SilasCoade

That's where the 10 wins get left on the table.

Embiid is not nearly in the fitness hole that Doncic is. Luka is costing his team 10 wins a year and shortening his career by 3-5 years by not focusing on conditioning.

You go with Robinson over Embiid to punish small ball lineups even after acknowledging Robinson's post game was not his strong suit? I dunno, man. I'm not sure Embiid has the physicality to endure the 90s game but he's an excellent defender and his range on offense gives him a decisive edge. I agree that Embiid is not a fit for a team looking to run the way Robinson could be in his prime.

You're going to have to be more specific here ...

The two bolded portions are not exactly contradictory but the latter undermines the former. It's not that the past season means more in the evaluation of Terry, it's that the evaluation of Terry relative to potential candidates means more. That's it.

Yeah, since Thanksgiving basically if he plays he wins.

One of two things happened: pull through or back into angled parking. The result is a shitty job of either one and neither should be done in angled parking because you exit going the wrong way. So whether you want to say their shitty job of being over the line is an issue or not, going the wrong way in an angled parking situation is a dumbass move.

In the modern game? Without hesitation. In the 90s game, yes, but I'd think about it.

Yeah, but that's also just not going to happen. There is a zero point zero percent chance that the Mavs sign Kyrie to a max deal with the intention of keeping him on the roster. Also, they do keep their first if they stay out of the play-in, which I consider pretty likely at this point.

Clippers could also try to shop PG13 for Kyrie. Miami could maybe put a package together to try and get Jimmy a ring, but they would probably have to include either Bam or Herro, neither of which seems likely. Sixers? I've read speculation that Harden is eyeing the exits there, so they might be willing to make a play for his replacement. Could Portland go nuts and try to pair him with Dame? I can't think of two less complementary players but they've got to do something.

I disagree that they have no options for improving the roster. If they can get Kyrie or Wood to participate in a sign-and-trade they have some worthwhile pieces. They have around 27M in cap space, 53M before hitting the luxury tax. An additional 10M is marked for Bullock but is non-guaranteed, so I assume they could cut him or buy him out and get that cap space back. There are some interesting free agents if they commit to revamping the roster. Jerami Grant or revisiting the Harrison Barnes experience for ~25M per is not a terrible option but you'd rather throw 10-12M at Poetl and a collection of shooters. Moritz Wagner or Naz Reid would not be bad targets as affordable bigs either. Trez Harrell has a player option and has to be disappointed in his role on the Sixers. He could probably be wooed. I mean, it's not hard to upgrade from Powell. Max Strus is a nice target as an affordable shooter. Can they get Vasilije Micic from Euroleague? Not sure the status on his draft rights but he's a 6th man of the year candidate for a team like the Mavs who need a scoring playmaker to lead the second unit. Pulling off some trade wizardry to net somebody like Myles Turner and you've got a decent playoff squad. Equally important to roster moves though is jettisoning Kidd and having a nutritionist and personal trainer live with Luka 24/7. If Luka comes in with body fat under 12% he'll be much more effective. They really need to find the James Worthy / Scottie Pippen guy for Luka in the next two years though.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/36021263/raptors-nick-nurse-wants-see-where-season If he's available the Mavs should immediately fire Kidd and sign him up. Since they hate draft picks anyway, trade for Nurse if they have to. The roster needs a total overhaul but so does the coaching staff. An occasional functioning out of bounds play in crunch time would have net them 2-5 more wins this season.

2 steps but it's wrong.

I'm not feeling the warriors or Lakers this year. I like the kings and Memphis more than you do. The Mavs are just shitting away year after year of a generational talent, as is their wont.

Double Post fml

What extra math? You took 4 steps. I took 4 steps. Everything after saying T = 20:10 was just me demonstrating that it was provably correct.

(T - 0:30) - 12:00 = (24:00 - T) * 2 T - 12:30 = 48:00 - 2T 3T = 60:30 T = 20:10 Half hour before T = 19:40 Time from then to noon was 7:40 Half of 7:40 is 3:50 Time from 20:10 to midnight is 3:50 QED

I always had the sense that Pop would want to set up his successor for, uh, success by handling the tank/rebuild himself and then letting the next guy handle amping up into contender status.

The other takeaway is DeRozan wants to be that dude but isn't.

Well, the Mavs would definitely lead the league in techs. I can't imagine that's what is going to happen though. Click-bait.

I don't think PHX should give a shit about the rest of the regular season. They can't really fall out of the playoffs unless they go 0-fer, and seeding doesn't matter that much. I don't think they are worried about home court either. They just need KD, Book, and CP to be healthy rolling into round 2. Dallas is just such a shitshow. I agree with the folks saying it's not Kyrie's fault, but the front office making that move made the defense worse without improving the long term outlook for the team. Their contract situation does give them a little flexibility in the offseason because they really only have like 5 guys under contract beyond next year. They could have Luka and Maxi and 10 new faces by the time 2025 starts. They'll probably do something stupid like max out Austin Reaves this summer after letting Wood and Irving walk for nothing.

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What are you talking about? He was trying to save it and give his guys a chance at it.

Fucking lame as hell

3 ball abandoned Texas this half so far. Ref situation not helping either