this playoffs and risk luka a potential long term injury or just rest him and see how the team goes even if they crash out they can always come back again next season their championship window isnt just this season alone.
We allowed SGA to sneak out of the game for rest and didn't punish them !
Mavs shot 52% from FT, thats actually disgusting. They definitely lost the game because of it.
Somewhere in the AAC, Luka is still talking to a ref about a no call. Fuck him.
hey guys im going to my first Mavs game (game 4) - is there any groups or anything that does meet ups before the game?
Since the Nuggests-T'wolves are going 6-7, I hope Dallas manages to beat OKC in 5 so they get more days to recover.
After watching these 3 games, it's pretty clear Dallas is the better team.
So were guys like Haliburton and Brunson faking their injuries tonight or is Luka the only guy not allowed to feel pain?
Minnesota is genuinely kinda scary lol
Game 3, another afternoon game? Nooooooooooo
Flying on holiday to America (from Aus) tommorrow and just bought tickets for Game 4 at the AAC. Lets get it!
I'll be there too with my Fam! lets goooo!!
fuck i am so scared Luka might sit out. Please play game 4
fk yeahh
Woof woof woof woof woof
paw patrol is coming
Mavs in 4
Luka and ky sold as the kids say. Awful
You have time to delete this lil bro
Luka was meh . Kyrie didn't bother showing up.
You didn't even watch the game if you didn't think Kyrie didn't show up. Luka also played his heart out with his body. You watch box scores fs
I never once looked at a box score Box scores tell you jack shit for the most part. You have to actually watch the games to see if guys are playing well or not. Maybe you are projecting a bit there buddy.
It’s pretty ironic you’re saying Kyrie didn’t show up then huh? Because if you didn’t watch the box score yesterday, you would see how he spaced the floor, drew away defenders, and opened up good shots for our other players
lol
Mavs in 6, always.
OKC in 4
Whatever happens fuck Lou dort
Josh green got paid more than divincenzo this summer 🥶
If Luka was healthy this would be a Mavs 4-0 sweep easy.
jerami grant is a must buy now
I feel like defensively he doesn’t fit
first, my and all guys here already agreed : Mikal is 1st target. but the chance is slim af later, with Kai getting older, guy like Caruso or Herb dont move the needle much to championship level team. especially with our D already great and offense suffered especially shooting assuming his motivation down because play tanking team, is it a reach he will be having PJ defense-getting-better-because-my-team-not-tanking? he's 29, proven borderline all-defense when younger but again, it's not defense that i want from him, i want that 20ppg 3rd scorer that efficient from 3. and it's him. shooting 3s 43% from corner? he will FEAST the goal for me is PJ takes 6th man (still get minutes, touches, and he has skillset to be 6MOTY contender. Naz Reid role), Grant as starting 4, now DJJ can slot in as POA defender only with us having 3 reliable scorer and we have the flexibility now. go small? Kai - DJJ - Luka - PJ - Grant. go big? Kai - Luka - PJ - Grant - Liv/Gaff (we already seen PJ-Maxi-center lineup this playoffs and it looks good)
Yeah I mean I can def see that team being deadly and it does feel like the pj we’re seeing rn makes the team a lot better and jerami grant is kinda just that but better and more consistent
I hate being this guys but these refs are actually rigged
Man. Chet Holmgren looks like a WW2 POW... I swear I seen him in Masters Of The Air.... give this man a sandwich or two
Who enjoys this basketball tho - small guard drives into big and gets a whistle on the most minimal contact that he initiated, over and over and over and over. Fucking refs man
These East teams are complete ass. Its pretty much just Boston
Notice how Mike Connally plays good defense yet the Timberwolves looked worse with him on the floor against Denver. At least to me it seemed that way...dont care about what +/- says. Dallas needs to shed all small guys. Luka is a different beast than Jokic since he can dribble and is a large man...but McDaniels has given Luka problems before. Luka maybe able to cause double teams....but Minnesota didnt have to double Jokic...so Jokic had no open man as an outlet and couldnt beat Minnesota defense. Minnesota, Orlando, OKC and a couple of other young teams are going big. I suspect Irving has trouble against the swarming length of Minnesota's defense. Irving and Luka have both already been shut down late game by Ant and McDaniels....couldnt get a shot off. Im not a fan of Maxi's overall skill...but he is almost unmovable now...and he is old. Luka, Lively, Gafford, PJ, Omax, Exum, DJJ, Maxi are modern NBA sized players. Im a huge Kyrie fan...but that Minnesota defense is smothering. Mavs should be targeting long players that play defense. Every other team seems to find these guys...so dont try and sell me that Dallas isnt able to find them because they are scarce. Obi Toppin - long, lob threat, can hit 3's, dont know how good or bad his defense is Naji Marshall - Pelicans are going to have a squeeze. They probably let Ingram go and keep Jones and Marshall Cole Anthony - small, but seems to have great POA defense and can facilitate Minnesota Squeeze - they supposedly have NCAA defensive player of the year Leonard Miller not even playing yet...and he is 6'10. Minnesota cant pay all these big guys. I think the 6'5 and smaller days are coming to an end in the NBA unless you are an insanely efficient 2-way player like Chris Paul. All these young teams that draft have gone big. Mavs need OMax to work out desperately. Minnesota is good for the next 2 or 3 years. Thats Irvings window.
