LurkingHorn
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Back to back wins. Is that allowed?
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Good win. Nice to see KI back out there. THJ with a (Im)perfect game. 0-5 from 3 and 0-8 overall.
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14 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:
This team is built wrong. Fire Kidd, trade Kyrie and THJ for a few players and a lot of picks.
The team building issue started in 2019 when they went "all-in" to get KP. That deal is still killing them from having any meaningful draft assets to use. Then they traded Harrison Barnes, who could have been a very good 3rd option, for cap space and then proceeded to not do a damn thing with it. Then the Brunson mishap. They've just stacked so many bad choices on top of one another that there just isn't a good way out. An underrated one was not getting a fucking draft pick when Carlisle went to the Pacers. We just let him walk to another team without any compensation.
Then, to make things even greater, they decided to hire a mediocre coach with a mediocre track record and, shockingly, they are getting mediocre results. The roster mismanagement is not Kidd's fault, but he is a clown and this team should have a way better record than it does despite the injuries.
I think Nico is doing a decent job with the hand he was dealt. Lively is a huge win and I think OMax will be a player in a couple of years. The roster is better than it was last season, there just isn't a quick fix to this. They're going to have to keep drafting well and make decent upgrades via trade. They actually have young, tradeable players now which is a huge upgrade compared to the past few years.
The only thing that's fixable this season is the coach. That needs to happen.
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I’m just done with the status quo. If firing Kidd pisses off Luka, so be it. This dude is a clown.
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USMNT 2024
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3 hours ago, ztejas said:Reyna doesn't have physicality issues, he has fitness issues and at times effort issues. He's a big motherfucker that's extremely good on top of the ball.
And hasn't most of his injury stuff been non-contact variety muscle/ligament issues?
His last injury in the Nations League was a contact injury. I'm not questioning his physicality necessarily. I'm questioning if the frantic nature of play the premier league, especially a bottom dweller, is going to lead to good results. He's going to hold onto the ball great and some schmuck is absolutely going to "get stuck in" on him.
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USMNT 2024
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9 minutes ago, The Dog said:This falls into the "beggars can't be choosers" category IMHO. Sevilla talks broke down so he had to take the offer on the table.
At least he should get a lot of playing time for them...
to be fair all top leagues are physical. he just needs to find a way to stay healthy.
It's the physicality combined with the pace. The pace of Seria A or La Liga seems like a way better fit IMO. Like you said, though, beggars can't be choosers. I would expect NF to go full bunker ball as the season goes on and they're just looking to survive. Not sure how much that's going to help Gio's development.
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USMNT 2024
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Welp....
Oft injured player goes to one of the roughest leagues. What could possibly go wrong?
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USMNT 2024
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1 hour ago, The Dog said:I don't know much about Fiorentina's roster, but that would be the move I'd want for him as I think his style is better suited for Italy or Spain. Fiorentina is currently in 6th and battling for a top 4 spot.
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This is so Mavs. Luka with 41 points at halftime…and the game is tied. How is that even possible?
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Good. I really don't want our players going to England. It just has not been a good place for our guys to develop IMO.
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I'm shocked that a Jason Kidd-led team came out after 5 days of rest and practice only to play like absolute trash against a team playing their 3rd game in 4 nights. I think I read somewhere the Mavs are like 1-3 vs teams on their 2nd night of a back-to-back.
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1 hour ago, JohnnyRage said:
Fun game. My finger was hovering above the buy ticket button. I pussed out. Haven't been to a game in a while. $15 bucks to get in the door.
That cheap? Wow.
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1 hour ago, gsoda3 said:
A coach needs to improve his team to more than the sum of its parts otherwise what's the point of having a coach. Jason Kidd does not do that and he clearly does not strive to do that. He seeks to be the team's emotional ballast but this young group needs much more than that.
It’s a shame there wasn’t any history on him to see this coming.
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15 minutes ago, dcar00 said:
Kidd is a .500 coach. it doesn't matter what players you give him.
It’s not unreasonable to think he should have been fired last year for completely missing the play-in game with 2 top 15 players in the league. Roster issues aren’t really his fault, but there are major red flags that have been there and that are still there.
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Like, what is this? It’s your team, bro.
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I just can’t take this team seriously. Maybe it’s Kidd, maybe it’s just battered fan syndrome. But losses like tonight are just inexcusable.
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USMNT 2024
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2 hours ago, Ted Lange said:Sevilla is 16th in the table
Seems like a good spot for a loan. I think he’d fit in well in La Liga. They would definitely need to play him a lot.
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Man. I don’t know what to think of this bunch. Lose to a terrible, short-handed Memphis team then beat the Knicks who were on a 5 game winning streak.
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Really good win last night while still being down 2 starters. I
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USMNT 2024
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5 hours ago, The Dog said:Both are better than Trinidad and Tobago and if Gregg can lose to them he can lose to anyone. Panama facerolled Costa Rica in the quarters of Nations League. There are no easy matches in this group.
T&T is ranked 96 and Bolivia is 85. T&T was on the road and after a Dest red card. The US isn't losing to that team at home. When did the USMT A team last lose to Panama on home soil? 2015 Gold Cup maybe? And then that US team went on to win their group and finish in 4th in that Copa America in 2016.
4 hours ago, Captain Ron said:The upside for Gregg is that these games are at home. The downside for him is that they are in a competitive tournament. Bolivia is a South American team and Panama can give us fits. In both cases, put the carrot of the Copa in there, they are not going to be easy wins.
Throw in Gregg has not yet showing he can let the team play free and open and you better believe we can lose one of those games. We could potentially draw either or both of these games and in this tournament, that could be detrimental. I think the margin of error for missing the KO round is a lot smaller than you might think.
Adams is going to be back and they are going to keep all the games low-scoring, just like the WC. Yes, it will be frustrating, but that and talent advantage will probably get us out of the group stages pretty easily in this tournament.
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USMNT 2024
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23 hours ago, The Dog said:I don't think Gregg survives the year.
22 hours ago, Captain Ron said:Nor do I, which is why I put that in there. I think he is going to flame out in the Copa. We don't make it out of the group and look bad doing it, US Soccer will haver no choice but fire him.
I want him gone just as much as anyone, but we're not going to lose to Panama and Bolivia in the group stages. We're stuck with him until our disappointing home WC. I'm trying to make peace with that now.
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I’ve seen a lot of choke jobs and this one is up there with the worst of them.
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Eat shit, Booker.
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I still think Kidd is a very meh coach. Our lineup obviously is not all his fault, but I’m so tired of watching other teams go on gigantic runs without any timeout taken.
2023 - 2024 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - I'm watching, just like you guys
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I’m kind of meh on Dinwiddie at this point. I guess he could be a decent fill-in when KI inevitably gets hurt again, but I’m not really interested in him playing a ton of meaningful minutes.