TAKE DAT WIT YOU 11/16

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Sorta. I'd really love to know why Rick never tried the Luka/KP pnr as a staple. That would have fit his system. Seems like something besides system may have been going on as well. It may be the Rick and Jason have both tried to find ways to keep KP healthy, but Kidd's method seems to combine load management with integrating him more into the offense.

RC had his pets and his dog house.  If you were one of his pets...you were highly touted and you played.  In his dog house?...sometimes you were publicly scorned and denigrated, and you rarely played.

So...maybe RC just didn't like KP.  He may not have liked Luka either, but if he didn't play him he would have been gone sooner.  That's just how good Luka is...and I see him getting better.

Kidd is still too new for us to know what kind of coach he will be.  He has had a rocky start as a coach and a man--but I'm still hopeful that he has learned something in the last few years.  I'm a living example that you can live and learn with time and experience, so...I'm pulling for Kidd...and the Mavericks.

For the most part the Mavs have not played very well.  But they are still 9 and 4.  I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing, but I'll take it.