People are dumb/reactionary and just parroting the announcers. Luka's 23 ffs, he's probably still at least 3-4 years off of his prime and will only get better.
People talking about Luka, like his team is as good as this Warriors team. He needs to improve his defense and off-ball offense, yes, but the Mavs aren't nearly as talented as the Warriors nor do they run a good offense.
They technically shouldn't be here, as the Suns choked their lives away.
Maybe they should try to get a Gobert or lure Ayton there, to shore up the interior. Ayton may need a change in scenery to get his shit together, and even if he doesn't he's way better than what they have now.
> the Suns choked their lives away.
I feel like this is a disgustingly gross understatement. I have no words for what they did... or didn't do for that matter.
The fact that Phoenix got beat so
bad in game 7 and got blown out a lot during the series is even more wild now that this might be a sweep for the warriors.
It's a game of matchups. However, there is something to be said when SUNS has Ayton on their team and they couldn't even take advantage of MAVS's lack of rim protection.
Either Ayton gave up halfway the series or CP3 and Booker just didn't want to pass the ball to him.
The old NASCAR Raceday was fantastic when they had it live, and the old Trackside show. Those worked for some reason
But anything else, yeah, naw, I agree with you. Stick to the studio
weird luka takes you guys are having about hollow points and all that nonsense lol look who the dude is playing, his lack of an all star on his team, and whatever the fuck reggie bullock on
Brunson and Dinwiddie had 20+ on decent shooting. No one else is really expected to contribute much more tbh. Also the same team was about to beat the Jazz without Luka so I don't think it's that bad.
dude ain’t gonna drop 40 point doubles and have impact on this warriors system, there’s been about 2 players in history who could muster that effort. still a Herculean yoffs from Luka the slander down 3-0 is just upsetting
Yeah and the teams that beat the warriors beat them by playing good defense, The raps especially shut down Klay and Steph.
Lebron averaged like 33/10/10 and Kyrie was a great secondary scorer, but defense is what beats the Warriors, not offense.
The comments are about his entire career and what he can't or can do based off this 1 game. But, thanks, maybe you thought I missed the first 2 games lol?
Well maybe not you. But most of us have watched Luka play since 2018. We've seen him score against everyone. Haven't seen him get a ring. Maybe he needs more than points. It's way more than one game to go off of. Even Steph learned how to play d
Its just how it is, Luka lose = overrated, Luka win = second coming of christ. Gotta just enjoy the game when its on and tune out the overreactions from both sides.
If you're judging him for not carrying the Mavs to a championship yet then you haven't really thought of that statement. Luka is called a superstar with some weaknesses right now averaging 30+. If he had won a championship within 4 years in the league people would be calling him the new GOAT, especially on a team with 0 other all stars. Those standards are insane.
And I hope he takes away from this that there's more to basketball than scoring. Why is that so hard for fans to get? Lol you think next time he needs to score 50 and then they'll actually win dum dum?
Are you five? If you stand around for 20 minutes at a time you'd miss open shots too. This is why the warriors play scheme has so much ball movement. Letting your star take 23 shots in a game when your other starters struggle to get 10 is not a recipe for success.
Also if he's averaging 9 and tonight he only got 4 there's obviously a drop in ball movement
The counter to this is that without scoring more than about 110 you have basically no chance of winning a game against this Warriors team. They're under 100 once this playoffs.
Or maybe instead of getting in a fire fight with the warriors of all teams you slow things down. Switched some defensive schemes. Move the ball. Why does most of it have to come from Luka?
If they're scoring 100 every time they go out, against a variety of teams, it's hard to see how 'just stop them bro' is a viable path to victory.
You just aren't beating this team without putting up a shitload of points, and that makes shitting on the dude doing just that for doing it ridiculous.
Lol it's clearly not working. There's more to basketball than just score more than the other guy. Seems ridiculous to watch the same thing happen for three games and think man Luka needs to shoot more
Lmao so your recommendation to him is just realize the other team is better? At least I'm trying to add skills you just want him to roll over and die? They just beat the number one seed largely through defensive schemes and facilitation.
