What happened? A diagnosis

[Scott41theMavs]

Like this list. I’d add (on occasion) try to motivate players (especially young ones) by increasing or decreasing their minutes/roles. Maybe that fits into the category of “develop.” Maybe it is “jacking around.” I don’t know. But head games do seem to get played, especially by some coaches. And sometimes it even seems to work.

Remember the "clown nose" game of the pre-Dirk Nellie Mavs against Shaq where they first implemented "hack-a-Shaq?" As the fat phuq said at the time, "It's hard to get up for all these games against these lottery teams with their clown coaches."