If Luka only has 5 assists, something is wrong with his supporting cast. PERIOD
MSHinerb
It’s painful. He tries really hard to get guys open looks and they just brick them over and over. Meanwhile the teams we play seem to make them all.
bloodydingbat
Cost v Output
Bertans and THJ have to easily be the two worst players on this team.
sinik_ko
McGee having a good game?
Smuckers77
THJ has to be the most inconsistent player in the league
Fred479
Should’ve circled Tim too
Luka_Dunks_on_Bums
Their shooting was colder than the metroplex
bagfka
Josh green needs to shoot the ball more. Like his attempts should get up to 8-10 a game.
Moe4ver
This should be directly mainly at Tim and Bertans.
We know what Spence can do and the other plays did ok.
RLMIII7
It’s a shame luka has to score 53 points for us to beat the pistons
epitome1986
with wood healthy though it gives Luka some offensive support from Spencer and wood but even then on average they would contribute 30-35 a game. green still needs to get his aggression up because he passed the ball to Luka with 3 seconds on the shot clock when he could have put up a fade away or something. I know it’s not in his tools but with the clock running out I rather him shoot a mid range vs throwing it to Luka 30 feet out.
botebote77
i think Spencer was tired from the last 2 games Luka was out. still showed up in the 4th though. we need Wood back
TheChosenOne311
r/Mavericks: “This is what we are tired of… our franchise player being so good.”
Y’all are such babies. Complain after a loss. Complain after a win. Same shit, different day.
TZBlueIce
We might be in for an eventful trade deadline.
Intelligent-Arm8568
Only 3 guys in double digit shots is part of the problem
mill_about_smartly
You can take down the mural, but it doesn’t make it less true
GET THIS MAN SOME HELP
SirRichardHumblecock
Imagine how Luka feels
Active_Page_3886
Fucking disgusting
kyle_634
Just don’t know y hardy only play 6 mins….
validpunishment
Luka is signed for 5 years, but in today’s player empowerment movement, Luka could demand a trade if Mark doesn’t do something or Jason doesn’t figure out how to use the players properly.
It just proves it. These guys are all a bunch of useless players who can’t do anything. Fans are so tired of it.
Tranquilllama
Can’t stand the people acting like Luka makes Spencer worse somehow. The dude just picks and chooses when he shows up. He got 16 shots. He needs to stop starting and lead the 2nd unit.
TinFoilRobotProphet
They had to play till the last 45 seconds to beat a 13 win team. Ridiculous.
wan2tri
The team without Luka shot great from the line, from 3, and from 2, but lost: they suck without Luka!
The team without Luka shot terribly from the line, from 3, and from 2, but won: they suck without Luka!
desirox
Bertans hasn’t hit a 3 in months now. Dude is dead weight when he doesn’t hit. Tim has been a disaster, I’d trade him immediately
BDRParty
If Green is going to be playing the same amount of minutes as Spencer & Tim, provide more scoring opportunities for him between the 3. Same output as Tim & almost as much as Spencer on just 4 attempts.
NoWayNotThisAgain
Wouldn’t be /r/Mavericks if somebody wasn’t complaining about a win
Cu6it
The issue is more, yes we win when Luka drops 45 – 50 HOWEVER, the next game Luka having to sit or the expectation of him doing it night in and out, is why they’re just above .500…
artilector
All you have to do is play McGee 40 mins — by simple arithmetic, he’d score 32 points.
lloydgross24
to be fair…. Wood has been scoring 20 ppg every night since become a starter and Dinwiddie is averaging 18 and this was his worst game as a Mav IMO and he still had 12.
The problem is THJ, DFS and the bench guys don’t give you any scoring even tho Green balled out and Bullock also had a nice game. We lack that bench scoring. Getting Dinwiddie to the bench and upgrading the starting lineup would go along away.
But also Luka was just insane tonight. 12 of 13 on 2s? You’ll get this statline when hes that one against a bad defense no matter how good his help is.
MFFL12_17
Wood is so much missed
Sairony
This is also why I don’t think we should swing at an established all-star level player and give up all our picks & likely one of the few decent assets we have. I don’t think it’s enough to put us over the hump to really contend for a chip with the supporting cast we have and at that point we don’t really have a way to improve. We need high risk high reward trades at this point and then make a swing when we have a better foundation.
