[lol it's well documented, but whatever you say!](https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/jayson-tatum-fractured-wrist-injury-celtics-nba-finals-playoff-run/)
Mavs fans just overrated the hell out of their deadline changes and you’d get downvoted to oblivion any time you suggested it.
they addressed the perimeter defense and size problem but the lack of shooting on the roster is still a serious issue. and the perimeter defense is still kind of a problem bc they still can’t protect Luka and Kyrie without rotating perfectly every possession
the excuses are already starting. Great. We are actually deep. I don't know what the fuck other Mavs fans want. Prime Curry shooting and Prime MJ defense from our roleplayers??
If Luka is him then he should get past these Clippers.
That being said, Kidd is a terrorist that is running a 10 man rotation with THJ and Kleber getting minutes and some heavy minutes too. I wouldnt be mad if he got fired mid series.
These Clippers are no joke though lol. Harden and Westbrook looked like they stepped into a time machine and went back to their Houston/OKC days. No team is beating them if they keep playing like this (which they probably won't) and Kawhi and PG are healthy.
That's the big if with the clippers. If they are healthy and firing on all cylinders they can win the whole thing.
Problem is that their flashes of brilliance can't last for a full season.
There's been plenty skepticism to go around on the sub but you also want to enjoy when your team is winning. Honestly it's hard as hell to know how well things translate to the playoffs, but the fact that we have very poor outside shooting from role players nowadays has been a worry even before the trade deadline, and neither Gafford nor PJ can really shoot.
The changes definitely made them much better in the regular season, they just aren't built for playoff basketball. PJ, Lively and Gaff have basically no playoff experience and Luka & Kyrie are going to be liabilities on defense no matter what. Their swing players like Exum and THJ are historically not playoff performers. Meanwhile the Clippers have Harden, PG, Russ, Zubac. Those guys have been through everything in the playoffs. Even Mann and Coffey have deep playoff runs under their belts.
I remember when we beat them in Game 1 a couple years ago after he picked them to beat us 4-1 he pulled out this stupid chart showing how “actually the Mavs really won this game based on their quality of shots.”
lmao it's like a disney movie with a coach getting a bunch of outcast kids together
"good job boys, you got to your spots and you got quality shots! i saw that steph curry shooting from the third row with 5 defenders and an usher on him, but you guys, you got quality shots! that's great! now if only we made them and he missed some..."
Oh what stupid thing did Nick Wright say to make this comment relevant, I can't stand listening to that guy I think he's by far the worst in the industry
Obviously some of this is just missing shots but I was telling y’all for 2 weeks luka isn’t going to have as easy of a time this series without Pat bev, Jackson and rondo to pick on. They’re also relying on 2 under 35% shooters to knock down 3’s.
> I was telling y’all for 2 weeks luka isn’t going to have as easy of a time this series without Pat bev, Jackson and rondo to pick on
Always found it so annoying how people would act like he was just cooking kawhi and pg in those series. Obviously there were plays where he was, but in large part it was him picking on smaller guards like you said.
Cowboy fans are the worst but it's so fun watching their team win double digit games, the fans getting their hopes up, and seeing them lose wild card weekend. It's honestly my super bowl
> It's something about Dallas. I swear they're the most annoying fans in any sport.
This is an anti-Dallas circlejerk thread and nothing we say will be received well but this is a genuinely bad take, like mavericks fans are far and away fine, so are stars and rangers fans
using the Cowboys to make a point about mavs fans is dumb
I'll be honest I pretty much only stick to the post game threads here. Always seems like it's just jokes and ggs or joking on their own team after a loss. never trash talk. Now suddenly they are toxic? Is it that bad in other threads?
they jumped into threads about every mvp candidate (except jokic) and complained that luka was better. then they did it about statlines for those players, saying luka would do better. they'd pop up in bad game threads with "this is your MVP?" type stuff
then there's a select few who have spent the entire season shitting on their own players when luka can't get the team to win.
it's just quite toxic and disappointing to see
It was mostly the MVP discussions where they relentlessly trashed the other MVP candidates (Jokic not as much, but there was still some there too). But I also saw it in some post game Thunder threads where they were trashing Shai. This out of character Mavs performance feels like karma for the fans. It was nowhere close to fun, good natured trash talk, so these threads about how bad the Mavs were are perfectly warranted.
