12-16-2021, 08:15 AM
Yeah, I have liked KP's play. But routinely I go back and look at the box score and his shooting percentages are usually pretty low. Need to correct that. I also agree with JVG last night about his long range threes. Lets cool that for a little while. He makes them at times but he was 1-7 last night and 28% from three this year. Lets cool the long range three and the early possession threes from him for now imo. We can revisit if/when his percentages increase.
As far as the Mavs go, I still say they are both not too far off and a far way off from being a championship team. They need another player or two, but if they can get Luka to play to his peak while getting the most out of our role players than this is a dangerous team. Add better shooting from three plus keeping the pace up and a healthy KP and you can see an outline.
On the other hand, until this team can execute in the last 5 minutes of a game they will never be a serious contender. I didn't really have a problem with this last night but maybe because they hit two prayer shots (Hardaway and Maxi). It has been an issue for a while. They typically don't get good shots late. The offense goes back to no ball movement. I would have thought they would have figured this out by now. I did like Kidd wanted the team to push the ball late in the game rather than slowing the pace down.
As far as the Mavs go, I still say they are both not too far off and a far way off from being a championship team. They need another player or two, but if they can get Luka to play to his peak while getting the most out of our role players than this is a dangerous team. Add better shooting from three plus keeping the pace up and a healthy KP and you can see an outline.
On the other hand, until this team can execute in the last 5 minutes of a game they will never be a serious contender. I didn't really have a problem with this last night but maybe because they hit two prayer shots (Hardaway and Maxi). It has been an issue for a while. They typically don't get good shots late. The offense goes back to no ball movement. I would have thought they would have figured this out by now. I did like Kidd wanted the team to push the ball late in the game rather than slowing the pace down.