Awww shucks.mavsfan4ever said:
Don't look now, but Mavs are tied for last in the west and tied for most losses in league.
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Handy little 5 game losing streak while some of the bottom feeders across both conferences have been winning 4-6 games of their last 10.
Any mid-season thoughts that may have changed regarding your top target in the draft?
Mine is still Ayton
Mine is still Ayton
Mine is Doncic.
Dougie McBaskets
Also, for those who do not listen to Norm and Donnie on the little Ticket, it was discussed/confirmed that Lebron has some people look at a house for sale in Preston Hollow, near Dirk's house. They were also very careful to mention that this is no way hints at Lebron coming to the Mavs, but still interesting nonetheless.
Link to said house:
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/10711-Strait-Ln-Dallas-TX-75229/80510797_zpid/
Link to said house:
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/10711-Strait-Ln-Dallas-TX-75229/80510797_zpid/
2/9/18 Tank check:
New York Knicks (5.5 Games Ahead of the Mavs)
Chicago Bulls (2 Games Ahead of the Mavs)
Brooklyn Nets
Memphis Grizzlies
Orlando Magic
Phoenix Suns
Sacramento Kings
Atlanta Hawks
Dallas Mavericks
Good news: Mavs would split the most ping-pong balls with the Hawks if the season ended today. The Nets have no incentive to tank. The Knicks are about to crash hard but 5.5 games is still quite a bit to make up.
Bad news: Mavs only 2 games away from drafting 8th. Mavs have the best point differential of all teams on the list (except the Knicks, which won't last long) and have one of the easiest schedules remaining in the league. Mavs didn't really make themselves worse (why is JJB still on this team?) at the trade deadline.
Overall I don't feel great about the Mavs position. I didn't realize deep tanking was so difficult. They could still finish anywhere between 1-9 at this point however it feels much more likely that they end around number 7 than number 3.
New York Knicks (5.5 Games Ahead of the Mavs)
Chicago Bulls (2 Games Ahead of the Mavs)
Brooklyn Nets
Memphis Grizzlies
Orlando Magic
Phoenix Suns
Sacramento Kings
Atlanta Hawks
Dallas Mavericks
Good news: Mavs would split the most ping-pong balls with the Hawks if the season ended today. The Nets have no incentive to tank. The Knicks are about to crash hard but 5.5 games is still quite a bit to make up.
Bad news: Mavs only 2 games away from drafting 8th. Mavs have the best point differential of all teams on the list (except the Knicks, which won't last long) and have one of the easiest schedules remaining in the league. Mavs didn't really make themselves worse (why is JJB still on this team?) at the trade deadline.
Overall I don't feel great about the Mavs position. I didn't realize deep tanking was so difficult. They could still finish anywhere between 1-9 at this point however it feels much more likely that they end around number 7 than number 3.
I thought that was Cuban's house after looking at the photos, but the Tax Assessor website lists it as owned by Dr. Richard Malouf, a dentist. The basketball court has "All Star- Team Malouf" on itbigcat22 said:
Also, for those who do not listen to Norm and Donnie on the little Ticket, it was discussed/confirmed that Lebron has some people look at a house for sale in Preston Hollow, near Dirk's house. They were also very careful to mention that this is no way hints at Lebron coming to the Mavs, but still interesting nonetheless.
Link to said house:
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/10711-Strait-Ln-Dallas-TX-75229/80510797_zpid/
Shoulda been a dentist.
Brooklyn though, has no incentive to "rest" key players, and as you mentioned, Knicks too far back.jeffdjohnson said:
2/9/18 Tank check:
New York Knicks (5.5 Games Ahead of the Mavs)
Chicago Bulls (2 Games Ahead of the Mavs)
Brooklyn Nets
Memphis Grizzlies
Orlando Magic
Phoenix Suns
Sacramento Kings
Atlanta Hawks
Dallas Mavericks
Good news: Mavs would split the most ping-pong balls with the Hawks if the season ended today. The Nets have no incentive to tank. The Knicks are about to crash hard but 5.5 games is still quite a bit to make up.
Bad news: Mavs only 2 games away from drafting 8th. Mavs have the best point differential of all teams on the list (except the Knicks, which won't last long) and have one of the easiest schedules remaining in the league. Mavs didn't really make themselves worse (why is JJB still on this team?) at the trade deadline.
Overall I don't feel great about the Mavs position. I didn't realize deep tanking was so difficult. They could still finish anywhere between 1-9 at this point however it feels much more likely that they end around number 7 than number 3.
