Stop Sleeping on Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks….

Stop Sleeping on Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks….

Very quietly the Dallas Mavericks are the number six team in the Western Conference and for now are outside of that playin game region they are 41 and 29 which is actually three they have three more wins this year than they did in all of last year and there’s still 12

Games left to go in the season the Mavericks have done a fantastic job of remodeling this roster retooling it around Luca donic who yes there have been some reports saying he’s ready to leave if they don’t start winning but they’re winning now 41 and 29 they have

The number six offense in terms of points per game this year while seventh in terms of efficiency the defense is not as good but it’s making improvements from last year 21st in both defensive rating and opponent’s points per game while last year it was slightly lower um offensively they’re 10 spots higher than

They were last year in terms of points per game Luca has been incredible this year and while there are some concerns of him not being a winning player and just being there to fill up the stat sheet the arrival of Derek Lively II which I’ll have you know I called that

By the way has completely changed around the way that this franchise has been playing uh Lively on the a averaging nine points seven rebounds one assist 1.4 blocks in 24 minutes per game while shooting 75% from the field and he hasn’t turned 20 yet this is crazy I

Mean he’s coming in from duke yes we knew he was going to be a lob thread yes we knew he could play defense but think about if this kid actually develops that three-point shot that we saw him working on this summer in Chicago where he hit 20 straight from the corner pocket not

Only is he having you know a good statline he’s also really impacting The mths Who last year were 30th in total rebounds 27th in defensive rebounds and 30th in offensive rebounds while being 28th in blocks this year it’s been you know almost they’ve jumped almost a

Third of the league being 23rd in total rebounds 19th in defensive rebounds and 23rd in offensive rebounds while being 22nd in total blocks now let’s not take away Luca’s credit on year he’s averaging 34 points nine rebounds 10 assists 1.5 Steals on 49% shooting from the field while shooting at 38% from

Beyond The Arc over 10 attempts per game right at 10.4 um the free throw percentage is still only at 79% and a lot L of times when you see an Elite score they’re shooting it a lot better from the free throw line not Luca but I’m sure you know he can continue to

Work on that during the offseason that’s probably one of the biggest places he has to improve his game because you know well other than the four turnovers the four turnovers is definitely not good but for a 24 year old I mean let’s take a look around the league and see some

What some of the other 24 year olds are doing the craziest part about Luca dones this year is that we put him into crafted NBA to kind of find what he was similar to what came up was 2010 Darren Williams 20110 LeBron James and 2014 KD

Obviously KD won the MVP in 2014 while averaging 34 points per game seven and a half rebounds and five and a half assists on 50% shooting from the field 39% from three 2010 was arguably one of LeBron James best seasons where he put up 38 39 and seven and then he also won

An MVP so this is an MVP level season we’re seeing from Luca donic uh finally enough his most you know most like season was 2010 Darren Williams where Darren Williams came in ninth in MVP voting uh averaged 19 points a game and 11 assists per game so Luca donic is

Having an historic season right now and if the Mavericks manage to Fumble this man they may never recover this is something that would set their franchise back like 10 to 15 years but I think they have some really good pieces in play right him PJ Washington since

Coming over from the dead or from the Hornets at the deadline hasn’t been exactly Elite only 10.2 points 5.7 rebounds but he does provide a really big presence on the defensive side of the ball averaging a steal in a block per game another part of what makes this

Dallas Mavericks team go has been their addition from last year’s trade deadline Kyrie Irving who honestly isn’t getting enough respect I mean this year he has just been remarkable 25 five and five 1.3 steals heck of a year but it’s even more impressive what he is efficiency

Wise 49% from the field 41% from three on 7.1 attempts over 90% from the free throw line he only gets there about three and a half times a game which honestly I would even hate to see that come up a little bit if I’m a mouse fan

Uh getting your best player or best free throw shooter to the free throw line more um but overall Kyrie really good year he’s 31 he’s played in 48 of the what seven almost 70 games now so he’s been there which has been a problem with

Kyrie in the past we know with the whole Brooklyn Saga him not being able to play but Kyrie has been good for them this year now I think Nico Harrison in this MAV front office deserves more respect than they get um some of the deadline moves they’ve made the last couple years

Have been huge you know a couple of free agency signings like you know bringing in Dante exam out of nowhere and then Dante comes in and averages eight points a game three assists couple rebounds on 50% shooting from three and he hasn’t even been in the league for a while

Monte uh Nico Harrison just goes out picks him up Derrik Jones Jr who they signed nine points three and a half boards only 35% from three but he’s really I mean he’s what 68 69 and he’s got insane athleticism so he’s long athletic that fits the mold for the

Types of players you’re trying to fit around Luca um people are saying Josh Green fell off I know this was a draft pick a couple of years ago but if you really look at this I mean he hasn’t he’s gone down half a point per game um

His assist numbers are up his rebound numbers are up he’s shooting at 0.1% worse from three than he was last year um goes from 40.2% from 3 to 40.1% uh yes his field goal percentage has gone from 54 to 49 but it’s still very very healthy um I’m

Not seeing the Josh Green fall off and you know another trade at the deadline that he made this year after the PJ trade was bringing in Daniel Gafford who’s averaging 12 points per game 7.4 rebounds 1.2 assist and one .7 blocks per game in 20 minutes so now they have

Two centers in that rotation that can protect the rim um with Gafford and Lively instead of zero which is what they had last year which led to a horrific defense and a team that went 38 and 44 now Tim Hardway Jr is questionable um I honestly feel like you

Just leave him out there and let him do his thing just let him cook um they have Jaden Hardy who I thought could be getting some more minutes instead of Tim Hardaway Jr Hardy’s averaging about seven and a half points per game a little over a rebound and an assist per

Game in third or 14 minutes his efficiency is down from last year which is a little bit concerning but Tim Hardway Jr 15.3 points 3.3 rebounds 1.7 assists on the season uh but he’s only shooting at 41% from the field 36% from three on eight attempts and the modern

NBA 36% from three on eight attempts is not good so maybe they figure something out but overall I mean if I’m the Mavs I’m very happy with this season with where you are now if you can get out and not have to play in the playin game I

Love that um they’re currently still sitting at 41 and 29 so this is a team that 12 games over 500 I think you’ve got to be very happy with where you’re at right now I think the Mavs have done a very good job building around Luca and

I think they will be just fine going forward with that being said that’s going to be it for today’s video thank you so much for watching make sure to the like button and leave comment down below as it really us out in the YouTube algorithm and all that being said thank

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This video looks at the Dallas mavericks and why the nba needs to stop sleeping on them after their great NBA trade deadline bringing in guys such as Daniel Gafford and PJ Washington to surround Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving