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Why Jason Kidd & Dallas Mavericks Coaching is Failing Luka Doncic & the Mavs | Postgame



Why Jason Kidd & Dallas Mavericks Coaching is Failing Luka Doncic & the Mavs | Postgame

Disgust anger frustration upset feelings terribleness let’s talk about who’s to blame the most for the Mavs losing five of their last six games because it’s not going well today’s lockdown Mavs I’m lukic and this is lockdown Maverick Mavericks are NBA champions bang bang it’s good and the Mavericks

Have won the game thank you you don’t believe you shouldn’t be Here and welcome you are locked on to the Dallas Mavericks my name is Nick angstead media member NBA channel manager for the locked on podcast Network your team every day thanks for being part of the show and make it lock time ABS your first listen today where

The best way you can help us grow the show is to listen every day leave a five star viiew like the video comment below don’t take it out on the show like the video let me know in the comment section who or what deserves the most blame for

The Mavs losing five of the last six games and if you’re watching on YouTube right now you can’t see me because I’m not here because I don’t believe anymore I don’t I don’t believe I shouldn’t be here so I am off screen that’s not where I thought you were

Going with that I just I just can’t anymore with this team th I cannot believe that we’re in this position where they won seven in a row they had made the trades we were feeling good about where the team was and now I can’t believe that you know what I can’t

Believe the most by the way slightly biased joining me on joining me on the show you know what I can’t believe the most I had four or five people come up to me after the the show or after the game raccoon Squad members people listen to this show that listen all the time

Some of you that said man feel so bad for you good luck on the show tonight like I was about to go do something like something had just happened to me as if I was the one that was like oh man this just so brutal for you to have like this

Mavericks team has transcended basketball and is now infecting our lives as a thing that is tearing us down uh we don’t have a betterhelp ad today but it’s it’s betterhelp.com lockon NBA if you need it because man I certainly do after a loss like that just how badly

They lost to the Pacers we’ll talk about why they lost to the Pacers but slightly it’s more about like that they lost to the Pacers and now it’s five of six I mean you could see the red anger in my face I mean if you’re if you’re a fan

Right your go-to feeling has to be well why do I care they don’t look like they do like that that is just the harsh truth and that’s that’s a harsh thing to say and since you know I’ve I’ve come on here and you know I’ve grown a little

Bit I’ve tried to steer clear of that because I know that that’s a lofty thing to say that they don’t care they’re not trying but I gotta ask like top to bottom where is the fire coming from in this team yeah where is it who’s who’s making people answer for this stuff who

Is it because I I’m left wondering I know the coaches aren’t doing it that’s the whole entire reason you went and got kid in this coaching staff was you wanted a more F player friendly coach the Rick Carlile was butting heads too much with the young guys whatever that’s

You know that’s how the NBA is trending so I don’t think it’s coming from the coaching staff they’re just going to go postgame and be like yeah they’re soft and then the players gonna be like yeah well I guess that’s his opinion if they called us soft like that that that’s

Literally almost a Verbatim press conference we had from earlier in the season so you know it’s not coming from the coaching staff where is it coming from is are there players the Kings had a player only meeting a couple nights ago will we will this team ever have a

Player only meeting I don’t get that vibe from them at all they have a player only meeting after every game it’s just Dwight pal sitting in the corner just going over the minutes that he he took from the from the uh the previous meeting they have they have their

Leadership Council is that still a thing this is a culture someone go Anakin on the council this is Jesus leave the kids alone though leave leave the Younglings this is a culture loss this is where you look at a team and say they have taken the identity and they’ve taken the

Personality of their head coach and they’ve applied it to how they play right now and this is how the all of a sudden the defense is just not giv enough effort there’s no fight back what is it where where is this team now when they desperately their backs are against

The wall they needed a win like this they’re a half game ahead of the Lakers for ninth right now that whole cushion is gone gone completely gone and the Lakers in Warriors are playing really good basketball and this team’s going to go in ninth or 10th and they are they

Should be happy and like thanking their lucky stars that the Jazz sold at the deadline because they’re what five and a half games ahead of them which is like it was seven like two nights ago so that’s not even out of the question anymore if this team doesn’t make the

Play in even like completely somehow I mean heads have to you have to make full sale like it’s its coaching staff has to be completely gone I mean that that was I did a mailbag yesterday someone asked how would kid have like what would have to happen for kid to be

Fired I said they’d have to miss the entire playin again because I think even if they are nine and 10 in the playin and they lose the first game there’s enough well you know this was this there’s injuries and we had this and this problem and bl I don’t buy any of