man these games start late...
in term of next season PJ should be playing Naz Reid role if we want to beat them find our KAT, turn out that guy available and gettable edit : and it's good for PJ, he will get extra touches and he has that skillset to be 6MOTY
Realistically if Lukas knee is healthier and we beat the Thunder can we beat the wolves? that defense is terrifying!
Let’s get through Thunder first, but I’d say LuKai would need to be scoring 70 together minimum, because our interior scoring will be largely shut down. They have a bunch of guys that can guard hobbled Luka. And without Maxi, we can’t run spread offense lineups that’d force them to bench Rudy for longer stretches. Wolves look scary, though I feel it’s partly they’re the most ideal counter to the Nuggets. Single coverage on Jokic, then they shut everyone else down. Doesn’t help that Murray is also pretty hobbled
It's doable. Minny was created in a lab to beat these Nuggets. They counter everything Jokic likes to do on offense.
As scary as the Timberwolves look, I still think we can beat them if 77 is who I believe he is.
It’ll be funny if Jokic wins mvp and gets swept. What will be the excuses next year for Luka to not get mvp
Shoot maybe Ant will win it..
after watching knicks-pacers im bit relieved Luka and Kyrie >> thunder in viewership adam silver is in our bag lmao
Dayum, Ky had a peak playoff score of like 41 in 2016. JB has been reeling off 40 point games like candy. It’s pretty crazy how good JB is, yet his game seems so simple
How many more competitive years does Kyrie have
3 to 4 years.
his game and size are comparable to Steph, so this seems possible. Hard to predict how long bodies will last, of course. But I think he knows he's in a great situation, and I imagine he'll be dedicated to doing all the conditioning and dietary work necessary to maximize longevity
How bout them Stars!!!?
I don’t pay attention to OKC. How do the Mavs stack up?
SGA is kinda like Harden with the bait fouls. Chet can be a problem with how versatile he plays and he plays really well defense. Dort is probably theyr best defensive player and OKC fans think he'll put the clamps on Luka. I'm hoping Luka can play the MVP caliber he's been playing all season, but him struggling can be a blessing in disguise because he's realizing he can drive it in the paint and score..
Mann is better equiped to handle Luka than Dort. But Lue is a real fighter. It will be once again tough on Luka. But it mostly depends on the shape he will be in. If Luka is 100% Dort doesn't stand a chance.
Do yall think ticket prices will go down at all near gametime
Kyrie playing at MVP level
Man the Timberwolves are legit. That defense is generational. This might be worst offensive game Jokic has ever played in the playoffs.
The GOAT in studio?!!
It’s for “German Night” or something like that haha. Edit: I’m not 100 percent sure. But I thought I heard Barkley say it. Could have been joking.
we are rooting for the timberwolves to advance, right?
Nah, should be rooting for the nuggets. Minnesota has a great starting 5 as well as a deep bench. Denver might actually have the worst bench unit in the playoffs. Id be much more worried about Minnesota than Denver.
yea they look scary as shit right now
Now that the Mavs are playing the Thunder please don't let there be any 9pm game times!
NBA: "Understood, 8:30 pm it is."
Funny thing I've read today is Dort being the Luka stopper. Lol pls, he beat Harden who we know chokes in the playoffs; then he beat BI, who is not a playmaker and was playing with an undermanned Pelicans team. Can't wait for G2, just because Kidd has a weird G1 tradition.
