03-04-2021, 05:08 PM
(03-04-2021, 03:37 PM)Kammrath Wrote: KP's answers are dripping with passive aggressiveness and digs at Luka, speaking of "sharing the ball" over and over and how guys "don't get a chance" and how the defense was better because guys were "sharing the ball," and that at some points it didn't even feel like they were missing anyone. Yikes.
On the one hand, I can kinda see the "digs" you're talking about. But they're pretty flimsy imo.
For one second, lets pretend we don't know anything about the Mavs and the team as a whole. KP essentially answered in the most generic athlete speak. The question was, 'your teams best player was out how did you win?' "We moved the ball and defended. This team is talented and can survive a guy going down". Is that really passive aggressive?
I understand it's not so simple, and the previous remarks from KP make it seem like he's once again being passive aggressive. BUT I can also see this as a generic reply to a generic question, and we're reading WAYYYY to into this.
Put it this way, KP has shown in the past he isn't afraid to be blunt about something that's bothering him. See his replies to not playing enough in the first quarter. He didn't mince words. He didn't make veiled passive aggressive comments. He said in essence "I spoke to the coaching staff about not playing enough and for some reason they're still not playing me enough and I feel I'd be better if I played for longer stretches."
Do we really think KP wouldn't be open to saying how he's not getting enough touches to the media? Sure he wouldn't come out and say "Luka sucks give me the ball". He'd be more professional than that. BUT that's not what he did here.
And by the way during our delve down the "Trade KP Rabbit hole", the Mavs have won 10 of their last 13 games. As the old adage goes "Winning cures all issues"
14x All-Star, 12x all-NBA, 1x MVP, 1x Finals MVP, 1 NBA Championship: Dirk Nowitzki, the man, the myth, the legend.