A Few Thoughts on Mavs 115, Suns 117

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Maxi is interviewed, says the team is still making a lot of "stupid mistakes." 

Includes himself as one of the guilty parties, citing his "weak" boxing out.

Meanwhile, KP says he doesn't imagine the fans are very entertained by all their complaining to the refs. 


They say the first step to solving a problem is recognizing you have one.

Still patient but at some point they have to back up the talk on the floor. Same for RC who takes responsibility for every single loss and questions some of his decisions.
Good example. Every single time the topic of Boban comes up he admits that they are thinking about more minutes for him. Next game Boban gets a few minutes in first half and is benched for the entire second half again.
As I said right now I still trust RC and the team but at some point the fans and media will ask for more than just hollow phrases.

I agree with that. 

Rick was also interviewed, and went on for a while about how they are aware of the problems and "gotta play better." With due respect to Rick, that seems to me like a lot of verbal pablum designed to brush the reporter off. 

If we're looking for some hope, I think mentioning specific items that specific individuals should improve (Maxi's boxing out, e.g.) is at least a particular thing that they can work on, as opposed to "play better."

It also seemed to me that KP was taking a bit of a shot at Luka for getting distracted by the refs. 

Maybe I'm just looking for a straw to grasp, lol.