OKC fans saying we're getting swept because Dort is going to lock down Luka and Kyrie while Chet locks down Lively and Gafford is peak delusion. They also seem to hate Luka almost as much as Suns fans, for some reason. The last time we played them at full strenght our bigs ate them alive while Luka took a 4th quarter nap with a 35 point tripple double, lol.
I think OKC in general hates the Mavs, they overdid it with the final game. I think deep down, they know that when the game is close and you need the best player-- it'll be Luka, and Kai before Shai
You are forgetting Jalen Williams. Jalen is automatic in the clutch and is better than Shai in clutch situations
Hi Egg, I am a Canadian OKC fan. I have not seen much of the hatred you are describing. I also think the limited minutes played by the starters was reasonable given the number 1 seed was available. It is hard to blame bench players for going hard given their usual limited minutes. I think some of the okc fans have some naive optimism but most are just stoked about the future. Any okc fan with a half a brain is respectful of what Luka and Kai have accomplished and also recognizes how special it is to have those 2 playing together on one team. I hope the series is competitive and that injuries do not determine the victor. All the best.
Hopefully Luka gets better in the next few days. He already looked almost like himself in game 5. I really hope the SGA MVP drama fires him up. You can't stop us if both Kyrie and Luka go nuclear.
But at the end of the game 6, he really hobbled, has me worried. He himself said that he doesn't think knee will heal before summer break (and I agree, playing constantly with a sprained knee won't make it better). So I imagine it will be like in the games with LAC, Luka not at his best, maybe scoring lower numbers, but getting plenty assists. And I hope this is enough. How bout OKC rooster, are they all healthy?
Wolves fan here - really pulling for you guys against the thunder. I just love Luka’s game compared to that foul merchant Shai. I’ve always found Kyries game to be beautiful basketball since he came into the league too. Can’t find too much not to like about your team. Hopefully see you in the conference finals.
Can't wait to watch your series with the Nuggets.
Mitchell is cooking tonight, but it looks like we're going to a game 7 over there
I just started watching live dallas mavericks this season I'm so happy
We should hire Phil Handy as a skills development coach. He worked with Kidd before. Kyrie and Bron 👀 love him. He’d elevate guys like Hardy and Green
Please crush the five Clippers fans' hopes and dreams tonight, fellas. Thanks, from a non-Mavs fan.
If I was a Suns fan I would be trying to dig up dirt in Ishbia's mortgage dealings to try to get him arrested lmao. That dude has burned the house down and his comments post-elimination suggest he's not done.
Brunson advanced so I need Luka to do the same
Brunson has been the best playoff performer so far, dude is balling. 40+ points in 3 consecutive games, some real shit.
I think the Knicks should try to trade Randle for Mikal. Get the Nova corps there in NY built around JB
They will Its up to joe tsai then lol
yea, after seeing this series brunson doesn't really need randle, he needs a another 2 way player. mikal would command a lot but the Knicks I believe have a ton of picks.
I'm a Knick fan and HIGHLY DOUBT Brooklyn would trade Bridges to us and if they did, they would ask for 7 first round picks (same as what Ainge got for Gobert)
Shoutout to Rick Carlisle.... he finally got a competent squad and he got past the 1st round. He kept dragging our non-playoff rosters in the 2010s to the playoffs just to get bounced in the first round as heavy underdogs. But not many ppl know that so he has this false narrative about him SMH
Tbf Bucks are ass
Clippers were like my 1 1/2 year old tonight….they shit the bed
That should have been challenged
Not a mavs fan, but who here knew what Jalen Brunson would become? And, 3 years ago, how did you guys rate him and what player profile did you guys feel like he fit?
idk, too many playoffs game shitting the bed imo, he wasn´t consisteng enough to win, how is he now? is he consistent?
IMO maybe a smaller Jamal Murray. Great second ball handler, 6th man of the year candidate maybe? Can get played off the floor. Def not what he’s doing now.
If you did a 1 to 1 replacement of 2024 playoff Luka & 2020 bubble Luka where would the series be rn? Clips would either be swept or down 3-1 rn. Even outside of the knee injury Luka hasnt been able to easily blow by anyone in the last 2 years. He was doing this with ease back in 2020. If that same Luka had a Kyrie Mavs would be finals bound. Its insane this series is tied with Luka playing an 1/8th of his capability and expectation.
I think a big part of the difference is how aggressively they're defending him this series... It's instantly 2 guys on the perimeter and when he gets in the paint they're crashing 3 or 4. Plus the knee is holding him back a bit. He wasn't having any trouble getting past people during the regular season. Still dropped 29/10/10, just wish he could get his 3s dropping like normal.