And the lottery outcome has already been determined:
1. Knicks
2. Lakers
3. Bulls
The craps table and basketball court in that house are great. I want to hang out with this Malouf guy.
"If" LeBron is looking at a place in Dallas...my suspicion is that he is about to move to a very high tax state (maybe California), and wants another residence in a low tax state (like Texas) to perhaps serve as an official residence or something like that to lower his overall tax bill.
chris1515 said:
"If" LeBron is looking at a place in Dallas...my suspicion is that he is about to move to a very high tax state (maybe California), and wants another residence in a low tax state (like Texas) to perhaps serve as an official residence or something like that to lower his overall tax bill.
That was my thought as well
mavsfan4ever said:
The craps table and basketball court in that house are great. I want to hang out with this Malouf guy.
I donno man, I'm pretty sure this house is for sale because he got busted for Medicaid fraud and had to declare bankruptcy
Ha, just read the Dallas Observer article about him.
At least the Dallas area has a lot of kids with nice teeth before they rot them out with meth, crack, heroin, and all the other stuff poor people like to do.
Dirk still making defenders pay.
Good bull! Jalen Jones getting some playing time tonight! Didn't even realize the Mavs had picked him up. Apparently the Pelicans waved him early in January on the 8th and the Mavs signed him 3 days later. Enjoyed seeing an Aggie playing for the Mavs tonight!! Rooting for him!
Our man DSJ did a ****ing incredible dunk last night in the contest, but got eliminated in the first round:
And this garbage won:
Tim Cato is very much a Mavs homer, but what the hell, DSJ's was by far the bestmavsfan4ever said:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/2018/2/18/17024548/2018-nba-slam-dunk-contest-ranked
As if there was any doubt, Cuban on tanking:
https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2018/2/20/17030538/dallas-mavericks-tanking-mark-cuban-losing-is-our-best-option
https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2018/2/20/17030538/dallas-mavericks-tanking-mark-cuban-losing-is-our-best-option
I know its been said, many times, many ways, but tanking is horrible for the league.
To go to a game knowing that you want the team you cheer for to lose is pretty pathetic, and now going through it as a Grizzlies fan, it really increases apathy. Especially in these years where there also isn't much suspense
I just wish they would do something like count games against non-playoff teams as opposite results.
Keep the official standings as they are kept now, but when the records are calculated for the lottery, a win against a non-playoff teams counts as a loss, losses count as wins, and recalculate the order and the odds.
To go to a game knowing that you want the team you cheer for to lose is pretty pathetic, and now going through it as a Grizzlies fan, it really increases apathy. Especially in these years where there also isn't much suspense
I just wish they would do something like count games against non-playoff teams as opposite results.
Keep the official standings as they are kept now, but when the records are calculated for the lottery, a win against a non-playoff teams counts as a loss, losses count as wins, and recalculate the order and the odds.
In the NBA being a 7th or 8th seed in the playoffs or just out at 9 or 10 can doom you to a decade or longer of futility. If tanking is bad what's the fix to help those teams? Keep in mind in the draft there may be 10 decent players in any given year. If taking works at least you rotate out the bad teams.
Sounds like it centers around 3 people with the team- the team president (who "quit" in 2015), the Mavs.com reporter Earl K Sneed and the director of HR. The other two guys were fired yesterday91AggieLawyer said:
Anyone see this?
SI Article on abuse in Mavs org.
One good thing to come out of that article- the locker room for the Mavs was always pleasant and professional and none of the staff ever had a problem with any player
Cuban was apparently afraid to fire a black man with a law degree.
As for the HR flunkie and the pimply-faced blogger, who knows why it took so long.
As for the HR flunkie and the pimply-faced blogger, who knows why it took so long.
94chem,
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Yeah, I hope Carlisle isn't in any of this. Obviously I don't know him from Adam, but he's one of my favorite people in all of sports. Straight shooter, attention to detail, professional...Quote:
One good thing to come out of that article- the locker room for the Mavs was always pleasant and professional and none of the staff ever had a problem with any player
94chem,
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
It's never a good time for stories like this to come out, but especially now when everyone is sitting on their season ticket renewal package, myself included
It sounds separate from basketball operations (players, coaches, etc...). However I don't completely buy Cuban's defense. Sure, he probably did delegate the work that the marketing/website department did, but I can't imagine that he didn't hear any stories about this Terdema Ussery guy. This Ussery guy sounds like a total POS, surely Cuban heard or saw something. Also, whoever hired the HR guy really ****ed that one up, that is the root of the problem here.
AgE Doc
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