08-09-2021, 01:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-09-2021, 01:32 PM by DallasBasketball.)
(08-09-2021, 01:06 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: When you have NBA players referring to them as YMCA players, the majority of fans are not gonna be excited to receive those players. There are WAY more casual fans than hardcore ones that talk basketball like us.
To call it “Luka and a bunch of guys” is pretty fair. But it’s not completely true. It’s similar to saying a college team could beat an nba team. Maybe it’s okay to say to make a point, but it’s technically not true.
I do think the league has deep bias against the Mavs. Luka did not even make the all-star team his rookie year, and the player vote was the reason why. And the reason why the players didn’t vote him was a lack of respect.
Year two he made the all-star team, should have been in the mvp convo but wasn’t. After the bubble playoffs though, we were the hot ticket for everything. (If KP had played after game 2, Mavs win! Mavs will be a top seed! Luka for MVP!) see how quickly sentiment can change?
With the Mavs it’s always some type of negative sentiment. Whether it’s our euro-centricity (and by default softness) or our similar to eurocentricity but our whiteness(unathletic) or the deep bias around the L (east coast/west coast runs the nba and Mavs were laughing stock of the 90’s) and now Luka’s aloneness(sharing floor with YMCA players).
It’s all BS. We have done a lot without hardly any draft collateral. And KP/THJ was an amazing trade that is yet to work out.
My whole thing is we are moving in the right direction and have become a good team. But I do agree with anyone who thinks the nba deck is stacked against us.
Thank you Donnie.