05-27-2021, 02:17 PM
(05-27-2021, 12:41 PM)omahen Wrote: I don't think so. They acted like punks last year with all "dame time" teasing and all roughness against Mavs. And look at them again this year - Kawhi dunks on Kleber and half a team is flexing there like they actually contributed in any way. KP slips on PG crossover and again a bunch of bench scrubbs is making fun of him. No one likes that and certainly no one objects when Luka is giving them a taste of their own medicine.
Nobody is saying that the Clippers' roster doesn't include a bunch of "punks" who deserve "a taste of their own medicine."
There are, however, some people who say that "two wrongs don't make a right," and there are still other folks who say, "I don't give a damn about the moral/ethical issues, or who is right and who is wrong and who "deserves" what, or any of that jazz. None of that really amounts to a hill of beans in the grand scheme of things. I just want the Mavs to concentrate on doing whatever is necessary to maximize the likelihood that the Mavs will outscore the Clippers in two more games in the current series, while also staying healthy enough to win three more series."
(05-27-2021, 01:13 PM)omahen Wrote: I think extracurricular bullshit is actually helping them with fundamental aspects of the game. In any case, it is 99 % just Luka and it is clearly driving him to play excellent.
1. I am not blind to the possibility that "extracurricular bullshit is actually helping [the Mavs] with fundamental aspects of the game."
2. Dorian Finney-Smith wants to know where you came up with that "99%" figure.
3. It is not "clear" to my feeble mind how much of Luka's excellent play is attributable to all the trash talk, etc., and how much is the result of other factors.