***Official 2024 - 2025 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread***

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shack009
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Not our day today. Everybody seemed to share in some bad moments. First real stinker from Christie.
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Apparently you weren't joking. I gave you too much credit. Please leave the thread or quit posting about anything Luka related.

I seriously doubt you were thread policy in the spurs thread once kawhi left. We don't need you here.

And I bet you never checked raptors box scores and posted anything about them. And made sure no one else did either.
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mavsfan4ever said:

Apparently you weren't joking. I gave you too much credit. Please leave the thread or quit posting about anything Luka related.

I seriously doubt you were thread policy in the spurs thread once kawhi left. We don't need you here.

And I bet you never checked raptors box scores and posted anything about them. And made sure no one else did either.
I'm not thread policing now, you are. I don't thread police people. If something upsets you, avoid it. This is something most of us learned in preschool.

I never did go check on Kawhi's scores, and I don't know anyone that obsessed over him after he was gone. I'm sure we all cheered the Clippers failures like most of the rest of the league, though.

But now over a half dozen years later with the benefit of hindsight, we know that he ****ed us over in the short term, but we are better off in the long term for not having him injured all the time while on the supermax. Coincidentally, that is a possible outcome with Luka.
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Some of us learned to read a room in preschool. Some didn't.
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Kawhi chose to leave. Luka didn't want to, he was stolen from us by a narcissist idiot *******. It's not the same at all, not even close. **** the Mavs
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Please leave.
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Lol GTFO of here Soup. Kawhi was a great player for a couple years but Luka is an all time talent. And like someone said, Kawhi chose to leave the ****hole of San Antonio.
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Yeah, with very few exceptions, recurring first team all-nba/all-pro players in any sport only change addresses when they want to
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spurs fan in a mavs thread still...interesting
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Guitarsoup said:

zgolfz85 said:

Guitarsoup said:

Here's the cool thing, you can not look at Lakers box scores and then not repost them here then you dont see them.


Yeah well you could also not post here since you're a spurs fan, so maybe be less aggro with your thread policing, friend, and to each his own


You're the one crying about seeing something you can avoid seeing. If you have a masochistic need to do it, then you do you. I'm just pointing out you can avoid it
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Wolves lost last night and play at OKC tonight. Wolves have injuries right now to DonteDiV, Gobert, and Julius Randle.

Clippers also lost last night pretty big at Indiana and play at Detroit. Detroit is better than you think. Also, Kawhi and Powell are out against Detroit. Kawhi has missed 2 of the last three and is out tonight, Powell has missed the last two.

Mavs, Wolves, and Clippers all have 31 wins right now, but Clippers have played two fewer games.

Clippers have the 6th hardest schedule the rest of the season.
Wolves have one of the easiest, but are dealing with multiple injuries as well.
Mavs are right in the middle at 14th.
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Guitarsoup said:

Wolves lost last night and play at OKC tonight. Wolves have injuries right now to DonteDiV, Gobert, and Julius Randle.

Clippers also lost last night pretty big at Indiana and play at Detroit. Detroit is better than you think. Also, Kawhi and Powell are out against Detroit. Kawhi has missed 2 of the last three and is out tonight, Powell has missed the last two.

Mavs, Wolves, and Clippers all have 31 wins right now, but Clippers have played two fewer games.

Clippers have the 6th hardest schedule the rest of the season.
Wolves have one of the easiest, but are dealing with multiple injuries as well.
Mavs are right in the middle at 14th.
I leave you alone for a weekend and our board is turning on you like you're Homer Stokes? What did you do pal?
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PatAg said:

spurs fan in a mavs thread still...interesting
He's really an NBA fan above everything else. For the most part he's been a great poster - - just seems like Luka tinkled in his Cheerios lately.
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South Platte said:

PatAg said:

spurs fan in a mavs thread still...interesting
He's really an NBA fan above everything else. For the most part he's been a great poster - - just seems like Luka tinkled in his Cheerios lately.
I do love the NBA and I don't have the attachment to Luka that Mavs fans would have. I've always said the trade was not good. I also have been offered a job with the Mavs and am close to people in the organization, and have been talking about it since the trade happened. I think more will probably leak out at some point.