That I disag I think they would call if they lose the first game of the playin I think they would throw I think they would take all those excuses hand them hand them up and be like this is what it was and so we’re just going to keep kid

Because we believe in him and all that problem is I don’t know the team do anymore I think kids gone unless there’s a deep playoff run cuz cuz people will demand heads roll and there will be like too much of a public outcry if people people people demand who the only people

That would that would that could demand like something to happen is Luca and Kyrie let’s be real though Cuban Cuban is a chronically online human being like he he knows so kid well I hope not just for his wellbe I hope year referenced one of my tweet Tweets in a press

Conference that is a chronically online you have to be really online my tweets I know Luc is online he’s blocked slightly biased and slightly biased as a shirt that says unblocked slightly on it I really but no listen Cuban if you for are some reason listening to this you have I mean at

Some point somebody within the organization has to go to the team to the to the coaching staff and say listen guys just be as blunt as possible if you guys don’t write this if you guys don’t go on a deep playoff run we have to cut ties we just have to last year

Was really pushing the boundaries okay and we we stuck with you we kept it we kept you around all right we traded for Kyrie halfway through the season if this season does not end if this season ends in disaster or disappointment heads have to roll and they have to understand that

Pull your head out of your ass I mean enough of this just moping around enough the the super long leash for Tim Hardway Jr what are we still doing at this point with that no I only played him like 13 minutes tonight so I I’m like how does

Hardy have zero minutes like there’s still rotational stuff that I don’t understand no I the rotation I’m not even I’m not even taking the rotation thing as a problem anymore because I think kid play I think kid played the guys that were supposed to play and the

Ones that weren’t supposed to right he played Gafford extended minutes because Gafford was the only one giving them the spark that you mentioned earlier uh he didn’t play he played Tim Hardway Jr under 13 minutes so I I think that is that’s fine like he hit a couple of he

Hit two threes that’s I mean that’s all you expect from him uh he played Maxi 15 minutes like I think that he played the right guys the right amount of minutes I’m not even calling this a rotation L this is a culture loss because where you lost was the defense was completely lost

The whole game the speed of the Pacers just completely overwhelmed them and they couldn’t follow and their their defense already plays from behind anyway they have to play We how many times have you and I sat on here after losses and gone man they were just playing catchup

All night on defense and they were doing it again today but the speed of the Pacers was just too much for them nine out of 10 Pacers scored in double digits like that is covered the ears of the little children in the car the that are

Listen to this that is a booty whooping like a team butt whooping from the Pacers and Rick Carla just completely out coaching Jason kid and they had enough talent to win this game if it happened if it keeps happening like this remember the episode I had months ago I

Said it was about 30 or so games into the season and I go man there’s been about five losses that have just been completely on coaching because you had the talent you had the rest you had the you know you had the players and stuff

And then it you just couldn’t get it and you just couldn’t get the win I think this is one of those and the Pacers are a very good team like great for the Pacers but it’s the way they looked and how thoroughly they got beaten in a game

Like this where you go all right another coaching loss well this is just like where the Buddy Buddy stuff stuff has to end I mean at a certain point you have to be the coach and I I don’t know if the coaching staff is doing this but it

Doesn’t feel like it because they they make the same mistakes over and over and over and over and over the same guys who make the same mistakes over and over and over go out go out again and again and again and again and again and to get extended run and and get these

Incredibly long leashes where’s the accountability at that like there’s there’s none there’s no accountability there’s no changing there’s no actual incentive you know I I just hate to say it like this because I don’t want to like call out the players and like they’re all Uber competitors and they

All tried their hardest to win I know that I understand that but I mean I watched teams out hustle them I watched them lack the energy and the effort on defense this is now a prolonged stretch and a very vital part of the Season man this isn’t November or December where we

Can say hey they’re still trying to get their legs under them it’s kind of understandable this is like must-win territory man unless they have come to a conclusion as a group that like Hey we’re we’re kind of cool with just like being healthy going into the playing

Tournament if that’s what it takes and if that’s the reality get that loser mentality out of here so I don’t believe that that’s true um I just as a fan it’s it’s hard to watch this because have we SE I I’m stat nerds I would love to know

Has there ever been a stretch where a team was for a seven game stretch the best defense in the NBA and then an immediate seven game stretch afterwards the worst because that’s exactly what has happened that has to be like the Warriors probably did that at some point

