Mavericks News & Rumors after their second consecutive loss focus on the defensive end of the floor where the Mavs have struggled so far in the 2023-24 NBA Season. Mavs head coach Jason Kidd wants more effort from his team on the defensive end, especially when players like Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving are doing their part. How can the Mavs improve on defense? Harrison Graham and Jeffrey Cooperstein explore on today’s show!
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Mavs head coach Jason Kidd on the defense:
“Until we can understand and be connected on the defensive end, then we’ll be able to make strides but right now our best defense is our offense. If we aren’t scoring 130, it’s hard to win.”
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Concern level over the Mavs’ defense? Scale it from 1-10 in the comments!
This team won’t go anywhere with Powell in the rotation. Jason Kidd is the problem!
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you can't win playing Dwight or Maxie
No defense no rings
4 still early
🗣️🚨 defensive coach needs to go
No one shouldn't be surprised that they still can't defend. They didn't do much to make themselves a better defensive team
Time to make some trades and get a better 3 and backup Center
Caruso + Drummond for Kleber + Hardy. And Hardaway for Jonathan Isaac. You get a second center a great wing and the best defensive player in the market.
Luka is not a top 3 NBA player. You have to be a 2 way player. That why I put Tatum over Luka.
Move heaven and earth to get a starting center. Lively is fine and would be all world with the second unit. Dwight? thank you for your service.
Maxi has the yips (when he plays). May still be decent on defense but has become a liability on our 4 our offense.
Worse dettensive team in whole NBA team
get kidd out get someone good, get a wing and a center. and see from there.
It's good that they found out early in the season that they suck defensively. They need a good big man or they're not going anywhere once again
The Mavericks are OUTSIZED by the ones that beat them. Get them a BIG defense minded center to crash the boards. It's hard to understand these players getting such big bucks but they don't do what they're told to do – PLAY DEFENSE.
What package would it take to land Drummond and Caruso?
I’ve watched every single game it’s literally about effort. They get lazy on defense and they give up the most easiest buckets I’ve ever seen. And they are out of position a lot of defense so they definitely lack communication.
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same old story out score the other team cause u have no defernse, u didnt get a veteran big man .
Defense Concern level 8. Why because Luka is the leader and defense should start with him. With that said I don't like the idea of trying to get him to step up/ change. Just think it took us 5 years to get him to stop complaining to the refs…. oh wait, he hasn't really stopped. I'd personally like to the plus/minus win shares for when luka has less than 2 foul cries in a game or half. Of course is that game exists. With defense, I feel there are TOO MANY 3-point-centric shooters. Being able to shoot the long ball is nice, but, as we can see, it does not always work.
Real hooper's know that it is an unwritten truth that three-point shooters don't typically put in max effort in defensive situations. These guys are always playing for splashy-flashy contributions. Psychologically speaking, defense is not a shooters first idea of contribution. Maybe not even 2nd. Also, if they come up short by getting scored on at the defensive end, a shooter will look to "make up" with a mindset of getting those points back with a 3 ball. Even Grant Williams looks collegiate when he's inside the arc on both ends. The point is, if we're not getting high effort defense from Luka, Kyrie, or THJ, our best shooters, then it's not likely that other guys are going to go all out. The Mavs are always built in a manner where everyone not named Lively or Powell is expected to score from deep, not to prevent an opponent from scoring. It's been that way since Nash and Don Nelson days, and Cuban ain't letting it go.
Their problem is and always has been a lack of frontcourt athleticism and rebounding. It's silly to keep discussing this.
Lively is a good start, but not enough. They need to trade a combination of Green, Hardy or hardaway and pick for a couple of athletic 4s or 5s.