10-09-2026, 12:41 PM
My first comment will be that Sunday's game will be the opposite of the game today, the Rockets rest most if not all their starters and the Mavs roll out Kia, PJW, Gaff, One of the two 2's and Coop for 20 minutes plus and the offense and defense will really look like the Rockets will have no hope this season. I sure don't like hearing PJW has another sprained ankle, but hoping it is just an excuse to run out the new guys, plus hope Sasser is ready to go.
It is hard to take too much from a game like that, but most of the new guys for the most part started to get more comfortable as the game went on, though as a group they didn't play like they had ever played with the others on the court. They got killed inside, hope it is that they were going against the best rebounding team in the league last year.
I know it has been brought up a number of times but Cisse was horrible on both ends of the court. I thought he was bad on the offensive end last year and could not see why many though he was a must keep as a roster player, but to me he needs 2 or 3 more years to be in the a rotation, but what I saw on the defensive, rebounding and defending was a huge drop off from last year and I hope it was just for that game, but if not, the Mavs better hope the other teams didn't watch the game and will pick him up when waved or they can trade him for a pick. Now this isn't to say JP is much of an answer, no one guards him and he is just to small to play at the 5 and never looks to see if the rim is still there, let alone to even look like he might shoot.
Larry had at least 2 lobs to Cisse that just went over his head and he just didn't even seem to look for the ball. I didn't like there didn't seem to be a offense to run or was it there wasn't anyone on the court who could, since most seem to be playing like it was a summer league game and needed to get their shots off in a hurry.
It is hard to take too much from a game like that, but most of the new guys for the most part started to get more comfortable as the game went on, though as a group they didn't play like they had ever played with the others on the court. They got killed inside, hope it is that they were going against the best rebounding team in the league last year.
I know it has been brought up a number of times but Cisse was horrible on both ends of the court. I thought he was bad on the offensive end last year and could not see why many though he was a must keep as a roster player, but to me he needs 2 or 3 more years to be in the a rotation, but what I saw on the defensive, rebounding and defending was a huge drop off from last year and I hope it was just for that game, but if not, the Mavs better hope the other teams didn't watch the game and will pick him up when waved or they can trade him for a pick. Now this isn't to say JP is much of an answer, no one guards him and he is just to small to play at the 5 and never looks to see if the rim is still there, let alone to even look like he might shoot.
Larry had at least 2 lobs to Cisse that just went over his head and he just didn't even seem to look for the ball. I didn't like there didn't seem to be a offense to run or was it there wasn't anyone on the court who could, since most seem to be playing like it was a summer league game and needed to get their shots off in a hurry.
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