During their run right like but they probably won a bunch of those they probably won a bunch of those I guarantee you it’s never happened it’s probably never happened that’s that is an insane stat that the Mavs defense has just completely falling off a cliff and

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Check out the subtext subscribe I will uh do something on there I just did a mail bag yesterday you get text straight to your phone I appreciate everybody I saw a game tonight all right slightly it’s time they’re not gonna do it they’re not gonna remove kid right

Now and I don’t even know if they should do it in the middle of the Season like this but at the end of the season it’s time to go because in a stretch like this where your backs are against the wall you need wins like this it’s time

To turn it up they had turned the corner they had the seven game win streak and you go on a run like this where you just look completely overmatched and completely uninterested you’ve taken on the mentality and you’ve taken on the personality that your coach brings and I

Think that this team needs a different voice they need a different look and hey I know kid or Luca and Kyrie like Jason kid and maybe it’s more tenuous than we think and maybe he’s holding things together more than we think that he is and if they replace him then maybe Kyrie

You know something happens Luca something happen who knows if there’s more behind the scenes there always is more behind the scenes than we know but basketball-wise just looking at this team they’re not getting any kind of Advantage from from coaching at all it’s roll out the ball it’s run pick and roll

It’s go out there and play the same defense that they’ve been playing and I’ll give kid some credit he tried some Zone in this game the problem is they’ve been so terrible at Zone all season that it didn’t do them any good in a game like this and you don’t play zone

Against a team that can shoot this well either it’s like you’re trying to overcome so many different things and like it it’s just time man it’s just time because another loss like this is just another loss where there wasn’t fight and I think it’s on the coaching

Staff I mean even if it’s like Luca and Kyrie love kid hey at a certain point man this is a profession that’s what I was about to say waiting here is all so there’s like if kid and or luk and Kyrie would rather have kid around and and

They’re still toiling the foiling around in the play playing tournament versus trying to go get another coach and really try to win basketball games guys believe it or not there was a stretch in time where this team for all of their flaws during you know the the 2000s and

Their playoff disappointments from here and there they won 50 games every single season like it was stamped in you just knew it you knew you were you knew they were making the playoffs you knew they were going to have home court you knew they were going to have 50 wins this is

Like excruciating and as a fan it’s just it was really sad to watch and yeah uh you’re they’re not firing kid right now like I I’ve tried to I’ve tried to make that point and people have gotten mad at me they’re they’re just not going to do

It like it’s there’s 20 games left in the season unless something crazy happen off the floor or something not on glass and nothing crazy happens but um just say knock on glass yeah we’ve already done this before knock on glass ass knock knock on Christian Wood that it won’t happen okay

Yeah um but where was I going I’m just my brain is they’re not going to they’re not remove kid oh yeah and look they’ve like youve they’ve kind of lost their if it’s we want to player friendly coach who just kind of let us go out there and

Do our thing you guys have lost that privilege I think if this season continues the way that it’s going after this last you know seven games or so and you’re in the playing tournament and God forbid you don’t make it out of it you’ve lost that privilege this is a

Team that hasn’t been able to self start like they they just haven’t they talk about it all the time in the postgame pressors we need to come out with more energy we need to play the full 48 we need to try harder on defense get we

Can’t get so upset when the we gets exactly and it’s like okay well do it and and I get this like I get this you know you want to blame kid for and at a certain point the coaching staff yeah you have to step in and say to do it but

At another point it’s like just do it guys you know what it is and the things you’re talking about are just mental things that you can change it’s not you know skill things like developing a three-point shot like oh I don’t know how to shoot but I’m trying my hardest

To learn how to shoot like that’s that’s a different problem entirely when it’s effort showing up to Games Starting gamees strong not having mental lapses where you zone out for three to four minutes and next thing you know a 20 to6 run has happened and now you’re down by

14 points and crawling your way out of that hole the entire game you know you’re yelling at refs you’re not getting back on defense and this is a one like I I think people confus whenever I say yelling at refs is like me only singling out Luka no no no he is

Not the only person on this roster who does it it’s a problem that several people have it got it got into Josh Green so much he got that flagrant foul on N Smith and that was just a boneheaded play that was just stupid yeah uh just running into him uh like

And that was that was just a rid a ridiculous thing I I’m with you and I think that to go back to your point about well he’s a player’s coach okay well how has the player not gotten better at the things that are holding him back in a way the complaining to

