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2023 - 2024 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread - I'm watching, just like you guys


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that's funny.  i tried watching it on mute but started nodding off so i turned the audio back on.  i started pretending i was at the game and they were phoenix fans sitting a row behind me and that i was eavesdropping on their conversation.  that made it a little better.  

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On 11/29/2023 at 6:17 AM, Trey3216 said:

I think this is a power play by Cuban and the Adelsons to use the Mavs as a threat to the Texas legislature to get a real casinos in TX vote oh the books sooner rather than later.  Threatening to move the Mavs to Vegas (they won’t).  Then when Vegas gets an expansion team, the Adelsons will be the owners of that franchise and will sell their rights to the Mavs back to Cuban (with Dirk as minority investor). 

He thinks franchise values are topping out. 
 

 

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kyrie was special on offense last night but man... our team defense was *so* good.  esp luka and kyrie.  dwight powell also impacted the game in a major way with his constant energy.  he was also huge playing the pivot on the FT line and making the right and timely pass almost every time. i don't know if we get the same result with lively at this point in his career.  i'm glad he saw what that looks like.

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11 hours ago, LurkingHorn said:

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. 

Kidd is a .500 coach.  it doesn't matter what players you give him.  

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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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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.

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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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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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boston played good 1v1 defense and didn't double unless it was in the paint and the ballhandler had picked up his dribble.  our only offensive gameplan was get out and run.  when that wasn't available we defaulted to hero ball.  on nights like this i wonder if luka appreciates rick carlisle a little bit more. 

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1 minute ago, dcar00 said:

I'm hoping he gets fired after they go 1 and done in the playoffs but Cuban gonna CUban.

Should have been fired after they went out and traded for Kyrie and missed the entire playoffs, including play in game. Embarrassing. It was definitely time for Rick to move on but they hired a shitty coach.

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29 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Should have been fired after they went out and traded for Kyrie and missed the entire playoffs, including play in game. Embarrassing. It was definitely time for Rick to move on but they hired a shitty coach.


the Mavs tanking the last couple games was smart due to the draft pick situation (we got Lively as a result) but he sucks outside of that. 

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9 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:


the Mavs tanking the last couple games was smart due to the draft pick situation (we got Lively as a result) but he sucks outside of that. 

whose call was that though?  the mavs media guys say it was 50/50 b/t front office, ownership, and coaches in favor of tanking and pushing for a play-in spot.  

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Last night was the first full NBA game I've seen since last season. God damn, these guys suck. I don't think Kyrie is that big of a difference. The NBA in general just isn't that interesting to me anymore. Maybe I've changed, but I really think the game has changed in ways that make it less interesting for me. The players are so fast I don't see how it's possible for the refs to make correct calls regularly. And whether its the speed, the rules, or lack of interest, it's shocking to me how many players are wide open for jumpshots, like not even challenged and having a full 3 seconds to set and shoot. Finally, maybe it's just Mavs-Suns rivalry stuff, but man, everyone is a fucking whiner. KD, Booker, Nurich, all bitched and cried on every play. Luke does it way too much for my taste too. But as a Mavs fan, JFC, it only worked when 3's were going down at 70%+. The second it cooled off they looked like absolute dog shit. What a beating.

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52 minutes ago, 'stache said:

Last night was the first full NBA game I've seen since last season. God damn, these guys suck. I don't think Kyrie is that big of a difference. The NBA in general just isn't that interesting to me anymore. Maybe I've changed, but I really think the game has changed in ways that make it less interesting for me. The players are so fast I don't see how it's possible for the refs to make correct calls regularly. And whether its the speed, the rules, or lack of interest, it's shocking to me how many players are wide open for jumpshots, like not even challenged and having a full 3 seconds to set and shoot. Finally, maybe it's just Mavs-Suns rivalry stuff, but man, everyone is a fucking whiner. KD, Booker, Nurich, all bitched and cried on every play. Luke does it way too much for my taste too. But as a Mavs fan, JFC, it only worked when 3's were going down at 70%+. The second it cooled off they looked like absolute dog shit. What a beating.

You took the words out of my mouth.  I'm sure most of it - as it applies to me - has to do with age.  Other than watching Luka when he's having a game in the zone, it's hard to watch.  

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3 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

You took the words out of my mouth.  I'm sure most of it - as it applies to me - has to do with age.  Other than watching Luka when he's having a game in the zone, it's hard to watch.  

the suns were flopping everywhere.  It is embarrassing.  I blame the Euro/Soccer guys bringing that shit here. Luka does it too. At least when the celtics and lakers were going at it there was no flopping, people were really getting hammered.  The whining is hilarious and has been since the Duncan(incredulous look) days.  I still think Duncan believes he never fouled anyone in 20 years.  and yes Luka does it also.

as for the game yeah it is boring.  kind of like an all star game with a bit more of effort on defense and on the boards but not much more.

It would be interesting if they moved the 3point line back and also took away the corner 3 by having the 3pt line just go to the sideline.

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