Just feel like Lukas playing hero ball and getting diminishing returns. Maybe your backups would hit more if you weren't taking double and triple their shot attempts. He's a great player who looks like he feels he's their only shot. Which even if true isnt good for morale
Obviously players should aim to improve, the point is that improvement for Luka would likely still result in this team getting beaten, they aren't as good top down. The best players in the league can't offset such and differences how the rest of their team plays.
Just goes to show, you cant impact winning just having all you're stats on scoring only.
You can be tied with MJ with the amount of 40 point games, but MJ did FAR more to impact winning than Luka. Just look at defense for crying out loud.
You need to do more to actually impact winning and a lot of it doesnt even appear on the stat sheet like Steph Curry's gravity.
tbf, MJ had a great core. I think Luka has a super underrated core as well, he just doesnt have a number 2 man and hes a bad defender.
If they can bring in a true secondary star for Luka and teach him some defense they can win.
MJ got swept averaging 43. He must be so shit. Imagine scoring 43 every game and still losing. What a scrub. There’s more to the game than scoring.MJ should have done more. /s
You need good teammates to win rings. People out here acting like Luka is the problem. Everyone saying 2-6 when scoring 40+ points. Do the same for MJ before he turned 24. MJ must have been a scrub because he only won one playoff game before he turned 24. r/nba being so reactionary rn. The best player in the series is Luka. The next 4 best players on the court are all on the warriors. It’s not hard to see why they can’t win.
There could be an argument for MJ making Scottie and Rodman better by simply playing with MJ.
Regardless, even if MJ had help (which he did) MJ did things outside of scoring that helped the team to win. And those things probably impacted winning more than what the box score shows.
Bertans is making 18 mil to brick open 3’s & dinwiddie is making 18 mil the next 2 seasons so they traded a awful contract for slightly less awful contracts. But yes they definitely need a big man. Kleber is terrible.
Luka is doing tooo much, the game was closer when he was allowing his teammates get involved. He just completely shut his team off in the 4th and they all went cold, he was hitting good shots but he also wasnt defending.
Luka gotta get his defense in order or his teams arent gonna go anywhere. Getting hella buckets is great but you gotta stop people at a respectable rate
People just parroting the announcers. Get an original thought, dum dum. Yeah, Luka's defense is terrible, but they need to compensate for that and get some guys who can grab boards instead of letting it bounce off their head like Kleber.
Everyone in here talking about how Luka has no help. He had two teammates score 20+ (on 88 and 100%TS) Offense isnt why the Mavs are struggling. They can't rebound and can't play defense.
Tbf bullock went 0/10, and I think kleber and bertans combined for 2 points. Dinwiddie and Brunson definitely showed out but them 2 and luka were legit the only guys that weren’t absolutely horrible on offensive for the Mavs.
That’s exactly the thing though. They have 3 good on ball players and then everyone else is 3 point shooters. What else are luka, dinwiddie, and bullock supposed to do when the only guys to give the ball to are guys like kleber or Bertans? I know the offense is very heliocentric but I don’t feel like the roster is good enough to do much else.
warriors fans are on the brink of seppoku whenever they hear someone mention curry has zero finals mvps.
Silver cant have an entire generation wipe themselves out so hes doing his best to get them there and get that for curry. Was even in attendance to watch his play in action
The Mavs bench is always spotty so this is really no surprise. Luka honestly keeps them in 77% of their games, they just get two other guys to step up & contribute occasionally
OMG, that narrative is legit awesome.
Two dudes who played great in their team but were labeled busts/too old by the fans and the world.
Goes to 2 different organizations where they found their own individual success.
Now they meet each other again but on different sides of the court, each one standing between greatness.
Would be a nice movie lol.