Refs there’s been no there you know there’s been some movement on it this year he’s gotten better conditioning wise but that’s CU he hired his own team like it’s it’s it feels like it’s uh it feels like this team is taking a class online right they’re taking a class online

They’re going they’re doing their discussion boards they’re going and filling it out and like maybe they’re reading the notes but then they’re just rolling the ball out in the test and you’re like what did I learn I don’t really know I remember some things I slightly remember some game plan things

But then we’re just going to roll it out and run some pick and roll some double drag we’re going to do some handoffs here there I’m just gonna Chuck up some shots and then we’re just gonna run around on defense and try to like be in

The right spot and I’m just going to get lost again I mean is that is kids defense defensive scheme that complex are we talking like some some Brad dude never heard before defensive scheme that like has defensive coverages that are out of a Disney Channel movie like like

They have plays like like specific play names like the do the Zamboni just takes attention and effort and like it’s hard when that is the number one thing but then also shouldn’t they be given the effort e and he’s like kid said last game what there’s certain

Guys that we’ve got to teach to give effort 100% of the time they can’t take plays off and I get that who’s teaching them that you know like at at some point if like at some point if everyone in the class fails then it’s on the the teacher

Right yeah that’s true and this Mavs team is taking an online course right now but at another point at another point it’s an online course you know exactly what you signed up for you got to get on there and do the work you gotta get on there and and do your

Discussion boards oh for sure oh for sure so I like if the if the E if the problem really is effort and it’s consistent effort you know it’s it’s one blame the coach yes the coaching staff has to get most out of it man at a certain point the players just have to

Do it if we’re talking effort like just do it it’s easier said than done I understand but we’re talking about two different things you’re talking about this season right now this season is what it is they’ve got to put the effort in they’ve got to do what the the scheme

Is they’re not going to remove kid as as much as I would want them right now like they’re not going to do that I’m talking about the future I’m talking about I’m I’m out on I’m out on kid for people who think that I’m a kid Defender I am out

On him he is not making it past this season unless there was a miraculous deep postseason run he is not making it past this season so M which would be so Mavericks for them to do like hey two of the three seasons we went on a deep po

Postseason run I mean he I’m here for it I don’t care I mean I am too I would sit here and celebrate but I think they but I think they would also win to you know in spite of kid they just keep getting out coaching all these games I had uh a

Sub texter text me and rank the coaches in the Western Conference and we got to like 12 before I even like considered kid I mean it it’s not good and everyone you know the the buildt for the playoff excuse is guys you have to make it I

Don’t know if everyone’s aware I don’t know if they’re aware you got to be you got to win the games first you don’t just walk into it coming up let’s talk about what actually happened in this Pacers game how did the Mavs lose this one what can

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Up which I think is another underlying issue that the offense is just held together with Luca Kyrie and duct tape basically um but yeah I thought the speed was one of the first things and they kept helping off of Miles Turner in the first half like how many times are

You g to help off of Miles Turner your zone is like yeah okay you’re running a Zone and yes the Pacers run a ton of different screens and all that kind of stuff but why are we still helping off of Miles Turner allowing him to just get

These wide open jump shots um there’s not really a good answer to help off of with the Pacers but man it just felt like they were trying to do the same thing they did last time yeah I mean that was clearly their their uh strategy last time was because you looked at the

Numbers you died deep into the numbers the the Mavericks clearly do have an analytics Department you dive deep into the numbers and he was shooting like 30 something per from three over his last few games like it wasn’t you know it wasn’t uh he wasn’t shooting well so

Their strategy and looking back on it this is what happened during their seven game winning streak they got fortunate where like the seven the seven these seven teams all had like one player you were kind of comfortable helping off of no matter what right and you were able

To to send help off of that guy and rotate off of that but uh yeah the these teams like the Pacers with Miles Turner make that a nightmare because they just can’t rotate they’re not good at it they’re not built to do it they don’t

Have the Defenders to do it uh and yet they continuously try to do it and they tried to do it yet again and hey to Indiana’s credit man they they were lights out tonight like they were making every single shot pretty much even the tough ones that they did have that were

Contested the Mavericks had some good defensive possessions that they played 23 and a half great seconds of defense and then it was just you know a heck of a shot that you just have to tip your c three yeah like I see I could just see

That corner three just going in over and over and over again there oh my gosh I Scouts I had Scout was like I didn’t know Ben Shepard was on the Pacers a scout said that no just is that the Dallas Maverick Scout it’s like oh oh Ben sheeper

