MAVS NEWS:

[CooPerFan]

https://www.mavsboard.com/usercp.php (You can get to this via the gray bar at the top of the forum pages but the blue text for the links blends in and makes them hard to decern).  

Is it possible to do it on the phone?

Done. Thanks a lot. But i cant find it without the link.

[cow]

Is it possible to do it on the phone?

Done. Thanks a lot.  But i cant find it without the link.

It's camouflaged pretty well due to the color scheme until you hover, but:

[RasheedsBigWhiteSpot]

If you were told "Cooper will be one spot ahead of Ty Jerome" you'd probably be saying "oh, sh-t".

[cow]

If you were told "Cooper will be one spot ahead of Ty Jerome" you'd probably be saying "oh, sh-t".

Funnier than my "who is Ty Jerome?" reaction.

[Smitty]

Dallas Mavericks Injury Report vs. Oklahoma City Thunder:

QUESTIONABLE:
Kyrie Irving (left knee injury management)
Naji Marshall (illness)
Caleb Martin (right thumb sprain)

DOUBTFUL:
Santi Aldama (right knee surgery)
Tarik Biberović (right heel bursitis)

OUT:
Sergio de Larrea (right knee sprain)
Dereck Lively II (right foot surgery)

[Smitty]

Dallas Mavericks Injury Report vs. Oklahoma City Thunder:

QUESTIONABLE:
Kyrie Irving (left knee injury management)
Naji Marshall (illness)
Caleb Martin (right thumb sprain)

DOUBTFUL:
Santi Aldama (right knee surgery)
Tarik Biberović (right heel bursitis)

OUT:
Sergio de Larrea (right knee sprain)
Dereck Lively II (right foot surgery)

Thunder Injury Report vs. Mavericks
Alex Caruso (Ankle sprain) OUT
Chet Holmgren (Knee Patellar Tendinitis) OUT
Ajay Mitchell (Ankle sprain) Questionable
Thomas Sorber (Knee) OUT
Nikola Topic (Back) OUT
Cason Wallace (Shoulder) OUT
Jalen Williams (Ankle) OUT

[RasheedsBigWhiteSpot]

Dallas Mavericks Injury Report vs. Oklahoma City Thunder:

QUESTIONABLE:
Kyrie Irving (left knee injury management)
Naji Marshall (illness)
Caleb Martin (right thumb sprain)

DOUBTFUL:
Santi Aldama (right knee surgery)
Tarik Biberović (right heel bursitis)

OUT:
Sergio de Larrea (right knee sprain)
Dereck Lively II (right foot surgery)

Back to backs I get, but if Kyrie is missing games after an off day merely to "load manage", I'll be disappointed. I understand he's coming back from an injury, but tere's plenty of time in the season for skipping games.  Iif he's healthy he should play. 

I'd like to see this team build some momentum and chemistry. Having the Mavs play at as full strength as possible against an unarmed OKC could really be positive jolt.

[windjc]

Back to backs I get, but if Kyrie is missing games after an off day merely to "load manage", I'll be disappointed. I understand he's coming back from an injury, but tere's plenty of time in the season for skipping games.  Iif he's healthy he should play. 

I'd like to see this team build some momentum and chemistry. Having the Mavs play at as full strength as possible against an unarmed OKC could really be positive jolt.

Nah, let’s save Kyrie for when we play them in playoffs.

[Smitty]

Back to backs I get, but if Kyrie is missing games after an off day merely to "load manage", I'll be disappointed. I understand he's coming back from an injury, but tere's plenty of time in the season for skipping games.  Iif he's healthy he should play. 

I'd like to see this team build some momentum and chemistry. Having the Mavs play at as full strength as possible against an unarmed OKC could really be positive jolt.

Hard to believe he’d miss the next home game, after not playing in the opener. Against a top team. Undermanned. On National TV.

I’m questioning the ‘questionable’.

[cow]

Hard to believe he’d miss the next home game, after not playing in the opener. Against a top team. Undermanned. On National TV.

I’m questioning the ‘questionable’.

I could see it going either way.  The medical staff isn't going to take any chance with him which is a good thing, but also makes me think he'll be traded sooner rather than later.

[windjc]

I could see it going either way.  The medical staff isn't going to take any chance with him which is a good thing, but also makes me think he'll be traded sooner rather than later.

