(12-10-2022, 10:57 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Don´t run the franchise like a fraternity. 

(12-12-2022, 10:34 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Cuban is so petty.  Maybe some will agree with him but to me is just so amateurish.  All time low level of confidence in him.

https://twitter.com/townbrad/status/1602321758400520192?s=46&t=cTzI6EyjuNqfYjO4yLkiJA

(12-12-2022, 10:34 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Cuban is so petty.  Maybe some will agree with him but to me is just so amateurish.  All time low level of confidence in him.

https://twitter.com/townbrad/status/1602321758400520192?s=46&t=cTzI6EyjuNqfYjO4yLkiJA

(12-10-2022, 11:53 PM)Branduil Wrote: Rotation should be:

Luka / Dinwiddie / Walker
THJ / Hardy / Pinson
Green / Bullock / Frank
DFS / Maxi / Bertans
Wood / Powell / McGee]

(12-12-2022, 08:32 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I would love this...might try switching Hardy with Ntilikina before I fully shifted into "development year" thinking, but then again, I think there's a better chance of winning games this season (after a couple weeks' adjustment period) with this approach than with the current one. I also think I'd make Kleber a bold name.

(12-13-2022, 12:02 AM)Kammrath Wrote: https://twitter.com/townbrad/status/1602514077477216263

(12-13-2022, 11:45 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: This can't be sustainable.    Mavs need to find ways to get easier buckets.  Luka will get them and Dinwiddie has had stretches, but they need more.  Wood can also get them.   

The slow pace just kills me.  It is frustrating to see us make a three and the other team push and get an easy basket right afterwards.    We need ways to get more easy baskets.    I hate it when we have an advantage and are going up the court at no rush or settle for a three.   It would be great to try to get to the basket first.   

When I look at guys like Collins and Green now and Hardy in the future, they are going to want to play a faster pace.   Do we need to factor this in with the guys we are interested in?  Is this something that can change?

(12-13-2022, 01:52 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: But how are they going to play faster when the ball is in Luka"s hand, 95% of the time and  he plays at his own speed.? 

(12-13-2022, 01:59 PM)omahen Wrote: I guess you never watched Slovenian national team. Also, please explain why pace basically doesn't change when Luka is out, which was true for this and last season. Since you mentioned Brunson - pace actually increased by 4 points when he was off the court last season.

What I think - Mavs simply don't have players capable of pushing the ball and beating a defender of the dribble. Green might be the honorable exception.

(12-13-2022, 03:48 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Luka can´t run, cause he needs to manage his energy. It was no coincidence that Luka had a great shooting game last night coming off a rest period. 

The rest (as you point out) can´t run, cause nobody can dribble, when he´s not on the floor.

Generally I´d assume that the Mavs run a shorter rotation than most other teams during the regular season.

(12-14-2022, 08:08 AM)sefant Wrote: well, start Green next to Luka

(12-14-2022, 08:08 AM)sefant Wrote: well, start Green next to Luka. The pace goes up whenever Green is on the floor. Luka/Green is the 2nd highest pace duo on the Mavs, behind Green/Bullock (100 min+).

Luka/Green 102.21 Pace
Luka/SD 95.91 Pace

Green is a 3 times better fit anyway, fight me on that.

Luka/Green (SD bench): 126 ORTG 105 DRTG
Luka/SD (Green bench): 116 ORTG 118.45 DRTG

I don't see Green ever not be better next to Luka, since Luka/SD is just too much traffic cone on D. And the Mavs seems to be slipping in DefRtg with every minute he is injured.