Game 68: Dallas Mavericks (33-34) vs. Houston Rockets (41-25)

[DL2RimRocker]

This was a rough game, and not just because it was a blowout.

Any thoughts of relying on Exum to pick up some of the Luka slack are dead.  They may pick him up for the vet min next season, but he is clearly made of glass.

The Max Christe hype train should be officially over.  As mentioned above, he is looking worse because there is nobody to generate offense for him, but that is because he is just a good young 3&D role player, and likely not a future star.

Have to admit I haven't watched much lately but am very disappointed reading box scores and seeing Christie with very little production in terms of stats.

Is he deferring to someone else, or just totally sucking?

Seems like his numbers have tanked ever since the Lakers game.

[SleepingHero]

Have to admit I haven't watched much lately but am very disappointed reading box scores and seeing Christie with very little production in terms of stats.

Is he deferring to someone else, or just totally sucking?

Seems like his numbers have tanked ever since the Lakers game.

He just has to do a lot more on the court now that we are relying on Brandon Williams and Dinwiddie to set others up. He's a 3 and D guard who is still young. He doesn't really have a reliable way to get off his own shot. 

So pair that with him having to work way harder to even get his shot off since defenses don't have to worry about anyone else on the court, and no set up guy, it's not surprising he's fallen off a cliff.

Same with Klay.

[mvossman]

Have to admit I haven't watched much lately but am very disappointed reading box scores and seeing Christie with very little production in terms of stats.

Is he deferring to someone else, or just totally sucking?

Seems like his numbers have tanked ever since the Lakers game.

Part of it is that he needs somebody to create his shots and we no longer have a high level creator on the floor, and part of it is that he went on a big heater his first couple of weeks here and set expectations unreasonably high.

Ironically Grimes has been put into the same position (with Maxey being out) and excelling offensively.  If he keeps this up he might end up costing more than the MLE.