Game 29: Dallas Mavericks (17-12) @ Phoenix Suns (14-14) | Monday | 8:30 PM

Jdiddy701 · Post #41 » by **Jdiddy701** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:11 am

How is that a foul on Okogie? lmao

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SkyBill40 · Post #42 » by **SkyBill40** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:12 am

I'm saying it now: Luka has 50 tonight.

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thamadkant · Post #43 » by **thamadkant** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:13 am

That quarter is another waste of time.

Rarely any team work or at least effective team work on display.

The season looks bleak. Hope the fans who wanted to tear the previous regime are enjoying this. Given that there are plenty of improvement can still be had.... but flat out the team looks like every player is playing for themselves.

garrick · Post #44 » by **garrick** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:14 am

Our defense is so bad.

Why triple Luka to let him find a wide open shooter for 3? He's too good of a passer to cough it up.

KLEON · Post #45 » by **KLEON** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:14 am

Jdiddy701 wrote:How is that a foul on Okogie? lmao

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Luka magic :lol:

grumpysaddle · Post #46 » by **grumpysaddle** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:14 am

Every team makes every 3 against us. We miss every 3 against every team. This is hard to watch. What's so frustrating is that the reason we look so so so so so so bad is due to missing wide open shots.

Jdiddy701 · Post #47 » by **Jdiddy701** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:14 am

I really miss the days when Booker would set the tone in the first quarter and destroy defenses

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garrick · Post #48 » by **garrick** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:15 am

Beal coming back isn't fixing the piss poor defense and low IQ this team collectively has.

Even post Mikail trade the team wasn't this bad and played with some sort of cohesion but this mix of players just don't have it. Seems like the team spirit died when Ayton and Payne got shipped out.

KLEON · Post #49 » by **KLEON** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:16 am

garrick wrote:Our defense is so bad.

Why triple Luka to let him find a wide open shooter for 3? He's too good of a passer to cough it up.

Making the same dumb mistakes for over 2 years

RaisingArizona · Post #50 » by **RaisingArizona** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:16 am

This team as constructed really sucks.

grumpysaddle · Post #51 » by **grumpysaddle** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:17 am

Team was fine until that Beal twisted ankle. They won 7 straight not long before that and were trending up, that injury just seemed to suck ALL the life out of the entire team.

Blonde · Post #52 » by **Blonde** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:17 am

Refs really don’t need to pile on with this awful whistle. We’re already getting trashed. It’s a shame how essential Nurkic has become for our squad…

SkyBill40 · Post #53 » by **SkyBill40** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:18 am

Booker is mentally weak against Dallas and specifically when playing against Doncic.

It's time this BS experiment of Booker running point comes to an end. If it doesn't, its going to get even worse before it has a chance to get back to worse. There's no chance anything gets better with Booker as a starting point, even with Beal back. We need a true PGG. Period.

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Blonde · Post #54 » by **Blonde** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:19 am

RaisingArizona wrote:This team as constructed really sucks.

As constructed or as currently healthy? We haven’t seen the whole rotation healthy at the same time. Not saying they’ll be great, but we just haven’t seen it yet.

garrick · Post #55 » by **garrick** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:19 am

KD needs to really come off screens instead of trying to take the defender off from the perimeter.

Nothing good is coming up with him trying to initiate his offense that way.

SkyBill40 · Post #56 » by **SkyBill40** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:19 am

Blonde wrote:
RaisingArizona wrote:This team as constructed really sucks.

As constructed or as currently healthy? We haven’t seen the whole rotation healthy at the same time. Not saying they’ll be great, but we just haven’t seen it yet.

No. As constructed.

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RaisingArizona · Post #57 » by **RaisingArizona** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:21 am

I'm trying to be an optimist but Beal won't fix everything. The defense is porous and there's a lack of chemistry and cohesion right now.

Blonde · Post #58 » by **Blonde** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:22 am

SkyBill40 wrote:
Blonde wrote:
RaisingArizona wrote:This team as constructed really sucks.

As constructed or as currently healthy? We haven’t seen the whole rotation healthy at the same time. Not saying they’ll be great, but we just haven’t seen it yet.
No. As constructed.

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Thanks for your input.

SkyBill40 · Post #59 » by **SkyBill40** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:24 am

Blonde wrote:
SkyBill40 wrote:
Blonde wrote:As constructed or as currently healthy? We haven’t seen the whole rotation healthy at the same time. Not saying they’ll be great, but we just haven’t seen it yet.
No. As constructed.

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Thanks for your input.

Thanks for accepting it for what it is. I'm feeling like you forgot to use the green text though.

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enigmatics · Post #60 » by **enigmatics** » Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:28 am

garrick wrote: Seems like the team spirit died when Ayton and Payne got shipped out.

Oh right, right. Definitely the beating hearts of the franchise. :crazy: