Posts: 371
Threads: 3
Likes Received: 261 in 136 posts
Likes Given: 386
Likes Received: 261 in 136 posts
Likes Given: 386
Joined: Sep 2019
(08-04-2021, 07:49 PM)HAguiar95 Wrote: I wonder how many of them had 30+ million to work with.
And spent $21+ million of their money on Spencer Dinwiddie? It could have been way worse.
Legler: "If Luka wins this year, against a healthy Celtics team, at his age, the league is in trouble."
Posts: 15,507
Threads: 52
Likes Received: 7,809 in 4,258 posts
Likes Given: 9,567
Likes Received: 7,809 in 4,258 posts
Likes Given: 9,567
Joined: Aug 2020
Posts: 634
Threads: 2
Likes Received: 271 in 160 posts
Likes Given: 328
Likes Received: 271 in 160 posts
Likes Given: 328
Joined: Mar 2021
Posts: 19,353
Threads: 619
Likes Received: 4,455 in 2,760 posts
Likes Given: 1,941
Likes Received: 4,455 in 2,760 posts
Likes Given: 1,941
Joined: Sep 2019
Posts: 1,862
Threads: 21
Likes Received: 861 in 484 posts
Likes Given: 520
Likes Received: 861 in 484 posts
Likes Given: 520
Joined: Sep 2019
"The Dallas Mavericks must do everything they can to get Olivier-Maxence Prosper."
- IamDougieFresh (05-20-2023, 04:39 AM)
Posts: 5,891
Threads: 36
Likes Received: 434 in 262 posts
Likes Given: 942
Likes Received: 434 in 262 posts
Likes Given: 942
Joined: Sep 2019
08-04-2021, 09:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-04-2021, 09:25 PM by ClutchDirk.)
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2946...n-the-east
Never thought I'd see Kemba, New York, and Elite in the same sentence
Josh Green is a top 5 Mavs player...
Posts: 15,507
Threads: 52
Likes Received: 7,809 in 4,258 posts
Likes Given: 9,567
Likes Received: 7,809 in 4,258 posts
Likes Given: 9,567
Joined: Aug 2020
(08-04-2021, 09:25 PM)ClutchDirk Wrote: Never thought I'd see Kemba, Star, New York, and Elite in the same sentence
If he's healthy he'll be great. Will he be healthy?
Posts: 394
Threads: 0
Likes Received: 236 in 141 posts
Likes Given: 262
Likes Received: 236 in 141 posts
Likes Given: 262
Joined: Jun 2021
08-04-2021, 09:28 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-04-2021, 09:28 PM by Okstate819.)
(08-04-2021, 09:19 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Yeah, this is it. Thanks for the link.
Definitely the most pro-Mavericks viewpoint I've encountered, so far.
It’s comical honestly. It’s so obvious that Skin is puppeting for Cuban. Hence the complete 180 Skin did on Carlisle as soon as he left.
Posts: 15,507
Threads: 52
Likes Received: 7,809 in 4,258 posts
Likes Given: 9,567
Likes Received: 7,809 in 4,258 posts
Likes Given: 9,567
Joined: Aug 2020
08-04-2021, 09:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-04-2021, 09:31 PM by KillerLeft.)
(08-04-2021, 09:24 PM)Kammrath Wrote: https://twitter.com/townbrad/status/1423105345388519426
It sure feels like they're not done to me.
Normally, we get to a point like this in the summer and everyone here is like "now, do this, this and this" and I almost never agree. But this time around, unless I am badly misinterpreting how these players are going to be used, they're either not done or Dwight Powell is penciled in for a big 20-30 minute role with no fallback plan.
Not to mention that the current state of the roster would imply big roles for either Burke, Terry or both. It's not adding up for me.
Posts: 19,353
Threads: 619
Likes Received: 4,455 in 2,760 posts
Likes Given: 1,941
Likes Received: 4,455 in 2,760 posts
Likes Given: 1,941
Joined: Sep 2019
08-04-2021, 09:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-04-2021, 09:31 PM by Kammrath.)
