Around the league -- Mavs board edition

[ozwizard8]

Just out of curiosity, which team is better as of today? Mavs or Knicks?

Considering the assets its Knicks.
Considering the healthy rosters, I would say Mavs with Luka.
For today, its similar as Luka have some injury going on. Healthy Luka would put efficient 40pts and take over the clutch.

[ozwizard8]

Watching Brunson killing must have left weird mixed taste in all of mavs fans mouth, I feel so bitter not gonna lie.

Cuban and FO **** up big time.
Brunson has shown time and time again to be a real PG who can play as a second man to Luka.
Kyrie has played good this series but he is not a PG. He cant control the game the way Luka and Brunson does. When Luka is gassed, or injured, having Brunson was a huge relief.

Cuban losing Nash, Chandler, Brunson on FA is just dumb. There is no other team in NBA that lost 3 award-winning players in FA for last two decades.
Nash got MVP, Chandler got DPOY, Brunson will get First-Team All NBA and probably some other awards in next years...

[ozwizard8]

Phoenix came out on the short end playing without a Center in the 4th quarter as well and going to Bermuda next .....

For what its worth, they could've keep Ayton or simply go for Gafford at deadline to have a functioning Center.
I am not saying neither Ayton or Gafford are top 5 centers. Ayton is probably near top 10, and Gafford is actually a center compared to what they have in Eubanks or cant move Nurkic.

Cant understand a team that already has two offensive juggernauts in Booker-KD to go for more offense with Beal-Nurkic.
Sounds like KD doesn't understand about basketball enough considering their Brooklyn experiment.
They let JArrett Allen go to open room for washed D'Andre Jordan.
They already had Kyrie-KD duo and still asked for Harden. Maybe its because the lack of playmaking but still two offensive juggernauts should've been enough. Just go for a elite defender/rebounder, or two-way player.

Last year PHX roster would at least go for G6 against this Wolves team.

[ChipotleWest]

Watching Brunson killing must have left weird mixed taste in all of mavs fans mouth, I feel so bitter not gonna lie.

Cuban and FO **** up big time.
Brunson has shown time and time again to be a real PG who can play as a second man to Luka.
Kyrie has played good this series but he is not a PG. He cant control the game the way Luka and Brunson does. When Luka is gassed, or injured, having Brunson was a huge relief.

Cuban losing Nash, Chandler, Brunson on FA is just dumb. There is no other team in NBA that lost 3 award-winning players in FA for last two decades.
Nash got MVP, Chandler got DPOY, Brunson will get First-Team All NBA and probably some other awards in next years...

Because Cuban is a bottom tier owner that was lucky to have Dirk already here when he bought the team. And luckily he listened to Donnie for once when he said to draft Luka. He didn't listen when he said draft Giannis.

[Mavrelous]

Embiid is an awful viewing experience, foul grifter and dirty player, I'm glad Brunson punked him.

[ozwizard8]

TWolves has a really good whistle, even in tough/weird officiated 2024 playoffs. They'll get all the ticky tacky foul calls. Refs will save Edwards if he drives and have no option left. Even at last 2 minutes mark, refs kept calling fouls to save Ant. In the first he also traveled in 2 possessions with no call which reminds me the early days of Lebron. Good luck to any team facing the Wolves. They have NBA plot armor for financial, star-making reasons. Ant in FIBA tournament didn't have that and failed but NBA is a different beast with its refs.

I dont think Mavs have much chance with this type of star calls. Luka never ever gets those on offense. And while on defense, refs easily call tons of fouls on Kyrie and Luka for very small stuff, while it's free for Wolves players to fall onto a player or basically hugging players.

[GermanFan120]

TWolves has a really good whistle, even in tough/weird officiated 2024 playoffs. They'll get all the ticky tacky foul calls. Refs will save Edwards if he drives and have no option left. Even at last 2 minutes mark, refs kept calling fouls to save Ant. In the first he also traveled in 2 possessions with no call which reminds me the early days of Lebron. Good luck to any team facing the Wolves. They have NBA plot armor for financial, star-making reasons. Ant in FIBA tournament didn't have that and failed but NBA is a different beast with its refs.

