2019 - 2020 Dallas Mavericks: Eastern Bloc > Western Conference

[CBT 1290]

On 8/1/2020 at 1:05 PM, Skipper said:

Infuriating game, but seriously, it was fun to be pissed off at sports again.  Been a long time.

 

On 8/1/2020 at 12:51 PM, Jive Turkey said:

 i guess i miss the hurt and anger when my teams disappoint me.  but the last 4 months weren't that bad, were they?

 

These. Ending fucking sucked, but by god, that offense makes my basketball boner go crazy. 

[Trey3216 15452]

Porzingis with a tidy 11 in the early going.   Dude is dialed in now.   Looks fully fluid and healthy.  

[Party_Taco 3889]

Can we talk about Boban’s tan? My man is looking rested!

[TommyGufano 6023]

Lol. THJ's reaction to Boban dunk looked like it has gif potential

[Trey3216 15452]

Good Lord this is an absolute foul-fest.  

[LurkingHorn 1093]

is the fox sports stream sucking/not working for anybody else? I’ve been able to watch the 2nd quarter and that’s it. 

[gsoda3 3362]

is the fox sports stream sucking/not working for anybody else? I’ve been able to watch the 2nd quarter and that’s it. 

Yes same

[Happy Gilmore 1004]

Absolute shit show of a third quarter 

[Henry Hill 3156]

[TommyGufano 6023]

At a glance, with that longer word on his name plate, Kleber looks like he's wearing a Stackhouse jersey now

[Party_Taco 3889]

This shit is just silly - How do we just go ice cold in the second half after shooting the lights out, AGAIN, in the first half to the tune of 73+ ?!?!

I just don’t get it, but we need to mix it up, as these shooting numbers are terribad.

[Trey3216 15452]

13 minutes ago, Happy Gilmore said:

Absolute shit show of a third quarter 

Left my M-I-L’s house at halftime.  Just sat down and flip the game on and we’re down 8.  W. T. F.?!

[Bozo_Casanova 26850]

2 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Left my M-I-L’s house at halftime.  Just sat down and flip the game on and we’re down 8.  W. T. F.?!

Tim Hardaway is 1-10

[Trey3216 15452]

8 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Tim Hardaway is 1-10

 

[Party_Taco 3889]

This is complete bullshit.

[Kevin O’Shea 279]

Trash 

[Kevin O’Shea 279]

Just when I think I’m out 

[LurkingHorn 1093]

And the stream cut out again for me with 2 minutes to go. I’m done with this. 

[Party_Taco 3889]

Luka needs to take the fuck over... and if I see another pass to TH2 I’m gonna throw my phone.

[Party_Taco 3889]

If that’s a foul I simply do not understand basketball any longer... that was the epitome of eurotrash

[Party_Taco 3889]

Let’s fucking go - Luka to the rack with trailers please.

[Jive Turkey 12999]

Another shitty shot on a big possession at the end of the game. 

[dcar00 14962]

lose to the suns again....this team is going nowhere in the playoffs.  what is THJ's value?

[Party_Taco 3889]

TH2 lost this game, but Luka has GOT to be more aggressive in the final seconds.

Create contact, put it up... you want superstar calls you have to act like one, and kicking it out in the closing seconds of a one possession game ain’t gonna get it done.

[Party_Taco 3889]

lose to the suns again....this team is going nowhere in the playoffs.  what is THJ's value?

Who cares - Dump him.

[immortal13 4059]

That was a phantom foul call on Rubio. He was barely touched

[dcar00 14962]

Just now, Party_Taco said:

Who cares - Dump him.

I meant value to the team...he's wes matthews redux.

[Party_Taco 3889]

That was a phantom foul call on Rubio. He was barely touched

The ability for the refs to change the foul to another player after being challenged on their initial shitty call is highly suspect. even more so when there was hardly any contact to speak of in the first place...

[Vic Mackey 47953]

Same ol same ol. Entertaining to watch but no killer drive to close out any of these games. 