That’s a d mavick Scot right there oh wait this this Pat roster I have is from 2018 where where’s sabonis is sabonis not on this team anymore he must be hurt the the difference between this season and past seasons of The Mavericks defense or let me just say the first

Season of the Mavericks defense it’s not that Dorian F Smith was such a good Defender and Reggie boock was such a good Defender it’s I think because offense has exploded this season that this kind of a defense can’t keep up with offenses and you saw it in a game

Like this like this was the Pinnacle best example you can give of offense is cracked completely like completely broken and insane this season uh the top 10 defense is 114 points per 100 possessions that’s a top 10 defense this season the Mavs number one offense that was the number one offense in league

History like three or four years ago 116 points per 100 possessions that was the number one of all time and now 114 is a top 10 defense that’s that’s insane to me and so offense is cracked and so you just can’t keep up in that same way and

I think it’s like you look at I saw a graphic that got posted that was the the Mavs Advan the Western Conference Finals it was Luca Brunson uh Bullock Dorian F Smith and Dwight poell and I was like how is Luca Kyrie PJ Washington Josh green and like

Maxi or Lively or Gafford so different than Luca brunsen Bullock Dory infiny Smith and like Maxi how was that so completely different and I think it’s just because of where the NBA is going right now well part part of the reason there’s a huge scoring uh explosion I’ve

Seen some people say it but it’s never the the main reason people say is pretty much every single role player in the NBA now is not an offensive zero those guys like really don’t exist in any real capacity anymore especially on a team like the Pacers like Patrick Beverly

Well even then like he’ll hit some threes from time to time like there’s no Andre Roberson’s in the NBA anymore there are no like complete zero defense offensively and then you have Josh giddy who’s a you debatable player but outside of that though that’s a negative yeah

Outside of that though you know you have to account for pretty much everybody on the floor especially team like the Pacers and yeah when you play this style of Defense where we’re going to help off and we’re going to rotate I mean there was a a play there was a play where Maxi

Is in the strong Corner one pass away the ball’s on the wing and Maxi like miles Turner’s posting up Luca Maxi’s coming off to help one pass away in the corner and it leads to a wide open uh I think it was a NIMH hard three I don’t

Remember who exactly shot the three but it’s just like how is how is that like schematically how is that the shot that we’re comfortable giving up there instead of just like hey maybe maybe Turner catches the ball in the post and we can double on the catch like why are

We helping off before a pass is even thrown and giving up a wide open three in the strong side corner like it’s it’s shocking it’s frustrating that’s schemat that’s a schematic thing because Max is a smart Defender and a good Defender I don’t think he just does that

Right yeah I I don’t know I feel like I want to sit down with one of the Mavs coaches and go through the defense be like is this what was supposed to happen or is this a mess up because I can’t tell the difference anymore on some of

These you know even like when Kyrie looks lost I know Kyrie doesn’t have a reputation for a good Defender but he’s a smart player who smart who’s been in the league for a very long time like how how is he like so lost sometimes how was Luca lost sometimes how are some of

These guys so clueless on where to be like is is the scheme that comp complicated and if it isn’t what are we doing we don’t have the the Personnel for that we do not have the Personnel for it h it’s time for a new voice that’s that’s what I’ve I’ll let’s do one

Positive I’ll give one positive oh actually let me do one more bad thing and then I’ll do a I think this was one of the first games I’ve seen where I think Lucas chucking affected the rest of the team cuz Luka took 30 shots and he took like 25 or something pretty

Pretty early like I thought I saw several plays where Luca looked off a wide openen Maxi or Josh or PJ or somebody and I thought it affected the team on offense and then your offense falls apart in the third quarter and I think that that it has something to do

With it you look at the difference between a Luca and a joic and yic puts everyone else first and then he eats eventually and Luca I’ve been one of the biggest Defenders of your number one play and your most effective play is a Luca isolation but I think sometimes it

Does hurt you and I think this is one of those games when it did well I think this team is very vulnerable to snowball effects and I think one of those snowball effects is Luca saying hey I’m the Superstar I’m the mega star I have

To pull us out of the mud and it’s not necessarily fair to him I thought Kyrie was I thought Kyrie was pretty much nowhere to be found tonight again and just wasn’t points on 19 shots and yeah some of those were like late threes in the start of the fourth quarter when the

Game already felt completely and totally Out Of Reach and um it kind of goes like when when the things are going bad for the Mavericks they they need Kyrie to have like these to have good first quarter second quarter performances so we can go in a halftime either with the

