Game 31: Dallas Mavericks (11-19) vs. Denver Nuggets (21-7) | 7:00pm CST

[Smitty]

   

[Smitty]

No PJW, Max, or Klay in this one. Hammer Nuggets -6.5

[Smitty]

Mavs starters:

Ryan Nembhard
Jaden Hardy
Naji Marshall
Cooper Flagg
Anthony Davis

Hardy getting his first start of the season with P.J. Washington out.

[Chicagojk]

Mavs starters:

Ryan Nembhard
Jaden Hardy
Naji Marshall
Cooper Flagg
Anthony Davis

Hardy getting his first start of the season with P.J. Washington out.

sort of off topic, but I really had high hopes PJ would be a nice longterm fit next to Flagg.  So far it really hasn't looked very good.  Maybe we will see things change, but I have not been very happy with some of the things I have seen with PJ this year.  

Marshall has been putting up really nice numbers starting and Max is solid.  Although I view both as high minute bench players.  If PJ is not  a fit, the question is how do they fill out the starting wings(guard) around Flagg.   I really thought the Mavs were pretty well positioned on wings.   So far it looks like I am wrong.  Things get really dicey when a player is out.

[Smitty]

sort of off topic, but I really had high hopes PJ would be a nice longterm fit next to Flagg.  So far it really hasn't looked very good.  Maybe we will see things change, but I have not been very happy with some of the things I have seen with PJ this year.  

Marshall has been putting up really nice numbers starting and Max is solid.  Although I view both as high minute bench players.  If PJ is not  a fit, the question is how do they fill out the starting wings(guard) around Flagg.   I really thought the Mavs were pretty well positioned on wings.   So far it looks like I am wrong.  Things get really dicey when a player is out.

I think it’s pretty straightforward. 
(When healthy) it’s:

[Trade] - Kyrie - Flagg - PJW - Davis
RN/BW - Max - Naji - [Trade/Pick] - Lively

Use Klay and/or Gafford to get a starting level Guard. Hopefully Flagg works on his jumpshot all off-season. One of Flagg/PJ have to be a threat from the outside. As of now, PJ is far and away ahead of Coop there.

[Smitty]

Heck of a start… who are these Mavs??

[Smitty]

Davis looks like he’s moving better than I’ve see him this season. G1 against Houston last year type stuff…

[Chicagojk]

Ball movement has been great so far. Very little watching. Denver being a little,sloppy and not great on defense has helped.

Mavs going to bench. This is when things could get messy.

[GATA]

Flagg is so good. He is our best point guard as well. Keep the ball in his hands

[Smitty]

Coop’s best quarter as a Mav. Davis also looked the best he’s looked this season. This team goes as those two go. HM to Naji who’s been balling lately.

[Mavs2021]

Get your sh*t together Nuggets. I swear if you go 0-4 against the Mavs and ruin the tank, the Mavs come for you like the We Believe Warriors in the 1st round.

[david75090]

NBC has their Cooper Flagg graphics locked and loaded. Touting him as the Next Big Thing.

[Chicagojk]

Wow.. Flagg has been awesome. Even by his standards.

[GATA]

Naji is our second best player. Caleb Martin is the worst player in the league

[Mavs2021]

God damn, pair him with Peterson or Dybantsa and we might have to build Nico a statue dogs can p*ss at.

[Chicagojk]

Let’s not skip those Flagg passes either. Two of them were excellent that led to dunks.

[GATA]

We need to trade Davis asap. It is just a matter of time until he is hurt again.

[Mavs2021]

Naji is our second best player.  Caleb Martin is the worst player in the league

When he bricked that one three I was about to say from a sheer talent discrepancy, that Grimes trade is probably worse than the Luka trade. Morey is such a shrewd operator. When everybody was still insulting Nico, he had him on the phone already.

[Chicagojk]

Subbing out Flagg for Martin should be punishable by death

[Chicagojk]

Future mav in attendance tonight

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