2022-2023 Dallas Mavericks season thread: Luka's first MVP

[Quagmire 2147]

KD mad

[Cornpop 230]

Why are our dumbass fans chanting MVP with Luka at the line? He doesn't need any distractions at the line

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sometimes its hard to imagine how this team could be lower IQ

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oh nevermind, there does dodo with another terrible play

[Cornpop 230]

Jfc

KD missed one. Holy fuck

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thank you KD tech and Royce O'neale. but good lord we suck down the stretch

[Cornpop 230]

It's insane how many 2nd half double digit leads we have blown 

[Drew 2401]

Why are our dumbass fans chanting MVP with Luka at the line? He doesn't need any distractions at the line

He’s actually been good this year from the line. I suspect as his 3% gets better his FT% will get worse. Or he may have turned a corner

It's insane how many 2nd half double digit leads we have blown 

I know right? They’ve played 8 clutch games despite having double digit leads late in almost all of them.

They’ve only played 9 games. Lmfao.

ALSO can’t wait for this team to stop starting in a hole by starting McGee. He was literally the reason they started down 15-6 or something like that.

Probably wouldn’t be a bad idea to give more minutes to Green and less to bullock until his shot comes around(he has a track record of staring slow and picking up by January)

[LurkingHorn 1066]

You let Bullock play through this. He always starts the year slow and then heats up in December. 

[Vic Mackey 47006]

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[gsoda3 3245]

On 11/7/2022 at 11:08 PM, Cornpop said:

It's insane how many 2nd half double digit leads we have blown 

i think we've had double digits lead in the 4th in every single game we've played this year.  

 

tipoff for today got moved to 4:30pm central.  they're trying to get this played and our players out before nicole hits.

[conVINCEd 21469]

4 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

i think we've had double digits lead in the 4th in every single game we've played this year.  

 

tipoff for today got moved to 4:30pm central.  they're trying to get this played and our players out before nicole hits.

I’m too lazy to dig into it and get actual data, but Luka sitting out the first sixish minutes of every 4th quarter probably has something to do with it.

[gsoda3 3245]

3 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

I’m too lazy to dig into it and get actual data, but Luka sitting out the first sixish minutes of every 4th quarter probably has something to do with it.

for a couple of those games yes, but he was on the floor for most of those games where a double-digit lead got cut to 2 or 3. 

[Cornpop 230]

3 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

i think we've had double digits lead in the 4th in every single game we've played this year.  

 

tipoff for today got moved to 4:30pm central.  they're trying to get this played and our players out before nicole hits.

Thanks for the info. I just got a notification 10 min or so ago and was wondering wtf with the 4:30 start

[Vic Mackey 47006]

 

[VirginiaLonghorn 4767]

… in case y’all missed it. 😎

https://www.nba.com/watch/video/game-recap-wizards-113-mavericks-105

[gsoda3 3245]

i wish i'd missed it.  

[Cornpop 230]

On 11/9/2022 at 11:21 PM, Vic Mackey said:

 

He was money last year

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Some of these fucking games lately have felt like the 06 Finals.  Dame playing the part of Wade's bitch ass tonight. 

[gsoda3 3245]

Lol dodo and Reggie tonight. Especially dodo

[LurkingHorn 1066]

Nice to see those two show up in a big way. Always good to beat the Clips. 

[gsoda3 3245]

this is a weird team.  had a good first half.  we were up by 22 to start the 3rd quarter, then the usual 2nd half implosion.  clips actually came back to lead by 3.  reggie saved us last night with all four of his three pointers coming in the fourth.  luka had three points in the 4th quarter which came from some luka magic-  he secured a loose ball and heaved a desperation 3 pointer with the shot clock running out.  timmy went 0 for everything.  

[conVINCEd 21469]

It was nice to see Bullock bang home some 3’s and break out of his horrific slimp.

[Vic Mackey 47006]

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[Cornpop 230]

Anybody see the wtf foul by Martin Jr on Powell? Dude gets an easy 2 handed dunk, then hangs on the rim and knees Dwight hard in the face. Clearly a deliberate act

[Cornpop 230]

 

[RexWilson 1345]

This roster aint it.

[gsoda3 3245]

Bertans and Josh Green kept us in the game tonight against a Nuggets team without Jokic, Gordon, or Murray.

[Cornpop 230]

That was an epic fail on our last few possessions starting with that clusterfuck by Dinwiddie and then we intentionally foul with them in the bonus. Made no sense to do that with a four point lead. Why not just play defense 4 on 5 and maybe get lucky and get a stop? 

[conVINCEd 21469]

We need to be a little more creative at the end of games.  I think we can do better than Luka taking a step back from 35 ft. every time we have the last possession with the game on the line.

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

THJ is so bad when he's not on from 3. Should give Bertans more of his minutes.

[RexWilson 1345]

The rotations are frustrating. Give Wood more minutes/start him. None of our centers are great defensively so go with the one that does the most on offense.

Give Hardy some minutes during games like Houston or Denver when their best players are out. Stop moving him up from G league to not play him.

At this point, Wood has no incentive to resign with the team. THJ has been garbage most nights. The narrative of Bullock starts slowly is bullshit. His shooting has been way beyond a slow start.

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

THJ is 1 for his last 17 and absolutely terrible on defense. 

DFS and Bullock have fallen off a cliff.

Luka and a bunch of dudes.

[gsoda3 3245]

This team is so hard to watch. Nico better have something up his sleeve come February and kidd better pull his head out.

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

Not sure why Bullock and THJ get so many minutes and have absolutely sucked this year but Wood is in the doghouse. Jason Kidd special.

[speed817 19250]

 

 

[Vic Mackey 47006]

LA Gears? Just needs the light ups

[SilasCoade 2622]

Those shoes are trash. Like just absolute 100% garbage. TF?

[gsoda3 3245]

Channeling his inner Blossom I see

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

I would buy some Luka shoes but those are trash.

Brunson has been the Knicks best player this year. I miss him. 

[Henry Hill 3156]

We should avoid 15+ point leads. And not starting Wood. And giving Powell and Bullock healthy minutes. 

[Vic Mackey 47006]

This team is going to miss Brunson this season. 

Another year and another roster of Luka and not a lot you can count on in the long run. Not a recipe for success. 

[SilasCoade 2622]

THJ is just stealing money from the Mavs at this point. If they waive him does he still count against the cap? Even that might be worth it just so Kidd doesn't feel tempted to play him anymore.

[speed817 19250]

 

 

[SilasCoade 2622]

Is a washed, undersized guard who doesn't play defense and can no longer create his own shot really what the Mavs are lacking right now?

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

Brunson has been scoring an efficient 31 points a game lately and we replaced him with not much.

Not even sure where the Mavs go from here to get Luka some help.

[gsoda3 3245]

gross.  brunson's value wasn't his point total, it was his ability to play with luka and get everybody involved.  we've all played pickup on that one team where there's a guy playing heroball.  think how motivated you were to defend or go after boards when that happened (you're not).  when you're relegated to sitting at the 3 point line waiting your turn to get the ball you won't be effective as a team.  kidd of all people should know this.  he was one of the best ever at doing this.

[Henry Hill 3156]

5 hours ago, speed817 said:

 

 

Great pickup. Let’s see if Duncan and MJ want to lace ‘em up too. Christ.

Edited November 28, 2022 by Henry Hill

[LurkingHorn 1066]

It's almost like letting your 2nd best player walk for nothing is bad roster building...

Then you combine that with a horrendous contract for McGee and you have what you have.  

[RexWilson 1345]

Next we will sign Dwight Howard.