Lead or not down by eight and constantly digg yourself in a game like tonight when your defense was rough a four-point lead felt insurmountable like no joke a two-possession lead actually felt insurmountable like you were not going to generate the stops to come back from it so I

Get I was gonna say I get I get where you’re coming from with Luka because he did chunk a lot tonight but you know I’ll throw him some bail in the sense that like in a game like tonight where your defense is obviously going to be

Terrible and it’s going to be one of these 140 to 143 point games that’s how we’re supposed to win I I could see where Luca is like I have to I have to pull us out the mud tonight oh I get it and he and he does

You know I just thought that this the the decision he made to do that affected the rest of the team and so then in the third quarter when you needed them they vanished just like just like the the Avatar well that’s where the Snowball Effect comes right like all these things

Happen here’s the one positive I thought PJ Washington played really well I thought of everyone he played really well 20 points he hit four of his eight threes he was uh hitting his above the break threes like you like you’ve mentioned his wing threes not the corner

Ones like you mentioned before uh seven boards for him three assists and uh Pascal yakum was kind of like a non-factor for most of this game and I thought it was because of PJ I thought he had a really good game that’s like my one bright spot I Gafford played good

Off the Bench too I liked his I will say I I loved his energy I like there was someone in the chat was like man he’s pumping his chest down 15 I’m like hell yeah somebody has to do it like this team lacks that it really desperately

Lacks that energy and somebody to get them hype and going during times like these where it doesn’t feel like authent uh uh like fake you know what I mean yeah because there times it could feel fake this Mavs crowd was was loving it like they were they were really into him

Getting those offensive re like getting those boards and like fighting for a rebound and even if he didn’t get the board but he fought for it a couple times they were like cheering for it I was man this crowd just doesn’t remember what rebounding is like are not used to

We want rebounding and we want defense if you’re going to come and do those things we will like you like you will you will be you we will like you and we will root for you and we will root for Brian Cardinal still still a legend this

Why Frank Nina had some supporters for longer than he probably should have oh people forget people forget people do forget honestly Frank plug him into this lineup I mean we need some point of attack defense people left this game with five minutes to go I would have left this game in the second

Getting escorted out You’ have had to drag me out of that Stadium for the stuff I was saying we didn’t really there was one guy at the end of the game sitting like in a section over there that was just screaming fire kid and no one was no one

Was joining him I think I might know who that is he that guy is he that guy that got ejected from the from last year I don’t know but there’s a guy on Twitter who’s making a hard push and then and then he got mad at me because I was like hey

They’re not going to do it this year but I’m not they’re not going to they’re not they’re I’ll tell them yeah they’re they’re not doing it in the next month or two he can slightly block me I’m they’re not going to unblock slightly there you go oh my

God tomorrow me and Dana Larson be back we we’ll talk about this team and the problems last time we talked about Dana we were so optimistic we’re like this is why the Mavs are going to move up in the standings and now now what shall we do we’ll talk about that tomorrow guys

Thanks so much for hanging out with us on lockdown Mavs peace out Boom

The Dallas Mavericks had another loss that highlighted all of the issues that Jason Kidd, Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, and the Mavs have had in the last few years. How did the Mavs lose their 5th of 6 games to the Indiana Pacers?

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41 Comments

  1. Words can't comprehend how "MID" of a team this is, you simply can't go from looking like a contender winning 7 straight to being drag down into a play-in spot. It's just a cycle at this point, Nico did his job putting in some pieces for this team to be much more competitive, This kinds of games are the very reason why we traded for Pj and Gafford but it seems obvious that Kidd failed to make it work. At some point when do the management say it's enough, this team doesn't have guts, they're soft in and out. Firing a coach with 20 games left looks like a "Dumpster fire" to me, but at this point just scrap what you can, this team can't and i mean CANNOT miss the playoffs again because of mere COACHING! When you have a generational talent putting up MVP numbers per game and an aging star who still has what it takes, you can't waste so much time trying to figure it out. This is the second straight year that this team has underperformed, and that simply CANNOT happen when you have your team on win now mode

  2. Being a Good Player does not mean One is gonnna be a Great Coach, unfortunately!!!! Just look at the history of coaches in the NBA.

