NEW POD: Mixed Bag in Games 3 & 4 for the Mavs
👉🏽Highs and Lows of Games 3 & 4
👉🏽Another 30-point deficit to Kawhi-less Clippers
👉🏽Only adjustment at this point in the series is playing better
👉🏽Luka concern level
ESPN in scramble mode as Luka and the Mavs won their 7th game in a row, now prepping up SGA:
“This kid SGA is a supastar blossoming before our very eyes […] who btw can rival a Luka, or I say even eclipse him […] we gotta stop ignoring this kid!”
Also, Happy Birthday to Mavs Head Coach Jason Kidd
Owner of the most ridiculous inbounds pass in NBA history
Lob pass over 7’6 Yao Ming
Convinced to this day Yao Ming is taller than 7’6
This is someone who gets to vote on NBA awards by the way
Get this.
He did not have Luka Dončić as an All NBA first, second, or third team selection last year.
Ayton and Capela were the two most popular center names during the offseason on Mavs Twitter
Salaries for this season:
Ayton: 32.45 Million
Capela: 20.6 Million
Lively and Gafford combined: 17.1 Million
Each MVP case in one sentence:
Jokic: Only one top 5 in PTS/REB/AST
Luka: Most PPG+RPG+APG since merger
Shai: First in 30-point games
Giannis: First 30/10/5 season on 60+ FG%
Tatum: Best player on best team
Who is your MVP?
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@SDinwiddie_25
seems genuinely happy to be in Dallas. Credits Dorian Finney-Smith in particular for helping him regain his confidence as a player and making him feel part of the team. Says he’s had a rough career thus far so he’s grateful for the situation with the Mavs:
Would not trade Dirk for literally any other franchise icon in the history of the NBA
Sure there were better players, but in a city that has the most popular North American sports franchise (Dallas Cowboys), Dirk is the most beloved in the great history of Dallas athletes.…
Luka and Kyrie on Friday vs the Clippers: 71 points in 59 combined minutes
Luka and Kyrie tonight vs the Pelicans: 65 points in 56 combined minutes
Special duo.
Top 5 All Time in Points Per Game in the Playoffs:
1. Michael Jordan (33.45)
2. Luka Dončić (32.54)
3. Allen Iverson (29.73)
4. Kevin Durant (29.39)
5. Jerry West (29.13)
Vs the Mavs
Kevin Durant: 23 points on 22 shots
(Averages 28 on 19 shots)
Pascal Siakam: 12 points on 11 shots
(Averages 21 on 15.7)
Scottie Barnes : 19 points on 22 shots
(Averages 20 on 15.8)
Jalen Williams: 9 points on 10 shots
(Averages 19 on 14)
Welcome to PJail.
The iconic Allen Iverson was asked on
@Rachel__Nichols
Headliners show which of today’s players he would want to share a backcourt with.
You will enjoy his answer.
(
@Rachel__Nichols
IG)
Full episode streaming on Showtime and Paramount Plus. The episode with Luka and Kyrie is…
“Dallas can make an argument that they can win the Western Conference. That’s how tough they’re gonna be to stop.”
On PJ: “He’s just so much quicker defensively in what he does. He’s super smart.”
On Gafford: “Now you don’t have a minute on the floor without an elite rim runner…
"They look scary and they look like a team that nobody in the Western Conference should even think about wanting to play in a seven game series. I mean that."
-
@LegsESPN
on the Mavs on
@ALLCITY_NBA
Michael Jordan lost to the Bad Boy Pistons twice in the playoffs before finally breaking through the third time and sweeping Detroit in the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals.
If it’s meant to be, then bring on the Clippers. Third time’s the charm.
Tweets like this from Suns fans are hilarious because between Luka's 73-point game and Devin Booker's 70-point game, only one of them took 40 shots.
In fact, Luka scored more points on 7 less shots and 10 less free throws!
Christian Wood on his relationship with Jason Kidd:
“Before, we barely said a few words to each other. Now we’re having full conversations with each other. We’re going to dinner, seeing each other... Our relationship has gotten better.”
I mean this genuinely…
Comparing KAT to Dirk as a shooter is ridiculous.
KAT is closer to Maxi Kleber as a shooter than Dirk.
People ignore the mid range in the shooting discussion; and Dirk Nowitzki was an absolute assassin in that area.
You can not compare the two.
Clippers fans: “We won’t see Kawhi at all this series, same old story, pack it up.”
Mavs fans: “He’s gonna be 100% on Game 1 and go for 40.”
Two traumatized fan bases
Some moves don’t work, but still happy the Mavs went for it with the sign and trade for Grant Williams
It was a swing, but sometimes you miss.
Best of luck in Charlotte
Duncan Robinson said that before Game 7 between the Mavs & Suns, the Miami players were talking about who would win, and everyone picked Phoenix, EXCEPT PJ Tucker who claimed he “gave the gameplan” to
@JaredDudley619
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m trying to think of what Luka can do next game and then say “The Book special”, but the only thing I can think of is going 20-62 for four straight seasons
Mavs next 10 games after ASB
Home vs Suns
Away vs Pacers
Away vs Cavs
Away vs Raptors
Away vs Celtics
Home vs 76ers
Home vs Pacers
Home vs Heat
Away vs Pistons
Away vs Chicago
JJ Redick on his
@OldManAndThree
podcast today
“If you watched the first game with PJ Washington and Daniel Gafford… holy s*** did the Mavs look good.”
Full Ep:
3 short years ago, he was our prized trade deadline acquisition
His rise in media has been impressive
Congrats to JJ
Hopefully, we will see you in June.
“Nobody wants to play the Mavs. Even though this team is small… We can talk about all the things the Mavs don’t have… Nobody wants to see Luka in the playoffs. If Luka and Kyrie are both out there, they pose a lot of problems for a defense.”
-
@TheSteinLine
on
@971TheFreak
Nico Harrison during Kyrie and Markieff Morris’ Mavs intro press conference on the “risk” of trading for Kyrie:
"I don't see any risk involved. I've known Kyrie for a long time. I know what kind of person he is. Anybody who's ever watched him play basketball knows what kind of…
Gafford said several veteran players, particularly Markieff Morris, spoke up in the locker room after the game. The game has been over for 30 minutes and we've yet to hear from Kidd.