2020 - 2021 Dallas Mavericks: That motherfu*ker in Dallas is coming

[conVINCEd 21469]

3 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

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Google Karl Malone statutory rape.  The first page of google results didn’t give me a source I was familiar with, so I’m hesitant to provide a link from one of them, but that’s been out there for a long time.

[dcar00 14153]

Just now, conVINCEd said:

Google Karl Malone statutory rape.  The first page of google results didn’t give me a source I was familiar with, so I’m hesitant to provide a link from one of them, but that’s been out there for a long time.

I'm talking about Moses Malone...

[conVINCEd 21469]

1 minute ago, dcar00 said:

I'm talking about Moses Malone...

Yes then, very underrated.  Barkley/Karl’s careers pretty much completely overlapped, so you can understand the confusion.

[Braff Zacklin 13552]

 

3 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

4 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

10 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

29 minutes ago, threesheets said:

2 hours ago, dcar00 said:

Barkley is underappreciated for sure but IMO not like Malone, historically.

Being a child molester has its disadvantages. 

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Google Karl Malone statutory rape.  The first page of google results didn’t give me a source I was familiar with, so I’m hesitant to provide a link from one of them, but that’s been out there for a long time.

I'm talking about Moses Malone...

This was the most hilarious sequence I've seen on Surly in weeks. Bra-VO, gentlemen.

[threesheets 1672]

Oops. 

[dcar00 14153]

9 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

Yes then, very underrated.  Barkley/Karl’s careers pretty much completely overlapped, so you can understand the confusion.

I mentioned Moses in response to the post about Zion...Karl Malone can go fuck himself...

[conVINCEd 21469]

1 minute ago, dcar00 said:

I mentioned Moses in response to the post about Zion...Karl Malone can go fuck himself...

Previous page, didn’t scroll back.

[threesheets 1672]

I saw it @dcar00. But then I drank between that and my Mailmolester post. Him and Chuck have always been joined at the hip and rated against each other.

[conVINCEd 21469]

35 minutes ago, threesheets said:

I saw it @dcar00. But then I drank between that and my Mailmolester post. Him and Chuck have always been joined at the hip and rated against each other.

This is not the first time you have led me down the incorrect path.

[DonkeyCigars 144]

2 hours ago, dcar00 said:

welp. 121-118 Portland.  avg KP  and basically zero help from the others(DFS had a decent game) = loss but at least it was close.  doncic 44-7-9

Enes Kanter was the difference here. We need a big 7'2 Shot blocker/defender (i know, i know...doesn't everyone?). Seriously if the GSW could trade for an Enes Kanter like player, they'd be dangerous.

[gsoda3 3245]

THjr and kp are killing us on defense. They're slow to rotate or often times just don't rotate at all. I know this isn't going to happen, but I think having maxi out there in the starting 5 instead of kp would be better.

[RexWilson 1346]

Dame was supposed to be doubled when he hit that 3 with 33 seconds left. 

Carlisle said it was discussed in the last time out to force Dame to give up the ball and force someone else to score.

Carlisle doesnt say who in particular was supposed to leave their man to force the trap, either Luka or Brunsen were two closest defenders.  Watching the replay Brunsen starts to cheat towards Dame but then retreats. They just didn't execute what they were told to do.

[CBT 1282]

What am I missing? Dallas had FIVE positive tests and didn't have any games canceled. 

 

 

 

[gyroprotagonist 2592]

3 hours ago, CBT said:

What am I missing? Dallas had FIVE positive tests and didn't have any games canceled. 

 

 

 

contact tracing?  Also, didn't the league amp up their C19 protocols vs what was in place at the beginning of the season?  I know there are stricter mask rules but unsure about if the threshold to get games cancelled went down.  Either way it is bullsh.  Contract tracing is the big wildcard as that is a variable that teams could fudge one way or another if so inclined. 

[Jive Turkey 12594]

 

[LurkingHorn 1066]

We finally have basketball tonight. 

[gsoda3 3245]

hopefully this break benefits us with fresh legs to finish out the rest of the first half rather than hurts us with disjointed rhythm, chemistry, and rust.  we have a back to back today and tomorrow then for the next week we're playing every other night.  finish strong these 6 games and we gotta like where we're standing and the story will be what we're going to do at the trade deadline instead of impending doom and gloom.  

[LurkingHorn 1066]

2 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

hopefully this break benefits us with fresh legs to finish out the rest of the first half rather than hurts us with disjointed rhythm, chemistry, and rust.  we have a back to back today and tomorrow then for the next week we're playing every other night.  finish strong these 6 games and we gotta like where we're standing and the story will be what we're going to do at the trade deadline instead of impending doom and gloom.  