  3. Lively should not be starting. Unless it’s a lob from Luka he is not productive and an inconsistent rebounder. He’s a rook so I get he needs more time to develop but gafford should be starting over him. Get rid of kidd and put in a coach who holds his players accountable for bad defense and throwing up unnecessary shots and a coach who actually runs plays instead of iso and pick and roll. The starting 5 should be luka, kyrie, exum, pj, and gafford while our spark plugs off the bench should be hardy, D jones and green with lively rotating with gafford. Give hardaway a few minutes a game to see if he gets his jumper back and if he goes in and starts bricking 3s and getting burnt on defense take him out immediately. He only played 12 minutes today and that was still way too many. He needs to earn his spot back

  4. Lively should not be starting. Unless it’s a lob from Luka he is not productive and an inconsistent rebounder. He’s a rook so I get he needs more time to develop but gafford should be starting over him. Get rid of kidd and put in a coach who holds his players accountable for bad defense and throwing up unnecessary shots and a coach who actually runs plays instead of iso and pick and roll. The starting 5 should be luka, kyrie, exum, pj, and gafford while our spark plugs off the bench should be hardy, D jones and green with lively rotating with gafford. Give hardaway a few minutes a game to see if he gets his jumper back and if he goes in and starts bricking 3s and getting burnt on defense take him out immediately. He only played 12 minutes today and that was still way too many. He needs to earn his spot back

  5. Unfortunately this also looks bad for Lukas legacy.
    It will give the impression of yet another great stat padder who wont win anything.

  6. He played Gafford 9mins for the 1st 3 quarters and brought him in the 4th to compensate and push the blame on to players. Kidd is a bad person for this…

  7. Why are Mavs failing? Becouse their coaching team (kidd) does not learn from their mistakes. THJ was onece more worst man played for Mavs (not only one guilty for this lose!) but he still get more time then Hardy, Lawson, Omax… why not use one of young guys and place THJ on injury list for 1-2weeks so he relax and reset little bit and then start again. Same issue is in defence and eveywhere alse. No changes again same old schemes that do not work any mor ein NBA!

  8. What NBA coaches actually have a positive effect on their team? I can name about 5. Who is the Kidd replacement?

  9. Luka needs to go to management and say I'm not stepping on that court again until Kidd and THJ are gone, period. We arent winning in the playoffs with Kidd, so why keep him around demoralizing the team!

  10. What is even more problematic in recent games is that Luka is playing at top scoring a lot of pts on good % shooting. If Mavs would not have him they would be loosing games with 30+ points difference!

  11. Word in the streets is that Jason Kidd is the second cousin of pablo escobar’s best friend’s uncle and is a key member in a massive cartel. I know, kind of a bombshell.

  12. Kidd sucks yes, but nobody wants to talk about LUKA’S effort. He is unbelievable offensively but these culture losses are as much on him as anyone else.

  13. How can they (Luka & Ky) love winning more when they give minimal effort, defensively? A true competitor competes on both ends! Ky does every now & then, Luka is absolutely a lazy defender! Gil was right! 😂 j/k

  14. I am suddenly craving the sweet release of getting that top 10 pick via tanking. Lively was good. Imagine more! No matter what, there is no championship this year. Very much none. We are not contenders, no matter how much our love of this team makes us wanna believe.

    And yet there’s the absolute shame of that. Of seeing the headlines of “Luka Doncic embraces the tank, showing why he should never be an MVP candidate.” Will we ever be able to recover from that shame? Man these Mavericks are making me doom like there’s no tomorrrow.

  15. Fans: Tough coaching doesnt work. This generation doesn’t respond to aggressive coaches that hold players accountable.

    Fans: Fire the coach for being a players coach that doesnt hold players accountable.

    The Mavs didnt give defensive effort under Carlisle & they dont under Kidd. Guess who/what is the common denominator?? 77…. When the star player isnt committed to defense, the other players wont be either! B4 the season, they had to ask the man to be a defensive participant for god sakes! Just facts!

  16. Cuban probably talked to Kidd after the Carlisle/Luka situation unfolded and told him not to step on any toes. Kidd is a “yes man” to Luka so yeah, Luka might like him as a coach but it’s not for the right reason. Luka has not matured as a player and possibly even regressed in areas because of it. There’s clearly a weird dynamic with Cuban, Kidd and Luka and Kyrie was just happy to get the extension and nobody bugging him, he doesn’t give a fuck about coaching and seems like he has 1 foot out of basketball as it is.

    Kidd is a problem yes but Cuban is the ultimate problem if you look at it deeper. Fake Woke garbage aside, That dude has fumbled the bag way too many times.

  17. I'm now a half-breed raccoon – spoiled the results, skipped the game, but watched the pod. I'd rather do work at this point, lol.