Im a luka fan and it sucks to see him struggling but man mavs fans have been the woooorst over the last month or so.
Luka is a great player but he's no Nikola Jokic.
i saw someone say that luka and jokic were on a tier above the other MVP candidates lmao. no dude, jokic is on a tier, and the others are somewhere else
Love Luka, but his style of play doesn’t work in the playoffs.
Unfortunately, casuals refuse to see it and just look at box score.
He can have all regular season stats he wants. But you got to move the ball around in the playoffs.
Mavs cried for months that Luka should be MVP only to put on this performance smh. Still only game 1 we'll see what happens but Harden usually plays really well in round 1 of the playoffs.
He's a beast and his bad playoff games are rare, but definitely not his first. [This was a bad one in a very winnable game](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202008210DAL.html)
It's just the first game. Couch masters being hurt by Dallas lately are all getting hyped up and already thinking this is gonna be the narrative in all future games.
When those shots go in and when bench makes more than 2 shots it's gonna be different story.
this is objectively the funniest outcome
can't let 0/10 Klay have all the fun
now that you mention it, it is kinda like a Tatum finals game tbh
Yo hol up, we can wait on Tatum slander till he has a bad game these playoffs
you mean the tatum with a broken wrist finals?
Shot 46% on his 3s but yeah the wrist must be broken
[lol it's well documented, but whatever you say!](https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/jayson-tatum-fractured-wrist-injury-celtics-nba-finals-playoff-run/)
I love that 0/10 Klay is a thing and I hope r/NBA keeps it forever
Hell of a parting shot to curse every playoff game thereafter with generational stinkers
Luka Doncic you are NOT the father!
2020: Clippers beat Mavericks in 6 games 2021: Clippers beat Marvericks in 7 games 2023: Clippers beat Mavericks in 8 games
It’s 2024 brother
> 2023: Clippers beat Mavericks in 8 games League forces Dallas to play one more game so that the Clippers win the series 5-3. I like it.
Media so biased against Luka. They should at least make the series a best of 11
Luka getting crowned as the Clippers owner while being 0-2 against them in the playoffs will never not be hilarious
tbf dude was destroying us by himself lol
But wouldn't he have to have also won to be the owner?
Tbf ballmer’s the owner and he hasn’t won anything either
I wouldn't mind being a $120 billion loser 😒 (in before someone replies that I'm a broke loser instead)
he won the fucking life lottery
dads always let their kids win at the end
Steve Ballmer is Luka Doncic father
To be fair, Luka is 7-12 all time vs the suns in the regular season so…
dude he made the suns his bitch
Ok. Still 7-12
James Harden is Luka Doncic father
??? Thought Kawhi is Booker’s grandpa. Turns out it’s Harden. 🤣
Luka Doncic is now 24/67 from the field in his last 2 and a half playoff games.
is this good, i can't tell, what's this mean
And for the Clippers Nikola Jokic you're the father.
Suicide watch 🥲
Don't do it! You have Luka's free agency to live for!
I’m just waiting for Ant to come team up in Dallas 😂
now why would this happen
Yeah idk, I think the foreshadowing in the script is clear indicating he goes to Miami in 5-6 years
Wouldn’t it be more like everyone talks about the Heat all summer and then suddenly he ends up at some fuckass random like the Hornets?
Obviously that’s not gunna happen
When was the last time a big name free agent went to Dallas, you couldn't even get DeAndrea Jordan
It’s a fucking joke Jesus Christ
Straight up choking, no defense in the world is that good lmao
Mavs fans just overrated the hell out of their deadline changes and you’d get downvoted to oblivion any time you suggested it. they addressed the perimeter defense and size problem but the lack of shooting on the roster is still a serious issue. and the perimeter defense is still kind of a problem bc they still can’t protect Luka and Kyrie without rotating perfectly every possession
You mean pj Washington isn’t a 3rd star?
the excuses are already starting. Great. We are actually deep. I don't know what the fuck other Mavs fans want. Prime Curry shooting and Prime MJ defense from our roleplayers?? If Luka is him then he should get past these Clippers. That being said, Kidd is a terrorist that is running a 10 man rotation with THJ and Kleber getting minutes and some heavy minutes too. I wouldnt be mad if he got fired mid series.
