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10-25-2024, 02:31 PM
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Great start to the season!!! Great commentary here!!!
Hosted a watch party, so I missed a lot and had to rewatch today to get a full perspective. Can’t record the games because I watch on Max (BR Sports) since Fubo doesn’t carry TNT. If you find yourselves wanting a full re play, you might enjoy trying to WATCH the RE PLAY on a NET rather than a dot com.
Some observations I’m excited about:
1. Spurs had no success trying to go at Luka after switches.
2. I noticed zero instances of Mavs defenders failing to close out on 3-point shooters other than Sochan (spelling?), who was obviously left open more or less intentionally. (Maybe he should try shooting 3s one-handed?)
3. PJ, then Maxi, then Lively proved very, very well equipped to defend Wemby. Enough length to bother him yet quick enough laterally to prevent drives. Not sure there’s another team that presents as difficult a test for the youngster.
4. Speaking of Lively, I think forced travels should be a new stat to monitor for the kid. I can recall at least 2 of em, out of maybe 3 travels of any sort called all game?
5. I’ve got a screen shot (that I can’t figure out how to share here) of Luka, Kyrie, and Klay picking up full court after a timeout despite a 14-point lead in the 3rd. Looks like playoff intensity on D might be here to stay if those 3 are buying in this early in the new season.
6. If Klay and Hardy are both shooting “can’t leave em” percentages from deep, this team will present a whole nother challenge to defenses around the league. At least for today, those new signings look among the best bargains in the league.
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(10-25-2024, 09:59 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: One more thing: Reading the board today, I'm seeing lots of criticism of Grimes.
I totally agree it wasn't an "announce your presence with authority" debut from him, and on offense in particular he looked a little uncomfortable. You know, like a new guy. So did Marshall, imo, and honestly, so did Washington (still).
But, I'd like to point out that the REASON the spurs aren't good is that they are weak at ball-handling. Chris Paul is still dangerous enough, but he's not really the offensive engine these days that basically every other team is built around, and they're not even really using ball-handlers to attack the way 98% of NBA teams do right now. They're desperately trying to get Wembenyama the ball in a variety of ways, even initiating from above the break with HIM, similar to what MIL does with Giannis. When it wasn't Paul or Wembenyama, it was Sochan, who...isn't right for that role, to put it politely. Of those three players, Paul is the only one who feels like a Grimes assignment, and last night Hardy was able to stick with him just fine. So, what I'm saying is: I'm not sure this was the type of game where we'd have noticed how much this team needs Grimes on the floor, even.
Don't get me wrong - he has room to improve, for sure. I DID think he competed on defense effectively during his time on the floor, however.
Appreciate this take. Seems to me that Grimes looks good doing everything except shooting the ball. His misses do not look like he’s just having an off night. They look wild.
But obviously it’s just one night. And everything else is actually a whole lot. So I don’t mean this post to be critical of him or the signing.
By the way, I noticed he’s listed at 6-4. Thought he was 6-5 last year? Luka 6-6 (thought 6-7)? PJ 6-6? Dinwidde 6-5? Hardy 6-3? Omax 6-7? Am I imagining things?
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(10-25-2024, 10:51 AM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: Grimes needs to spot up in the corner on offense. He brought the ball up the court on several possessions because there's no backup PG. Because of that, he looked all out of sorts. He's a 3 and D guy only IMO.
He is a little more than that (at least compared to our historical 3&D guys). He is a movement shooter and can score a little bit outside of that, but I agree you don't want him trying to initiate anything. Kidd has a habit of putting guys in positions out of their comfort zones to test limits (kind of the opposite of Rick). It can be painful to watch sometimes, but its probably better for the player in the long run.
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Before I read this Dirkie thread I feel it is important to welcome Klay with the experience of winning the Dirkie. M
Now I will check to see if he did.
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Superb. Sometimes we do think alike not to mention he was awesome.
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(10-25-2024, 02:42 PM)The Jom Wrote: . . .
By the way, I noticed he’s listed at 6-4. Thought he was 6-5 last year? Luka 6-6 (thought 6-7)? PJ 6-6? Dinwidde 6-5? Hardy 6-3? Omax 6-7? Am I imagining things?
Found a 23-24 roster at https://www.basketball-reference.com/tea.../2024.html.
Luka 6-7
PJ 6-7
Hardy 6-4
Omax 6-8
Incredible shrinking Mavs???
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(10-24-2024, 11:42 PM)ballsrchr Wrote: Seems like Klay Thompson has settled in like a bug in a rug, or a chicken in a roost, or like my son out in his unpaid travel trailer home. That means...pretty damn good.
Hahaha, nice one!
I voted for Klay too.
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Klay creates a new dimension for our offense by turning 3pt game which was a weakness for us into one of our strengths. plus, he also seems to be one of our best defenders on court. I think Klay is still at least 80% what the prime Klay was tbh.
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