It'll be interesting to see what happens with both of them. I think if Ayton gets the ball enough on the move with his footwork / foot speed taken advantage of, that he can remain mentally and physically involved on both ends of the floor. It the Blazers go back to a stagnant offense and Ayton is left standing around with nobody passing to him, I think that's on the Blazers as much as Ayton. If Simons is missing shots and acting as a turnstile on defense, will Billups pull him immediately? Or make sure he gets his 30 minutes (actually 33.7 mpg in January) no matter? Based on what we've seen in the past, Simons will get his starting position and minutes no matter. It'll be something to look for to see if things have changed.
This makes no sense to me. Most players play worse before the trade deadline because they are distracted. If they were playing for a new contract then sure. The fact that they have all stepped up their game at the same time tells me......yes it is a coincidence.
Ayton is nothing like Camby. Camby was a much better shot blocker. And Camby was a good player for us so I don’t see your point.
Because some on here go on and on that it’s Billups fault because so in so turns the ball over or airballs a 3 or can’t get a rebound.
To tell you the truth I haven’t a clue what the organization is trying to do moving forward. I don’t see any deals being made. If Luka only is worth a frp how are PORs players bringing anything back of value. aint happening.
Luka isn’t only worth a first round pick. On the open market he would have been worth a lot more. The Mavs are stupid.
Enjoy it now while we can. Because I heard on the radio that we have the worst post All Star break record of all teams the past few seasons. I suspect that will be the case again here soon. Lots of mysterious injuries & we’ll be rolling out a G league roster.
One game is an aberration. They have been clearly playing better than earlier this year. If they play .500 rest of season that's an improvement. Can they build on it?
Our schedule in February is pretty easy. March and April are brutal. So we will win just enough games to fuck us lol
Am I the only one finding a bit weird people that says "Luka is only worth 1 FRP"? Ok the haul is not great. But AD alone is probably worth a bit more than the 24th pick in 5 years.
A FRP and AD. Let's not pretend like AD was a salary dump or anything like that. AD is averaging 25.7 ppg, 11.9 rpg, 2.1 bpg and 1.3 spg. Those are all nba level numbers. Yeah, he's not the guy he used to be and I think it was a terrible trade for the Mavs but it wasn't Luka for a FRP. Also this is just too ridiculous of a trade to set the market. It's too big, it came out of left field. It doesn't make sense for the Mavs. I don't know what Joe is doing. I seriously have no idea. I wouldn't be surprised if we do nothing at the deadline except a marginal move or maybe no move at all. I also wouldn't be shocked if Jerami, Ant and Rob were all on new teams on Thursday afternoon. We'll wait and see. I doubt Joe is making a lot of calls because he's probably pretty pleased with himself but he's likely taking calls and possibly quite a few. I think a lot of teams are calling about Rob and any conversation like that might lead to a deal with a different player. So we will see but you might not be wrong about what we end up doing but I think you're flat out wrong for saying Luka only demanded one first round pick or that what the Mavs got for Luka is going to set the market for any other player.
Maybe. We had a run a few years ago where we won 5 out of 6 and then sat everyone to tank and we had more wins at the time than we do now. It all just depends on what Joe does at the deadline but more consequentially if Joe thinks this roster is enough to win big next year with just some tinkering around the margins.
Iff we only win six more that should put us at 5 or 6. The Sixers should end up with a better record than us and probably one or both of the Nets and Raptors. That being said, I did not see this recent run coming so maybe we end up in lotto purgatory at 10th. I hope not because that doesn't make a lot of sense for our future.
It looks to me like there's been a sizable change in the defensive schemes. Not sure why or who is directing that change