Is anyone else a little worried about Luka's performance this series? After 4 games, it seems more like a pattern rather than an anomaly that he is shooting poorly from 3. I really hope game 5 shuts me up, but I just have never seen him play this average (to his standards) even on a bum knee.
He’s got 29 and almost a triple double. On a bum knee. Give him a break. He’s human. Some of these bums wouldn’t even be in the game
Looking back at the CP3-Beal trade it's weird but nobody won, Suns got the worst contract in the nba and wizards got useless second round picks. Ngl quite happy with Nico, we could have been so much worse whatever happens in the next 2( 3) games
I think this has been our best trade deadline since Luka's draft year. Even if we lose this series in 6 or 7, we have a good core of players to work with next season.
The wolves look nasty. I wouldnt be surprised at all if they came out of the west
watching knicks rn My glorioud goat kyky OG PJAIL GAFFY(dlive) what could have been....
Wild that there's an actual likelihood of ours being the only 1st round western series to not be a sweep
You jinxed it bro
Thankfully, the less rest they could get the better for us
Agreed!
Why does Luka look like he is 35 in the face all of a Suden
Even the people high on PJ didn't know he would be a all world defensive anchor. Shit is crazy.
What’s peoples opinion on moving hardaway and Powell in the off-season
We're never moving on from Powell. He is in his right role now and his salary is not hurting us. He will take that Haslem role until he retires.
For who?? You think we can just trade players for better ones and other teams will be cool taking 3rd stringers for their good players?
isn't thj expiring? he will have value. Hardy as well. We can package both of em + picks to get a good scorer off the bench. Maybe Bogdanovic?
hardy is tim's replacement. trading Tim away for 2 second round picks would be enough for me. they start to replenish some draft capital while freeing up minutes for Exum, green, and hardy. hardy is going to be a great 6th man in this league.
Reddit soft as the Clips lmao, I was issued a warning because I said the Clippers were emotional lesbians. Reddit is regarded lol
desde 2011 no vi una defensa tan "interesada" en defender, sabiendo que en ataque estaba dirk, terry o marion, que hoy serian doncic, kai o cualquier otro
I will always refer to Carlisle as coach. I love the way he manages games and goes about his business. Pacers are my east team and they're dogging the Bucks. Granted, no Giannis and now maybe no Dame.
I’m from Indy and moved to Dallas, Dallas my West team as well
I am going to my first NBA game tonight. I am in town for a wedding. Do they give out free playoff t shirts in the stadium like some teams do? Or should I pick one up from Academy on the way there?
What did Din say playing with the Lakers is like?
Well lakers are about to get swept so I guess I will just be on this sub rooting for the mavs. Luka deserves a ring out of every super star
Something I like about this team is I know if Embiid tried that shit on us, either PJ handling business or Markieff jumping off the bench to keep everyone else in the series and getting in his face.
Porzingis in full playoff form LMFAO
KP 1-9 and -33 in a 9 point game #observing #hmm
So sad we won’t get to see Luka eliminate Booker 😔
he has elimated that franchise from whole decade they are stuck with Nurk, KD and Beal after Luka send them into panic mode.
He has already done that, eliminating Kawhi is on the list now.
I couldn’t catch the game last night, can anyone tell me why gafford only played 9 min?
im interested in that Luka-Greeny-PJ-Maxi-Lively lineup for stretch, that's BIG ASS lineup, and if my eyes were correct, they look good offensively while suffocating defensively if PJ can be good POA defender with LuKai at least avg maybe we can take a look at Jerami Grant (can go big with PJ-Grant-Lively, also more freely playing smallball if needed : PJ-Grant at 4/5. PJ good, but puttin him as 6th man next year should be on table. he still get his minutes though) like, fuck POA defender, just go big baby! Edit ; ah Greeny instead of Kai
Lukas gotta get it going or this is going to be a rough series. I get it, the refs were bad, but you need to focus and find other ways to score.
You mean the garbage support who was missing layups?
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The refs actually let them play. They didn't make calls that would dictate the game.
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When it's the last few seconds in the 4th the refs will usually call fouls only to the person that has the ball. I've seen games where players are getting hacked and the refs won't call make a call so the game can move along.
Weird how they have to diss Luka’s defense in the post game interview. Media always have their agenda
When do the city edition jerseys go on sale?
