10-24-2025, 11:24 PM
(10-24-2025, 11:19 PM)ThisIStheYear Wrote: In the meantime, since Luka left, this team loses a lot of games and is practically unwatchable. They had 18 turnovers from their 3 top players today. Brutal. But I guess that’s more entertaining for some reason than a finals run and a scoring champion?
False dichotomy.
They won more when Luka was here (though not enough in the regular season, honestly) because the team was built around him. And they were not fun to watch.
They traded him - ok, whatever, but they haven’t replaced him at PG. Even a healthy Kyrie isn’t going to be enough, imo. They are also not fun to watch now.
The last Mavs team I enjoyed watching was either the bubble or the year after. For me, it all started to go south when Carlisle left.