Scott Van Pelt takes you through the highlights of the New Orleans Pelicans’ 113-106 win against the Dallas Mavericks that saw Luka Doncic leave due to a thigh injury. Tim Legler joins the show to discuss the concern he has for the Mavs moving forward.
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46 Comments
Cuban got rid of Brunson and. KP.
Legs is by far and away my favorite nba analyst.
Lula: it’s not good. Playing with uncle drew isn’t working out as I had hoped. Ship him out next year to the Lakers.
The Mavericks were already bad defensively before Kyrie got there. Now that Dinwiddie and DFS are gone, they're just worse.
Luka been fighting that thigh injury
I can’t figure out why anyone adds Kyrie Irving to their roster with high expectations. Sans LeBron, he is not a winning player at all.
More overwatch 2 games for luka W
Great analysis
Its already falling apart. This will not be Longterm deal.
Christian Wood was doing great numbers before he got pushed to the second unit
Remember this is why Kyrie left Brooklyn cus he can’t handle being the only star during injuries
One thing is certain, if the first thing you say about a guy is "hopefully he can stay healthy", the dude aint gonna stay healthy.
We are playing defense like Steve Nash and dirk is back together: horrible
Zion weight is an issue; dude weight is heavy on his joints…
So in Mavs case, good offense doesn't beat good defense. Clrearly they were a better team before the trade. You need good role players to be a contender. Heck, look at Warriors this season…or Lakers a season ago. Yet somehow everybody thinks that getting a superstar is a cure for all. But in this case neither Luka nor Kyrie are good defensive players which makes it even worse.
Luka has a lot of miles on him for being so young. His body won't last. These injuries will start to happen more as he approaches 27. He'll be done early like D. Rose.
They’re poorly coached.
Hope Book's little son is alright 🙏
Luka is a noodle
Truth
If Luka is out for an extended time, Clippers will get 6th and Lakers will get 7th. Then if both LA teams can beat Kings and Grizzlies, an LA showdown in the 2nd round.
For today's NBA that puts so much premium on offense and always seems to disregard defense. Offense gets you followers, defense wins you Championships.
Can Ty Lue keep playing Mann in the 4th? Please? Westbrook gave us 3 turnovers and a couple of bricked wide-open corner threes. Russ is too much of a liability in close games.
If anyone thinks Kyrie is going to stay in Dallas they are in denial. 😅
1. Nuggets
2. Kings
3. Grizzlies
4. Suns
5. Warriors
6. Clippers
7. Lakers
8. Mavericks
Lakers do have the potential to rise to 5th but so do the Clippers. But do either of them want to have 5th to potentially face Suns in the 1st round? But what if Suns climb up to 2nd or 3rd? Kings or Grizzlies can still get caught. That means 6th and 7th seeds are ones you need to avoid. So LA teams better hope Kings and Grizz don't get caught for 2nd and 3rd.
Remember people have been saying this all season about Dallas they said this after the lakers game as well
Where is JJ Reddick's First Take bagging Perk?
Luka has to take his off season conditioning more serious. He is super talented and has incredible upside , but I don't think he will ever reach his mvp caliber potential if he doesn't condition his body as an elite athlete.
Zion is more "street clothes" than AD is
How is it that teams start to lose more wherever Kyrie Irving goes 🤷🏾♂️😈
We have to have more analysts on TV the likes of Tim legler and jj reddick. Sometimes there's too much thearatrics and not technical and on point analysis from guys like skip and Stephen Smith.
Hey it’s the reverse racist sports news network…
Weak azz white boy can't stay healthy fa nothing
Losing Dorian was big for the Mavs.
Hot take: Mavs should look into trading Luka 😅
Luka mate, in the next window consider making a move, Dallas is not gonna get you there, signing KI makes pretty obvious that the guy in charge of planning has no clue what a team needs.
The Mavs' defense is of the G league, because too often they leave unguarded people under the panel (free to shoot casually). In this manner, say thank you if they enters the PO, but they assumed that by bringing Kyrie(and implicitly weakening their defense). Even with the current people, with better resource management, Mavs still should have won more games. CW is so talented and underappreciated more and more and this in losing the team and Josh hasn't matured enough to be a starter…
C Wood might as well have been apart of the irving deal and CJ uh win a play in game by himself😭😭😭
It’s just seems like playoffs will be again about who can survive and stay healthy.
Let’s go Lakers 🟣🟡
I think they need a dynamic big who can run and block shots with the second unit. The rotation of Wood, Kleber, Powell, and Mcgee won't fix that.
Mavs exploited w/o Dunkirk
Zion is so dark skinned they had to iso him in the frame…..
The maverick’s will be one and done. Whoever they play against in the western conference playoffs. Defense wins games not offense. And Cuban not paying Brunson. Trading smith/ dinwitty for kyrie ruined the team’s chemistry 🧪.!! 😢
Luka will never be best player on championship team
Dallas won’t get out of the 1st round.
The pelicans 😂