Game 60 Dirkie Thread: Moses Brown!!!

[ballsrchr]

I didn't put Marshall, or Powell on the poll, but each deserves some recognition for their play. Naji coming in with 9reb and 6ast was a great help. Same with Powell who had 6reb, and 3ast. Powell is fairly dependable.

This game was not a display in shooting efficiency...or even defense. I would name that defense the Swiss Cheese defense. Lot of holes in it. Part of that might be because there are a few good players on the Hornets. Namely one Mark Williams. But at least the game is over. And we won.

Kyrie did Kyrie stuff. That will always get him on the poll. Probably won't win it. He needs to uncork 35 or 40 points for that. The fruit of being too good too much of the time. I'll take it though.

Klay Thompson did just enough. That's about all I can say.

Max Christie did just a little more than Klay, but didn't score enough points.

Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie...

Dante Exum showed signs of life on offense. If he would put up more shots he would have more makes. I like an aggressive Exum. But he's not there yet.

Exum or Brown? Exum or Brown? Hell...why am I even saying that? Moses Brown all the way. I'm glad for him.

[Reunion Mav]

I didn't put Marshall, or Powell on the poll, but each deserves some recognition for their play.  Naji coming in with 9reb and 6ast was a great help.  Same with Powell who had 6reb, and 3ast.  Powell is fairly dependable.

This game was not a display in shooting efficiency...or even defense.  I would name that defense the Swiss Cheese defense.  Lot of holes in it.  Part of that might be because there are a few good players on the Hornets.  Namely one Mark Williams.  But at least the game is over.  And we won.

Kyrie did Kyrie stuff.  That will always get him on the poll.  Probably won't win it.  He needs to uncork 35 or 40 points for that.  The fruit of being too good too much of the time.  I'll take it though.

Klay Thompson did just enough.  That's about all I can say.

Max Christie did just a little more than Klay, but didn't score enough points.

Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie...

Dante Exum showed signs of life on offense.  If he would put up more shots he would have more makes.  I like an aggressive Exum.  But he's not there yet.

Exum or Brown?  Exum or Brown?  Hell...why am I even saying that?  Moses Brown all the way.  I'm glad for him.

Moses Brown takes advantage of his opportunity. Good for him. Good for us. Give him the post game interview and the Dirkie. This might earn him a job. He would like that’.

[Smitty]

Who had Moses Brown getting a Dirkie this season on their bingo card?

[SleepingHero]

Moses Brown had a career esque game. Dirkie worthy even. But I think Dante Exum totally transformed how the team played while he was on the court, and just time and again came up huge.

I will say, this was a sorry performance for a team with championship aspirations. Yes they are injured. Yes they are relying on their 15th guys and 10 day contracts. I get all of that. Still... 71 points through 3 quarters just doesn't cut it offensively. Keeping this a close game against a team like Charlotte the entire game is embarrassing. That is the same team that let each team before the Mavs score like 150 in each game.

Further, I am so ready to move on from Naji man. Dude cannot shoot it for his life. At least DJJ actually took the wide open 3 when he was given the chance, Naji just stumbles into the paint and passes up the wide open shot. Then in the 2nd half it was obvious the coaching staff made it a point to make Naji shoot those, and he bricked every single one. He's a solid defender. I love his floater game. He can make some good passes. But his horrific outside game paired with his tendency for boneheaded mistakes has me SO ready to move on. I honestly wish he made more money so he could be a better contract for the KD trade so we wouldn't have to give up actual good players.

I'm glad we got the win. Moses had a great game. Kyrie's 2nd half was incredible. Exum was consistently great. Onto the next one.

[michaeltex]

Gotta go with Moses. I'm happy for the guy. He looked very Gafford-esque in this game, which will certainly be on his career highlight reel. I guess he has one more game before the 10-day expires? And we don't have room to re-sign? But they could sign him right before the end of season? I'm just thinking about alternatives if we can't get everybody back before April 13th.

Kyrie was the main competition here as he basically put the game away in the 4th.

Not sure what's happened to Naji's scoring, maybe he needs to play within himself more?

Third game where poor shooting got team in trouble. They finally seemed to get it figured out a little in the 2nd half, but they need to find more consistency. Didn't feel like the ball was moving as freely, maybe it was just my perception. Seems like Din was a bit of a ball stopper.

[Chicagojk]

Give me Moses. Must feel good. Should give him more opportunity to be on the radar of NBA teams. Started off the game well. In the third, Charlotte really went at him with the deep pick and roll and Williams was too much to contain. Although, Moses made some plays late. At least one big steal and some good rim protection. This team has missed the easy baskets at the rim since the bigs went down. It was nice to have some at least for a game.

[Scott41theMavs]

Moses Brown had a career esque game. Dirkie worthy even. But I think Dante Exum totally transformed how the team played while he was on the court, and just time and again came up huge.

I will say, this was a sorry performance for a team with championship aspirations. Yes they are injured. Yes they are relying on their 15th guys and 10 day contracts. I get all of that. Still...  71 points through 3 quarters just doesn't cut it offensively. Keeping this a close game against a team like Charlotte the entire game is embarrassing. That is the same team that let each team before the Mavs score like 150 in each game.

Further, I am so ready to move on from Naji man. Dude cannot shoot it for his life. At least DJJ actually took the wide open 3 when he was given the chance, Naji just stumbles into the paint and passes up the wide open shot. Then in the 2nd half it was obvious the coaching staff made it a point to make Naji shoot those, and he bricked every single one. He's a solid defender. I love his floater game. He can make some good passes. But his horrific outside game paired with his tendency for boneheaded mistakes has me SO ready to move on. I honestly wish he made more money so he could be a better contract for the KD trade so we wouldn't have to give up actual good players.

I'm glad we got the win. Moses had a great game. Kyrie's 2nd half was incredible. Exum was consistently great. Onto the next one.

We had Kyrie, Klay, Christie, Marshall, and Exum. That's five of our top ten guys, and three of them are bench players. 

I don't know why you and so many others are so hard on Marshall. He has playmaking ability from a frontcourt position. No he isn't elite at it, but he's good. I'm kind of surprised at the grousing about his defense - I know he isn't DJJ, but defense was supposed to be part of his calling card.

[SleepingHero]

We had Kyrie, Klay, Christie, Marshall, and Exum. That's five of our top ten guys, and three of them are bench players. 

I don't know why you and so many others are so hard on Marshall. He has playmaking ability from a frontcourt position. No he isn't elite at it, but he's good. I'm kind of surprised at the grousing about his defense - I know he isn't DJJ, but defense was supposed to be part of his calling card.

I guess a better way to say it is that i don’t think Naji is a bad player. He’s certainly fine. But his weaknesses on this team are just so amplified. We could get away with a pretty poor shooter next to Luka because Luka’s gravity gives everyone a boost. Now? I think we can’t afford having anyone with such a glaring weakness, especially when we need more offensive creation/shooting.

Naji is a fine passer. He’s a fine defender. But his weakness is such a big fissure in an otherwise fine game that I don’t think he’s a fit anymore. Add in his sometimes mind-bendingly stupid mistakes he can have and I just think he’ll be eaten alive when the going gets tough.

[meistermatze]

I also don’t get the Naji hate. His defense is solid, as advertised, and his overall offensive game is way better than expected. His floater game is very good, and his playmaking for an SF is way above league average. He’s a great piece for a 7- or 8-man rotation.

Yes, he was scared to shoot the other night because he’s in a slump. His career numbers are up and down, so it’s a mental thing. If he gets back close to league-average shooting (which past performance suggests is not impossible), you have a very serviceable 7th man with a unique skill set.