I really hope they've been able to do a mini-mini camp with a lot of practices to fix some of the defensive and rebounding issues. May be wishful thinking. 

[conVINCEd 21469]

15 minutes ago, LurkingHorn said:

I really hope they've been able to do a mini-mini camp with a lot of practices to fix some of the defensive and rebounding issues. May be wishful thinking. 

There was an article in the DMN this morning that indicated this is exactly what they have been doing.

https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/mavericks/2021/02/21/mavs-understand-the-reasons-for-kristaps-porzingis-defensive-woes-but-theyre-not-making-excuses/

 

Edited February 22, 2021 by conVINCEd
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[LurkingHorn 1066]

9 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

There was an article in the DMN this morning that indicated this is exactly what they have been doing.

 

Hopefully that work really stands out tonight then. 

[LurkingHorn 1066]

After 8 days off, KP is out tonight...  

[gsoda3 3245]

44 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

There was an article in the DMN this morning that indicated this is exactly what they have been doing.

https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/mavericks/2021/02/21/mavs-understand-the-reasons-for-kristaps-porzingis-defensive-woes-but-theyre-not-making-excuses/

 

awesome to hear but that's paywalled for me

[gsoda3 3245]

Just now, LurkingHorn said:

After 8 days off, KP is out tonight...  

[conVINCEd 21469]

1 minute ago, gsoda3 said:

awesome to hear but that's paywalled for me

That’s why I didn’t link it when I first posted.  I am one of the few individuals my age who still gets a hard copy of the paper everyday.  I just tried to copy/paste and the formatting was terrible.

[DonkeyCigars 144]

Not sure if this is the right place for this, so I'll cross post it a few places, but does anyone do anything with non-fungible tokens, specifically NBA TOP SHOT? From what I understand it's like cryptocurrency (powered by blockchain) but for basketball trading cards. I bought the cheapest Luka Doncic (assist) and a Joel Embiid on a whim just now after reading about it twice today, after never having heard of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token

https://www.nbatopshot.com/

[Drew 2403]

On 2/17/2021 at 8:44 AM, CBT said:

What am I missing? Dallas had FIVE positive tests and didn't have any games canceled. 

 

 

 

Yeah it was really bad that Dallas had to play 2+ weeks with 3-5 of their top 7 players out. Other teams got weeks cancelled, while Dallas was losing 6 in a row.

[Vic Mackey 47009]

1 hour ago, Drew said:

Yeah it was really bad that Dallas had to play 2+ weeks with 3-5 of their top 7 players out. Other teams got weeks cancelled, while Dallas was losing 6 in a row.

Just like the NFL, the league will not be consistent in how they handle this for certain times.

[bluto 4912]

The dark color unis on the same court is some stupid shit tonight

[conVINCEd 21469]

Wins are good.  I’m not going to freak out about Luka’s FTs unless it becomes an ongoing issue.  He’s been better so far this year until tonight.  I’ll write it off to the week layoff.

[dcar00 14153]

having good THJ always helps a lot.  sometimes he just disappears.  Brunson with a nice game as well.

[conVINCEd 21469]

33 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

having good THJ always helps a lot.  sometimes he just disappears.  Brunson with a nice game as well.

They drafted Brunson to replace JJ, and he has pretty much done exactly that.

[Mileslong 4728]

KP in street clothes again. Jesus, this guy is the Kirk Johnson of the Mavs.

[LurkingHorn 1066]

The most positive thing from last night, to me, was that Luka did not have a spectacular game but the team around him performed very well. The KP thing officially has me concerned about this long-term future here. Cannot keep having little stuff like this pop up constantly. 

[dcar00 14153]

1 hour ago, Mileslong said:

KP in street clothes again. Jesus, this guy is the Kirk Johnson of the Mavs.

after 4 days off too.  if Cuban is depending on him to be a #2 we are fucked.

[Vic Mackey 47009]

1 hour ago, dcar00 said:

after 4 days off too.  if Cuban is depending on him to be a #2 we are fucked.

Yep. I was skeptical from the time the trade happened and never thought it was a great trade. When a team like the Knicks desperately want to unload a supposed star, you have to step back and question it. They seemingly took pennies on the dollar for him. But they knew what they were doing. They just wanted rid of him and his tired act. They took a chance on Dennis Smith Jr and it didn't work out so they move on with no issues. I think NY won the trade a little more as they found an out from KP. 

His act is old. Hurt guys stay hurt. 

[SilasCoade 2622]

What act? I mean, he is injury prone but that's not like being a locker room cancer or stat whore. He had indicated to the Knicks he would not sign an extension with them so they traded him rather than watch their most valuable asset leave for nothing. I would say the jury is still out, but you could argue the Mavs got some addition by subtraction just be dumping Smith and allowing Luka to grow.

