(05-29-2021, 05:06 AM)F Gump Wrote: Watching the reactions after each game is an interesting exercise.
After a W, it's about how every player is great, and how huge the contracts will be to keep them all. Strong adamant opinions.
After a L, it's about how most of the team has to go, and what a disaster the team is. Strong adamant opinions.
I am reminded of the wise words of Jimmy Johnson, who would say, "You're not as good as your best game, and you're not as bad as your worst." That is true of both players and teams.
The solution isn't really "erase and start over." At this level, it's not so much who you are as it is "how do we play better the next time." And don't forget that LAC is dealing with the same equation.
I disagree with this.
The reaction after the first two games was about THJ and DFS and their increasing value around the league.
The reaction after game three was about many finally coming around to what many ALREADY held: that KP needs to go and is not a good 2nd star fit with Luka.
BOTH of those general reactions are true.
Also, many of us have been saying the Mavs clearly played above their own heads in games 1-2 and that things were going to likely plummet back to earth.