(12-26-2025, 01:51 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: This whole idea that the Mavs play so much better with AD is BS anyway.
The main reasons Mavs get wins are
1) starting PG
2) Flagg´s improvement
3) firing Nico
4) homecourt
Mavs are 2-5 away from home without AD
Mavs are 1-5 away from home with AD
Mavs play 13 of the last 16 games away from home.
Mavs are 8-8 with AD.
Mavs are 9-12 since Nico got fired.
Mavs are 7-6 when Nembhard plays over 20 MPG.
I'm not sure I buy that.
While I want AD to go away badly, his PPG can't be absorbed by our roster that easily. PJ has not been a threat. Bwill and Max are up and down. Dlo? Nope. The Mavs just won't be that competitive until maybe Kyrie comes back. They don't have enough scoring without AD. If the Mavs win games, then it means the Mavs aren't turning the ball over, they are playing good perimeter defense, and Flagg is scoring around 35 ppg every night.
The Mavs can win a few games because they have decent talent, but without AD, the poor perimeter shooting is now coupled with a big hole in the middle.