  18. Cuban has got to go. Out of the front office. Kick him off the bench. Let him hang out on "The View" or run for office. He's poison.

  19. I refuse to believe offense is that good teams cant play defense. Most teams just refuse to give maximum defensive effort. Can teams be shut down, no…. But can a team get key stops when it matters…. Absolutely! Miami does it every year come playoff time. They run tons of offensive action & force teams to work hard on both ends.

  20. Luka doesnt look to get the team involved first. He did one game when they were looking to get PWJ involved. Thats the best game he has played IMO. He will get a pass becuz of stats!

  21. My humble opinions what could be the solutions for the more visible Mavs problems:
    1. THJ's shooting inconsistency: bench him for the rest of the game (and put Hardy in) as soon as THJ misses more than X% of his first FG attempts… How to determine the X? The statistician in the coaching staff should look at the FG made in the first lets say 5 attempts when he had a great scoring night vs. abysmal shooting nights and make the cut-off… so, something like: three strikes and you're out…maybe then THJ will start to make more rational 3pt shot vs. Half-distance vs. Slashing decisions… 2. Discreetly show to Kidd videos from YT channel called Awful Coaching, for example video titled "Jason Kidd Is Singlehandedly destroying Mavericks Season" and similar, maybe Kidd could get a hint or two how the defense could get better…
    3. If hothing else helps, hire some reknown European coach to shake up the complacent players… My suggestion would be Željko Obradović, who would just loudly curse players' extended families over (from Luka's and Kai's downwards) in the timeouts everytime they don't show enough effort in defence, make bad shot selection, don't stick to the gameplan etc. Obradović would not have a problem benching Luka for complainig to the refs, just sayin'. Sorry for the long post, here's a virtual potato found on tonight's game court. Cheers from Slovenia.

  22. Bud is avaible. Or just use Dudley for a few months and do a solid search in the off season, but HE HAS TO GO

  23. Luka is apart of the blame. He’s shooting way to much. You can’t expect this much ball dominance and to win. Idc what anyone says how good the stats are. This is way to much luka centric. Like I’ve never seen any team ever play so much around 1 player. Don’t tell me he has to. He doesn’t have to shoot 25 shots a game. He’s not on some ass team with shitty roster. They need to make a choice is luka the point guard or is he the scoring leader it can’t be both. It’s all revolving him. It’s not just Jason kid. Teams speed up the pace on luka it fucks up our defense and forces luka to play more luka centric. It’s not going to win and it’s not even the best chance. Luke should shoot 18 shots and then make everything else about the team. 25 shots a game? What is this Kobe in 06 with kwame brown?

  24. It is always discussed that this team has a lot of talent – at the moment there is not enough compared to the teams they compete regarding the play in spots. Kidd does nothing to help the team (no defensive or offensive scheme). Individually the talent is there, but there is no plan how to combine the specific talents to form a functioning team. But Kidd is “just watching just like the fans“ this is what he said last season – that is obviously not enough. Another season lost for Luka. Why should he stay in dallas?

  25. Salary

    Luka Dončić 25 $40,064,220

    Kyrie Irving 31 $37,037,037

    Tim Hardaway Jr. 31 $17,897,728

    P.J. Washington 25 $16,847,826

    Daniel Gafford 25 $12,402,000

    Maxi Kleber 32 $11,000,000

    Dereck Lively II 20 $4,775,640

    Josh Green 23 $4,765,339

    Dwight Powell 32 $4,000,000

    Dante Exum 28 $3,000,000

    Olivier-Maxence Prosper 21 $2,733,720

    Derrick Jones Jr. 27 $2,019,706

    Markieff Morris 34 $2,019,706

    Jaden Hardy 21 $1,719,864 $2,019,699

    So, Tim almost 18mils, Kleber 11, Powell 9th salary. Charity Team, Cuban's friends.

  26. Fire Kidd and replace him with a defensive coach. It’s impossible to beat good teams consistently with such an awful defense.

  27. the reason they are losing is all the idiot fake fans that kept pushing the Gafford trade. It doesn't[' matter if this guy gets 100 points and 100 rebounds in a game. They WILL LOSE. Some things can't be explained WE TOLD ALL YOU FAKE FANS that gafford loses every game in Washington by 100 points but you idiots didn't listen.

  28. This is on Luka. Luka has been coach by one of the most vocal coach of Europe in the figure of Pablo Lasso and he is was winning with that coach style. He has been playing for an extremely competitive environment in the world, Real Madrid. He has to do something.

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