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Last night the Dallas Mavericks got a bounce back win over the Washington Wizards after losing their In-Season Tournament game against the New Orleans Pelicans the night prior. The Mavs are now sitting in 2nd place in the West with a 9-3 record, and while I was ready to call them a potential contender, I wanna breakdown why their early success might not be what it seems.
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I think they're real contenders, but the roster does have some holes still, so there's not a lot of margin for error or injuries. There's other teams that I would say have better chances, especially the Nuggets, but Dallas is a legit top 5 team in the West imo. Their offense is going to be a problem for even the best teams, especially in a series format.
Exactly. I mean, they only have a top 3 player in the world leading the team with a first ballot hall of fame guard beside him who have now proven to work together, on top of that a supporting cast that improve defensively every night who are also leading the league in both three point percentage and volume, with the front running 6moy candidate averaging 18ppg off the bench at the time off writing, and a mew center that at only 19 year of age, earned a starting slot that transformed the teams offense and defense and is currently ranked as the 5th best rookie in the league. And its not like theyre the best clutch team in the NBA or anything?…. Off course theyre not contenders
They are one experienced derrick Lively and another tall three & D guy away
All comes down to matchups in the playoffs. Game slows down. Which caters to Luka. But time will tell. Bench is showing up tho
That negative net rating for the starting 5 is due to them getting off to a slow start EVERY game lol smh. Those 1st qtrs be brutal. Again I think that has to do w/ them Gel’n/still figuring each other out. Not to mention Jkidd being defensive minded coach although he was an offensive minded player. 🤔 think of it like chess… better yet boxing. Defensive minded boxers are usually better at countering… J Kidd is evaluating what the opponent is doing in the first qtr while trying different schemes offensively & defensively then goes w/ what worked best in the 2nd qtr, makes major adjustments/tweaks after halftime & coast in the 4th qtr. I get it but he probably shouldn’t use the whole 1st qtr to figure out what the opponent is doing as well as what he wants to do. And definitely shouldn’t it get so ugly before buckling down
Understanding that it’s way too early to ask this question where do you see the Mavs ending the season top 4 in the west or top 8 in the west.
Your wrong they better this year 💯scoring is way up just watch
if lively broke through they are a contender
as a mavs fan i kinda agree with us being not a contender yet and that's fine cause kyrie still has 3-4 years left at a minumum in his prime depending on injuries and its probably best to not to a panic trade this season jusf play it out and wait til the offseason to target wings and a backup center. it would be interesting if we could upset some teams this playoffs tho especially if the defense picks up cuz our 2022 run doesnt rven have an all nba caliber defender maybe doe on some levels but that team manage to be top 8 on defense. jkidd defense scheme is all about team effort but if we manage a wing like og, wiggs or even jerami grant it could be the last piece to contention
It's still the NBA, the highest level of basketball there is. Every minute on the court is valuable to building team dynamics. We'll know what we have mid season. For now, we'll enjoy the ride.
nah man. Mavs winning the chip this year.