Pretty good game by Utah. Not sure if it's because Utah is good, or because the Mavs continue to let teams back into the game. I'm leaning toward the latter.
Not a very good shooting night for the starters--except for Kyrie and Diamond Powell. Powell is at 100%. Yes...a misleading stat with only 2 shots. Oh...I forgot. Fools Gold Hardaway Jr. had a nice shooting game. Nice game overall actually. I don't like THJ as a starter, but off the bench he certainly can benefit from playing with Kyrie and Luka--if he will take the bull by the horns and hold on!
It looks like Coach Kidd is settling on a 9 man rotation, or 10 if you include Ntilikina...which I would. I'm not as down on FN as some others are. And I like a 10 man rotation.
I liked the minutes distribution for all players tonight. Kyrie was tops with 39. As everyone should know...the little guys can generally handle a few more minutes than the big guys. Kyrie is short, but he has a big heart. I freely admit that I've been wrong about him. I truly repent for some--some--of the things I've said about him.
Alright. Who gets my Dirkie?
Powell--for his 100% field goal percentage? Hell no!
Luca had a rough night, so no.
THJ--or KI? I could just flip a coin. But I won't.
Hardaway had a great night. No denying that. He even played some timely defense. But...
Irving had a great scoring night as well...6 rebounds, 2 steals, and was 10--10 on free throws. The clincher for me, though, is that KI had 8 assists. He is a great floor general and fearless--sort of like this old driveway point guard is--was. So...I will give my Dirkie to Kyrie Irving--with the caveat that he is in danger of the Luka syndrome--meaning that he will find it harder to earn the Dirkie in the future simply because he is consistently very good. I didn't know! I just thought he was a cretinous prima donna. I'm shamed...shamed I say!
Not a very good shooting night for the starters--except for Kyrie and Diamond Powell. Powell is at 100%. Yes...a misleading stat with only 2 shots. Oh...I forgot. Fools Gold Hardaway Jr. had a nice shooting game. Nice game overall actually. I don't like THJ as a starter, but off the bench he certainly can benefit from playing with Kyrie and Luka--if he will take the bull by the horns and hold on!
It looks like Coach Kidd is settling on a 9 man rotation, or 10 if you include Ntilikina...which I would. I'm not as down on FN as some others are. And I like a 10 man rotation.
I liked the minutes distribution for all players tonight. Kyrie was tops with 39. As everyone should know...the little guys can generally handle a few more minutes than the big guys. Kyrie is short, but he has a big heart. I freely admit that I've been wrong about him. I truly repent for some--some--of the things I've said about him.
Alright. Who gets my Dirkie?
Powell--for his 100% field goal percentage? Hell no!
Luca had a rough night, so no.
THJ--or KI? I could just flip a coin. But I won't.
Hardaway had a great night. No denying that. He even played some timely defense. But...
Irving had a great scoring night as well...6 rebounds, 2 steals, and was 10--10 on free throws. The clincher for me, though, is that KI had 8 assists. He is a great floor general and fearless--sort of like this old driveway point guard is--was. So...I will give my Dirkie to Kyrie Irving--with the caveat that he is in danger of the Luka syndrome--meaning that he will find it harder to earn the Dirkie in the future simply because he is consistently very good. I didn't know! I just thought he was a cretinous prima donna. I'm shamed...shamed I say!
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