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2021 - 2022 Dallas Mavericks: The Vibes are Immaculate

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I'm still shocked at how good they are defensively.  What the fuck was Rick doing the last couple of years?  This isnt just a flash in the pan it seems sustainable.  Its been nearly 2 months already. 

Pack your defense and Luka/KP every night you're going to be in and win a lot of games. 

 

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7 minutes ago, Catdaddyhorn said:

They dont play AAU becauee Euros are allowed to play professionally from the age of 13 on because they don't live in countries where amateurism is glorified to the point of absurdity for the expressed purpose of allowing everyone else surrounding the "amateur" game to make as much money as possible. 

The point was the American kids travel the country together as teenagers and become friends, and want to play with their friends when they reach free agency.  The max salary means every team is basically offering the exact same contract, so it comes down to who you want to play with and where you want to play.  We apparently don’t check either of those boxes for  a lot of players.  I think signing up to play alongside prime Luka is an easier sell than trying to get guys to come here and play with post-prime Dirk, so we’ll see what happens.

7 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

The point was the American kids travel the country together as teenagers and become friends, and want to play with their friends when they reach free agency.  The max salary means every team is basically offering the exact same contract, so it comes down to who you want to play with and where you want to play.  We apparently don’t check either of those boxes for  a lot of players.  I think signing up to play alongside prime Luka is an easier sell than trying to get guys to come here and play with post-prime Dirk, so we’ll see what happens.

I understand that, but AAU only exist as a byproduct of our ridiculous obsession with amateurism.  For 50+ years the money couldn't go to the kids directly so it goes to all these extraneous parts of the sport in lieu of going to the actual talent that could actually use it for development. American soccer is slowly starting to adjust to a European model. One day maybe basketball will as well.

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enjoy it

 

 

19 minutes ago, CBT said:

enjoy it

 

 

I know its not curving it just looks that way but if hes actually bending it like Beckham its over. 

1 hour ago, conVINCEd said:

The point was the American kids travel the country together as teenagers and become friends, and want to play with their friends when they reach free agency.  The max salary means every team is basically offering the exact same contract, so it comes down to who you want to play with and where you want to play.  We apparently don’t check either of those boxes for  a lot of players.  I think signing up to play alongside prime Luka is an easier sell than trying to get guys to come here and play with post-prime Dirk, so we’ll see what happens.

personally, I think a lot of the star US players want to beat the Euros, this started with Kukoc/Bulls.

edit to add star players.

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Sure.  Every two years they are asked to beat the rest of the world as a team, and I think that only reinforces those friendships and contributes to the us vs. them mentality.

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5 minutes ago, threesheets said:

This new post-game show is gonna do well. 

meter might be broken but I really don't like this at all. This sucks compared to the real TNT crew

It's beyond awful.  

Not that I didn't already hate Wade (duh) but this whole media blitz we've been subjected to since the year of his retirement is fucking obnoxious.  He fucking sucks.

We're mad about last night.

I don't like keeping Luka in the game here. Up 22... He's hunting his 10th rebound for the triple double. He's gotten banged up a couple times tonight already.

The comments pretty much echoed my thoughts of "WTF?"

 

I still think they should try to move off of Brunson if they can.  I'd be happy to move DP, Maxi and DFS if they can.  I assume Tim has no trade value  

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Very cool tribute video before the start. Rick shed some tears. Love ya coach.

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horrible fucking L.  worst team in the league.

On 1/31/2022 at 6:33 PM, dcar00 said:

horrible fucking L.  worst team in the league.

Followed by a loss to OKC.

Fucking bipolar team.  Get up for the good teams, and down for the scrubs.  

I knew our uptick in defense was fools gold. For as brilliant as he is offensively, Luka is a Dirk level liability on D.

And this is why I just cannot get excited even when we have great months. This type of horseshit is why we get stuck with more difficult first round matchups. 

5 hours ago, BallamaticBevo said:

I knew our uptick in defense was fools gold. For as brilliant as he is offensively, Luka is a Dirk level liability on D.

yeah if there's anything our revolving door of an IR list has shown us this season it's how integral a healthy KP is to our defense.  

 

and i hate this lineup we closed the game with - luka, jb, dodo, maxi, bullock.  the last three guys have relegated themselves to spot up 3 point shooters.  it's at its worst when luka controls the ball and everyone's watching (even JB).  i get the best way to use him is the PnR but 1.)  he uses a lot of clock to get into the play 2.)  it freezes the rest of our players making it easy for the defense to set up and rebound 3.)  luka's prone to careless streaks.  i would let brunson be the primary responsibility bearer for bringing the ball up and then let luka get into the PnR at the logo.  

It’s 10:30 on a home game and we are still in the first quarter.  Fuck the late start, and fuck the shenanigans with the basket.

8 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

Those in attendance will be able to attend last call at nearby bars

Maybe.  We could go to overtime.

What a win. I'm very surprised at how well we were rotating off ball in the zone. If only we could keep up this level of play every game.

Luka playing well but also stupid with fouls. Intentionally fouls on a close out blow by to avoid an easy layup early on the second to get his 2nd, then gets called for a charge with 40 seconds left in the half for his 4th. 
 

No reason to burn one of 6 so early in a game over a layup, and no reason to be so aggressive that late in the half. 

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There’s Reggie’s shot. LFG.

Gutty team performance tonight. Burke kept them afloat in the 3rd. Luka a board from a TD while only playing 28 min 

having finally been able to catch an entire game, if this is the way the refs run our gams, we are going deep in to june when national tv kicks in for every game

one might almost hypothesize that the removing both starting guards through "fouls" was necessary to keep the game interesting for espn

as soon as luka came back in, it was a walk

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Gutty team performance tonight. Burke kept them afloat in the 3rd. Luka a board from a TD while only playing 28 min 

No he got it. Bullock and Burke stepped up. 

These past two games have been great but make the two before that all the more frustrating. We should have already passed Utah. 

10 hours ago, LurkingHorn said:

These past two games have been great but make the two before that all the more frustrating. We should have already passed Utah. 

Would likely have been a short-lived pass anyway, now that Mitchell is back.  

Was at the game last night and just loved, I mean loved, the game Bullock had. Shutting down “Ice Trey” who is easily the most hateable player in the NBA on D and then hitting daggers was awesome. Loved the genuine smiles and love he was giving and getting too, probably the best game he’s had in the NBA.

Also the move that Luka put on Capella to get an easy floater was the sickest move of the night (on a great player who didn’t play a ton, weird) and had the crowd ecstatic. That play and then trey turnover down the court and then the dagger Bullock 3 in short order was worth the price of admission alone.

Dwight Powell continues to mostly be horrible and confusing everyone how he is on an NBA roster getting playing time, but even he didn’t do his usual missing a dunk or anything stupid and got some clean up points.

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50 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

He did miss a dunk

Haha vintage deadbeat Powell. I just have been at the concession stand.

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EZ Clap

I am going to be pretty surprised if we have both DP and Maxi on this roster after the trade deadline. We cannot afford to have them on the books next year and also re-sign JB and Doe Doe. 

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