Preseason Game 1: Dallas Mavericks (0-0) vs. OKC (1-0) | 7:30pm CST

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Only watched the first half where the starters played (I mean who give a sh*t about the rest, right?) and I saw an actual NBA team dominating a G-League-squad.

The offense looked weird, dribble hand-offs all the time but abpve average passing from some players made it work (Flagg and D-Lo). I also think we always have a couple of players on the court who can at least not turn the ball over and pass well (in relation to their actual position) - so that's good. Lively is great at that for a C, Davis is also fine, PJ, Klay, Christie and obviously Flagg and Kyrie are there as well. D-Lo is capable. I actually think, this is by design for this roster.

I think we all have to adjust to not seing real shot-creation in the classical sense anymore (aka Luka heliocentrism and Isos). Yes, Davis will demand some ISOS as will Kyrie when he's back and I am still not sure, if those two can deliver in the clutch the way Luka did (then again, who can?) but mostly, the will swing the ball, find the open man and just play ball.

I doubt our 3-point-shooting will be good enough to really play with the big boys but if we stay healthy in the postseason (big if), Kyrie gets back to 100% (also big if) until postseason and Flagg is a Top 20 player in this league right away (big if) we can do some real damage due to our (in most likelihoodl) amazing defense.