11-15-2019, 04:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-15-2019, 04:32 PM by StepBackJay.)
I put "other" because I think Mavs will continue their skid for a while and drop out of the playoff race for a while. Mavs have some stiffer competition for some time. Rick always figures out the rotations eventually and the Mavs start looking more in sync but it's hard to say how long that will take and how many losses we will have in the mean-time.
I haven't watched a lot of Suns games but it seems like Rubio was the catalyst there. They finally have a competent, real PG at the helm and then it makes their team make sense.
Mavs need some kind of catalyst, most likely a trade or a rotation fix or maybe KP getting his S together. I just don't see that happening for a while. I see it continuing to be up and down for a while.
(11-15-2019, 03:48 PM)Fuerza1 Wrote: The Dallas Mavericks have the 4th EASIEST schedule in the league thus far yet boast a 6-5 record. It could be a lot worse, sure. But shouldn't it be a little better with a top 5 NBA player, all-star caliber talent, and a "top 2 head coach?"
Contrast that with the Phoenix Suns who hold the 4th HARDEST schedule yet are 7-4 without DeAndre Ayton.
After 11 games, we still haven't figured it out but seems like some are okay with that? Now we are facing more legit playoff caliber teams in the upcoming weeks and have no idea who we are. Why exactly should we be encouraged?
The trial and error approach is what training camp and preseason is for but the Mavs believe they have the luxury to lollygag through 11 games (and counting) in an unforgiving Western Conference.
We rank 2nd in offensive rating but are a bottom 10 defensive rated team. Remember, that is with the 4th EASIEST schedule in the league; it's only going to get harder.
Last year's locker room had issues they couldn't overcome. If/when the losses start to pile up, is this a team built for adversity? Brad Townsend's tweet from last night: https://twitter.com/townbrad/status/1195190622048657408
The wheels are in motion but in what direction? Is this our come to Dirk moment or is it a powder keg ready to explode?
I haven't watched a lot of Suns games but it seems like Rubio was the catalyst there. They finally have a competent, real PG at the helm and then it makes their team make sense.
Mavs need some kind of catalyst, most likely a trade or a rotation fix or maybe KP getting his S together. I just don't see that happening for a while. I see it continuing to be up and down for a while.