01-23-2024, 01:57 PM
It's not surprising that we lost to the Celtics. They're clearly the NBA's best team. I don't think we looked that far away though.
Luka, Kyrie and Lively is a great start to a contender. We need one more above-average starter. I don't think we can obtain that player for the assets we currently have available. I think that will be more likely this coming summer when we have multiple first-round picks available. I think we should wait until this coming summer to make a big move.
We need to continue to see what we have with post-injury Kleber and OMax. That will help determine what position we need to upgrade this coming summer. Josh Green is starting to look better and so we can monitor whether his role is something we might need to upgrade or not.
The easiest manner for us to upgrade this team is to change coaches. Kidd loses games for us. We look really unorganized on both sides of the ball. It's almost like we're playing without a coach sometimes. Luka any Kyrie are so brilliant individually that it mostly still works on offense but we just seems lost on defense much of the time.
I think a better coach probably improves us by 3-5 wins over the course of the year.
Another important factor that really hurts us is the disparity in officiating. I think we're all tired of Luka's incessant whining to the officials. However, the reality is that he is being fouled a lot and most of them are not called. He doesn't get the same benefit of the doubt as does Embiid or Gilgeous Alexander. Kidd doesn't seem to react to all the missed calls. He should. It's Kidd's job to stick up for his players when they're not being officiated fairly. Kidd's silence puts Luka in a position where he is having to advocate for himself. I hate to say Kidd sucks but he definitely sucks at coaching basketball.
I also think there's some historical resentment from the officials against Mark Cuban. I don't recall another NBA owner ever publicly chastising the NBA officials. I can understand why there would be some bias against the Mavs because of it. Cuban doesn't seem to make public statements about it anymore but I still think it's an issue. I think Mark should appear less as the face of the Mavs. It's also probably time to send him to a suite during games where we don't all have to look at his reactions.
In summary, the rest of the season should be an opportunity to see what we have with Kleber, OMax and Green. This coming off-season will be time to upgrade our coaching and banish Mark Cuban to a much less visible position with the Mavericks. It will also be the best time to upgrade our starting 5. Improvement can be a slow and steady process.
Luka, Kyrie and Lively is a great start to a contender. We need one more above-average starter. I don't think we can obtain that player for the assets we currently have available. I think that will be more likely this coming summer when we have multiple first-round picks available. I think we should wait until this coming summer to make a big move.
We need to continue to see what we have with post-injury Kleber and OMax. That will help determine what position we need to upgrade this coming summer. Josh Green is starting to look better and so we can monitor whether his role is something we might need to upgrade or not.
The easiest manner for us to upgrade this team is to change coaches. Kidd loses games for us. We look really unorganized on both sides of the ball. It's almost like we're playing without a coach sometimes. Luka any Kyrie are so brilliant individually that it mostly still works on offense but we just seems lost on defense much of the time.
I think a better coach probably improves us by 3-5 wins over the course of the year.
Another important factor that really hurts us is the disparity in officiating. I think we're all tired of Luka's incessant whining to the officials. However, the reality is that he is being fouled a lot and most of them are not called. He doesn't get the same benefit of the doubt as does Embiid or Gilgeous Alexander. Kidd doesn't seem to react to all the missed calls. He should. It's Kidd's job to stick up for his players when they're not being officiated fairly. Kidd's silence puts Luka in a position where he is having to advocate for himself. I hate to say Kidd sucks but he definitely sucks at coaching basketball.
I also think there's some historical resentment from the officials against Mark Cuban. I don't recall another NBA owner ever publicly chastising the NBA officials. I can understand why there would be some bias against the Mavs because of it. Cuban doesn't seem to make public statements about it anymore but I still think it's an issue. I think Mark should appear less as the face of the Mavs. It's also probably time to send him to a suite during games where we don't all have to look at his reactions.
In summary, the rest of the season should be an opportunity to see what we have with Kleber, OMax and Green. This coming off-season will be time to upgrade our coaching and banish Mark Cuban to a much less visible position with the Mavericks. It will also be the best time to upgrade our starting 5. Improvement can be a slow and steady process.