2019-20 Mavs News

[donzingis38]

Your takes are getting beyond ridicoulous. Playing with Luka literally saved THJ reputation, DFS and Kleber are feasting from his passes. The whole team became confident because of the ease they are playing with. Mavs are still just 5-5 with Luka out yet you are making it look like they are better without him.

Only KP is playing better with Luka out, yet be very careful on an extremely small sample.

Take a chill pill my brother. Nothing but peace and love from me. What we have here is a failure to communicate.

I am just saying number wise some teammates (KP in particular) have to sacrifice their numbers for Luka's domination. There are so many points, assists, rebounds, etc. you can have in a game, and with Luka's sky high usage %, somebody's numbers won't look as pretty. It's just the nature of the beast. 

Look at Oladipo in OKC or Bosh in MIA as prime examples.

Just so things don't get mixed up: Luka makes his teammates better. The team is better with Luka. Relax my friend, I am a Mavs fan like the rest of y'all.

I think 'sacrifice' is the wrong term here. KPs getting plenty of attempts, but he doesn't seem to connect when getting setup by Luka. 

But even last night's game in IND was a tale of two halves. Sure KP ended up with a gaudy 38/12 line, he did most of his FG damage in the first half. I think he was 1-6 (1-8? maybe) in the 2nd half, so it was the rest of the team keeping up the pressure. 

I think it is the trust building that needs to continue. Luka needs to understand how to keep everyone else involved and efficient while making his individual contribution. I know he's grinding his teeth when he makes a drive-and-dish only to see the shot clank off and go the other way. But it will get better and the MBT will tweak the team to upgrade key positions.
 
I dunno...maybe KP would play better if he felt like HE was the alpha dog.

Seems like we're watching a different Luka out there because I thought that's exactly what he's been doing all season. Getting everyone involved. So many times during a game when I thought he should've taken the shot or should've driven to the basket instead of passing it.