Flygon24
Well luka has more shots than the entire bench, I am not suprised he outscored a bunch of bench players that barely get any touches and are out of rhythm.
ReverseFastBreak
We won the game.
-Acerin
If DFS valued high by other teams we should make a push to get a package done. Josh Green clearly needs more minutes
AvatarKittie
I went to the game tonight and I don’t think I could ever get tired of seeing Luka shoot 50+ pts.
xsimbyx
This game was a pretty extreme example of what you’re pointing out. We know who Tim is and no amount of complaining will change that. Spence had a rare inefficient game. The rest of the guys mostly did what’s expected. We are also missing Wood and Maxi.
segson9
Well apart from Luka, Dinwiddie and THJ, nobody is really known for scoring. THJ has been bad lately, and Dinwiddie just had an off night.
kemicode
And people say our offense is fine. Statistically probably but no matter how great Luka is, you can’t always rely on him to bail you out like this.
HotdogIsaSandwitch
Gosh, I can’t wait for Bertans not have a Mavs jersey on anymore.
Z1dan
This sub is filled with so much cope for bullock and thj
Flygrumbz00
Imma head out, this sub sucks, I’ll be back when y’all aren’t whining everyday. GET r/mavericks some help y’all!!!! The commenters and posters do nothing of value, NO LAUGHS NO MEMES NO HARD HITTING DEEP CUTS, JUST BITCHING. The fact some dipshit took a screenshot of their phone, circled the points in red, posted it and then 350 other dipshits upvoted it has cemented it for me.
importvita
9 players took 31 more shot attempts than Luka to score 5 more points.
Goodness this is frustrating 😒
devilmaskrascal
Dinwiddie and Tim had bad nights. Everything else is about as expected in a game where Luka’s usage is that high. DFS and Powell are not reliable double digit scores. Green, McGee and Bullock were all efficient but didn’t get many shots. Bertans and Hardy barely played enough to make an impact.
The Mavs’ problem is we can’t really afford a game where both of our secondary scorers are off with Wood out.
jay105000
Yep but if you dare to say something you get furiously down voted, this is unsustainable and the over reliance on Luka can be hurtful for his health as well, he logged too many minutes because when he is not there the team is just horrendous.
Then you have teams like the clippers that send 2 -3 good defenders at Luka and that’s when we lose games, which means at least 2 other are wide open and don’t do shit.
The playbook to beat the Mavs is rather simple, double team Luka and attack the rim which have no protection whatsoever
45 Comments
If Luka only has 5 assists, something is wrong with his supporting cast. PERIOD
It’s painful. He tries really hard to get guys open looks and they just brick them over and over. Meanwhile the teams we play seem to make them all.
Cost v Output
Bertans and THJ have to easily be the two worst players on this team.
McGee having a good game?
THJ has to be the most inconsistent player in the league
Should’ve circled Tim too
Their shooting was colder than the metroplex
Josh green needs to shoot the ball more. Like his attempts should get up to 8-10 a game.
This should be directly mainly at Tim and Bertans.
We know what Spence can do and the other plays did ok.
It’s a shame luka has to score 53 points for us to beat the pistons
with wood healthy though it gives Luka some offensive support from Spencer and wood but even then on average they would contribute 30-35 a game. green still needs to get his aggression up because he passed the ball to Luka with 3 seconds on the shot clock when he could have put up a fade away or something. I know it’s not in his tools but with the clock running out I rather him shoot a mid range vs throwing it to Luka 30 feet out.
i think Spencer was tired from the last 2 games Luka was out. still showed up in the 4th though. we need Wood back
r/Mavericks: “This is what we are tired of… our franchise player being so good.”
Y’all are such babies. Complain after a loss. Complain after a win. Same shit, different day.
We might be in for an eventful trade deadline.
Only 3 guys in double digit shots is part of the problem
You can take down the mural, but it doesn’t make it less true
GET THIS MAN SOME HELP
Imagine how Luka feels
Fucking disgusting
Just don’t know y hardy only play 6 mins….
Luka is signed for 5 years, but in today’s player empowerment movement, Luka could demand a trade if Mark doesn’t do something or Jason doesn’t figure out how to use the players properly.
Yep. This Pistons game.
