(04-06-2024, 07:45 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Kyrie won’t get to 65 games so he is ineligible for all nba, but I wonder if he would be getting pub for all nba if he had played 65 games?  Especially with his recent stretch.  Or would a certain group of national media hold his past troubles against him and not vote for him for that?  There are a lot of deserving guys for all nba and guys who deserve it will be left off.  I just wonder if Kyrie deserved a spot if he played 65.

(04-06-2024, 07:45 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Kyrie won’t get to 65 games so he is ineligible for all nba, but I wonder if he would be getting pub for all nba if he had played 65 games?  Especially with his recent stretch.  Or would a certain group of national media hold his past troubles against him and not vote for him for that?  There are a lot of deserving guys for all nba and guys who deserve it will be left off.  I just wonder if Kyrie deserved a spot if he played 65.

(04-04-2024, 09:52 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Sucks for the Mavs that their best interior defender won’t be able to play for a while, but the silver lining is that all of a sudden that pick swap for Gafford makes a lot more sense. I sure am glad they have him right about now, and to be honest, I don’t think they were going to be able to play both centers very much in the playoffs, anyway. Really think Kleber is going to finish games.

(04-06-2024, 10:04 AM)Jason Terry Wrote: This is where my focus will be when we get to the playoffs. Will Gafford (or Lively) be played off the court? Before the year i would have said yes it is likely. At this point I’m not sure. 

I do believe that if we are able to effectively use both we will make a long run. It’s so devastating for other teams when we can take total control of the paint. 

The times that bigs really get played off the floor historically has been against the elite small ball teams like the Warriors or Mavs from 2 years ago. Potentially the clippers this year. Last nights game Gafford destroyed them. I don’t see how any plan from GS could have played him off the court. It takes almost perfect play from small ball to win these days

(03-12-2024, 09:15 PM)Smitty Wrote: It’s not popular to defend Kidd on here. Believe me, I’ve criticized him plenty. But his two stars are poor defenders. His best defender, Maxi, has missed 37 games of a possible 65. Second best defender, Exum, has missed 26 games.

This team has shown that they can play excellent defense and they’ve shown the exact opposite, in back to back weeks, even game to game. And that’s honestly what I expect when nobody on the team has played together all season.

The Mavs and Grizzlies are the only teams in the West that don’t have a 5 man lineup that’s played 100+ minutes together. The top 4 in the West average 640 minutes played for their top 5-man lineups. The Mavs - 88 minutes.

Defense in the NBA regular season seems optional these days but to just be average you need effort, availability and continuity. Effort will always be an issue with a Luka led team. Availability hasn’t been the case this year and continuity comes with time.

The scheme obviously has flaws and to me it looks like they’re working through those things. Some games it looks good and others the communication and effort isn’t there. I watched the Celtics defense against the Mavs and it was a joke. Of course the Mavs couldn’t make anything but they’re supposed to be the best of the best and they looked like a G league team on the defensive end that night.

Hopefully they get it figured out because if they can just be average consistently, their offense is good enough to be dangerous.

(04-07-2024, 08:48 AM)Smitty Wrote: Good job Kidd. 

I was responding to Hero here, who didn’t like Kidd implementing a new defensive scheme mid-season. I bash the head coach plenty. Want to give credit where credit is due.

Go Mavs!

(04-07-2024, 09:07 AM)youzigizag Wrote: So...we implemented a new defensive system?  Mid-season?

(04-07-2024, 09:07 AM)youzigizag Wrote: So...we implemented a new defensive system?  Mid-season?

(04-08-2024, 03:06 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: https://twitter.com/nbaofficial/status/1777417403049115796?t=lhIY40ztlJHFYIEmq9ss1A

Luka Dončić’s (DAL) technical foul at 0:01 of the 1st quarter on 4/7/24 (vs. HOU) has been rescinded upon league office review.

(04-08-2024, 12:17 PM)HoosierDaddyKidd Wrote: https://theathletic.com/5397824/2024/04/08/kyrie-irving-luka-doncic-mavericks-rockets/

Kyrie and Luka even leave their teammates starstruck.

(04-08-2024, 03:35 PM)MFFL Wrote: Cato saying nice things is certainly weird reading

(04-08-2024, 04:10 PM)Jym Wrote: Looks like we're going to give the 25th pick to the Knicks
scary how close we were to giving them the 11th last year.

(04-08-2024, 03:06 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: https://twitter.com/nbaofficial/status/1777417403049115796?t=lhIY40ztlJHFYIEmq9ss1A

Luka Dončić’s (DAL) technical foul at 0:01 of the 1st quarter on 4/7/24 (vs. HOU) has been rescinded upon league office review.

(04-08-2024, 05:28 PM)rocky164 Wrote: Then we shouldn’t have had to play overtime!  Good thing we won.