Game 44: Dallas Mavericks (17-26) @ New York Knicks (25-17) | 4:00pm

[mvossman]

Williams is so darned effective driving to the hoop.  Even though defenders know that's his first choice.

Hitting an occasional three seems like gravy.

Does anybody have stats on his shooting percentage at the rim, or in the paint?

He is just under 60% at the rim, which bottom 25%.  He is better from midrange, roughly league average.

[cow]

Suck it, JB!

[HoosierDaddyKid]

I think they went “all-in” with the Bridges trade, have no financial flexibility, no draft assets, and they’ve just hit their ceiling, which isn’t good enough.

They thought the problem was Thibs, so they changed coaches, but that hasn’t helped either.

They were a better defensive team under Thibs. He didn't play his bench enough though. That's where Brown goes about 10 deep. I've never saw why teams were enamored with Mike Brown. He's a decent coach, but clearly a downgrade from Thibs IMO.

[myconsumerclub]

All I know is this draft has so many great players both bigs and guards and guys that can shoot there are bound to be many keepers in the 2nd round.

We need to acquire some 2nd round picks to grab a few since that is always a bargain for teams that are in cap hell.

Kingston Flemings, Mikel Brown and even Labaron Philon are great options at PG and we might be able to trade down and get a good PG plus add in another player who could contribute right away.

2nd round finds
https://www.tankathon.com/players/aday-mara
https://www.tankathon.com/players/braden-smith
https://www.tankathon.com/players/karter-knox
https://www.tankathon.com/players/alex-karaban
https://www.tankathon.com/players/ryan-conwell
https://www.tankathon.com/players/tomislav-ivisic
https://www.tankathon.com/players/milan-momcilovic 44% 3
https://www.tankathon.com/players/zvonimir-ivisic