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The positives (and negatives) of the Kyrie Irving–Luka Doncic combo on the Mavs | NBA Today



Zach Lowe and Kendrick Perkins discuss the Dallas Mavericks losing Kyrie Irving’s home debut with the team.

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44 Comments

  1. Jaden Mcdaniels is a All NBA defender or in the future for sure

  2. When u buy a pout,
    Expect to be knocked out.

    Maybe Cuban sh get off of Shark Tank;
    Clearly does not know how to judge talent.

  3. Luka and Kyrie isn't compatible in the same court together. It's crazy but one of them should be handling their own unit. They aren't good together because Luka is best on his own pace, he can play a different tempo but he's not at his best. With Kyrie and Luka together on the court, they lose that speed that Kyrie and the starting guys use to create more opening for the shooters which are all of them basically. To be at their best one of them handles their own unit where they can have their own pace and tempo. Luka isn't Lebron at all because of his lack of speed and athleticism, Lebron can easily match whatever Kyrie's tempo is, they would immediately synchronize together like a metronome in the court.

  4. Coming from a mavs fan luka needs to change his play style for this duo to flourish.His slow pace while running the break as well as in the half court set is Hurting this team.kyries fast pace play style is more fitting for this team💯.

  5. I'm afraid to reveal to you that this is no longer Luka's team, Luka apparently hired a guy that perfectly fits Dallas team without him. If he wants Dallas to win all the way, he should take the back seat and let Kyrie lead the way. It was sad and unfortunate because I've been enjoying the Luka show, but he made a gargantuan mistake here, he basically gimped himself by hiring Kyrie.

    Have you ever heard of instantaneous synergy? That's what happened to Kyrie in Dallas when he debuted without Luka. This team is accidentally configured to make Kyrie fit like a glove and make him look good. The downside is that, that's without Luka. Luka and Kyrie on court doesn't fit and looked awful.

  6. Offense is fine. People saying changing up the playstyle this and that…they scored 121 points on 34% shooting from the 3. Josh Green who has been very consistent overall had a bad game finally. Their concern is the interior defense. Letting Rudy score 20+ = recipe for disaster.

  7. Kyrie need to have the ball in the final minutes, they gotta come together to agree

  8. Kyrie: “I’m glad I’m with somebody who can take the last shot”
    Luka: “I’m glad I’m with somebody who can take the last shot”

  9. All Praise to the Most High in Christ, follow the LORD and all his word all Israelites (people of color, the Negroes, Latinos & Native American/Seminole Indians)🙏

  10. From what I see they’re still trying to figure how to play together. THATS fine but at the end of the game they both weren’t being selfish with the ball. Unfortunately they didn’t get the ball out but that’s fine they just started playing. I can’t imagine how KD will do with the suns but they’re just starting out. Once they get use to each other’s play style it will be fun to watch.

  11. GAME 2 AN THESE WEIRDOS TALKING LIKE THEY BLEW THE PLAYOFFS LET ME GUESS SLOW STORY DAY HUH 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🤦🏾‍♂️

  12. Luka needs to lose some weight. Drop like 20/30 pounds. That MF is getting too fat.
    Hit the weight room, gain some muscle. SMH.
    MFFL. 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼

  13. Two games with Kyrie and two losses to two teams that aren’t that good 😂😂😂😂 Mavs 2023 is basically a Brooklyn 2022 version 2 except not as good

  14. Thank you Zach for pointing out DOMINANT defense by Jaden and Ant. I don't think it was unselfishness that made them not take a shot, they passed a lot because every potential shot got shut down by the Wolves young guys

  15. I dno why y’all hate Kyrie so much.. just let the guy go hoop man he ain’t hurting nobody he’s allowed to have his own thoughts doesn’t matter if you agree with them or not .. let him do his thing

  16. Luka is too fat and lazy, He needs to lower his fat percentage and add some lean muscle. Dude is unfit and its part of the reason he plays zero defense. He is overrated

  17. They look so good together, the Mavericks need to build around them now, get some people in there to play defense… The Mavs put the fear of the Lord into the Timberwolves in that fourth quarter, you guys have everything you need….

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