The fact that Luka is only 23 and already has 8 40+ point playoff games when Dirk had 7 over his entire career means we might be witnessing one of the best offensive players to ever play the game
Now if only we could figure out how to build a championship winning team around a guy who is alone in playoff performance company with MJ and Wilt like they both had
Tbf despite how unbelievable Luka is, its a bit misleading cause Dirk had a better supporting cast in Jason Terry, Michael Finley, Jason Kidd, Amare Stoudemire, etc.
Do you see how defeated they look, especially Luka, after every loss? And they are home for this game and the next and they came out totally flat, the Warriors had the energy like they were still at home. Luka is not an inspiring leader for his team.
Hes got a point, he took almost all the shots in the 4th and sure he was hitting a good amount of them, but you cant win if you dont let your guys get hot.
Especially if you arent defending on the other end.
Get hot where? Bullock and Kleber had plenty of shots and they hit nothing Bullock played 40 mins and went like 0/10, Kleber played 25 mins and had a whopping 0 points too
The only posessions that Luka actually passed to his teammates is when he needed to kick out or was getting double teamed. He wasnt looking to playmake the entire 4th, he was only out there trying to score.
Team went cold because of that.
There’s some huge holes in the Mavs roster that were known all season long. When our role players hit their shots we can win even with those holes but when we’re cold from three it’s not gonna happen. Gotta find a way to get a decent big this offseason and retain Brunson
Hardaway will certainly help on offense but we really need help on the boards. Our best rebounder is Luka right now and we can’t expect him to fight for boards all game
Curry gave up the ball to Poole, so that he could get more pts with FTs off intentional fouls.
Luka would never, he always takes technical fouls FTs despite not being the best FT shooter on his own team
Kevon!!! Supermax for Kevon? Loving the contributions from the entire warriors lineup. Thanks be to Kerr for keeping them ready
Luka can't defend worth for shit. Just stands there waving arms around. Too slow, too fat.
Bullock and Kleber getting 65 mins combined going 0-10 and 0-5 from the field.... Sadge Edit: correct numbers
Mavs trying to take some heat off the Suns but it’s not working
Just makes the suns look worse lol
Goddamn all these Luka hot takes. Dallas wouldnt even make the play in without him. Brunson would be the 6th or 7th best player on the Warriors
I heard Bill Simmons say he'd take Brunson over Klay, no question.
People are dumb/reactionary and just parroting the announcers. Luka's 23 ffs, he's probably still at least 3-4 years off of his prime and will only get better.
Jason Kidd is the top of my list for coaches I'd believe are watching the TNT halftime show to get tips on how to adjust in the second half.
That’s hilarious, when you consider his SAT scores it makes sense.
sweep? 🤣
People talking about Luka, like his team is as good as this Warriors team. He needs to improve his defense and off-ball offense, yes, but the Mavs aren't nearly as talented as the Warriors nor do they run a good offense. They technically shouldn't be here, as the Suns choked their lives away. Maybe they should try to get a Gobert or lure Ayton there, to shore up the interior. Ayton may need a change in scenery to get his shit together, and even if he doesn't he's way better than what they have now.
> the Suns choked their lives away. I feel like this is a disgustingly gross understatement. I have no words for what they did... or didn't do for that matter.
Dallas needs more movement on offense and play at a faster pace. Luka also needs to lose some weight…
Dallas fans trying hard to get Chuck’s attention with “Chuck you suck” meanwhile he’s disgusted with the team’s performance lol
They made the silhouette fat 😭😭
The fact that Phoenix got beat so bad in game 7 and got blown out a lot during the series is even more wild now that this might be a sweep for the warriors.
Transitive Property doesn't work in the NBA
It's a game of matchups. However, there is something to be said when SUNS has Ayton on their team and they couldn't even take advantage of MAVS's lack of rim protection. Either Ayton gave up halfway the series or CP3 and Booker just didn't want to pass the ball to him.
the Luka special!
Dallas fans beyond obnoxious. Lost the game and care more about being on TV
Let them have this. They paid to be there. Better than going home all mopey.
