(12-03-2025, 05:16 PM)Nowitzki Way Wrote: Pre-Luka trade. And pre-Grimes trade we had a chance for the finals. We've had OKC's number. We make the finals, we're beating Indiana. That could have been a lost championship because of that stupid trade. Both stupid trades.
Post-Luka/Grimes trades with a healthy Kyrie, AD, Lively. I believe they could have made it to the West Finals. Do they beat OKC? Again, we had their number. Add in the size of AD, Gafford, Lively, PJ. It really disrupts OKC. We had Max, Naji, Exum to guard (pick up fouls) on Shai. Nuggets took them to 7 games, they were not unbeatable.
I agree on pre-trade although I think we would have been better off with DJJ defense.
Don't see it post trade. Not enough offensive creation on the one end, and if we tried to play two centers on the other end, I think they spread us out and pick us apart. Nuggets took them to 7 because they had Jokic. We have nothing like him.
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