I’m sorry but this is a crazy take. The idea that the Mavs are saving him to trade him flies in the face of everything we are seeing. 

It’s painfully obvious he is the emotional leader of this team. He is the glue that’s holding this youth experiment together and May wants him fresh for the playoffs even if that means sitting him half of the games before the ASB.

[Winter]

Flagg currently leads the NBA in steals (and "stocks).

Risacher is top 20 in "stocks"
The most interesting stat is that Daniel Gafford isn't far behind those two.

Looks like the defense is coming along.

[Knutsen]

Nice piece of MacMahon on the Kyrie and Cooper pairing: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/5029...s-new-line

[michaeltex]

Dallas Mavericks Injury Report vs. Oklahoma City Thunder:

QUESTIONABLE:
Kyrie Irving (left knee injury management)
Naji Marshall (illness)
Caleb Martin (right thumb sprain)

DOUBTFUL:
Santi Aldama (right knee surgery)
Tarik Biberović (right heel bursitis)

OUT:
Sergio de Larrea (right knee sprain)
Dereck Lively II (right foot surgery)

Any info on de Larrea's knee? Is this a long term thing or just rest for a few games?

[michaeltex]

Thunder Injury Report vs. Mavericks
Alex Caruso (Ankle sprain) OUT
Chet Holmgren (Knee Patellar Tendinitis) OUT
Ajay Mitchell (Ankle sprain) Questionable
Thomas Sorber (Knee) OUT
Nikola Topic (Back) OUT
Cason Wallace (Shoulder) OUT
Jalen Williams (Ankle) OUT

Feels like probably a lot of pressure on SGA to keep them in the hunt. Let's see if ZR can contain him a bit. If the refs let him get away with push offs and flops, then it could be a long night.

[KillerLeft]

Flagg currently leads the NBA in steals (and "stocks).

Risacher is top 20 in "stocks"
The most interesting stat is that Daniel Gafford isn't far behind those two.

Looks like the defense is coming along.

Gafford has really impressed me so far this season. I think the zone is really helping him.

[Smitty]

@townbrad
Breaking: Ethan Casson to succeed Mavericks CEO Rick Welts, who will retire at year's end.

[RasheedsBigWhiteSpot]

Feels like probably a lot of pressure on SGA to keep them in the hunt. Let's see if ZR can contain him a bit. If the refs let him get away with push offs and flops, then it could be a long night.

Can you imagine a crazy scenario where, because of injuries, cap problems and regression, that OKC slips while the Mavs improve, and the 2028 1st DOESN'T swap??? (Or, at the very least, is far more marginal than expected)

[RasheedsBigWhiteSpot]

Let's say you're a GM and you're starting a team, who is your first pick? I ask this only because I'm wondering if we're here already, in Cooper's second year.

Obviously Wemby goes first. But considering Cooper's offense AND defense, is he already in a place where you might take him over Ant Edwards, Cunningham, SGA (because of age), etc? 

Dominoes fall, ripples in time happen. Nico will always be an arrogant dumbass (who still is awarded no points and may God have mercy on his soul), but is there anyone here who wouldn't take Cooper over Luka?

I think the scariest thing for the NBA is what if Cooper hasn't hit his growth spurt yet? You know how Rodman and Pippen suddenly had growth spurts in college? Flagg went from 6'8" to 6'9" since last season. Can you imagine if he grew to 6'11"?

[Winter]

Let's say you're a GM and you're starting a team, who is your first pick? I ask this only because I'm wondering if we're here already, in Cooper's second year.

Obviously Wemby goes first. But considering Cooper's offense AND defense, is he already in a place where you might take him over Ant Edwards, Cunningham, SGA (because of age), etc? 

Dominoes fall, ripples in time happen. Nico will always be an arrogant dumbass (who still is awarded no points and may God have mercy on his soul), but is there anyone here who wouldn't take Cooper over Luka?

I think the scariest thing for the NBA is what if Cooper hasn't hit his growth spurt yet? You know how Rodman and Pippen suddenly had growth spurts in college? Flagg went from 6'8" to 6'9" since last season. Can you imagine if he grew to 6'11"?

For me, this becomes a discussion about who you build a team around. We've all been there with Luka. I love watching him as an individual player, but it's easy to imagine him never winning the big prize. He has flaws as a defensive player. Plus, I'm getting to the point where I just don't like his on-court persona much.

I'll take Flagg.