November 2, 20196 yr missed free throw aside, powell looked good. Curry needs to work harder to get open for catch and shoot 3s. Luka is sublime. KP needs to be more consistent when he gets the ball on the block. He's great facing up on a big man on the perimeter, even AD, but down in the trenches he doesn't seem to have a go-to move.
November 2, 20196 yr #Facts. Now they just need to take that next step and start winning these games.
November 2, 20196 yr These guys still need to figure out how to win close games. We are still too loose with the ball in the final few minutes and we struggle to get clean looks more than I would like but that's list part of it. These losses are great experience. They'll pay off in 2020.
November 2, 20196 yr Author That's by far the biggest situation Maxi has been in, and he made several small mistakes that cost the team. He will improve on those. The talent is there, you can see it. He just needs the reps. Several of the guys do.
November 3, 20196 yr Hopefully the free throw shooting improves. That's the biggest frustration so far for me. Mavs are fun to watch again. Edited November 3, 20196 yr by Loch Ness Monster
November 3, 20196 yr 5 games in where 5-0 was certainly realistic. Both losses on some bull shit. We already know THJ needs to hang out at the end with Courtney Lee and Bob. What other thoughts are there about our best units?Brunson and Wright are studs. Can we just alternate them at point and 2 with a little Curry sprinkled in?Dwight and Maxi fill the 5. One for D and one for O. DFS and Jackson are both serviceable at the 3. Luka and KP need to continue to build chemistry and find ways to play off each other. Ultimately I think that means KP working more on his catch and shoot and post scoring.
November 4, 20196 yr Author Luka showing out in front of a huge Slovenian group in Q1. Keep it continue.
November 4, 20196 yr On 11/1/2019 at 11:33 PM, Sbbruin said: You mad bro? Listen here you Cali hat wearing troll. There are 3 teams on my Can't Stand'em List and the Fake Show is one of them. The damnyankees, fake show, and fuck the redwings. So... FUCK OFF
November 4, 20196 yr Boban has had a nice 10 minutes late in the 3rd and early in the 4th. 2nd straight triple double for Luka. Mavs on fire tonight late 3rd, early 4th.
November 4, 20196 yr Luka is Great. Another Triple Double. KP started slow, finished strong. 6 blocks?!?Where did Boban come from tonight? Lulz.
November 4, 20196 yr 18 minutes ago, Drew said: Luka is Great. Another Triple Double. KP started slow, finished strong. 6 blocks?!? Where did Boban come from tonight? Lulz. KLEBER was out tonight so Boban and Portskie got more minutes inside.
November 4, 20196 yr 22 minutes ago, Drew said: Luka is Great. Another Triple Double. KP started slow, finished strong. 6 blocks?!? Where did Boban come from tonight? Lulz. Boban is one of the most efficient players in the league. He just can’t get too many minutes because he wears down.
November 4, 20196 yr Need some technical help - anyone know how I can get the all of the regular sounds of the broadcast but with Derek Harper muted? Please? Other thought that crossed my mind: all due respect to Raef LeFretnz and Shawn Bradley, but KP is the best shot blocker I can recall wearing a Mavs jersey
November 4, 20196 yr 8 minutes ago, TommyGufano said: Need some technical help - anyone know how I can get the all of the regular sounds of the broadcast but with Derek Harper muted? Please? Other thought that crossed my mind: all due respect to Raef LeFretnz and Shawn Bradley, but KP is the best shot blocker I can recall wearing a Mavs jersey How dare you disrespect Popeye Jones like that.
November 4, 20196 yr Heard a stat this morning that Boban's +/- per 100 possessions is +61. That's absolutely absurd.
November 4, 20196 yr 15 hours ago, cactusflinthead said: Listen here you Cali hat wearing troll. There are 3 teams on my Can't Stand'em List and the Fake Show is one of them. The damnyankees, fake show, and fuck the redwings. So... FUCK OFF
November 6, 20196 yr Orlando on 2nd leg of a road back-to-back and we've had 2 nights off. Got to wins when schedule works in our favor, esp against inferior competition
November 7, 20196 yr kp's decision making skills are lacking. i don't know if he's playing slow because he's had a year plus off or if this is how he's always been.
November 7, 20196 yr 21 minutes ago, gsoda3 said: kp's decision making skills are lacking. i don't know if he's playing slow because he's had a year plus off or if this is how he's always been. It's pretty easy to tell when he's made his mind up that he's going to shoot. I think he's still trying to find his role in the offense - I sure as fuck couldn't quite tell you what it is right now. Somehow broadcast team missed that the shot clock didn't reset and that's why the ref's "inadvertent whistle" (as they called it) occurred on that THJ 3 that didn't count, and then did count and ultimately didn't.
November 7, 20196 yr Can some one tell me why Curry has only gotten 7 minutes and Brunson only 6? What a bizarre rotation from Carlisle tonight.
November 7, 20196 yr Nice to win when you dont have your A game, I guess. They have to be better on those late free throws. Seth Curry is a career .850 free throw shooter and hadn't missed one this season (not many attempts. Strange.5-2 is pretty nice though.
