01-20-2025, 02:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-20-2025, 02:42 PM by ThisIStheYear.)
Let’s face it, missing Luka and DLive with Kidd as your coach, this is about as good as you can expect. They even got Gafford’s best career game and still lost. The Mavs are a bottom 7 or 8 team, a little below the Hornets. They should be at least middle of the road with good coaching, but they don’t have that. They’re a waste of time until they get so good that coaching doesn’t matter. Even then, the NBA will make it downright Herculean to win a first round series as a road team this year to cut back on all the “load management” and fake injuries the Mavs are a poster child for. It’s not their year. Luka may not ever have a truly dominant year with 60 wins and a title worthy of his quality as a player.