I dont think Mavs have much chance with this type of star calls. Luka never ever gets those on offense. And while on defense, refs easily call tons of fouls on Kyrie and Luka for very small stuff, while it's free for Wolves players to fall onto a player or basically hugging players.

You are overthinking now. Nuggets will bounce back, that series is going to game 7.

[daoneandonly]

I'm biased of course and don't think we can do it, especially without Maxi. But the best storyline scenario to me is a Mavs Celtics finals.

Boston fans hate Kyrie, Mavs fans hate KP. The boo birds would be defening.

[GermanFan120]

I'm biased of course and don't think we can do it, especially without Maxi. But the best storyline scenario to me is a Mavs Celtics finals.

Boston fans hate Kyrie, Mavs fans hate KP. The boo birds would be defening.

This is possible, but what sucks is we will hand Tatum his first championship ring if that's the case.

I don't like Boston AT ALL.

[daoneandonly]

I'm biased of course and don't think we can do it, especially without Maxi. But the best storyline scenario to me is a Mavs Celtics finals.

Boston fans hate Kyrie, Mavs fans hate KP. The boo birds would be defening.

This is possible, but what sucks is we will hand Tatum his first championship ring if that's the case.

I don't like Boston AT ALL.

I'd hate for KP to win, but, I'd rather Boston than

Baby killer Anthony Edwards
The toilet dump known as New York led by Brunson
Drugged up Denver

[GermanFan120]

I'm biased of course and don't think we can do it, especially without Maxi. But the best storyline scenario to me is a Mavs Celtics finals.

Boston fans hate Kyrie, Mavs fans hate KP. The boo birds would be defening.

This is possible, but what sucks is we will hand Tatum his first championship ring if that's the case.

I don't like Boston AT ALL.

I'd hate for KP to win, but, I'd rather Boston than

Baby killer Anthony Edwards
The toilet dump known as New York led by Brunson
Drugged up Denver

I like all of them better than Boston.

[ChipotleWest]

I still predict KP will cost Boston, even if it's in the Finals. He already did both things I predicted in the playoffs and he only played 4 games. He came up small in 2 of them (he was bad before he was injured in Game 4, just 1 of 5 and 1 of 9 in Game 2) and the injury was the other. They might have enough firepower to win with him coming up small though it's just crazy. But this idea that Boston fans have that he's going to be one of the keys to a championship won't happen.

[GermanFan120]

Ok... We are no match against the wolves...

They scared the shat out of me.

[Mavrelous]

The refs were keeping the Knicks in the gae and made sure they win, it was disgusting

[GermanFan120]

The refs were keeping the Knicks in the gae and made sure they win, it was disgusting

Knicks fans: haters gonna hate. We win fair and square.

Any other fanbase:

[BeiBeau]

Wolves gonna win the whole thing. Damn, next season.

[ozwizard8]

TWolves have the GOAT defense without Gobert, too.
Becasue its all about the REFS. If refs-nba wanted they can make a college team to win all!

Seriously, Wolves players are hugging, pushing, hacking. They fly and fall onto Denver players without a call. The very first possession, KAT committed two fouls in the first possession, one on Jokic then Gordon but no call

You can make KAT-Conley defense good if you have full support of REFS.
Meanwhile, they get every call. Denver tries to not touching KAT and even Alexander is getting star calls

[GermanFan120]

Wolves gonna win the whole thing. Damn, next season.

I won't write Nuggets off the wall yet unless they lose game 3. Remember Houston beat Mavs in Dallas twice to start the series?

[GermanFan120]

TWolves have the GOAT defense without Gobert, too.
Becasue its all about the REFS. If refs-nba wanted they can make a college team to win all!

Seriously, Wolves players are hugging, pushing, hacking. They fly and fall onto Denver players without a call. The very first possession, KAT committed two fouls in the first possession, one on Jokic then Gordon but no call

You can make KAT-Conley defense good if you have full support of REFS.
Meanwhile, they get every call. Denver tries to not touching KAT and even Alexander is getting star calls

I tend to agree with this. Nuggets need to get Kat to foul trouble next game to give them a chance. And it is not mission impossible.

[ChipotleWest]

I won't lie, Wolves look like the best team right now. Not in the West, but period.

I think Mavs would match up with them better than the Nuggets are so far though, but with Luka's sprain knee I don't see us beating them.