11-15-2023, 08:33 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-15-2023, 08:36 AM by Nowitzki Way.)
(11-15-2023, 08:22 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Clippers lose again. Rough.
I think teams are smelling blood in the water with Memphis. They need to be careful or it won't matter when Ja comes back.
Minny keeps on winning and the short handed GS team is going through a rough stretch the last few games.
The New Orleans team is pretty fascinating to me. Them being short handed makes them a pretty average team. Missing CJ, Alvarado and especially Murphy really hurt them. It is giving them time to play some real interesting young players though. For me though, it all comes back to Zion. If he is a top 10 caliber player in the NBA they really have something. In the two games I have seen from him, he is not there currently. If he is not a top 10 player, they seem like a group of pretty talented players but no where near a contender.
I had similar thoughts last night after watching New Orleans destroy us. They did all that without CJ and Murphy, and with Zion still rounding into shape.
They may not be a contender, but they are part of a group of teams i absolutely do not want to see in a playoff series as a Mavs fan. Denver and Minnesota are the other two.
They have a ton of length and size. Valanciunas, Ingram, Zion, Murphy, Herb Jones. Those guys are all long and athletic. Things the Mavs lack and i feel they would completely expose our weaknesses in a playoff series. I really like their young guards Daniels and Hawkins.
Speaking of Hawkins, he was drafted 4 spots after we drafted Lively. I love Lively, but i've got to admit i wondered a few times what he would look like on this team. He reminds me of Richard Hamilton with a better outside shot. Or a more athletic Danny Green. He's really smooth. He's going to be a consistent scorer for a decade in this league.