Posts: 1,097
Threads: 13
Likes Received: 332 in 170 posts
Likes Given: 183
Likes Received: 332 in 170 posts
Likes Given: 183
Joined: Oct 2019
08-04-2021, 09:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-04-2021, 09:32 PM by TXBamanut.)
(08-04-2021, 09:29 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: It sure feels like they're not done to me.
Normally, we get to a point like this in the summer and everyone here is like "now, do this, this and this" and I almost never agree. But this time around, unless I am badly misinterpreting how these players are going to be used, they're either not done or Dwight Powell is penciled in for a big 20-30 minute role with no fallback plan.
It could be that Dwight Powell as a 20-30 minute role IS the fallback plan.
"There are no friends on the court." - Luka Doncic
Posts: 19,353
Threads: 619
Likes Received: 4,455 in 2,760 posts
Likes Given: 1,941
Likes Received: 4,455 in 2,760 posts
Likes Given: 1,941
Joined: Sep 2019
(08-04-2021, 09:29 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: It sure feels like they're not done to me.
I would bet a lot of money that they aren't. I already have my bet with @"cow" that DP or KP will be traded by training camp. And I bet the guard rotation is not done either.
Posts: 15,507
Threads: 52
Likes Received: 7,809 in 4,258 posts
Likes Given: 9,567
Likes Received: 7,809 in 4,258 posts
Likes Given: 9,567
Joined: Aug 2020
(08-04-2021, 09:30 PM)TXBamanut Wrote: It could be that Dwight Powell as a 20-30 minute role IS the fallback plan.
Ok, sure.
But if so, I am unable to figure out plan A.
If Powell in a big role is the fallback, you've got either KP/Kleber starting or KP starting with two wings, probably both Bullock and DFS. I can live with either, but I don't claim to understand how the bench works without Powell in either case.
Then, who is the 3rd ball-handler? There are going to be nights when Luka tagging Brunson in won't suffice, and even when it does work out like that, there will be other nights when you want two guys like that in the game together. So, who's that 3rd guy, Burke???
I could accept that they're willing to adopt a wait-and-see approach to one of those issues, but not both.
Posts: 8,313
Threads: 11
Likes Received: 4,337 in 2,341 posts
Likes Given: 1,173
Likes Received: 4,337 in 2,341 posts
Likes Given: 1,173
Joined: Sep 2019
(08-04-2021, 09:28 PM)Okstate819 Wrote: It’s comical honestly. It’s so obvious that Skin is puppeting for Cuban. Hence the complete 180 Skin did on Carlisle as soon as he left.
More or less his only option. That´s the deal. Inside information in exchange for good press or playing the mouthpiece for agents, GMs and owners. Don´t expect critical journalism from those guys. They would immediately lose their access if they would start to call out Cuban and the Mavs front office.
Posts: 1,097
Threads: 13
Likes Received: 332 in 170 posts
Likes Given: 183
Likes Received: 332 in 170 posts
Likes Given: 183
Joined: Oct 2019
(08-04-2021, 09:35 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Ok, sure.
But if so, I am unable to figure out plan A.
If Powell in a big role is the fallback, you've got either KP/Kleber starting or KP starting with two wings, probably both Bullock and DFS. I can live with either, but I don't claim to understand how the bench works without Powell in either case.
Then, who is the 3rd ball-handler? There are going to be nights when Luka tagging Brunson in won't suffice, and even when it does work out like that, there will be other nights when you want two guys like that in the game together. So, who's that 3rd guy, Burke???
I could accept that they're willing to adopt a wait-and-see approach to one of those issues, but not both.
Maybe we should call the Powell fallback plan the "nuclear-doomsday-last resort" option (which could be how they see it also).
"There are no friends on the court." - Luka Doncic
Posts: 428
Threads: 0
Likes Received: 322 in 178 posts
Likes Given: 274
Likes Received: 322 in 178 posts
Likes Given: 274
Joined: Oct 2019
(08-04-2021, 09:24 PM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: Rant starts at 15:00. Completely unhinged.
