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Game 36 Dirkie thread: Josh Green by a whisker... - ballsrchr - 01-05-2024 This was another romp against the same Portland Trail Blazers. The bench was cleared, and the scrubs got some meaningful playing time. 6 players were in double figures. Kyrie played 29 minutes and Hardy played 32. This is good for the team. It's hard to hand out a Dirkie on a game like this. Not because nobody is worthy...but because there are several viable candidates. Kyrie set the tone and is certainly a candidate. But this is what we expect of him--just like Luka. Josh Green did better. If he can put together an entire game without hiding somewhere I think he is, or can be, a viable option. I'm going to give my Dirkie to Jaden Hardy. He's been on the stinky end of the stick for much of the season. Slowly he's starting putting together some better games. This is his night! Oh damn. I missed Jaden Hardy's 9asts in the poll section--and I haven't figured out how to fix that yet. RE: Game 36 Dirkie thread: - The Jom - 01-05-2024 So much fun watching this game. Green for me. He’s the reason we got up 30. But Lawson and Brown, in my opinion, are the reasons we won by 30. Our undrafted younguns look better than their lotto picks. Also, I’m hoping Jerami Grant’s 1 rebound performance ends this board’s discussion of acquiring him. RE: Game 36 Dirkie thread: - MFFL - 01-05-2024 It was a Hardy party. He almost had a triple double so he gets my vote. RE: Game 36 Dirkie thread: - MrGoat - 01-05-2024 That was a grotesquely pitiful performance by Portland. Kyrie set a good tone but I think this one is between Green and Hardy who both did some damage out of garbage time. I'll lean Hardy for the almost triple double and tying his season high and also because he was robbed of a Dirkie earlier in the season RE: Game 36 Dirkie thread: - ThisIStheYear - 01-06-2024 I know it was garbage time, but really, even the competitive minutes lacked meaning with how bad the Blazers are, even so, I vote AJ just because his performance was more impactful to his future than anyone else’s was to theirs. He may have shown once and for all that he belongs and isn’t just a bounce back and forth player. He’s legit playable in the show and a real asset going forward. RE: Game 36 Dirkie thread: - SleepingHero - 01-06-2024 This was a cathartic experience. I don't think the Mavs played particularly well for 3 quarters, the Blazers are just that bad. Some thoughts:
Some random Portland thoughts:
RE: Game 36 Dirkie thread: - Winter - 01-06-2024 I don't usually post in this thread, and I echo Omax being good. But Josh Green had Exum stats at 14-5-5. He was very active everywhere. If you get Exum and Green both managing several rebounds and assists, that practically guarantees a win if Luca/Kyrie have just average games. Rotation in general gets a Dirkie. RE: Game 36 Dirkie thread: Josh Green/ Jaden Hardy tied - Chicagojk - 01-06-2024 I really liked the way Hardy played. He is a scorer but I feel like sometimes he has fallen in love trying to get his own this year. His way to earn playing time is how he played last night. I had not idea he had 9 assists and 9 boards. Kyrie probably deserve the Dirkie. I think we may have been a little rudderless without him out there. I gave the Dirkie to Josh though. While Hardy played the whole fourth, I think Josh hardly played in the 4th. He was everything I wanted from him last night. Even discounting his scoring. You felt his prescence all night. Not every game will be like this but he has to do it more than once every few games mixed with a bad game. He looked like a starter last night and an important piece moving forward. RE: Game 36 Dirkie thread: - The Jom - 01-06-2024 (01-06-2024, 03:51 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: . . . Chauncy Billups is the defacto worst coach in the NBA. He’s really, really bad. RE: Game 36 Dirkie thread: Josh Green/ Jaden Hardy tied - KillerLeft - 01-06-2024 Billups might be terrible for all I know, but what I know for sure is that Jerami Grant was an AMAZING player as a long, switchable defensive specialist in Denver. Since then he has been chasing featured offensive roles and the checks that come with them, and right now he's the offensive focal point of an entire team. Love Denver Grant, but I don't think any coach could win with a team built around star player Grant. RE: Game 36 Dirkie thread: Josh Green/ Jaden Hardy tied - The Jom - 01-06-2024 Grant is a slight 6-7. In Denver he was surrounded by bigs. He’d be a decent wing contributor here. He isn’t a big. DFS is a better big. And a bigger one. As is Omax. RE: Game 36 Dirkie thread: Josh Green/ Jaden Hardy tied - KillerLeft - 01-06-2024 (01-06-2024, 01:49 PM)The Jom Wrote: Grant is a slight 6-7. In Denver he was surrounded by bigs. He’d be a decent wing contributor here. He isn’t a big. DFS is a better big. And a bigger one. As is Omax. Well, this doesn't really have anything to do with my point, but since you're changing the subject, I disagree. Grant is the absolute prototype of what an NBA 4 should be. He's strong, can move like a guard, and has a 7'3" wingspan. That's 1" shorter than JJJ, a center, and 2" longer than O-Max (whom I love). Basically, Grant is the dream player who can literally (not just stated casually) guard 1-5. It's a shame he's trying to become a star, where he will just always come up short. The Grant we saw during that Denver season is the exact mold I'd try to fit O-Max into on the Mavs. |