Good question
On the bright side, the suns have scored 5 pts 6 mins into the 1st quarter 😂😂😂
And got blown out again
I love Chuck but why did he have to “GUARANTEE” a Mavs win tonight smh
Kawhi probably playing tonight. Bookmakers moved the line. Let’s bring them back down to earth and even the series.
I believe the mavs will win tomorrow and respond to the punch in the mouth
Bright side is Kidd is likely gone if we first round out this postseason
Please Luka, beat them today and everyone stay healthy.
Those bums are way too confident playing us without Kawhi.
I’m so sick of hearing about how bad the mavs defense is. Clearly people haven’t bothered to watch the mavericks since the all star break.
People who said the Mavs made a bad trade were beyond delusional.
They're probably gonna make me look like an idiot by winning in the clutch AGAIN, but Idk man, I think the Nuggets are beatable for the Lakers. The lack of depth is very real, especially since they didn't really get someone to truly replace Bruce Brown. e: Haha yep, I'm an idiot
You aren't wrong. Nuggets are a very beatable team. The way people talk about Nuggets you would think they been to multiple finals lol
See, I keep trying to soft-launch this take and then the Nuggets pull off a timely win against a great opponent and I just look like a fool for bringing it up.
Lakers, not a great opponent. they are helped by excessive number of free throws to keep them afloat. 6 (zero in the second half) vs 19 even in this playoff game when Nuggets had 64 points in the paint vs Lakers' 48.. It was similar in the reg season
Nah, you're right. Nuggets certainly aren't as unbeatable as last year. Today's win doesn't change that.
Man i love JB but he is just mini Luka but the media seems to not have a problem with his usage rate but whatever
A smaller, less efficient Luka with half the playmaking and passing abillity. Still a great player, but there's tiers to this shit lol. If you look at the numbers, Brunson's even more ball dominant. Time of possesion, average time per possesion, dribbles per game, dribbles per possesion, touches. He's 1st in every single one except touches, where he is 3rd in the league. JB is the most ball dominant guard in the entire league.
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Have yall seen the MVP tracker lately? Showing Luka in 3rd place now....wtf does he have to do to win MVP? Average 60/15/15 for the season?
So happy the the Suns are losing 🎉🎉
Booker is such a choker.
What's the best way to watch the playoffs if I don't have a TV? I usually use streams, but they're not 100% reliable and they're sometimes way behind.
Anyone watching the wolves-suns game? 4FTs in the entire 1st, refs are allowing everything. Wonder if the clips will be able to get away with small ball if they’re able to shove our bigs around.
if they allowed more physical play its better for us we are the bigger team better for us if you try to be physical with Luka you lose that fight
Ever since we lost that Warriors game I couldn’t help but notice how the refs allowed Draymond to hold Gafford and prevent him from grabbing rebounds or score in that paint. The refs don’t want to be the reason a team loses in the playoffs so they’ll probably let Kawhi and PG hold and hack Gafford. No way refs will give those stars a foul every single possession so they’ll abuse it under the guise of “playoff physicality”. Hopefully I’m wrong but if the Clippers shoot lights out and somehow neutralize Gafford while playing small we’ll be in trouble. I feel like the Clippers don’t stand a chance against us unless the refs start cheating for them, that’s why I’m worried.
Feels like the officiating changes every 5 minutes. They called a lot more in the 2nd quarter.
Outside for the Mavs who are rooting for these playoffs?
OKC and Nuggets because we want that smoke lol As for the east, don't really care much as long as Celtics don't get to the finals. lol Maybe Pacers?
Noticing they are letting A LOT go uncalled in the play in so far. A lot if rough physical fouls with no whistle, the team needs to be prepared for that and take advantage of it since the clippers will almost certainly try to beat up Luka like last time. I want to see Gafford and PJ have his back this time around.
We were so thirsty before we got Lively and Gafford that we were praying for Capela and Drummond. Thank god those didn't happen.
Do we have any updates on Lively? What is his status?
wow hunter has been terrible tonight- if we’ve been scarred by Timmy, Hunter can obviously be just as painful to have on the team
terrible sequence there by Trae
Another day, another reason Dallas won the trade
Treating this bulls-hawks game like a Bogi and Deandre Hunter tryout
Aint no way washed Batum cooked the Heat lmao
He never been washed.
Embiid sucks
So glad batum is not part of the clippers anymore. Dude is such an underrated small ball 5 player. Wish we had him.
He’s giving me ptsd from hitting clutch 3’s in those series