(12-02-2023, 04:15 PM)SwisherPrice Wrote: So many wasted roster spots right now that limit what they can do. Wenyen Gabriel is in the G-League...get rid of someone and sign him ASAP. Call up Greg Brown and give him minutes. This current team is what happens when the Mavs are so obsessed with "bigs" that can shoot threes that they would rather go small and undersized with these floor spacers than figure out how to integrate a tall/lenthy PFs even if they can't shoot. You're going to get killed on the boards every game and lose out on these 50/50 balls when you have to play GW/DJJ at the 4 and Green at the 3

(12-02-2023, 04:15 PM)SwisherPrice Wrote: So many wasted roster spots right now that limit what they can do. Wenyen Gabriel is in the G-League...get rid of someone and sign him ASAP. Call up Greg Brown and give him minutes. This current team is what happens when the Mavs are so obsessed with "bigs" that can shoot threes that they would rather go small and undersized with these floor spacers than figure out how to integrate a tall/lenthy PFs even if they can't shoot. You're going to get killed on the boards every game and lose out on these 50/50 balls when you have to play GW/DJJ at the 4 and Green at the 3

(12-03-2023, 08:36 PM)Jason Terry Wrote: Mavs get: Drummond and two Bulls 2nds

Bulls get: Hardy

Could be part of a bigger Bulls deal using picks from another team

Keep THJ until the summer and add a bench big in Drummond to fight with Holmes for Lively backup minutes. Maxi could play a role. We would have at least a chance to advance or learn more about this team

Get our picks back that we used for Hardy  and have more assets for future moves

(12-04-2023, 02:59 PM)HAguiar95 Wrote: How bout Collins/Yurtseven for Holmes/Kleber/Hardy/2 2nds ?

Luka/Exum
Irving/Hardaway
DJJ/Green
Collins/Williams
Lively/Powell or Yurtseven

Collins feels like a great partner for Lively, can rebound, shoot and defend at a decent rate. Puts Grant where he probably belongs (Maxi role of 25mpg) and we keep assets for a trade (o-max/1st/Green/swaps) into the SF position.

(12-05-2023, 05:16 PM)RGP1981 Wrote: When I look at Luka's characteristics... physical and defense...  I would really like for  this...

Find a PF with Taylor Hendricks' body measurements and supposed college ability to defend on the perimeter but whose defense translates to the NBA.... while this PF also shoots greater than 35% from 3-point range.  That is literally the perfect Forward you want next to Luka cause he's a fat, lazy but super talented cannnoli and he looks like it too. Oh, and the Cannoli also needs a defensive Center like Lively in the lineup.

So we know this...

PG (needs to be play-maker + 3-piint shooter + good defender on smallest guard in opposing team.)
SG (need a young Klay Thomson who had insane off-ball movement, catch and shoot threes, and still defended the best Guard on opposing team). Do any of the Curry-stanz realize how valuable Klay actually was?
SF: Luka. i don't want to hear dumbass idiot takes about Luka being a point guard. He's not... he's a point forward. If you don't think so, that's quite alright... everyone is entitled to their opinion... but please go touch yourself rather than engage in convo with me.
PF: Needs someone who can cover Luka's weaknesses on defense and who can also be a floor-spacer.
C: Rim protector + perimeter defender needed. Luka needs a rim-runner. How is this beyond obvious?

Anything extra from the above is a bonus

(12-05-2023, 05:41 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: SF and C are covered in the starting lineup. Kai is at least a slight liability on defense, so by your standards, PG isn't filled. Your PF description is not so much the rare big wing that others have cited, so that opens up the possibilities of who that player might be a little bit. That SG - woof, that's tough.

(12-05-2023, 06:11 PM)youzigizag Wrote: I asked the internet which NBA players are like Klay:

MPJ
Trey Murphy
Middleton
Danny Green
Bane
Booker
Keegan Murray
MIkal Bridges
Jaylen Brown

Dont know if any of those names were trolling.

(12-06-2023, 12:01 PM)surfpuckmd Wrote: A brief post in favor of positivity.  

One year ago, the Mavs were composed of Luka Doncic and a bunch of role players.  We had lost Jalen Brunson and our future looked somewhat depressing.  Apart from Luka, we had one promising young player with Josh Green.

Then the Mavericks made a surprise trade for Kyrie Irving.  Kyrie is draped in red flags but we still acquired him at what seems like a great discount.  He has been terrific since arriving here and has been really professional.  He also re-signed on a very reasonable contract.  We acquired a second star who seems to play well with Luka but also excels in the Luka-less minutes.  Great success thus far by the Mavs front office.

Then, this summer, we acquired Dereck Lively.  Our late season struggles paid off.  He has been one of the league's top 5 rookies.  He is probably already our 3rd or 4th-best player.  He is still 19 years old.  That's looking like our 2nd best draft pick of the millennium.  Another great success by the Mavs.  

We also acquired some solid role players in the offseason including Grant Williams and DJJ.  

We all obsess over acquiring better players to fill the holes on our roster.  We especially want a better backup center and a big wing.  Regardless of how this season evolves though, I think the last 12 months have been really successful.  The growth of our roster and team have been very encouraging.

(12-06-2023, 12:43 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: I’m starting to come around on the idea of MLE signing Hartenstein this coming offseason. The added bonus that we take a player from the Knicks for free.

(12-06-2023, 02:45 PM)mvossman Wrote: I'm a fan, but there is good chance we are not going to have access to full MLE, and he will probably cost more than the tax MLE.

(12-06-2023, 04:41 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: This is why it's kind of pointless to worry about the summer this early, imho. 

I don't know when this happened, but the NBA has turned into nothing but transaction monitoring. When do we get to enjoy discussion about the Mavericks playing BASKETBALL? 

I think the team they have NOW has a chance to be good. Am I the only one?

(12-06-2023, 05:11 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: I think this team has a chance to be good, presuming health. If they were to fire JKidd today, you could tack 10 wins to the projected number they would win. That's still the problem. I was saying earlier that my win-loss projection for the season was 38-44. I'll up that, even without a JK firing, to 43-39. That's presuming injury woes, including Green's current injury, which is more catastrophic for the prospects of the next two weeks than we're acting like it is.

(12-05-2023, 06:11 PM)youzigizag Wrote: I asked the internet which NBA players are like Klay:

MPJ
Trey Murphy
Middleton
Danny Green
Bane
Booker
Keegan Murray
MIkal Bridges
Jaylen Brown

Dont know if any of those names were trolling.

Quote:“It’s just hard when you go the whole quarter without touching the ball, the whole second quarter without touching the ball, and then you get one shot and you got to make it,” Grimes said after the Knicks’ 146-122 blowout loss to the Bucks. “So it’s tough going out there and just standing in the corner the whole game. Then you got to make the shot when you shoot the ball one or two times per game. It is what it is.”

Quote:“I’m a rhythm player. So sometimes if I don’t touch the ball for four or five minutes running up and down the floor, just catch-and-shoot, I might as well be playing with a football,” Hart said. “I feel like I have no feel for [the ball]. There are definitely times I [pass up shots] because I’m not in the rhythm. I don’t like the feel of it.”