12-08-2021, 09:40 AM
https://theathletic.com/3004104/2021/12/...-brooklyn/
"The schemes seem fine. The decisions that don’t make strict basketball sense can mostly be defended with other off-court rationale. But if this roster is buying in like they didn’t under the previous coach and nothing is changing, then it’s a talent problem, one we’ve harped on for years now. If there was ever going to be one single game that made certain this roster needs change, this might have been it."
"This is a team with an offense that doesn’t generate efficient shots near the rim, which means they don’t shoot many turnovers. They’re a team with OK shooters, some who could be hitting more jumpers but not flush with enough elite ones to make them dominant. Luka Doncic hits a lot of difficult shots and creates good ones out of nothing. That’s literally the only thing keeping the Mavericks from being tragically bad at scoring. And he has his own issues, talking after Tuesday’s game about how he might have relaxed too much this offseason and has had to work to get back to an ideal physical level. These same things we keep talking about are clearly and plainly the ones continuing to affect this team most."
"The schemes seem fine. The decisions that don’t make strict basketball sense can mostly be defended with other off-court rationale. But if this roster is buying in like they didn’t under the previous coach and nothing is changing, then it’s a talent problem, one we’ve harped on for years now. If there was ever going to be one single game that made certain this roster needs change, this might have been it."
"This is a team with an offense that doesn’t generate efficient shots near the rim, which means they don’t shoot many turnovers. They’re a team with OK shooters, some who could be hitting more jumpers but not flush with enough elite ones to make them dominant. Luka Doncic hits a lot of difficult shots and creates good ones out of nothing. That’s literally the only thing keeping the Mavericks from being tragically bad at scoring. And he has his own issues, talking after Tuesday’s game about how he might have relaxed too much this offseason and has had to work to get back to an ideal physical level. These same things we keep talking about are clearly and plainly the ones continuing to affect this team most."
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