02-25-2021, 10:47 AM
I think we should all calm down with Kristaps hate. It's crazy to me that some people & media want to show that a player, who was half a year ago named untouchable in just half a year become almost a buyout player.
Yes, he is clearly not having a good season, he is clearly have injury concerns but that's the same player which a half a year ago was named untouchable. The same player which was one of the best duos in Nba with Luka, which was 2 best player on our team and player who was traded to Dallas for a longterm duo to Luka. And last season he showed that he wants to be part of Mavericks future. What is one of the most important things to me.
First of all, we should start looking where all media hate to the Mavs began:
1. A lot of media and i would say, also a fans almost expected that we will be a contenders this year. That wasn't realistic. First, beacuse of quality and a second beacuse of experience.
2. Beginning of the season and Luka out of shape. Everbody else were in perfect shape, only Luka & Mavs were out of shape for the media.
3. Luka can't shoot a 3.
4. Injury problems & covid problems for the Mavs. Some other teams games were postponed, the Mavs had to play without 5 players just beacuse of Covid. Media only talk about loses. Yes, they were games were we lost beacuse of us, but most loses were connected to injuries and Covid.
5. Winning streak - media talk about bad 3 point shooting percentage.
6. Dame should start over Luka.
7. KP drama.
That's the atmosphere media created to the Mavs this year. Only negative words, nothing positive and for a young team like ours, that's the atmosphere they are not accustomed and he is shown throught the team confidence.
It's interesting the same media isn't talking about disaster season of Miami, Boston who were higher than Mavs last season, or even average seasons for Bucks and Nuggets. And none of them have even similar health problems like Mavs.
Back to the KP thread. Don't do rush decisions after half of the season in which KP was hurt half of. KP trade to Dallas is longterm project and i'dont think he we will be traded after just few bad games. Rush decisions will only result with bad results.
Even last season we could saw some of KP problems. That problem is beause he is a little bit stock between 5 and 4. Even last year i think he could be better at the 4, we just need a 5 to fit the system. This year this is even more visible beacuse of his fear after a injury. That fear is resulted with bad rebuding. In my opinion Myles Turner is the guy who fixes most of our ''KP'' problems. On the good contract, Dallas native & good guy for that team.
But we need to fix this. Sometimes just few small trades are enought and the future looks completly different. Could compared Philadelphia last & this season. We need to know that most of our assest gone for KP trade. So trading him just to trade him is step back & not upgrading our roster what we want. We should also know that in free agency, players with KP ceiling all extended they're contracts so we should be very patient with decisions.
Also, looking throught the trade rumours, it's just crazy that some people are proposing a trades for a KP with a players with even worse injury problems and worst statistic of worst KP season.
If we want that the Mavs are contenders, we must also look at the Celtics rosters. One of the best 1-2-3 lineups but without good 4-5 positions. So when doing KP trade scenarios have a Celtics big lineup problems in head.
And also we can't forget that 1 thing is statistic in 1 team & other thing is fit in other team.
Yes, he is clearly not having a good season, he is clearly have injury concerns but that's the same player which a half a year ago was named untouchable. The same player which was one of the best duos in Nba with Luka, which was 2 best player on our team and player who was traded to Dallas for a longterm duo to Luka. And last season he showed that he wants to be part of Mavericks future. What is one of the most important things to me.
First of all, we should start looking where all media hate to the Mavs began:
1. A lot of media and i would say, also a fans almost expected that we will be a contenders this year. That wasn't realistic. First, beacuse of quality and a second beacuse of experience.
2. Beginning of the season and Luka out of shape. Everbody else were in perfect shape, only Luka & Mavs were out of shape for the media.
3. Luka can't shoot a 3.
4. Injury problems & covid problems for the Mavs. Some other teams games were postponed, the Mavs had to play without 5 players just beacuse of Covid. Media only talk about loses. Yes, they were games were we lost beacuse of us, but most loses were connected to injuries and Covid.
5. Winning streak - media talk about bad 3 point shooting percentage.
6. Dame should start over Luka.
7. KP drama.
That's the atmosphere media created to the Mavs this year. Only negative words, nothing positive and for a young team like ours, that's the atmosphere they are not accustomed and he is shown throught the team confidence.
It's interesting the same media isn't talking about disaster season of Miami, Boston who were higher than Mavs last season, or even average seasons for Bucks and Nuggets. And none of them have even similar health problems like Mavs.
Back to the KP thread. Don't do rush decisions after half of the season in which KP was hurt half of. KP trade to Dallas is longterm project and i'dont think he we will be traded after just few bad games. Rush decisions will only result with bad results.
Even last season we could saw some of KP problems. That problem is beause he is a little bit stock between 5 and 4. Even last year i think he could be better at the 4, we just need a 5 to fit the system. This year this is even more visible beacuse of his fear after a injury. That fear is resulted with bad rebuding. In my opinion Myles Turner is the guy who fixes most of our ''KP'' problems. On the good contract, Dallas native & good guy for that team.
But we need to fix this. Sometimes just few small trades are enought and the future looks completly different. Could compared Philadelphia last & this season. We need to know that most of our assest gone for KP trade. So trading him just to trade him is step back & not upgrading our roster what we want. We should also know that in free agency, players with KP ceiling all extended they're contracts so we should be very patient with decisions.
Also, looking throught the trade rumours, it's just crazy that some people are proposing a trades for a KP with a players with even worse injury problems and worst statistic of worst KP season.
If we want that the Mavs are contenders, we must also look at the Celtics rosters. One of the best 1-2-3 lineups but without good 4-5 positions. So when doing KP trade scenarios have a Celtics big lineup problems in head.
And also we can't forget that 1 thing is statistic in 1 team & other thing is fit in other team.