I've also always loved Cuban. He always actually gave a **** about improving the NBA and put his money where his mouth was when things sucked and openly pointed them out to force the NBA to change. Nothing but respect for what he has done as an owner, he is one of the few that actively worked to make the NBA better.

I also really didn't like Dirk early in his career, but reading the feature about his walkabout in Australia changed that for me. I grew to really love Dirk and was cheering for the Mavs in 11 just as much as most Mavs fans.
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South Platte said:

Guitarsoup said:

Wolves lost last night and play at OKC tonight. Wolves have injuries right now to DonteDiV, Gobert, and Julius Randle.

Clippers also lost last night pretty big at Indiana and play at Detroit. Detroit is better than you think. Also, Kawhi and Powell are out against Detroit. Kawhi has missed 2 of the last three and is out tonight, Powell has missed the last two.

Mavs, Wolves, and Clippers all have 31 wins right now, but Clippers have played two fewer games.

Clippers have the 6th hardest schedule the rest of the season.
Wolves have one of the easiest, but are dealing with multiple injuries as well.
Mavs are right in the middle at 14th.
I leave you alone for a weekend and our board is turning on you like you're Homer Stokes? What did you do pal?

Noticed, then pointed out masochism.
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Watching the highlights of Luka's first good game is like throwing up from being drunk 10 days ago.
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Guitarsoup said:

Wolves lost last night and play at OKC tonight. Wolves have injuries right now to DonteDiV, Gobert, and Julius Randle.

Clippers also lost last night pretty big at Indiana and play at Detroit. Detroit is better than you think. Also, Kawhi and Powell are out against Detroit. Kawhi has missed 2 of the last three and is out tonight, Powell has missed the last two.

Mavs, Wolves, and Clippers all have 31 wins right now, but Clippers have played two fewer games.

Clippers have the 6th hardest schedule the rest of the season.
Wolves have one of the easiest, but are dealing with multiple injuries as well.
Mavs are right in the middle at 14th.
Clippers lost to Detroit, which brings Dallas to a half game out of 6th.
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the chaos agent in me thinks it would be hilarious if the Mavs win AND luka goes off for like 41 13 and 10
because LA can suck it.
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PatAg said:

the chaos agent in me thinks it would be hilarious if the Mavs win AND luka goes off for like 41 13 and 10
because LA can suck it.


I hope he plays 48 minutes and hangs a hundred, with AD watching in his Jordache jeans.
94chem,
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AD watching his tribute video tonight in street clothes is a little too on the nose. Hopefully Luka rips them tonight.

I haven't watched a game since the trade, but have been checking the scores. It's disappointing that they are 5-3 since then. This team isn't a title contender anymore this year (or in the near future) after trading Luka. That possibility walked out the door with Luka.

The best thing they can do is tank this year and next while they still have their picks. Maybe they get lucky with the lottery balls for once. If not they will soon devolve into the worst team in the NBA by the end of 2030 as they give away premium picks to the Hornets, OKC, Spurs, and Nets. They will basically be an expansion team starting over 2031. Making the playoffs as the 7th or 8th seed is just pointless. Hopefully the losses and injuries keep piling up with Nico getting fired while the Mavs jump into the Top 4.
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This team is absolutely a title contender when healthy. Not sure how you can even argue that. The question is, will they get healthy?
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AD watching his tribute video tonight in street clothes is a little too on the nose.
Not really considering he won them a title.


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Hopefully Luka rips them tonight.
More fan masochism. It's a bad take. Hopefully we win.


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I haven't watched a game since the trade, but have been checking the scores. It's disappointing that they are 5-3 since then.
Not really, it's actually pretty impressive what they have done.