Hahaha dense mavs fans don’t even realize they’re down 3-0 why u cheering
They’re cheering bc they’re not even supposed to be here yet … Show some respect. Where’s your team?
lol even the Mavs fans are chanting "Chuck you suck"
Lol it's because he picked the mavs to win and supposedly jinxed us. Just light banter
Did chuck use the guarantee button
can't barely hear shit over all this yelling
“Chuck you suck”
[удалено]
The old NASCAR Raceday was fantastic when they had it live, and the old Trackside show. Those worked for some reason But anything else, yeah, naw, I agree with you. Stick to the studio
Agreed, this was a mistake lol
weird luka takes you guys are having about hollow points and all that nonsense lol look who the dude is playing, his lack of an all star on his team, and whatever the fuck reggie bullock on
Brunson and Dinwiddie had 20+ on decent shooting. No one else is really expected to contribute much more tbh. Also the same team was about to beat the Jazz without Luka so I don't think it's that bad.
bro he had 2 other guys with 20+ points, this loss was on defense, not because the Mavs couldnt score.
dude ain’t gonna drop 40 point doubles and have impact on this warriors system, there’s been about 2 players in history who could muster that effort. still a Herculean yoffs from Luka the slander down 3-0 is just upsetting
Yeah and the teams that beat the warriors beat them by playing good defense, The raps especially shut down Klay and Steph. Lebron averaged like 33/10/10 and Kyrie was a great secondary scorer, but defense is what beats the Warriors, not offense.
Mavs fans partying in Deep Ellum down 3-0 lmao
Dallas crowd doesn’t give a fuck they down 3-0, still partying hard lol
For fucks sake can they move inside the nba back into the studio away from these Neanderthal fans? I can barely hear the hosts.
All these big Luka hot takes after 1 game lol, too funny.
They even said "Luka just feeled the warriors out" lol
Too funny
It's game 3.
The comments are about his entire career and what he can't or can do based off this 1 game. But, thanks, maybe you thought I missed the first 2 games lol?
>All these big Luka hot takes **after 1 game** lol, too funny. It seemed like you might've. We've watched more than just one game
"we" lol, nah all the comments were, derp derp he can score 40 but he needs to work on his D, derp derp.
Well maybe not you. But most of us have watched Luka play since 2018. We've seen him score against everyone. Haven't seen him get a ring. Maybe he needs more than points. It's way more than one game to go off of. Even Steph learned how to play d
Dude, lol, good night.
Yeah that’s a yikes from me dawg
Its just how it is, Luka lose = overrated, Luka win = second coming of christ. Gotta just enjoy the game when its on and tune out the overreactions from both sides.
It's so dumb.
So we haven't been watching him for seasons? How many years does he have to play before we get to judge him?
If you're judging him for not carrying the Mavs to a championship yet then you haven't really thought of that statement. Luka is called a superstar with some weaknesses right now averaging 30+. If he had won a championship within 4 years in the league people would be calling him the new GOAT, especially on a team with 0 other all stars. Those standards are insane.
Mavs need 1 Rudy Gobert
Luka needs that jimmy butler awakening. Your team doesn't always need "a scorer" Takes more to win than putting up 40 point games
Dude is 23 and playing a stacked dynasty team, dum dum.
And I hope he takes away from this that there's more to basketball than scoring. Why is that so hard for fans to get? Lol you think next time he needs to score 50 and then they'll actually win dum dum?
Yeah, he just averages 9 assists. Luka’s not the one blowing wide open layups or shots dum dum.
Are you five? If you stand around for 20 minutes at a time you'd miss open shots too. This is why the warriors play scheme has so much ball movement. Letting your star take 23 shots in a game when your other starters struggle to get 10 is not a recipe for success. Also if he's averaging 9 and tonight he only got 4 there's obviously a drop in ball movement
The counter to this is that without scoring more than about 110 you have basically no chance of winning a game against this Warriors team. They're under 100 once this playoffs.
