04-09-2024, 08:38 PM
(04-09-2024, 05:24 PM)Reunion Mav Wrote: I’m sure you and many others experience Mavs fan trauma. I refuse to give into that. I feel very capable of handling disappointment if it comes so I’m focused on enjoying the good play by our guys. I would be upset if we weren’t getting recognition which they totally deserve. I’m excited to watch them every night because they are playing good basketball and finding ways to win.
Go ahead fans. Stay focused one game at a time especially when the playoffs, not the play ins start. We know know we have a chance against any one. You can see our team has a great attitude. Why the well wouldn’t we.
But then I’m also a life long Hawkeye fan. I’ve been having fun lately.
Yeah yeah...Im the party pooper who doesnt do his own research....
But...if posters are going to discuss stats I use from previous posts...please tell me why those stats were being discussed seriously if they werent accurate...
that being said...
Hard to evaluate this team when there was a stat posted on this site a few weeks ago showing that Mavs play their best lineups very infrequently. That has changed in the last 2 weeks...but Denver and Boston show their hand for like 800 minutes while we showed ours for barely 100. Please please please dont talk about mid season trades denting those numbers. This has been an issue with Mavs for the past 5 seasons. Its why there is another thread dedicated to saying sorry to Nico and Kidd. This team is impossible to evaluate when they hardly ever play their strong suit. Its why this board melts down mid season every year but then "eats crow" the last 1/3rd to 1/4th of the season when Mavs show their extra gear.
Every other Org shows plays their strong players often but the Mavs. I love the influx of fundamental talent the past year and a half...but I am still very weary of judging this team without much data on the core contributors.
Anyway...I hope Luka takes this team far. He has taken lesser talent pretty far. Lets see what happens...but I cant get too excited when the Mavs play their strong suit far less than other teams.