01-16-2023, 12:22 PM
(01-16-2023, 12:11 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: This. The team was missing 5 of its top 8 players last night. It's pro sports, so you need a "next man up" mentality, of course, but I feel like people aren't cutting them any slack.
Iztok had a tweet showing offensive and defensive rating by team over time this season and Dallas basically hit top 10 defense right before Green/Finney/Maxi went down and then all hell broke loose on that end. I actually commend this team for being able to go 9-5 or whatever it’s at now over that timeframe while also missing games from Luka/Wood/Hardaway throughout as well. If you had told me that would be the situation/result I would have given it a resounding thumbs up (doesn’t mean it’s any more enjoyable to watch in the moment).
It’s a long season and everyone deals with injuries but man it’s impossible to gain any real understanding of how to get the most out of this roster when it’s never whole. Hopefully that slowly starts to change over the next week or so.
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