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That pass that Luka did was a banger love you Luka and the whole crew love you mavs you deserve that win that pass was nice love you mavericks keep up the good wins and I hope you guys get it to the playoffs
Another excuse pod.
Main problems they mentioned 1. Last possession plays – they blamed everything except the coach, 2. Rebounding – well guess what you are starting and giving major minutes to Dwight Powell as main center of the team who averages 4.2 rebounds this season.
Those clutch stats are unbelievable. 3-18 in games down to last possession is ridiculous. This comes down to coaching and execution.
Dwight Cuban and Maxie, Tim, Bertans, Theo and frank are just bad, wish you people would just get that
don't be in clutch games just score more points. never ever play Dwight Cuban ever and only play Maxie no more than 5 min. get wings taller than guards' problem solved.
I have been screaming this roster is a lottery pick team without Luka. Shit now they have Kyrie and Luka and we are looking at being a lottery team!!!!!!! Get rid of all them but Luka, Kyrie, Hardy, Green. Seriously all but Tim and Wood might not even be on any other NBA team! The loss of DFS was huge his d and attitude/ toughness is all this team had.
Hearing the constant whining and bemoaning of the Warriors 3rd quarter play just rings so hollow after the losses they just took. Let’s move on, gents!
The Team should look to play Javale more simply so they have a chance at stoping these easy in the paint points. They also need to stop babying Luka if its the 1st,2nd,3rd quarter and Luka wants a challenge they use it. why any team in the nba would even consider using a challenge before last 5 minutes of the game shows they are babying him. Luka shoots a lot of bad shots as well not trying to get kyrie involved despite kyrie being significantly more efficient. They also need find ways to start well and hold a lead. When they are up by 10 or more they should shoot less 3s and shooting themselves out of the game. I think Javale and frank can give them defensive help they need and if Luka doesn't like playing with them put them on the court more with Kyrie and Hardy who are able to iso score and dont need picks as much. I know Lukas numbers are great but most of these games have been lost in a few possessions and I think the difference in a win are little aspects of Lukas game and maturity. He goes to the media and says he's not having fun and not considering that all the blame will go on kyrie. I think Luka knows no matter what he will not be at fault. But if you are the best player on this team then the little things you do are the difference. I cant blame Kyrie when he plays efficiently and doesn't get the ball a lot. I can somewhat blame coaching but thats mostly for how they baby Luka., and for certain roster moves they base it off Luka getting frustrated with a player despite it being helpful on defense. Not to mention how many game winning shots Luka has botched recently despite being rite under the hoop. They are not going to call a foul in those moments and he should already know that. Why is Kyrie only missing 1 shot at half time being the reason they get a lead and then never getting the ball back? Even how they play strictly around Lukas game only and he refuses to make adjustments and play off ball. Luka needs to decide if he wants to win or have his way period
luka dependance isnt a thing. luka iso is the problem… kyrie ran that same team sans luka and no diniwiddie/brunson and they are 4-1… and that 1 loss came from brooks reinjuring him. good things can happen on ANY team with good ball movement. (charlotte proved that twice. houston beat boston etc)
luka doesnt promote ball movement. the stats are out again this year and he is the most ball dominant 4 yrs straight. cant expect other teammates to have rhythm and flow and be active… when metrics show 40% of mavs possessions is luka shot or luka turnover. and thats for his stepback 33% three that people gas up.. like wtf. thats not even including luka iso and luka drive and kick (where he gets all his assists).
mavs are dead last few years and were on pace again before irving trade (moved up to 27th). his individual iso plays doesn't make anyone better or get anyone else in a groove. idc if you dont think his teammates are not good. they're all professionals and people need reps to be decent. he needs to learn to play off ball ,be engaged and play defense. especially if you want to convince other stars/top players to want to play with you.
some source for the non believing luka fanboys :
www DOT si DOT com/nba/2022/10/25/luka-doncic-christian-wood-dallas-mavericks
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With all due respect, you guys mention rebounding as a major issue multiple times but refuse to name the problem: it's Dwight Powell.
The Mavs top 3 rebounders in order: Luka, Wood..Kyrie Irving.
Yeah, that's right…Kyrie joins the team and is IMMEDIATELY a better rebounder – as a guard known for handles/finishing – than your starting center. Wood isn't even a starting player and even with his tumultuous minutes he's getting 8 rebounds off the bench. Javale is sitting there doing nothing. I'm sorry but that's all just bad.
And you look at other teams' fringe/bench players that absolutely kill the Mavs on the boards…Kevon Looney, Mark Williams (who even is this?)..look around the league at players you think are average on their best day (Plumlee).. they would all be massive upgrades over Powell.
It's not being mean or a personal attack to call it like it is. But just move on already. It's just being mean and unfair to Powell at this point because we all see it.
this team is undercoached and leaderless, nothing to sugarcoat it