10-12-2025, 02:03 AM
(10-12-2025, 01:28 AM)ACMFFL Wrote: It's just a preason loss, imo the only thing that matters from these friendly games is that Coop looks like a legit difference maker on both ends of the floor.
Ofc team chemistry isn't there yet, I mean AD played only 11 games with the Mavs last season, Lively 6 (both coming from long injuries), Flagg is a rook, Dlo has to play his 1st official game in a Mavs jersey.
It is only preseason but there was a lot to take from this game.
Cooper looked outstanding and DL looked solid and that was just about it.
It makes me want to see this team start rebuilding around Flagg and Lively sooner than later.
The lack of perimeter defense should be more than concerning to Mavs fans and I'm not sure what can be done to fix it outside of making a major trade.
Kyrie's, Gaff's and BWill's returns won't fix that situation and could actually make it worse.
Lack of floor leadership also sticks out to me. Cooper looks like the closest thing to the leader of this group.