06-05-2021, 10:19 PM
I know I'm not the only one who thinks this way, but I'd say the following even if I was.
The season is not over.
If the season does end tomorrow, it does not constitute a failure.
Taking a contender to a 7th game and giving them all they can handle in Luka's third year is praiseworthy.
The fact that they've done this with a KP that might be less than half of what he was a year ago is pretty amazing.
Luka has grown immensely, but so has the team in general.
Luka is not the only success story on this team. Other players have grown and contributed. The team as a whole is doing things it could not do last year.
The team actually does have assets.
I have no problem criticizing the Mavs. I've done it many times before. But right now they are on an upward trajectory and have earned room, for my part, to attempt to continue the upward trajectory.
If they blow it and stall out, or regress, I might join the chorus calling for more drastic changes.
But this season does not constitute stalling out or regression.
Kudos to the coach, the front office and the team for improvement, for a good season of overcoming adversity, for giving the Clippers a heck of series, and for setting themselves up for the possibility of another leap forward next year.
The season is not over.
If the season does end tomorrow, it does not constitute a failure.
Taking a contender to a 7th game and giving them all they can handle in Luka's third year is praiseworthy.
The fact that they've done this with a KP that might be less than half of what he was a year ago is pretty amazing.
Luka has grown immensely, but so has the team in general.
Luka is not the only success story on this team. Other players have grown and contributed. The team as a whole is doing things it could not do last year.
The team actually does have assets.
I have no problem criticizing the Mavs. I've done it many times before. But right now they are on an upward trajectory and have earned room, for my part, to attempt to continue the upward trajectory.
If they blow it and stall out, or regress, I might join the chorus calling for more drastic changes.
But this season does not constitute stalling out or regression.
Kudos to the coach, the front office and the team for improvement, for a good season of overcoming adversity, for giving the Clippers a heck of series, and for setting themselves up for the possibility of another leap forward next year.