PRESEASON GAME 3: DAL vs. Real Madrid

[ItsGoTime]

Maybe it's time to stop underrating euroleague teams. Team USA lost three games in the last FIBA tournament and even though it wasn't the best possible team it had more individual talent than the current Mavs roster. Lithuania had one NBA player. Germany's best player in the semi finals was a guy that no one in the US knew prior to the game.
Madrid pretty much had their best guys on the floor for most of the game. Not a suprise that they can at least keep up with the Mavs. Not a suprise that they can go on a run against a g-league lineup to close out the game.

Sure they are formidable (even though they’re filled with guys who couldn’t make it in the NBA for one reason or another). For an NBA playoff team though? A team like that SHOULD have enough fight/pride in themselves to not be beaten by the squad we just faced. We weren’t even ahead when Luka left the game. You yourself were talking about the lack of defense with a group (sans Luka and Kyrie) that were thought to be much improved. 

The issue last year was certainly not Wood or McGee or Bullock if this is to be the team we will see.