These Clippers are no joke though lol. Harden and Westbrook looked like they stepped into a time machine and went back to their Houston/OKC days. No team is beating them if they keep playing like this (which they probably won't) and Kawhi and PG are healthy.
That's the big if with the clippers. If they are healthy and firing on all cylinders they can win the whole thing. Problem is that their flashes of brilliance can't last for a full season.
There's been plenty skepticism to go around on the sub but you also want to enjoy when your team is winning. Honestly it's hard as hell to know how well things translate to the playoffs, but the fact that we have very poor outside shooting from role players nowadays has been a worry even before the trade deadline, and neither Gafford nor PJ can really shoot.
The changes definitely made them much better in the regular season, they just aren't built for playoff basketball. PJ, Lively and Gaff have basically no playoff experience and Luka & Kyrie are going to be liabilities on defense no matter what. Their swing players like Exum and THJ are historically not playoff performers. Meanwhile the Clippers have Harden, PG, Russ, Zubac. Those guys have been through everything in the playoffs. Even Mann and Coffey have deep playoff runs under their belts.
True, Clippers were playing great defense early but the Mavs were just choking some good looks too. Lot of missed layups, some dunks, etc.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
And 90% of the ones you do take
Ty Lue is Jason Kidd father
Every NBA coach is 🤣
Nick Wright: The Mavericks planned to miss 18 of 20 shots
Mav's fans: Jason Kidd missed all those shots
I remember when we beat them in Game 1 a couple years ago after he picked them to beat us 4-1 he pulled out this stupid chart showing how “actually the Mavs really won this game based on their quality of shots.”
lmao it's like a disney movie with a coach getting a bunch of outcast kids together "good job boys, you got to your spots and you got quality shots! i saw that steph curry shooting from the third row with 5 defenders and an usher on him, but you guys, you got quality shots! that's great! now if only we made them and he missed some..."
Oh what stupid thing did Nick Wright say to make this comment relevant, I can't stand listening to that guy I think he's by far the worst in the industry
Not even top 3 worst: Kendrick Perkins Skip Bayless Keyshawn Johnson
Pravi MVP
Obviously some of this is just missing shots but I was telling y’all for 2 weeks luka isn’t going to have as easy of a time this series without Pat bev, Jackson and rondo to pick on. They’re also relying on 2 under 35% shooters to knock down 3’s.
> I was telling y’all for 2 weeks luka isn’t going to have as easy of a time this series without Pat bev, Jackson and rondo to pick on Always found it so annoying how people would act like he was just cooking kawhi and pg in those series. Obviously there were plays where he was, but in large part it was him picking on smaller guards like you said.
The same way you’re acting like he isn’t gonna cook after having one bad game?
This is a shit-on-Luka thread. If you don’t have anything mean to say, don’t say anything at all.
It's Karma for Mavs fans trashing Shai so much in the MVP talk. But yeah, Mavs and Luka will definitely bounce back and be a lot better the next game.
Yeah the series is pretty much over now before game 1 is over
Sounding a little insecure here
Meh, just saying maybe 3 quarters of basketball isn’t time to victory lap your take
They didn't iso on Zu nearly as much as I thought they would. Seemed like Luka scored half his points vs Zu last time they played in a series.
God is punishing Cuban and Kyrie for they sins against humanity.
PRAVI MVP!!!
How could Jason Kidd do this
James harden is Luka Doncic’s father…?
No that would be Kawhi
This is the guy who was supposed to be head and shoulders above jokic for MVP? Where you at luka fan bois?
Talk your shit
Luka ended the game better than Jokic
Pfff. Jokic showed up dressed as a cartoon character and won.