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This team isn't a title contender anymore this year (or in the near future) after trading Luka. That possibility walked out the door with Luka.
This is just basketball illiteracy. There's nothing I can say to you or anybody else that has this take, because you just don't know enough about basketball to understand anything I could say to you (if you actually believe this).


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The best thing they can do is tank this year and next while they still have their picks.
The Mavs can't get a good enough pick this year to make tanking worthwhile at this point. There are 2-3 guys at the top of the draft that are worth tanking for. It's like a 2-3% chance for the Mavs to get a top 3 pick, and that's assuming they were to lose every game the rest of the way. Next season, the Mavs will have one of the 2-3 best rosters in the West still. Tanking next year makes no sense.


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Making the playoffs as the 7th or 8th seed is just pointless.
Not if AD and Lively are healthy enough to play. It is pointless if none of the big men can play. That has not been decided yet.


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Hopefully the losses and injuries keep piling up with Nico getting fired while the Mavs jump into the Top 4.
Hopefully the tam gets healthy and the Mavs are one of the biggest threats in the playoffs.
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I agree there is no use in tanking this season.

Any idea what next year's class looks like if the worst case happens and Kyrie bounces, no one fills that void, and the team just doesn't make sense roster construction-wise or AD suffered a prolonged absence?
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Kyrie won't bounce. This team will be good for 2 years and possible title contender IF it's healthy (big if). Then it will become the 90s Mavs.

shack009
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Zachary Klement said:

I agree there is no use in tanking this season.

Any idea what next year's class looks like if the worst case happens and Kyrie bounces, no one fills that void, and the team just doesn't make sense roster construction-wise or AD suffered a prolonged absence?
I recently saw one of the Boozer kids being projected around 4, so I think it is a relatively deep class at the top. I have not done a deep dive on 2026s at all though. I heard about the Boozer kids being elite like a year ago, I have no idea if they are still considered that good. AJ Dybantsa is the real prize in 2026.

A lot of teams still in the wilderness though. Even if Kyrie leaves and AD didn't play any games, obviously the worst of the worst cases, I'm not sure the Mavs would be bad enough to be one of the bottom 4 or 5 teams. The roster construction is just too good still.
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DannyDuberstein said:

Kyrie won't bounce. This team will be good for 2 years and possible title contender IF it's healthy (big if). Then it will become the 90s Mavs.


Yeah, there are just very few other teams that can pay Kyrie what he is worth. I think he has enjoyed his time here and has felt respected/appreciated here. That's very important to him.

I'm not completely unconcerned, but I think it would be a big surprise if Kyrie weren't on the Mavs next season. Especially if the KD nonsense come to fruition.
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The fact that while they shipped off a friend, they got a friend in return doesn't hurt either.

But this window is going to close very quickly. And we're not going to have to worry about bad lottery luck and drafting guys like Doug Smith because they won't have picks
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I can't imagine watching this game. I probably need professional counseling anyway, but that would certainly do it.
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I'll watch the first few mins, just to be annoyed by whatever the announcers say...which will all be justified since nico and our ownership and FO are bat sh it re tarded
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Zachary Klement said:

I agree there is no use in tanking this season.

Any idea what next year's class looks like if the worst case happens and Kyrie bounces, no one fills that void, and the team just doesn't make sense roster construction-wise or AD suffered a prolonged absence?
We already know that the Spurs are getting Cooper Flagg, anyway.
94chem,
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Genius marketing. This franchise is a f *cking clownshow now

shack009
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Apparently Powell is expected to be available tonight. Not season-saving or anything, but we have a competent NBA player who is close to 7'.
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shack009 said:

Apparently Powell is expected to be available tonight. Not season-saving or anything, but we have a competent NBA player who is close to 7'.
Good to know the 4th string center will be wearing basketball clothes.
94chem,
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
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94chem said:

shack009 said:

Apparently Powell is expected to be available tonight. Not season-saving or anything, but we have a competent NBA player who is close to 7'.
Good to know the 4th string center will be wearing basketball clothes.
I know right. We can't play that small all game and/or rely on Moses Brown.
 
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