HALLELUKA: Luka Clinches All-NBA 1st team. 4th in 5 years

[mavsluvr]

I don't know the solutions. And I am not the coach or GM, so I have no power anyway. But I am a fan watching Luka and this team struggle in so many ways (despite having a 7-4 record). 


I am sorry you are not a fan of the updates on Luka's lineups performances (you can put me on ignore if that helps I guess).

To the contrary. It has never even occurred to me to put you on ignore. Looks like it is a lot of work to pick out, organize, and present these stats. Thanks for going to all that trouble!

But to me it is THE story of the early season. I have no memory of a player as great and talented as Luka having his lineups struggle so consistently for such a long stretch (we are 13.4% of the way through the season already). Luka (and Dirk before him in even a larger way) have so consistently been part of successful lineups (from the bird's eye view), that this really feels like new charted territory for us as Mavs fans. And my contention and concern has been: if this phenomenon doesn't change then I am not sure where the record ends up and I certainly don't have hopes of getting past the first round.

I agree that the Mavs aren't yet what we hoped this season, and have no problem with you or anyone else mentioning and discussing that fact. 

It's just that I think we are seeing a little frustration from some posters on receiving all these negative stats about Luka, in the sense of, "So, where are you going with this anyway? You want Luka traded? Benched? Sent to fat man's camp? What?" 

I think it is easier to appreciate your efforts if we know that you are actually not purporting to describe specific actionable problems that you think they can solve, or proposing any particular solutions. You are simply organizing and reporting data as it develops, as a service to the board, and we can make of it what we will.

Kamm, it is never my intention to hurt anybody's feelings. Although we have our fair share of disagreements, and that can be uncomfortable, I think they sometimes result in some pretty good discussions on the board, with a number of sides of an issue being examined in depth.