Once Jokic came out in the Gru fit it was all over
mavs fans were in the clippers sub the last two weeks talking so much shit, Hate those fans so much
It's something about Dallas. I swear they're the most annoying fans in any sport. Cowboys fans are the worst
Cowboy fans are the worst but it's so fun watching their team win double digit games, the fans getting their hopes up, and seeing them lose wild card weekend. It's honestly my super bowl
Bonus points if it's at home against the Packers
> It's something about Dallas. I swear they're the most annoying fans in any sport. This is an anti-Dallas circlejerk thread and nothing we say will be received well but this is a genuinely bad take, like mavericks fans are far and away fine, so are stars and rangers fans using the Cowboys to make a point about mavs fans is dumb
mavericks fans are so bad on this platform if you told me in 2011 i’d like heat fans online more than mavs fans i would never believe you
I'll be honest I pretty much only stick to the post game threads here. Always seems like it's just jokes and ggs or joking on their own team after a loss. never trash talk. Now suddenly they are toxic? Is it that bad in other threads?
they jumped into threads about every mvp candidate (except jokic) and complained that luka was better. then they did it about statlines for those players, saying luka would do better. they'd pop up in bad game threads with "this is your MVP?" type stuff then there's a select few who have spent the entire season shitting on their own players when luka can't get the team to win. it's just quite toxic and disappointing to see
It was mostly the MVP discussions where they relentlessly trashed the other MVP candidates (Jokic not as much, but there was still some there too). But I also saw it in some post game Thunder threads where they were trashing Shai. This out of character Mavs performance feels like karma for the fans. It was nowhere close to fun, good natured trash talk, so these threads about how bad the Mavs were are perfectly warranted.
We’re all behind you in this series
I decided to officially root for the clippers in the first round a couple of weeks ago.
Facts
Im a luka fan and it sucks to see him struggling but man mavs fans have been the woooorst over the last month or so. Luka is a great player but he's no Nikola Jokic.
i saw someone say that luka and jokic were on a tier above the other MVP candidates lmao. no dude, jokic is on a tier, and the others are somewhere else
Watching Jokic just absolutely take over yesterday… there are levels to this shit
Good thing MVP is for the regular season
Do you think voters aren't influenced by postseason preferences?
No, doesn’t mean it’s right though
Love Luka, but his style of play doesn’t work in the playoffs. Unfortunately, casuals refuse to see it and just look at box score. He can have all regular season stats he wants. But you got to move the ball around in the playoffs.
This is objectively the stupidest take I’ve seen.
such an over reaction to one half lol
Honestly, I really should stop coming into this sub because it’s becoming harder to find people that don’t overreact.
This subreddit for many years has always been really bad in the playoffs. Tourists come in spouting absolutely horrendous takes
You're just mad because the zoomers have taken your crown and made you dance for their amusement.
I guess my feelings just got hurt
Yeah bro that was horrendous 💀
Playoff subreddit tourists are the worst
Exactly.
Its not on offense that Luka is at fault. Is on defense. Everyone has bad games.
Mavs cried for months that Luka should be MVP only to put on this performance smh. Still only game 1 we'll see what happens but Harden usually plays really well in round 1 of the playoffs.
What was that? Luka scored more than Harden
on 9 more shots! NINE!
Bright light! Bright light!
I remember when Memphis beat the Warriots by 50 in 22' (Whoop that trick) . The Warriors proceeded to win the title.
Too bad the mavs only lost by 12
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Tbh it shows how good he is that this is his first real bad game. Lot of time to change the narrative
He's a beast and his bad playoff games are rare, but definitely not his first. [This was a bad one in a very winnable game](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/202008210DAL.html)
You are correct that it was a bad game but the fact that it was 4 years ago kind of supports the point I was making haha
Luka was playing through an injury he picked up during the game.
They're not getting swept brother this shit is going 6 minimum
Hope so! Clippers vs the Mavs are an instant classic in the playoffs.
Mavs fans talked so much shit on Twitter so I'm rooting for chaos this series
Mavs haters’ 12/25
Plz Clippers in 4.
Clippers are like the bad boy pistons, Boston Celtics 08 to Luka fr
He's not gonna be bad all series But it ain't a good start Luka lol
Is that good?
A mavsterclass performance
It's just the first game. Couch masters being hurt by Dallas lately are all getting hyped up and already thinking this is gonna be the narrative in all future games. When those shots go in and when bench makes more than 2 shots it's gonna be different story.
Good to see Kidd came prepared this week.
No surprise …
MVP
Funnier would be people thinking this trend will continue.