07-09-2021, 01:26 AM
(07-08-2021, 11:40 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Who's arguing that the Clippers weren't a bad matchup 12 months ago? Out of all the teams in the West, the Clips were probably the worst team the Mavs could have faced and I thought that was a pretty universally understood. They have 2 all-world players at a position the Mavs are weakest in.
Also the Clips had some major personnel changes that affected how KP played against them this year. They got smaller and faster. They lost Montrez, who KP was a good matchup for KP. They instead added Batum and Ibaka. 2 more athletic 4's and defense oriented. Last year KP had a fantastic series. Many of us thought the Mavs would be swept but were surprised by Luka's brilliance in his debut playoffs. The Mavs were in control of game 1 until KP was ejected in the 3rd. They won game 2. KP got injured game 3 and by then Luka's bad ankle hampered him enough where the Mavs slowly lost their edge.
How KP performed in the series this year seemed largely gameplanned. RC wanted KP playing that role. Why? Well that's what he thought KP was good for. Mavs were outscoring the Clips with KP out there. It was the bench and lack of offensive creation that did the Mavs in.
There seems to be obvious disagreements for how KP was used between the front office and RC, and it was probably one of the factors that led to RC leaving.
1. Well I sure would like to see those posts from 12 months ago, when Porzingis put up 23/9 on 53% 3pt shooting. Sometimes you guys will just pull all sorts of sh*t out of your arses (excuse my language) to suit your agendas. If anything PG/Kawhi would be an match-up excuse for Luka to have a shitty series.
2. Ibaka played 18 MINUTES in the whole series. Harrell averaged 16 MPG last year.
3. If Batum is the level of player that makes playing Porzingis a match-up problem, then we should get rid of him right now.