PatAg said:M.C. Swag said:
Nah, Luka has gained 30lbs since our last playoff series against the clippers and it's basically eliminated his at rim attempts to the point he needs his mid range/step back shot (which worked in the reg season) but when that isn't falling, he's out of moves.
Lol
M.C. Swag said:PatAg said:M.C. Swag said:
Nah, Luka has gained 30lbs since our last playoff series against the clippers and it's basically eliminated his at rim attempts to the point he needs his mid range/step back shot (which worked in the reg season) but when that isn't falling, he's out of moves.
Lol
Care to engage? His at rim attempts have declined more than half since his sophomore season
M.C. Swag said:
Just block me and my crayon brain then. This thread has been entirely respectful until you showed up.
Weird, so you would talk to me, a fellow aggie, just like this in person? Glad you're setting the example of how 'respect is earned.'Infection_Ag11 said:M.C. Swag said:
Just block me and my crayon brain then. This thread has been entirely respectful until you showed up.
Respect is earned, not given. You don't get to just vent absurdities and not get called out on it.
You've yet to answer a single question posed to you.
Infection_Ag11 said:
Shallow fans blame coaching after a game like this. That lineup got them back in the lead and the game was decided by offshoring two hours earlier, and then the most heavily contested shot of the entire game going in.
Kidd carried a lot of blame a lot of the time but a historic playoff choker going 7-10 from three including one from behind the backboard isn't on him.
I would also say if you are going to leave him out, then you have to change your defense once they show they are going to blow by him.MW03 said:Infection_Ag11 said:
Shallow fans blame coaching after a game like this. That lineup got them back in the lead and the game was decided by offshoring two hours earlier, and then the most heavily contested shot of the entire game going in.
Kidd carried a lot of blame a lot of the time but a historic playoff choker going 7-10 from three including one from behind the backboard isn't on him.
I disagree completely. Yes, the beginning was what it was and you can coach against that kind of shooting. But once it was a game again, you have to coach different. Kidd is a champion of letting the team figure it out on the court, but you have to pull Luka when they hit him with #5. If you don't want to, you have to add rim protection because you know he can't face up and is going to be letting go a lot of guys past.
The game was lost in the first half. Then it was won in the third. Then it was lost again in the 4th.
They were hunting Luka, knowing he couldn't face up, and Kidd gave him no backside rim support. It's wild.
rsf0626 said:
Luka is definitely not in peak nba shape rn. Part of it could be related to becoming a father, but its probably more related to the mavs org enabling him and letting him do whatever he wants
Mark should get him a dietician for the offseason otherwise he's not gonna last in this league
They have such good hands when we get in to the paint. Even Harden as a turnstile is so good at swiping the ball. Kyrie had 7 turnovers and it seemed like almost all of them were in the paint after he had gotten by his defender but the guy he just beat or a help defender would swipe at the ball for a steal. It was crazy to watch. Hopefully we are aware of that now.PatAg said:
One thing we havent talked about much, other than being bothered by it during the game, but we had WAY too many turnovers.
We took that lead late, and then we gave them like 4-6 free pts off of just bizarre turnovers.
They're going hard on dribble drives, and whenever they double up high they are in those slip pass lanes.
Thats something we should be able to tighten up.
This rules, whether it was accidental or not.mavsfan4ever said:
Yea I don't think this has anything to do with load management. There were no signs of him performing portly or wearing down at the end of the season and then he got a long time off to rest/heal and all of a sudden is worn down? That doesn't add up.
if we go on to lose this series, this will definitely be a what could have been type year....to pair with all the other Dirk years where we could say the same outside of 06 and 11mavsfan4ever said:
This is the most nervous I've been about a game in a long time. Because I think we finally have a legit shot to make some noise in the playoffs (didn't feel that way in the recent WCF year even though we won a couple rounds).
We really need to win tonight considering we will be down 20+ in the first quarter of the Sunday afternoon game.
I agree because I think we match up really well with OKC in the next round. Look at what we did to them in the first game after trading for PJ and Gafford. And that was in an afternoon game, which we have been complaining about recently lol.mavsfan4ever said:
This is the most nervous I've been about a game in a long time. Because I think we finally have a legit shot to make some noise in the playoffs (didn't feel that way in the recent WCF year even though we won a couple rounds).
We really need to win tonight considering we will be down 20+ in the first quarter of the Sunday afternoon game.
Doncic is still sick, didn’t do much in shootaround. He has been sick for nearly a week and admits that if this was a regular season game he probably wouldn’t play. pic.twitter.com/tTmK8oeJXs
— Brad Townsend (@townbrad) May 1, 2024
