07-24-2024, 11:20 AM
(07-24-2024, 11:11 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: Oh, I don't either, and this specific addition is the final indicator of just how entrenched they are in a heliocentric, lack of ball movement offense they are. It's part of my disappointment.
EDIT: From what I can glean reading your takes on this page, we actually see this summer the same way (and differently from how many here see it) but might have differing levels of enthusiasm for how it turned out. I don't believe the Mavs will ever win a championship until the ball starts moving, personally. I would love to be wrong, because I agree that it's unlikely they'll approach things differently in the near future.
Fair enough. I think it can work, and IMO the evidence is making a WCF, and a Finals, when in both runs IMO we've had a clear deficit in overall depth of talent compared to every team we've faced, in some encounters overwhelming deficit. If we actually have somewhat equivalent depth of talent to the teams we are competing with, this team can win with this style of play based on that evidence, regardless of how poorly people think of the style, maybe primarily due to Harden being ringless.
I understand people's frustration with the play style from a preference standpoint. But half court offense is king in the playoffs, and when you have the best half court offensive producer outside maybe 1 guy, you just have to surround that player with the equivalent level of quality the other top teams have, and arguably up until now, the FO has completely failed to do that.