10-31-2020, 06:36 PM
burke you hit it ! 
Definitely needs to be much discussion on team philosophy. Nobody talks about Ricks rotations, with Luka being bench first and having KP lead the second unit, then KP bench with Luka coming in the 2nd quarter with a mix of starters and bench players. Mavs have done well offensively because both units have a star player, either KP or Luka, to put points up but not well in the role players that help step up.
Didn't see much of hustle, second wind, motor effort play at all. Mental toughness needs to start on the defensive end. I've only seen DFS and KP with toughness and swagger.
Luka will get you the looks, but its up to the role players to hit the shots. I somehow find it hard to believe we don't have elite shooting with Curry and THJ. They can get good, but the playoffs show they lack mental strength to step up, but then again Curry had a leg soreness and THJ had a knee issue.
Instead of being in awe of players capabilities, I'm more interested in how they fit and grow. Carlisle teams for the past two years has had too many guard dominant, shoot and pass plays. I've yet to see a diverse Mavs team, only a glimpse of it when it was healthy early in the season.
Definitely needs to be much discussion on team philosophy. Nobody talks about Ricks rotations, with Luka being bench first and having KP lead the second unit, then KP bench with Luka coming in the 2nd quarter with a mix of starters and bench players. Mavs have done well offensively because both units have a star player, either KP or Luka, to put points up but not well in the role players that help step up.(10-31-2020, 06:06 PM)burekemde Wrote: We have lacked toughness, we were not mentally and physically strong enough, we lacked shooting, despite so many looks not took well enough advantage of this. We lacked defense. We lacked bbIQ as a team. Creativity was OK team wise, mainly as Luka is genius at creativity.
Didn't see much of hustle, second wind, motor effort play at all. Mental toughness needs to start on the defensive end. I've only seen DFS and KP with toughness and swagger.
(10-31-2020, 06:06 PM)burekemde Wrote: Elite shooting and general bbIQ, defense, this is where the best complement to Luka is, toughness as well.
Luka will get you the looks, but its up to the role players to hit the shots. I somehow find it hard to believe we don't have elite shooting with Curry and THJ. They can get good, but the playoffs show they lack mental strength to step up, but then again Curry had a leg soreness and THJ had a knee issue.
Instead of being in awe of players capabilities, I'm more interested in how they fit and grow. Carlisle teams for the past two years has had too many guard dominant, shoot and pass plays. I've yet to see a diverse Mavs team, only a glimpse of it when it was healthy early in the season.