Game 19: DAL (5-13) @ MIA (11-6) | 6:30 PM CT

[F Gump]

Kidd is just playing one system and looking for ideal players to fit his system. 

This is such nonsense and the exact opposite of what has happened in the wake of Luka being traded. Good grief.

I'm not sure I really like the Mavs offense all that much (which is the baby of Triano, a highly-respected longtime NBA coach, rather than Kidd), but what we have seen this year is definitely NOT the same as before at all. It's kinda the opposite, in fact. It's odd you praise Spoelstra in the same breath, since this offense is essentially the very same approach that Spoelstra is using (and which the Heat are getting kudos for in many quarters). 

So then why is MIA's record much better than DAL? One real issue is the talent ON THE FLOOR, in which MIA indisputably has had way better players playing than DAL. But I also think that that lack of talent (including the total absence of an NBA starting-caliber PG to run the offense) has motivated the Mavs to chase Ls rather than W's, so games are being managed to enhance the losing (with "we almost won again" being the ideal), for purposes of a much-needed high draft pick to use as a foundation next to CF.