GAME 2: Washington Wizards (0-1) vs. Dallas Mavericks (0-1) | 7:30pm CST

[Jym]

DLO had one great stretch and one pretty underwhelming one, but he was far superior to Nembhard, Williams and Flagg (in the PG role). It feels like Kidd is trying not to play him, and I can’t figure out why.

Just Kidd things 
Always does dumb crap the first 2 months that cost us 5 to 10 wins

[Mavs2021]

Are you doing a bit?

Are you watching the game?

[RasheedsBigWhiteSpot]

Jeez, what a snooze of a halftime show.

[KillerLeft]

Jeez, what a snooze of a halftime show.

At least we don’t have to listen to him during the games this year (so far).

[BigDirk41]

This team is not a great defensive team. They are not even a good defensive team. The offense is even worse. I hope things improve when Kyrie returns. I don't see this team making the playoffs unless Kyrie returns fairly soon. I didn't have high hopes for this season, but I did expect them to be great defensively and they are far from it. Kidd is the problem with the offense or lack of offense. This is rough.

[Smitty]

Are you watching the game?

You answered my question

[KillerLeft]

This team is not a great defensive team. They are not even a good defensive team. The offense is even worse. I hope things improve when Kyrie returns. I don't see this team making the playoffs unless Kyrie returns fairly soon. I didn't have high hopes for this season, but I did expect them to be great defensively and they are far from it. Kidd is the problem with the offense or lack of offense. This is rough.

Tough to play defense when your lineups are too big and too slow. Defending starts in transition, after all, and even in the half court you have to be able to rotate crisply. 

There’s a great defensive team in there, somewhere, I hope they figure it out.

[KillerLeft]

Also tough to play defense when your offense is this bad. I mean that seriously.

[Deebo]

This offense is not gonna work we’re gonna lose a bunch of games and Kidd is very stubborn so unfortunately we’re screw

[Smitty]

AD 16/8 with 1 steal and 1 block at half. +5 +/- in a 6 point deficit and people think he’s the problem.

Flagg looks like a rookie and Klay is bad.

Despite that, the starting 5 held up fine and the best 5-man lineup was really good.

[KillerLeft]

Nobody knows where the ball should go…BECAUSE THERE IS NO PG ON THE FLOOR!!!

[Deebo]

Kid was a damn point guard. How does he not understand that you need a point guard in this league?

[KillerLeft]

AD 16/8 with 1 steal and 1 block at half. +5 +/- in a 6 point deficit and people think he’s the problem.

Flagg looks like a rookie and Klay is bad.

Despite that, the starting 5 held up fine and the best 5-man lineup was really good.

Yeah, I can already tell I’m going to have to ignore the AD comments. People can’t get over the trade, which is understandable.

[KillerLeft]

Kid was a damn point guard. How does he not understand that you need a point guard in this league?

My theory is that he likes when everybody slurps him about how he put the ball in Giannis’s hands back in the day and thinks he can make anyone a PG.

[Deebo]

AD thinks he’s Steph Curry out there. What a disaster.

[Deebo]

Gonna be a nightmare of a season

[KillerLeft]

Great post D from Flagg there.

He’s very clearly a 4 right now, and the way you “stretch” his skillset in year one is give him time at the 3.

He’d be dominating (for a rookie) if they’d just put him in better position to succeed.

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

I'm not even that upset about losing. I am more upset they are messing with Cooper Flagg. He should be the priority. Playing him at G because we have too many bigs is asinine. You should pencil him in at the 4 and figure out everything else around him. Since day one, I've been hell bent that he's a 4. Even playing him at the 3 is putting him at a suboptimal position.

[KillerLeft]

Welp, I just lost power due to the storm. Not sure if I should be pissed or grateful.

[ThisIStheYear]

Flagg is surprisingly just a little undersized on the court with NBA players. George, a shooting guard, even looks bigger than him. He’s definitely a 3.