This one right here: [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199603070CHI.html](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199603070CHI.html)
It just proves it. These guys are all a bunch of useless players who can’t do anything. Fans are so tired of it.
Can’t stand the people acting like Luka makes Spencer worse somehow. The dude just picks and chooses when he shows up. He got 16 shots. He needs to stop starting and lead the 2nd unit.
They had to play till the last 45 seconds to beat a 13 win team. Ridiculous.
The team without Luka shot great from the line, from 3, and from 2, but lost: they suck without Luka!
The team without Luka shot terribly from the line, from 3, and from 2, but won: they suck without Luka!
Bertans hasn’t hit a 3 in months now. Dude is dead weight when he doesn’t hit. Tim has been a disaster, I’d trade him immediately
If Green is going to be playing the same amount of minutes as Spencer & Tim, provide more scoring opportunities for him between the 3. Same output as Tim & almost as much as Spencer on just 4 attempts.
Wouldn’t be /r/Mavericks if somebody wasn’t complaining about a win
The issue is more, yes we win when Luka drops 45 – 50 HOWEVER, the next game Luka having to sit or the expectation of him doing it night in and out, is why they’re just above .500…
All you have to do is play McGee 40 mins — by simple arithmetic, he’d score 32 points.
to be fair…. Wood has been scoring 20 ppg every night since become a starter and Dinwiddie is averaging 18 and this was his worst game as a Mav IMO and he still had 12.
The problem is THJ, DFS and the bench guys don’t give you any scoring even tho Green balled out and Bullock also had a nice game. We lack that bench scoring. Getting Dinwiddie to the bench and upgrading the starting lineup would go along away.
But also Luka was just insane tonight. 12 of 13 on 2s? You’ll get this statline when hes that one against a bad defense no matter how good his help is.
Wood is so much missed
This is also why I don’t think we should swing at an established all-star level player and give up all our picks & likely one of the few decent assets we have. I don’t think it’s enough to put us over the hump to really contend for a chip with the supporting cast we have and at that point we don’t really have a way to improve. We need high risk high reward trades at this point and then make a swing when we have a better foundation.
Well luka has more shots than the entire bench, I am not suprised he outscored a bunch of bench players that barely get any touches and are out of rhythm.
We won the game.
If DFS valued high by other teams we should make a push to get a package done. Josh Green clearly needs more minutes
I went to the game tonight and I don’t think I could ever get tired of seeing Luka shoot 50+ pts.
This game was a pretty extreme example of what you’re pointing out. We know who Tim is and no amount of complaining will change that. Spence had a rare inefficient game. The rest of the guys mostly did what’s expected. We are also missing Wood and Maxi.
Well apart from Luka, Dinwiddie and THJ, nobody is really known for scoring. THJ has been bad lately, and Dinwiddie just had an off night.
And people say our offense is fine. Statistically probably but no matter how great Luka is, you can’t always rely on him to bail you out like this.
Gosh, I can’t wait for Bertans not have a Mavs jersey on anymore.
This sub is filled with so much cope for bullock and thj
Imma head out, this sub sucks, I’ll be back when y’all aren’t whining everyday. GET r/mavericks some help y’all!!!! The commenters and posters do nothing of value, NO LAUGHS NO MEMES NO HARD HITTING DEEP CUTS, JUST BITCHING. The fact some dipshit took a screenshot of their phone, circled the points in red, posted it and then 350 other dipshits upvoted it has cemented it for me.
9 players took 31 more shot attempts than Luka to score 5 more points.
Goodness this is frustrating 😒
Dinwiddie and Tim had bad nights. Everything else is about as expected in a game where Luka’s usage is that high. DFS and Powell are not reliable double digit scores. Green, McGee and Bullock were all efficient but didn’t get many shots. Bertans and Hardy barely played enough to make an impact.
The Mavs’ problem is we can’t really afford a game where both of our secondary scorers are off with Wood out.
Yep but if you dare to say something you get furiously down voted, this is unsustainable and the over reliance on Luka can be hurtful for his health as well, he logged too many minutes because when he is not there the team is just horrendous.
Then you have teams like the clippers that send 2 -3 good defenders at Luka and that’s when we lose games, which means at least 2 other are wide open and don’t do shit.
The playbook to beat the Mavs is rather simple, double team Luka and attack the rim which have no protection whatsoever