2021 - 2022 Dallas Mavericks: The Vibes are Immaculate

[Pato del Muerto 52,336]

They can’t even catch the damn ball when they do get their hands on it

[MNLonghornFUKM 8,799]

I met a GS fan tonight that said he became a big fan in 2016. I hate life.

If he can’t tell you what number legend Bob Sura wore, he’s not a fan

[dcar00 14,028]

this version of the NBA sucks.  flopping bitches everywhere.

[Firemans4Horn 17,823]

1 minute ago, dcar00 said:

this version of the NBA sucks.  flopping bitches everywhere.

Maybe the Mavs hit some open shots? Might make the game better for everyone. 

[Vic Mackey 46,927]

Dallas roster as is isn't ready to compete with Golden State. 

[dcar00 14,028]

Just now, Firemans4Horn said:

Maybe the Mavs hit some open shots? Might make the game better for everyone. 

well yeah it would be nice to make some shots.

[Voldemort86 2,259]

Just now, Vic Mackey said:

Dallas roster as is isn't ready to compete with Golden State. 

Just doesn’t make sense to me.  Phoenix won almost 10 more games than golden state. We should be able to compete with the warriors.

[Pato del Muerto 52,336]

Just now, Voldemort86 said:

Just doesn’t make sense to me.  Phoenix won almost 10 more games than golden state. We should be able to compete with the warriors.

It’s all making open 3s. Against phx they did, against gs they aren’t. 

[Billy Pilgrim 1,912]

Kleber and Bullock being 0fer wasn’t expected. They are WIDE OPEN but straight up choking

[Zeus 5,945]

34 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Did they just highlight a movie g screen by green as a great play?

Moving screens aren't illegal if you are Golden State that's their whole offense

[LTtxfan 48,952]

C'mon Mavs !!!

[dcar00 14,028]

that call is hilarious. Looney fouled twice but they were waiting to see if the Mavs got the rebound anyway.

[Zeus 5,945]

20 minutes ago, LurkingHorn said:

Luka has been pathetic boxing out. This has turned into an ass kicking because we can’t shoot and can’t rebound. 

Luka can't be the PG, SG, SF, PF, and Center dude. He's the only one creating offense and getting wide open 3s for all the brick layers. None of this is on him. He's got Brunson and Dinwhittle are the only guys. The other guys aren't even role players they are just strait garbage. Bullock has gone 0-9 in 32 mins with a whopping 3 rebounds. Klebar has 2 rebounds in 22m to go with his goose egg. This team is mostly trash, carried by Luka and some 3pt specialists got hot for a few games and kept the dream alive.

[dcar00 14,028]

if you do what Klay did to Luka, to Curry, you will get called for a foul.  forearm straight to the chest on the drive.

[dcar00 14,028]

it would be good to get hot from 3 but if Curry is fouled on every drive it's not gonna matter.

[LTtxfan 48,952]

33 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

If he can’t tell you what number legend Bob Sura wore, he’s not a fan

Sura wore more than 1 number in the nba

[dcar00 14,028]

this is over as is the series.

[Firemans4Horn 17,823]

Mavs role players haven’t delivered.  

[ajax 2,586]

40 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

If he can’t tell you what number legend Bob Sura wore, he’s not a fan

If he can't spell Šarūnas Marčiulionis he's not a real fan.

[speed817 19,093]

GS has too much fire power

[dcar00 14,028]

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2 minutes ago, speed817 said:

GS has too much fire power

eh, its pretty much shitty D by the Mavs and every except Luka shooting like a middle school game from 3.

[LurkingHorn 1,044]

All about pride at this point. Nothing to lose so let the threes rain and hope you get hot. 

[Pato del Muerto 52,336]

Giving up 109 isn’t indicative of a terrible night on defense. Only scoring 100 means they played good defense or you missed too many shots. It was the latter for this game. As well as the second half of last game. 
 

well the first two series were fun. 

[Henry Hill 3,156]

Luka, Brunson and Dinwiddie: 25/48, 86 pts

Spares: 5/27, 14 pts

That’s your game.

