(01-30-2021, 02:41 PM)omahen Wrote: Carlisle has been Mavs coach for forever. They had successful last season. Do you really think anyone (Carlisle included) is even considering replacing him after a rough 10 game stretch? Not to mention there are a ton of objective reasons why the stretch was rough.
Exactly. Forever.
We´ll see how it goes. We have never had a star player publically call his team mates lazy. We know Carlisle will be pissed off about that. Meanwhile the other star player looks completely lost. If this becomes a power struggle Carlisle can´t win it. Luka ain´t Rondo. Furthermore this time our FO car salesman, who loves his public perception and the idea that he´s the smarest man in the room, won´t escape the national media wrath. They will come for the MBT ineptitude and then the coach is the weakest link.
The way bettors go against the Mavs in every single game clearly points to problems below the surface and beyond the COVID-related physical/rotational problems. They don´t care at all about match-up or anything. They blindly bet against a broken team.
We still had our three best players for most of the last nine games and we look like we cannot even compete with any NBA team.
We got blown out by a Rockets team led by two disabled people. Half of the other 120 minutes went to guys, most casuals, and many hardcore fans have never heard of. Houston wins basketball games with them. We are not just losing.