[conVINCEd 21477]

ESPN sent me an alert that we lost before we inbounded the ball on the last play.  I guess there’s a bit of a delay on the broadcast.  Thanks ESPN.

[satyanash 15597]

whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

 

[Zepol87 9341]

Last drive why didn't Luka go with the left and after a time out why is that what we call?

[Sawbonz 28220]

9 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

ESPN sent me an alert that we lost before we inbounded the ball on the last play.  I guess there’s a bit of a delay on the broadcast.  Thanks ESPN.

No delay. They’ve seen this team enough to know

[threesheets 1690]

9 hours ago, Zepol87 said:

Last drive why didn't Luka go with the left and after a time out why is that what we call?

No idea.  I think with Booker done I'm playing for overtime there.

[Skipper 6411]

2 bad losses.  Seems like we are going to be pretty locked into the 7 spot at this point.  

[LurkingHorn 1093]

And not a great start. Sac with 9 3s in the 1st quarter. Team needs a spark to get them out of this funk. 

[LurkingHorn 1093]

Our bench has been dog shit in the last two games. 

[washparkhorn 9973]

4-35 in three pointers over the last four quarters for the Mavs. 

[Trey3216 15452]

19 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

4-35 in three pointers over the last four quarters for the Mavs. 

That sounds bad.  Is that bad?  

[Drew 2923]

1 hour ago, LurkingHorn said:

Our bench has been dog shit in the last two games. 

I still LOVE people acting like this team was fine without Powell and Brunson.  They're not.  The depth they had early in the year and the lethal bench has been broken with a couple of big injuries.

[gsoda3 3362]

Edit disregard

[LurkingHorn 1093]

Just now, gsoda3 said:

Our bench has outscored our starters this game.

What?

[gsoda3 3362]

What?

Yeah I corrected it, I was looking at a completely different thing.

[CBT 1290]

Luka with a decent 35-20-12. Ez game, never a doubt.

[washparkhorn 9973]

Dallas - the only team without a 3-game losing streak this year. 

Edited August 4, 2020 by washparkhorn
according to Dallas radio announcers

[Skipper 6411]

Finally a damn win.  Feels good man.  Luka needs more help if we want to give the Clips (presumably) a series.  

[RexWilson 1502]

I haven't been loving the starting lineup of DFS at 4 and KP at 5. I would prefer it to be Luka, THJ/Curry (based on matchips or hot hand), DFS, KP, Maxi.

The next part is from an article that echoes what @Drew mentioned earlier. 

 

The rub for the Mavericks is that while these other title contenders might have more talent one through five, the Mavericks boast broader talent 1 through 10 (with that top two still being pretty damn spicy). When Dallas is at full strength, there’s no questioning the depth they have in terms of rolling out players that can be productive for them.

Here’s where I insert a giant “BUT” in neon blinking letters: in the playoffs and in big, must-win games, having 10 guys isn’t really that big of an advantage. Rotations shrink and minutes increase for your core. You aren’t playing nine to 10 players a game during a playoff series. Also, how much does having 10 quality guys matter when you can only play five of them in the last five minutes of a close game? The Mavericks depth is great for keeping up regular season success — it keeps guys fresh and it helps paper over larger weaknesses just by sheer attrition. Eventually though, talent wins. We might get an unfortunate example of this when the Mavericks face the Clippers in the playoffs.

[TommyGufano 6023]

3 hours ago, Skipper said:

Finally a damn win.  Feels good man.  Luka needs more help if we want to give the Clips (presumably) a series.  

Not so fast! Only a game up on Denver. And once we punk them on Thurs, they could be tied for the 2-seed. So what if I'm wishcasting

[Pato del Muerto 53492]

Hate watching the clippers. They initiate all the contact on both ends, get the calls on offense and get lauded for great defense. They’re the new bad boys. 

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

Most of our role players need to be upgraded.