Edited May 23, 2022 by Henry Hill

[Pato del Muerto 52,336]

2 minutes ago, Henry Hill said:

Luka, Brunson and Dinwiddie: 25/38, 86 pts

Spares: 5/27, 14 pts

That’s your game.

That’s your series. Kleiba, bullock, and dfs missing too many open 3s.

 

then compare to the play of Wiggins, Poole, and looney. 

Edited May 23, 2022 by Pato del Muerto

[bluto 4,880]

Mavs bought us 6 weeks reprieve from sports hell, can’t ask for much more 

[LurkingHorn 1,044]

Not saying we would have won with him, but THJ would have been a tremendous help in these games. Yes, he’s also not good on defense, but damn if that guy wouldn’t turn games for us by scoring 10-12 points in a matter of minutes. We have run DFS and Bullock into the ground because we have nobody that can play even 10 minutes to rest them. 

[Vic Mackey 46,927]

57 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

this is over as is the series.

Series was honestly over before it started. Especially after the collapse of game 2 Dallas is still different roster additions away from beating Golden State in a series. They are the best team in the league and when they are healthy, they always get out of the West under Kerr. 

[Voldemort86 2,259]

Rooting for the Celtics to come out of the east. Rooting hard against golden state. I’ve always hated that team and it was annoying when they broke the NBA for a few years by bringing Durant in. The league was so boring to watch those 5 years or so.

[RexWilson 1,341]

Bullock was so bad offensively tonight I thought Kidd should have given Burke a few minutes in the 4th.

 

[Trey3216 15,325]

7 hours ago, Voldemort86 said:

Just doesn’t make sense to me.  Phoenix won almost 10 more games than golden state. We should be able to compete with the warriors.

It’s like you forgot that Steph was out for about 2.5 months with an injury and they struggled during that time, but otherwise we’re the best team in the league the rest of the year.  

[bluto 4,880]

Not just steph but draymond and klay too. Klay only played in 32 games this year, less than 30 mpg too. Those injuries and the depth developed in the absences, not to mention insane talent, coaching, and experience. 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8,799]

Not just steph but draymond and klay too. Klay only played in 32 games this year, less than 30 mpg too. Those injuries and the depth developed in the absences, not to mention insane talent, coaching, and experience. 

As weird as it’s to say…those injuries might’ve been a blessing. 5 straight finals appearances=~ 100 extra games, more practices, travel etc. so basically another season+ while most teams experience a normal off season.

Plus they were able to get younger depth. Not a good scenario for the league, but at least klay and Steph are approaching their mid 30s and aren’t 27 or something.

[Vegas64 660]

It sucks, but when you have nobody who can rebound with the likes of a Looney, you give up way too many second and third (putrid) offensive chances. We need a big man. Doesn't have to be a Gobert, but even a Looney type. Someone who can play interior defense and get rebounds.

It baffles me why we have Boban on the roster. You have to bring more to the table than just a goofy personality that juxtaposes with your size, right? I get he's a fan and teammate favorite because he's such a nice affable guy, but dang, can you play the actual sport of basketball to any degree that you can help us out here when we are getting killed on the boards by a 50 differential?

He doesn't play except for the last 30 seconds of mop up duty. If the ostensible reason for him on the roster is because he is tall, why not use him when we need rebounds? With the way Klay was shooting and going 0 for 38, we should have been up 20, but they kept getting his rebounds on every brick it felt like.

Edited May 23, 2022 by Vegas64

[Loch Ness Monster 3,533]

Will make it 18 straight playoff series wins by GS against teams in the West so nothing to be embarrassed about. Steph is 34. Draymond and Klay 32. 

Luka is only 23 so I'm not too concerned yet. True superstars are the hardest thing to find and the Mavs have one. We need a couple more pieces. 

[Vic Mackey 46,927]

So fucking useless

 

[Loch Ness Monster 3,533]

Powell is like the perfect regular season player because he plays hard but yeah if you can't own the boards or shoot in the playoffs I'm not sure what your purpose is really.