Lol by about 17:00 he is full on screaming at everyone. Unhinged is the perfect word for it.
Posts: 15,507
Threads: 52
Likes Received: 7,809 in 4,258 posts
Likes Given: 9,567
Likes Received: 7,809 in 4,258 posts
Likes Given: 9,567
Joined: Aug 2020
(08-04-2021, 09:38 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: More or less his only option. That´s the deal. Inside information in exchange for good press or playing the mouthpiece for agents, GMs and owners. Don´t expect critical journalism from those guys. They would immediately lose their access if they would start to call out Cuban and the Mavs front office.
Well, I don't want to jump on the "we hate Skin" bandwagon or anything, but I think you're even burying the lead a bit with the above, which I think applies to a lot of journalists.
In Skin's case he is literally employed by Cuban. I doubt his unique "third guy in the booth" telecast gig pays as much as his radio gig, but I'd bet my bottom dollar he really likes having it. Gotta be a dream come true for a lifelong Mavs fan, right?
Posts: 15,507
Threads: 52
Likes Received: 7,809 in 4,258 posts
Likes Given: 9,567
Likes Received: 7,809 in 4,258 posts
Likes Given: 9,567
Joined: Aug 2020
(08-04-2021, 09:38 PM)TXBamanut Wrote: Maybe we should call the Powell fallback plan the "nuclear-doomsday-last resort" option (which could be how they see it also).
Yeah, I'm with @"Kammrath" in that I think he'll be gone in a matter of days.
But the way the roster is set up right now, today, I'd say KP/Kleber/Powell are penciled in as your top 3 bigs, and Powell might be starting with KP again, even. There's your "roll man" right there.
Not the way I'd go, for a variety of reasons, but I definitely think they were on to something the season before last, before the injury. I don't think many here give him enough credit for his part in that. If I think about it, I can envision people in the Mavs' organization thinking that might work again, given how quickly he has seemed to recover from the injury.
Posts: 767
Threads: 3
Likes Received: 94 in 57 posts
Likes Given: 1
Likes Received: 94 in 57 posts
Likes Given: 1
Joined: Sep 2019
08-04-2021, 09:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-04-2021, 09:49 PM by JamesConway.)
(08-04-2021, 09:39 PM)sterlingmallory Wrote: Lol by about 17:00 he is full on screaming at everyone. Unhinged is the perfect word for it.
2/3 of the main decision makers got kicked out the door, national media is getting onboard the Luka needs more help train, the KP/Reddick/JRICH trades were disasters, we still don’t have assets, Reggie Bullock is their big addition so far in the last summer of cap flexibility, but yeah, it’s OBVIOUSLY the fans who are at fault lol. Its ludicrous.
Luka leaving this mess would be reasonable. We’re one of the worst run organizations in the NBA this last decade.
(08-04-2021, 09:38 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: More or less his only option. That´s the deal. Inside information in exchange for good press or playing the mouthpiece for agents, GMs and owners. Don´t expect critical journalism from those guys. They would immediately lose their access if they would start to call out Cuban and the Mavs front office.
THIS
Posts: 4,718
Threads: 77
Likes Received: 1,828 in 985 posts
Likes Given: 3,255
Likes Received: 1,828 in 985 posts
Likes Given: 3,255
Joined: Sep 2019
Haven't listened yet, and I have no idea if he's speaking for Mark, but this is really an annual thing. Mavs Twitter and Mavs internet in general (along with the rest of the internet) gets angrier and angrier, year by year. At some point every year Skin goes off on people being impatient, unreasonable, hateful, etc. He tells stories about the hateful things people say to him, to players, etc.
I certainly wouldn't communicate like he does, but I can understand it a bit. The several pages of hateful ranting that I complained about here on the forum the other night...media folks face that kind of reddit/Twitter fandom non-stop. I don't think I could handle it. If our forum was like that much more than a couple hours at a time during intense periods, I wouldn't stick around.
|