[dcar00 14153]

1 minute ago, Vic Mackey said:

Yep. I was skeptical from the time the trade happened and never thought it was a great trade. When a team like the Knicks desperately want to unload a supposed star, you have to step back and question it. They seemingly took pennies on the dollar for him. But they knew what they were doing. They just wanted rid of him and his tired act. They took a chance on Dennis Smith Jr and it didn't work out so they move on with no issues. I think NY won the trade a little more as they found an out from KP. 

His act is old. Hurt guys stay hurt. 

I have no idea the contract situations on the team but it is going to be funny when we panic and overpay for certain guys on the team because we can't get a big time free agent and KP isn't reliable.

My dream is to somehow someway get Jokic to play with Luka.  In the current NBA Doncic like Dirk is probably going to have to do it himself.

[CBT 1282]

12 hours ago, bluto said:

The dark color unis on the same court is some stupid shit tonight

This. Its happening a lot lately. 

[CBT 1282]

21 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Yep. I was skeptical from the time the trade happened and never thought it was a great trade. When a team like the Knicks desperately want to unload a supposed star, you have to step back and question it. They seemingly took pennies on the dollar for him. But they knew what they were doing. They just wanted rid of him and his tired act. They took a chance on Dennis Smith Jr and it didn't work out so they move on with no issues. I think NY won the trade a little more as they found an out from KP. 

His act is old. Hurt guys stay hurt. 

jfc vic

[Bozo_Casanova 26436]

1 hour ago, Vic Mackey said:

Yep. I was skeptical from the time the trade happened and never thought it was a great trade. When a team like the Knicks desperately want to unload a supposed star, you have to step back and question it. They seemingly took pennies on the dollar for him. But they knew what they were doing. They just wanted rid of him and his tired act. They took a chance on Dennis Smith Jr and it didn't work out so they move on with no issues. I think NY won the trade a little more as they found an out from KP. 

His act is old. Hurt guys stay hurt. 

This is ... not a good take. 

[LurkingHorn 1066]

LOL at thinking the Knicks won that trade. They literally have nobody left from that trade and have a pick upcoming that's most likely not even going to be a lottery pick. 

[LurkingHorn 1066]

KP and Maxi both out tonight. Not good. 

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

I realize talent wise KP is better than the assets we traded to NY but is KP worth the contract we gave him?

Suppose so since the Mavs can't recruit free agents worth a damn. Sure we could flip him for an overpaid guy at some point.   

[Drew 2403]

Yeah the Knicks still got worked over on that trade, even if the only Mavs left from that Trade are THJ(who's a microwave off the bench, just NOT as a starter) and Burke. 

If they do end up trading KP, and they get anything good for him, then it's still a huge win.

Mavs gave up a guy whos in the GLeague now(DSJ) a couple bad contracts, and just 2 mid to late first rounders.  Let's see what happens with KP but it's still leaning Dallas here.

[DonkeyCigars 144]

52 minutes ago, Drew said:

Yeah the Knicks still got worked over on that trade, even if the only Mavs left from that Trade are THJ(who's a microwave off the bench, just NOT as a starter) and Burke. 

If they do end up trading KP, and they get anything good for him, then it's still a huge win.

Mavs gave up a guy whos in the GLeague now(DSJ) a couple bad contracts, and just 2 mid to late first rounders.  Let's see what happens with KP but it's still leaning Dallas here.

What happened to DSJ? I liked him a lot his rookie year. I thought he could be a strong player, not an all star, but a poor man’s Westbrook. Maybe a long career as a 6th man slasher/scorer/finisher.

[Drew 2403]

He's in the GLeague last I heard.  He wanted more playing time.

[DonkeyCigars 144]

5 minutes ago, Drew said:

He's in the GLeague last I heard.  He wanted more playing time.

He’s a Detroit Piston.

[Drew 2403]

Yes, just before that he was on the Wechester Knicks, the GLeague team.

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

DSJ was a big time bust but at least the Knicks didn't get stuck with many lingering bad contracts.

Haven't given up on KP but our defense is horrific right now when he's on the floor. Would still say he's a player but I had high hopes.

[DonkeyCigars 144]

1 hour ago, Loch Ness Monster said:

DSJ was a big time bust but at least the Knicks didn't get stuck with many lingering bad contracts.

Haven't given up on KP but our defense is horrific right now when he's on the floor. Would still say he's a player but I had high hopes.

I guess what I'm asking is what happened here? He was a #9 overall draft pick. Had an amazing amateur career (HS/College), had a good rookie year...did the league just catch up to him? Did he lose a step or athleticism? Like I said I seemed to recall him being a poor man's Westbrook who could jump out of the gym. He was a fun slasher/finisher and seemed like his floor was at least a 6th man off the bench career with some longevity?