06-18-2021, 01:49 PM
I will give my 2 cents. I think Luka's contract extension brought all of this to light. It turned the heat up on how the Mavericks plan to operate in the future. In my opinion the Maverick's offense relies to much on Luka. It's like spread the floor and let Luka operate. Since Luka is one helluva player this works quite often, but in a 7 game playoff, teams find a way to lower the effectiveness of this. It does not take a coaching genius to just hand the ball to Luka. Having no backup strategy and game plan shows a deficiency in either the makeup of the team (the GM's fault), or the coaching of the team (Rick Carlisle's fault). Porzingis seemed to lose his effectiveness and that points to Carlisle and Luka ignoring him. I think he was not aggressive and maybe he was even afraid of getting hurt, but more than anything else, I think his lack of results really spelled the demise of Donnie Nelson and Rick Carlisle. I am wondering if the players stopped listening to the coach. Most NBA coaches will tell you that a head coaching job has an expiration date. You would hope that Luka and Porzingis would value Dirk's opinion on things. He is a former MVP who has a track record and special insight into how the Mavs have operated the last 20 years. I hope Dirk listens to them and the Mavs can pick a highly qualified GM and coach.