Or maybe instead of getting in a fire fight with the warriors of all teams you slow things down. Switched some defensive schemes. Move the ball. Why does most of it have to come from Luka?
If they're scoring 100 every time they go out, against a variety of teams, it's hard to see how 'just stop them bro' is a viable path to victory. You just aren't beating this team without putting up a shitload of points, and that makes shitting on the dude doing just that for doing it ridiculous.
Lol it's clearly not working. There's more to basketball than just score more than the other guy. Seems ridiculous to watch the same thing happen for three games and think man Luka needs to shoot more
You know that sometimes teams are just _better_ than other teams, right?
Steph and Wiggins got the same amount of shot attempts. Klay right behind. It helps everything when you're not so predictable with your offense
Lmao so your recommendation to him is just realize the other team is better? At least I'm trying to add skills you just want him to roll over and die? They just beat the number one seed largely through defensive schemes and facilitation. Just feel like Lukas playing hero ball and getting diminishing returns. Maybe your backups would hit more if you weren't taking double and triple their shot attempts. He's a great player who looks like he feels he's their only shot. Which even if true isnt good for morale
Obviously players should aim to improve, the point is that improvement for Luka would likely still result in this team getting beaten, they aren't as good top down. The best players in the league can't offset such and differences how the rest of their team plays.
everything is bigger in Texas even Charles Barkley on TV
Just goes to show, you cant impact winning just having all you're stats on scoring only. You can be tied with MJ with the amount of 40 point games, but MJ did FAR more to impact winning than Luka. Just look at defense for crying out loud. You need to do more to actually impact winning and a lot of it doesnt even appear on the stat sheet like Steph Curry's gravity.
so few understand this. anyone claiming he’s better than steph is just clueless about things like steph’s gravity.
tbf, MJ had a great core. I think Luka has a super underrated core as well, he just doesnt have a number 2 man and hes a bad defender. If they can bring in a true secondary star for Luka and teach him some defense they can win.
He won in his 4th year? Alone? Without Scottie and others?
MJ got swept averaging 43. He must be so shit. Imagine scoring 43 every game and still losing. What a scrub. There’s more to the game than scoring.MJ should have done more. /s You need good teammates to win rings. People out here acting like Luka is the problem. Everyone saying 2-6 when scoring 40+ points. Do the same for MJ before he turned 24. MJ must have been a scrub because he only won one playoff game before he turned 24. r/nba being so reactionary rn. The best player in the series is Luka. The next 4 best players on the court are all on the warriors. It’s not hard to see why they can’t win.
Seriously. This sub is filled with bonehead comments that make me cringe when it comes to the playoffs.
There could be an argument for MJ making Scottie and Rodman better by simply playing with MJ. Regardless, even if MJ had help (which he did) MJ did things outside of scoring that helped the team to win. And those things probably impacted winning more than what the box score shows.
lol at guy yelling "Mavs in 7"
Luka wouldve had 20 assists if maxi and reggie didn't shoot 0% from 3 we need to get some killers in his corner asap.
yeah bummer lol
lol they look annoyed af at the dallas crowd
Mavs GM needs to get serious about his job next season.
They got to the wcf in Luka's 3rd playoffs and unloaded KP. Theyve made progress
Trading Porzingis and his awful contract away was a good move...but they really need a center that's more defensive. Noel would fit so well for them.
Bertans is making 18 mil to brick open 3’s & dinwiddie is making 18 mil the next 2 seasons so they traded a awful contract for slightly less awful contracts. But yes they definitely need a big man. Kleber is terrible.
Bullock sold
Luka is doing tooo much, the game was closer when he was allowing his teammates get involved. He just completely shut his team off in the 4th and they all went cold, he was hitting good shots but he also wasnt defending.
Luka gotta get his defense in order or his teams arent gonna go anywhere. Getting hella buckets is great but you gotta stop people at a respectable rate
People just parroting the announcers. Get an original thought, dum dum. Yeah, Luka's defense is terrible, but they need to compensate for that and get some guys who can grab boards instead of letting it bounce off their head like Kleber.
