TAKE DAT WIT YOU 9/8

[mavsluvr]

Same stuff, over and over, from everyone. KP is key. KP is crucial. Blah, blah, blah. 

I hope he's better this season, I really do.

Actually, this was sort of the vibe I got from the podcast. 

It didn't seem like a particularly optimistic take. More a case of -- here are the main areas KP is falling short, and they are going to try to address them as matters of health and role. Health is TBD. As far as his role, now they're going to have to resort to things that analytics folks would tell you are a bad idea. So, since we're all Mavs fans, let's cross our fingers and hope it works. 

That type of thing.

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I am not really here to defend Carlisle, I have no idea what was going on. But I don't really appreciate how all of a sudden Carlisle is made a scapegoat for all the problems Mavs had by Dallas based writers. Before Carlisle decided to leave (he wasn't fired!), they were viciously defending him from every critique. None of these beat writers ever even hinted at a possibility that Carlisle might be any source of problem, yet now all of a sudden this has totally changed...

These particular beat writers didn't indicate that Carlisle was a problem, other than taking Bob's recommendations, which, if one is to believe the rumors, was not particularly optional.