[Zeus 5,945]

Sir Charles is fucking badass

[speed817 19,093]

[gyroprotagonist 2,591]

damn, not the response anyone wanted.  Bullock picked a hell of a time to go ice cold.  I guess that is the fallacy of needing 'one of these guys' to step up every game vs expecting a proven badass to be themselves to win.  When all of the step up candidates wilt, it's Luka and the spares.  

gotta think we will be hearing Mr. Cash cover 'Hurt' soon.

[SilasCoade 2,620]

2 hours ago, Vegas64 said:

It sucks, but when you have nobody who can rebound with the likes of a Looney, you give up way too many second and third (putrid) offensive chances. We need a big man. Doesn't have to be a Gobert, but even a Looney type. Someone who can play interior defense and get rebounds.

It baffles me why we have Boban on the roster. You have to bring more to the table than just a goofy personality that juxtaposes with your size, right? I get he's a fan and teammate favorite because he's such a nice affable guy, but dang, can you play the actual sport of basketball to any degree that you can help us out here when we are getting killed on the boards by a 50 differential?

He doesn't play except for the last 30 seconds of mop up duty. If the ostensible reason for him on the roster is because he is tall, why not use him when we need rebounds? With the way Klay was shooting and going 0 for 38, we should have been up 20, but they kept getting his rebounds on every brick it felt like.

He's older now but boban is actually a skilled low post player. Those skills just don't mesh with the modern game in general or with the direction the Mavs are taking in specific. You get nothing from him in transition or pick and roll and he can't switch on defense. If his roster spot could be taken by a contributor, give him a front office or coaching staff role to keep him around the guys.

[Vegas64 660]

5 minutes ago, Llogg said:

He's older now but boban is actually a skilled low post player. Those skills just don't mesh with the modern game in general or with the direction the Mavs are taking in specific. You get nothing from him in transition or pick and roll and he can't switch on defense. If his roster spot could be taken by a contributor, give him a front office or coaching staff role to keep him around the guys.

Then he needs to be transitioned out to the pasture or front line coaching and we need someone who can rebound and play defense and contribute.

Also my son told me that Dwight Powell had a 40 point game this year, which I find to be unbelievable, because this guy is nothing but mediocre every single time I've watched him. I almost vomited in my mouth when he did one average thing averagely, and the announcers starting praising him last night.

Edited May 23, 2022 by Vegas64

[Chewbacca 7,729]

21 hours ago, Voldemort86 said:

Just doesn’t make sense to me.  Phoenix won almost 10 more games than golden state. We should be able to compete with the warriors.

Booker and CP3 choke in big games.  The Warriors don't.

[Loch Ness Monster 3,533]

Absolutely cant get rid of Brunson and need a younger Al Horford type. Maxi and Powell have been horrible and are just backups.

[SilasCoade 2,620]

Maxi can stay. Powell needs to get tf out.

[gsoda3 3,234]

Why would anyone other than us make this trade? A man can dream I guess

[SilasCoade 2,620]

Bertans's contract is the boat anchor they had to eat to move KP. No one wants to give him almost $50M over 4 years. He is untradeable.

[Vegas64 660]

8 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

22 hours ago, speed817 said:

Why would anyone other than us make this trade? A man can dream I guess

I legit thought this was an NBA2k on Rookie mode where AI accepts all trades screenshot at first. Speed817 can't be serious that anyone, anywhere would take this serious.

[gsoda3 3,234]

40 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

I legit thought this was an NBA2k on Rookie mode where AI accepts all trades screenshot at first. Speed817 can't be serious that anyone, anywhere would take this serious.

i'm not familiar with any of the trade generators or video games so that makes sense.  

[Vegas64 660]

You can pick up Lexus level tickets for like $250 today. Had friends that bought them after PHX Game 7 closer to $850. Oof.

Might be worth it to pick up some "cheap" tickets just to see this core GSW team that, no matter your opinion on personalities, will be historically remembered as dynastic and Steph will go down as the greatest shooter ever.

Edited May 24, 2022 by Vegas64