Suns guarded them pretty easily. And Luka had a good night that night. Imagine what he’s going to do on a not so good night. Ryan dunn is going to put him in the dunngeon of hell.
This isn't the stuff that makes CHAMPIONSHIPS. This is the stuff that makes DYNASTIES! People are talking about that we got Klay Thompson, but it's more important HOW we got Klay Thompson. Klay Thompson came here… BECAUSE he saw us in the Finals and thought he was just what we needed. THAT is what's going to not only PUT us in contention, but KEEP us in contention. For the first time in a long time… the Dallas Mavericks are an IN DEMAND DESTINATION. If we make it deep into the Playoffs, there WILL be other players who want to join the Mavericks because they want to play with Luka and get the easiest 3's in the game. That means we have BARGAINING LEVERAGE with free agents now, and that's a gift that keeps on giving. We save money, and we either gain a very useful asset or a very tradeable asset.
The NBA ecosystem always has buyers and sellers. The California teams always pay pittance for their talent while teams like the Hornets are forever on their knees for talent. Even if the Hornets draft someone great, it will just be a countdown until they have to trade them for picks.
Dallas has always been in the middle. Not a destination by any means… but a good culture and a tax free state… we have paid market value for a while now.
This run to the Finals has put us in the destination discussion for A LOT of quality role-players, Klay being one of them.
There's yin and yang to this though. The good aspect is, a lot of players want to be here and will take team-friendly contracts to be here. The bad aspect is… if we want to max out that benefit, we must trade players during the season for expiring contracts. We might have to one day make a trade full of players we like on good contracts for a great player that fits our system. Like… what if next year, Jimmy Butler wants to come here and he's willing to take 30. Do we sign and trade Lively and/or Klay to make that happen?
Anyway, it's a good problem to have. We're quite a bit deeper than is optimal for the Playoffs, and we need to be looking at deep runs from now on. That means… some of our favorite guys are going to have to go at some point.
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who is the most underrated player on the mavericks?
Correction: at 5:26 Derrick Lively Sealed Off Anthony Edwards not Julius Randle
I love Mavericks glaze . Thanks
Klay is the most underrated. Too many analysts said it was a bad fit because he wouldn’t be moving around enough. Amazing
Suns guarding them pretty well …but i don’t think the mavs can guard the suns ….
Suns guarded them pretty easily. And Luka had a good night that night. Imagine what he’s going to do on a not so good night. Ryan dunn is going to put him in the dunngeon of hell.
Kidd glaze is honestly delusional
I think we are unguardable for the most part but its just up to see if we are ready to hit our shots when it matters.
This isn't the stuff that makes CHAMPIONSHIPS. This is the stuff that makes DYNASTIES!
People are talking about that we got Klay Thompson, but it's more important HOW we got Klay Thompson.
Klay Thompson came here… BECAUSE he saw us in the Finals and thought he was just what we needed. THAT is what's going to not only PUT us in contention, but KEEP us in contention. For the first time in a long time… the Dallas Mavericks are an IN DEMAND DESTINATION. If we make it deep into the Playoffs, there WILL be other players who want to join the Mavericks because they want to play with Luka and get the easiest 3's in the game. That means we have BARGAINING LEVERAGE with free agents now, and that's a gift that keeps on giving. We save money, and we either gain a very useful asset or a very tradeable asset.
The NBA ecosystem always has buyers and sellers. The California teams always pay pittance for their talent while teams like the Hornets are forever on their knees for talent. Even if the Hornets draft someone great, it will just be a countdown until they have to trade them for picks.
Dallas has always been in the middle. Not a destination by any means… but a good culture and a tax free state… we have paid market value for a while now.
This run to the Finals has put us in the destination discussion for A LOT of quality role-players, Klay being one of them.
There's yin and yang to this though. The good aspect is, a lot of players want to be here and will take team-friendly contracts to be here. The bad aspect is… if we want to max out that benefit, we must trade players during the season for expiring contracts. We might have to one day make a trade full of players we like on good contracts for a great player that fits our system. Like… what if next year, Jimmy Butler wants to come here and he's willing to take 30. Do we sign and trade Lively and/or Klay to make that happen?
Anyway, it's a good problem to have. We're quite a bit deeper than is optimal for the Playoffs, and we need to be looking at deep runs from now on. That means… some of our favorite guys are going to have to go at some point.
Luka literally is a once in a lifetime playmaker, he should not be taken for granted.
I sure hope this team continues to get tight!😊