06-10-2021, 03:47 PM
(06-10-2021, 02:58 PM)mavsluvr Wrote: Mark Cuban speaks to the Daily Beast on the series and the offseason.Man, I know he is the owner, is around the team all the time, watches a ton of basketball and is certainly very involved with everything with the team. But whenever I see quotes from him like this, I feel less and less confident in our future. I also get the feeling he thinks he is always the smartest guy in the room....I guess that is warranted being a billionaire.
Highlights --
What went wrong with the playoff run?
Our role players didn't make their threes, and we had plenty of open looks in Game 7. We did a great job on Kawhi. You pick your poison. If Luke Kennard is gonna beat us, he's gonna beat us. And he beat us.
Beef between Luka and KP?
Doesn't exist. On the court, they have good chemistry. We just used KP as a decoy. That was the idea -- get more space for Luka because it was so crowded. KP did a great job doing everything we asked him to do. Our role players just didn't make shots.
That's a pretty expensive decoy.
I'm fine with that. Not everyone can be a decoy. If we had other players who could be a decoy, we would have used them.
What does this roster need to contend?
A secondary ball handler with some size. KP will spread the court, make threes, cut, and block shots. Luka will create. We've got shooters with Tim and Trey and Maxi and others. We need someone to take the pressure off Luka, so that instead of him having to have the ball in his hands for 40 minutes, it could be 32 minutes. That's what we need.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mark-cuban...-to-crypto
Anyway, even comments I agree with, I feel less confident. Maybe it is me.