(03-01-2023, 02:13 PM)cow Wrote: I also think most teams would have issues building around Luka.  He's a transcendent offensive talent, but is a liability on the other end of the floor (some of that by his own choosing) and for as good is offensively, he's shown he doesn't naturally mesh with other players who need the ball.  KP was disaster but even Jalen, Din and now Kyrie feels more like a my-turn-your-turn situation than an offense.

(03-01-2023, 03:10 PM)Time Machine Dirk Wrote: In one way or another Luka is the issue. His biggest strength comes with a flaw at the same time: With less ball dominance his effectivity almost completely vanishes. The reason why it feels always like my-turn-your-turn is that Luka is still terrible off-ball, just standing on top of the three point line or on the side and watching or waiting to get a last second pass to bail out the possession. Either he is lazy, takes his rests in those situations or he doesn't really know what to do off-ball. (The fact that neither Carlisle nor Kidd could help him with that indicates that this one might not be on the coach.)

Watching last night's game I thought several times: Give me Miles Turner, a wing defender and a Jrue Holiday light, who can defend very well and keep the offense going when Luka is out, instead of Kyrie and we are good! Maybe it would be smart to look around the league and find a younger player who is under everyones radar and can be molded into this type of Jrue Holiday light.

Hot take: After first sceptical enthusiasm after the Kyrie trade I am not so sure anymore that this type of player - as good as he might be - will be the Mavs' and Luka's route to a chip. Remember: The two offensive stars in the backcourt without good defense experiment never was successful in the near past. Best example: Dame Lillard and CJ
At the moment the Mavs are basically the Dame-CJ-Trailblazers tbh, which is not a good outlook. Most important: We need a reliable rim protector to clean up the Luka blow-bys. Maxi isn't the solution to the puzzle, he is just one smaller piece which will enhance the necessary bigger piece.

Edit: Maybe Lonzo Ball would be the guard I would put next to Luka if he will ever be really healthy again. Caruso could maybe also work. However I'm not so sure he would be enough of a passer/floor general/creator.

(03-01-2023, 04:48 PM)MaxiThreeba Wrote: I instantly said, "oh dammit come on" and got a very confused look from the Mrs.

(03-01-2023, 12:36 PM)F Gump Wrote: I've said it many times, and it bears repeating ---

Until Cuban hires an EXPERT (and takes himself out of the equation, fully empowering the expert) to handle the player evaluation, negotiation, drafting, development, and all the other roster-building tasks, the Mavs will continue to blunder their way along. It's a GM's league, there are only 30 teams, and the competition has EXPERTS who are actively competing against the Mavs.

The fact that Cuban chose to replace Donnie with a man who has none of those skills, and will be learning on the job while competing against others who are miles ahead and also learning more skills, it was a terrible choice. They needed an expert, and got a kindergartner. While we are disappointed by what's going on, none of these results should be surprising.

They still have no clue how to get players who are two-way talents -- in particular, those who can defend -- so how are they going to fix this? Blind leading the blind.

(03-01-2023, 06:31 PM)Jason Terry Wrote: Cuban just cannot help himself. No different than Jerry Jones. It’s frustrating. And the media propaganda machine makes it worse 

Grew up a Cowboys fan as a kid. At some point in the Romo era i had enough as a fan. Started to enjoy watching them lose. Then stopped watching entirely unless they had a player on my fantasy football team in their game. My life is better now without that in it. My kids will never care about them

I’m not there yet with Cuban and the mavs. It’s frustrating we can’t have a professional organization and will have a perpetual disadvantage because of Cuban. I have accepted it. There’s still part of me that believes we can overcome this like we did in 2011. This is Dirk’s franchise, he built it not Cuban. I feel like we all owe it to Dirk to keep watching. Dude was so loyal to us. 

These games are hard to watch though

(03-02-2023, 10:24 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: But any games where he(Green) is not in foul trouble where he doesn't get near 30 minutes a night and get closing minutes I am going to call this a failure. 

(03-02-2023, 03:08 PM)SkenfromLMF Wrote: Green has already hit the wall...
He is back to being the player he was last year that couldn't hit from outside and is basically a transition player, who has moments of outstanding play followed by a majority of unproductive minutes.

(03-02-2023, 10:24 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2023/3/2/23621603/kyrie-irving-luka-doncic-fit-dallas-mavericks

I know Green is not a player without warts and I assume he is going to hit the wall at some point.  But any games where he is not in foul trouble where he doesn't get near 30 minutes a night and get closing minutes I am going to call this a failure.   This is the perfect time for both the short term and long term to get him valuable minutes with Luka and Kyrie.   Sure there may be times where I may want Bullock's size and shooting on the floor late, but that is going to be the exception.   

The decision to limit his minutes doesn't make sense for the now or the future.   If the moment gets too big for him, that is fine.   But lets find out on the court.   It will be great for his development.

(03-02-2023, 03:12 PM)omahen Wrote: ??? Green is shooting 40 % from three on 4.5 attempts per game in his last 10 games. He is shooting 60 % from three on 2.5 attempts in his last two games where his minutes were reduced to less than 20 per game.

(03-02-2023, 10:04 PM)SwisherPrice Wrote: Go get Dragic. Release whoever you have to...even if it's Wood. This team needs that 3rd PG badly

(03-01-2023, 12:36 PM)F Gump Wrote: I've said it many times, and it bears repeating ---

Until Cuban hires an EXPERT (and takes himself out of the equation, fully empowering the expert) to handle the player evaluation, negotiation, drafting, development, and all the other roster-building tasks, the Mavs will continue to blunder their way along. It's a GM's league, there are only 30 teams, and the competition has EXPERTS who are actively competing against the Mavs.

The fact that Cuban chose to replace Donnie with a man who has none of those skills, and will be learning on the job while competing against others who are miles ahead and also learning more skills, it was a terrible choice. They needed an expert, and got a kindergartner. While we are disappointed by what's going on, none of these results should be surprising.

They still have no clue how to get players who are two-way talents -- in particular, those who can defend -- so how are they going to fix this? Blind leading the blind.

(03-02-2023, 03:12 PM)omahen Wrote: ??? Green is shooting 40 % from three on 4.5 attempts per game in his last 10 games. He is shooting 60 % from three on 2.5 attempts in his last two games where his minutes were reduced to less than 20 per game.