(02-16-2023, 05:58 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: Great video.  Makes me feel despite being only one game above .500 that we are not far off. It probably won’t be this year though.   So get Luka and Kyrie playing off feel with each other.  Keep Kyrie sane.  Continued development of Green first and Hardy second.  

(02-16-2023, 06:18 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Honestly this video makes me feel a lot better about this 3 game skid. The SAC and MIN games were very close, and even the Denver game got a little frisky near the end. 


I love his point about using Luka and Kyrie screening and handing the ball off at the same time. Defenses will scramble to cover both, but both Luka and Kyrie can beat individual defense, so they'd have to commit to one side and by then it's bbq chicken. 

Getting Luka downhill also seems to be the key. He's slower and needs to windup to explode like that. I think a good play would be to put Luka in the corner and have Kyrie come down and run a zipper fist screen play to get him downhill.



Something like this. 

It also is a good trick play because it mimics Horns which is a pet action that Kidd likes to run. This gives Kyrie the ability to float from the corner up to the top of key after Luka catches it and attacks as well.

(02-16-2023, 06:10 PM)Berknip Wrote: non related but fun nonetheless. I only missed the Mav's first candidate.

Dallas Mavericks MVP Votes - Can you name the Mavericks players who have received MVP votes?

(02-16-2023, 06:18 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Honestly this video makes me feel a lot better about this 3 game skid. The SAC and MIN games were very close, and even the Denver game got a little frisky near the end. 


I love his point about using Luka and Kyrie screening and handing the ball off at the same time. Defenses will scramble to cover both, but both Luka and Kyrie can beat individual defense, so they'd have to commit to one side and by then it's bbq chicken. 

Getting Luka downhill also seems to be the key. He's slower and needs to windup to explode like that. I think a good play would be to put Luka in the corner and have Kyrie come down and run a zipper fist screen play to get him downhill.



Something like this. 

It also is a good trick play because it mimics Horns which is a pet action that Kidd likes to run. This gives Kyrie the ability to float from the corner up to the top of key after Luka catches it and attacks as well.

(02-17-2023, 10:18 AM)LifeAquatic Wrote: Mavs lived off two man game with Dirk and Jet for years. Doing the same with KI and Luka should be an easy setup for the Mavs.

(02-17-2023, 12:43 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: You'd think so, but that's what I thought when they traded for KP. Then, I thought so again this season with Wood. So far, nothing has really stuck. 

...makes me think we should've appreciated that JET/Dirk two man game a lot more at the time, tbqh.

(02-17-2023, 03:28 PM)Chicagojk Wrote:  Jalen was also in this gang as well last year

(02-17-2023, 10:31 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: JB spurned DFS a dinner invite on twitter after he was traded to BRK which I think is kinda rude.


https://twitter.com/jalenbrunson1/status/1623810815378837504?cxt=HHwWgMC-karV94gtAAAA
https://twitter.com/jalenbrunson1/status/1623812963273416706?cxt=HHwWhICxma3S-IgtAAAA

(02-17-2023, 10:43 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Villanova reunion. Not sure why DFS would join them.

(02-18-2023, 08:28 AM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1626712417618255872







FWIW

(02-21-2023, 02:38 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: https://twitter.com/Mavs_FFL/status/1628080239246028822?s=20

(02-21-2023, 02:50 PM)loki Wrote: He's just working on his post-up game. Greatness never rests.