NBA Playoffs, Round One
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First timeout was because of the trap. Second timeout was to advance the ball to half court.
Announcers seem to have a narrative.
Tetsujin
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Teams don't sell ESPN subscriptions, players do.
this game is on free TV
Tetsujin
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But the 50 other ESPN games that Luka will inevitably be on next year won't be.
If the Kings had drafted him maybe I'd still have cable
SacTownKid
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Maybe so, but polishing turds is this business to a degree. The difference between Jimmer being a complete mistake and maybe being able to flip him later for SOMETHING is one of those a little goes a long way types of things.
I think they sort of mentioned it in passing in between arguing about the back court play.
SacTownKid
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And that might have been the best thing that ever happened to the Mavs. They were reportedly on path to keep it all together after those first two wins thinking Hardaway Jr. was the key and everything was fine and dandy as they were on their march to a title some day. Wrong. The Kings might be able to capitalize this summer and get some value out of some of their pieces since it's clear that upper echelon is still the upper echelon and there ain't a whole lot of gimmes for the franchises still stuck in the middle of the pack.
Tetsujin
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As fate would have it, the Mavs really could have used Harrison Barnes in lieu of playing two 7'3"+ centers at once.
SacTownKid
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Carlisle is a bonehead. He did the same things that cost him the games against Sac. He goes big against small and he loses. Shocker. I know he's gone for sure but yeah, they need to change the focus of their team to being smaller and right now they don't really have the personnel to pull it off.
Tetsujin
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Amongst the many issues with the Mavs roster, the fact that they can't trade a pick until 2025 looms large in their quest to find a second star/anyone who doesn't suck really to play next to Luka. They've got cap space for this offseason and this offseason only but unless they can somehow brainwash a team into giving them something useful for Porzingis, an idea that is increasingly unlikely with every second of NBA basketball he plays, it's hard to see them getting enough assets together to pull off a mega trade for a disgruntled star player.
As much as they're in win-now mode, they've kind of put themselves in a position where they might be better served trying to dump any "veteran assets" they do have and doing a "quick rebuild" to get a whole new set of guys next to Luka (okay, maybe Boban can stay).
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"Not being clutch" might be going a little too far, but points were made.
SLAB
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It’s almost like carrying an entire roster of scrubs takes it out of the guy.
That said, he could probably put in some extra conditioning effort this offseason to prevent a little bit of the late-game weardown.
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