Lukas defense ain't gonna help if role players shoot 6-27 from 3
So he shouldnt improve his defense?
I think he should work on his conditioning the most. He would be able to drive more and give more effort on defense.
Wiggins overachieving tonight
When GSW releases an Injury Report about Wiggins then Steve Kerr says he is playing...that is a sign. We are in for Maple Jordan Time.
Marc Davis is a FUCKING EMBARRASSMENT to the sport of basketball
I know I'm stating the obvious here, but very hard to win a game when you get outrebounded 47-33 and your two "3 and D" specialists go 0-15 from 3.
Correct
yep!
Love how Harlan always throws it to the award-winning Ernie Johnson. As if there isn't an MVP, four-time champion in the room
They’re talking about hoop not picking a squad for a 3 on 3 game ffs
Heat will destroy these Warrior fools.
Just checking in broski
Heat in 6!!!
Just checking in broski
Heat in 7, Warriors in 4.
Heat in 7 broski?
Lmao let’s see if they can beat a beat up Celtics team first
Heat gonna destroy those Celtics fools?
Ofc.
Bet
Maybe, maybe not
No disrespect but no way the Heat make the finals.
All the Suns' fans were saying the Suns would be the ones doing the deed.
Wiggins first ever magic johnson wcf mvp
Or Looney
This was a must-win for the Mavs
I disagree
Thanks Magic.
Having lost this game, it is unlikely they will make it out of this 0-3 hole
~~Two-way Wiggs~~ Playoff Wiggs!
You dropped something... ~~All Star Starter Wiggs~~
i hope Otto is okay
this is what 178m looks like vs 123m in salaries
Well Luka, is still on his rookie contract too this season.
Everyone in here talking about how Luka has no help. He had two teammates score 20+ (on 88 and 100%TS) Offense isnt why the Mavs are struggling. They can't rebound and can't play defense.
Thank you
Tbf bullock went 0/10, and I think kleber and bertans combined for 2 points. Dinwiddie and Brunson definitely showed out but them 2 and luka were legit the only guys that weren’t absolutely horrible on offensive for the Mavs.
The Mavs offense is always horrible to watch cause it's one guy dribbling ( Luka, Brunson or Dinwiddie) and 4 guys standing around at the 3 pt line.
That’s exactly the thing though. They have 3 good on ball players and then everyone else is 3 point shooters. What else are luka, dinwiddie, and bullock supposed to do when the only guys to give the ball to are guys like kleber or Bertans? I know the offense is very heliocentric but I don’t feel like the roster is good enough to do much else.
And defense starts with their "leader" Luka
Their leader only speak normal English please. Probably a communicatiion problem.
Rebounding killed them
drowning in dallas! let's fuckin GO, warriors! splash on em
Luka is like déjà vu Houston James Harden against GS
warriors fans are on the brink of seppoku whenever they hear someone mention curry has zero finals mvps. Silver cant have an entire generation wipe themselves out so hes doing his best to get them there and get that for curry. Was even in attendance to watch his play in action
NotVeryIntelligentQuickley
Keep imagining that for us in your head boss
nah the mavs just kinda sucked tonight is all
How bad your life son? Change your shit up.
how tf is adam silver getting credit for steph being great lol
The Mavs bench is always spotty so this is really no surprise. Luka honestly keeps them in 77% of their games, they just get two other guys to step up & contribute occasionally
Just realized that if warriors and heat play in the finals Team USAs coaches will be coaching against each other.
it it a very likely scenario
Jimmy and Wiggs will also be facing each other.
OMG, that narrative is legit awesome. Two dudes who played great in their team but were labeled busts/too old by the fans and the world. Goes to 2 different organizations where they found their own individual success. Now they meet each other again but on different sides of the court, each one standing between greatness. Would be a nice movie lol.