November 7, 20196 yr 3 minutes ago, LurkingHorn said: Can some one tell me why Curry has only gotten 7 minutes and Brunson only 6? What a bizarre rotation from Carlisle tonight. Too many fucking bodies in backcourt. Esp if JJ is going to be a thing now. I kind of understood Brunson getting buried tonight because he looked *bad* in his brief cameo. Didn't get the Seth thing at all. With all the deflections Orlando's D was getting I didn't understand keeping a floor spacer like Curry on bench. Justin Jackson gets the game ball tonight, imo.
November 7, 20196 yr 2 minutes ago, TommyGufano said: Too many fucking bodies in backcourt. Esp if JJ is going to be a thing now. I kind of understood Brunson getting buried tonight because he looked *bad* in his brief cameo. Didn't get the Seth thing at all. With all the deflections Orlando's D was getting I didn't understand keeping a floor spacer like Curry on bench. Justin Jackson gets the game ball tonight, imo. I agree on having Seth out there to spread the floor. Dude is one of the best 3-point shooters in the league and only took 1 tonight. That simply cannot happen.
November 7, 20196 yr 3 hours ago, Post Oak said: If we could combine JJ and DFS we'd have a pretty good player DFS disrespect will not be tolerated. He's been fantastic this season.
November 7, 20196 yr 5 hours ago, Bruh Man said: DFS disrespect will not be tolerated. He's been fantastic this season. He has. And we don't win tonight without JJ either. He was really good in the 1H
November 7, 20196 yr Going to be fun to watch Rick figure out bench rotations, different game plans, etc. I bet he's loving the personnel options on this team. And yeah, it's huge to win a game like that where you play like shit against a bad team considering how tight playoff race will likely be. You will inevitably have 5-7 or so of those per year and they are typically L's so nice (and lucky) to get a W last night.
November 7, 20196 yr Zach Lowe talking about the Mavs on his podcast today. Starts at about 55minutes in or so.
November 8, 20196 yr New Simmons podcast talks about Luka for a couple minutes. Starts about 16mins or so. He goes in on Hawk fans saying they won the trade. Basically Trae is nice, you traded away a 2x mVp. Says in two years he and Giannis are going to be the best players in the league. Simmons is so much better when he sticks to the NBA
November 8, 20196 yr Author Simmons is one the of the best in terms of the NBA. I'm looking forward to his new podcast, Book of Basketball 2.0.
November 8, 20196 yr Author Lowe Quote 3. Luka Doncic, faking you out of your shoes Hypothesis: Doncic has the nastiest, most convincing up-and-under move on Earth. Oh, Hassan. Most players go into an up-and-under having made up their mind to shoot. They have no Plan B. Doncic digests so much visual information in real time -- and is so smart anticipating where every player is about to be -- he can pivot (literally) into Plans B, C or 😧 Numbers alone tell you Doncic is off to a crazy start: 27 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists per game on 47% shooting, including a scorching 58% on 2s. He has almost excised long 2s in favor of shots at the rim and 3s. The eye test tells you even more. Doncic is thinking two steps ahead of everyone. His trademark pass as a rookie was probably the LeBron-style crosscourt laser to corner shooters. Already this season, he has shown mastery of other tricky dishes that reveal themselves -- only for a flash, and only to the very best passers -- in the run of play. He is putting exactly the right touch, speed, and height on lobs to Dwight Powell and Maxi Kleber: That is a really hard pass -- the straight-on, long-distance lob. The timing is just a little bit different than is typical. Genius lives in those differences. Doncic picks up his dribble abruptly, before Avery Bradley is ready for it, and releases the ball almost while leaning backward. A lot of his lobs are like this. They come a beat earlier or later than you would expect. Doncic might already be the league's best lob passer. He has great chemistry with Powell and Kleber. His partnership with Kristaps Porzingis is a work in progress. Opponents have outscored the Mavericks by 4.5 points per 100 possessions with both stars on the floor. Meanwhile, the Mavs are plus-28 in the 67 minutes Doncic has played without Porzingis -- and a monster plus-25 in 44 minutes with both out. Porzingis spends a lot time spotting up around the Doncic/Powell and Doncic/Kleber two-man games; Doncic and Porzingis have partnered for only about 19 pick-and-rolls per 100 possessions, compared to 40 for Powell and 31 for Kleber. That spot-up role is valuable. Rick Carlisle has other sets to spring Porzingis. Doncic and Porzingis have complementary skill sets; they will discover their sweet spots, though to make this thing sing, Porzingis has to get better abusing smaller defenders when opponents switch the Doncic-Porzingis pick-and-roll. Fadeaways aren't cutting it. He's not Dirk.
November 8, 20196 yr It still surprised me when I would talk to people this past summer and say how optimistic I am about Doncic bases on the games I saw last year. I feel like lots of people just heard about him but didn't see him play.
November 8, 20196 yr It still surprised me when I would talk to people this past summer and say how optimistic I am about Doncic bases on the games I saw last year. I feel like lots of people just heard about him but didn't see him play. Local TV ratings bear that out.
November 8, 20196 yr Quote He has great chemistry with Powell and Kleber. His partnership with Kristaps Porzingis is a work in progress. Opponents have outscored the Mavericks by 4.5 points per 100 possessions with both stars on the floor. Meanwhile, the Mavs are plus-28 in the 67 minutes Doncic has played without Porzingis -- and a monster plus-25 in 44 minutes with both out. that's spectacular.
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