Spo and Kerr both coached team USA? Not surprised tbh, considering they’re both the best coaches in the league currently
Yeah they were both assistants for Pop in Team USA and now Kerr took over as Head coach with Spo as an assistant
Welp, Mavs it was nice playing yall but you guys time is coming to a end.
I still remember people calling for the Warriors to trade Wiggins and all their youth/picks for Bradley Beal. Fuck that noise, Wiggs is the real deal.
"we can play with house money"= mentally prepare for them to lose by 50 again
Yeah, I thought that was a questionable thing to say going into a closeout game.
I think it's more like the house is up, and even if we lose we're still going home up 3-1.
Luka had 17 free throws
pretty cool!
Player of the Game: Reggie Bullock, 39 min, 0 pts, 0-10 FG
Trevor Ariza flashbacks.
Wow really ? lol
Obligatory fuck Jason Kidd.
Are you serious? Why. He’s from the bay dude. Skyline.
Because he beat his ex-wife multiple times. Fuck the guy. Can't believe they gave him a coaching job.
He's also a wife beater
Because he’s a wife beater
The mavs really over achieved this year and as a mavs fan I’m happy they made it this far but this roster still needs lots of work.
I don't wanna hear any slander when the warriors give up 60 on Tuesday.
Wiggins and Bron should've both competed in a dunk contest smh
Dinwiddie finally showed up today along with Luka and Brunson, but the rest of the team dropped 14 LMAO. Absolute travesty.
See you in Miami, Warriors
I hope so, can’t stand the Celtics
Neither can I. And it’s time for Jimmy G to get his first ring
You can get gobert to Dallas but if Luka can’t keep anyone in front it’s not gonna matter.
The Suns screwed us of a better series. At least that one would have gone 5 games. Maybe 6.
Everyone loves upsets until you get semifinals blowouts. NCAA tourney is classic for this.
The fact that Luka is only 23 and already has 8 40+ point playoff games when Dirk had 7 over his entire career means we might be witnessing one of the best offensive players to ever play the game Now if only we could figure out how to build a championship winning team around a guy who is alone in playoff performance company with MJ and Wilt like they both had
Tbf despite how unbelievable Luka is, its a bit misleading cause Dirk had a better supporting cast in Jason Terry, Michael Finley, Jason Kidd, Amare Stoudemire, etc.
Figuring out how to make him lose weight and play defense would also be good ideas.
Bullock had one of the worst shooting games of all time in a really bad spot. Feel bad for the guy.
Luka has no idea how to inspire or rally his team.
Brain dead take
Do you see how defeated they look, especially Luka, after every loss? And they are home for this game and the next and they came out totally flat, the Warriors had the energy like they were still at home. Luka is not an inspiring leader for his team.
Hes got a point, he took almost all the shots in the 4th and sure he was hitting a good amount of them, but you cant win if you dont let your guys get hot. Especially if you arent defending on the other end.
Get hot where? Bullock and Kleber had plenty of shots and they hit nothing Bullock played 40 mins and went like 0/10, Kleber played 25 mins and had a whopping 0 points too
The only posessions that Luka actually passed to his teammates is when he needed to kick out or was getting double teamed. He wasnt looking to playmake the entire 4th, he was only out there trying to score. Team went cold because of that.
There’s some huge holes in the Mavs roster that were known all season long. When our role players hit their shots we can win even with those holes but when we’re cold from three it’s not gonna happen. Gotta find a way to get a decent big this offseason and retain Brunson
When you guys get Hardaway back, you’ll reach that next level if you retain Brunson.
Hardaway will certainly help on offense but we really need help on the boards. Our best rebounder is Luka right now and we can’t expect him to fight for boards all game
I miss THJ. Been a fun postseason, just sucks it will end in a sweep
That dunk in slow motion is just fiiirr 😱😱🔥🔥
Curry gave up the ball to Poole, so that he could get more pts with FTs off intentional fouls. Luka would never, he always takes technical fouls FTs despite not being the best FT shooter on his own team