Ppl don’t realize Dallas doesn’t need to be a top 3 defense like they were to end the szn, they just need to be top 10 and let that insane offense run free. Defense can be made up with effort offense is 80% talent you can’t make up for that
Yes but still: offense wins Games, defense wins Championships. I still do think mavs defense can be really Good. I think its just a thing of coaching and chemistry
@@marcsino5489 can we stop with the defense wins championship thing? teams that won the 3pt Battle won the series 90% of the time this playoff run and Denver won a ring last year having a middle of the pack defense (in the playoffs were 10th out of 16 teams in def rating and in the regular season they were 14th in def rtg) .... you win championships when your team can consistently score more than the other team... It can be achieved both ways by conceding less points or by having and outstanding offence. teams can't win w/o defense like teams can't win without offence...
IMO DJJ and PJ aren’t elite defenders. They are good defenders. The game changer defensively for the Mavs was getting 48 mins of elite rim protection by pairing Lively with Gafford. Elite rim protection covers A LOT of perimeter defensive mistakes. As long as those two are healthy the defense will be good. Lively could be even better next season too as his improvement has been insane
Grimes is an upgrade over Green, Marshall is an upgrade over Jones Jr, and Klay is a big upgrade over THJ! And the total net cost for these upgrades was a pair of 2nd Round picks! Nico did really well.
@@arjunadan3812as of right now, they’re equal. Marshal is more physical defensively which lets him guard 1-4 effectively and sometimes 5 too. And he’s a way more consistent three shooter than DJJ. And we all see how free agents come and play career years with Luka all the time because of the wide open shots he generates. DJJ came to Dallas and shot the same amount of 3s he did in Chicago in the first 6 weeks of the season because of Luka generating shots. Naji is definitely on the skill level of DJJ and could be better. Nobody knew DJJ was going to be as good as he was before the season started either.
@@arjunadan3812 Marshall is the one who could guard Shai 1 on 1 except for lively, pocketing and straight up ripping the ball out of his hands. He has longer wingspan than DJJ so he uses that to pocket ball handlers. When DJJ was on there, he was straight up getting cooked by Shai. Also, he has a WAY BETTER offensive bag than DJJ, Marshall CAN pass. His time on the pelicans was throwing lobs to Zion, Really good ball handling and being able to finish at the rim fantastically, and passing to thee cutters driving in the paint. No disrespect to DJJ, but when he isn't able to straight openly dunk or gets his shots falling, he's done, like when he got demolished by the celtics by eating all his dunk attempts.
Fr man. All these players I saw who were getting underrated either cause of injury or played for a bad team. Nico is great at that. Finding that diamond in the rough
Getting klay Thompson on Tim hardaway contract is amazing. We still got space to make this team even better but so far this offseason is great from the mavericks
Nobody batted an eye when Mavs signed DJJ for 2m. Luka and Mavs got him a 10m a year bag. Imagine what he can do with Naji with a much higher floor and more defined role. Mavs improved on all the spots they traded for. Klay isn’t gonna be a superstar player he’s an upgrade from THJ.
3 hof players in the starting lineup. A way to make other teams pay from three when they double kyrie and luka. I third option if luka and kyrie struggle on offense like in the finals against Boston. They had brown, Tatum, Kp. Now we have Klay, kyrie, and luka. Let's run it back! Let's go Mavs! Splashy Mavs! Get back to the finals that was nice #2 in the nba. Now let's grab the 🏆.
Most of these ignorant comments come from casual nba fans at best. If you’re a casual or a Celtics fan you didn’t watch the Mavs until that series. Hard to make concrete statements on small sample sizes like that, against a great team, when all role players hit the wall and Luka had one chest bump away from a collapsed lung. Mavs needed shooting and our shooter was broken( THJ ), and Kai was mia for three games in Boston
What I hate the most about the finals this past season is that it empowers the idiots of the NBA world to perpetuate lies about the Mavs. That series should have been much closer than it was, really a shame how it turned out. I was mad disappointed with Kyrie’s performance along with the role players.
You’re the ONLY person on this whole platform I’ve seen talk about the lack of shot making in the finals, and the key of the Dallas defensive scheme is smart rotations. Easiest sub of my life. Great, smart content. 👍🏼👍🏼
I will stick with my wrong, and I was wrong, argument and say the Mavericks were lucky and next year, even with a healthy Luka, they aren't going to be in the Finals. I just can't believe how two bad defenders plus Derrick Jones, PJ Washington and two basic centers went to the Finals. Can't believe it still
Let's go, Mavs! Welcome to the Dallas Mavericks Klay Thompson! Get your splash on against our opponents. We appreciate you being here 4- time champ and future hall of fame player. How many days until next season? I'm so excited!
DJJ is a great on ball defender with length but is limited on offense (shooting) but is an elite finisher in the open court. I see Marshall as a shooting upgrade and good defender with more muscle. Quentin Grimes is a better defender than Green or Tim Hardaway Jr. grimes is also a more consistent scorer than Josh Green was.
They needed klay to attac closeouts and make insane shots as the second option. Klay will now be the 3rd option taking wide open catch and shoot shots, which he shit 45% from 3 on wide open shots. As long as he’s a good defender in this system, not the best but just good/enough, then the league is in trouble
As a Warriors fan I feel sorry for Mavs fans. I hope you realise what your GM has signed up for. Do you remember how good prime Klay Thompson was? 37 points in quarter, lockdown perimeter defence... Yeah forget all that Klay has been a cry baby chucker who defends as well as a traffic cone ever since the injuries. I can't wait for the constant side eyes between him and Luka as the each try to out do each other with ridiculous shot difficulty. Now you not only have to try and hide Luka on defence you have to try and compensate for Klank as well.
Crazy. As a mavs fan Klay was my favorite player during the 2015-19 era. The amount of disrespect and hate thus man gets is insane. Be grateful for what he did for your franchise. A lot of fans don't even get to witness their team win it all. California sports fans are so spoiled and annoying and it's sad to see.
He was many Dubs fans favourite player back during the dynasty but that doesn't change his toxic behaviour and attitude in the last few years. The Warriors as a team really set themselves up. They made many statements about emulating the Spurs, being lightyears ahead. But few of the Star players made the sacrifices necessary nor humbled themselves to truly try and replicate what the Spurs achieved. Many Californian fans are spoiled many others are objective enough to admit when good things come to an end.
My guy! You perfectly nailed this. I feel the same way, but the reddit sub is riddled with "klay is washed." The thing is though, Klay doesnt have to play better than average defense. Kidd can run rotations where Luka, Kyrie, & Klay play most of their minutes with only 2 of them on the floor. Grimes is a better defender than JG. Klay is a better defender than THJ. I would argue that Naji's defense is just as good, maybe not at the PoA though.
Another thing people overlook is that Luka, Kyrie and Klay might not be elite defenders, but they are all very smart defenders on a team that relies much more on defensive scheme than on pure 1-on-1 "stay in front of your man" style. So Klay arriving as 3rd option to take even a tiny bit of the offensive load from Luka (and Kyrie, to a degree) might also allow for a sligth reorganization of rotation, usage and minutes that, in the long run, could ensure Luka won't show up to play bandaged up as if he was just pulled out of a train wreck -- and that, in turn, should allow for sustainable defensive effort on his part throughout the postseason.
I guess you do have to have LOTS of great players on a team to win it all in the NBA now not just good role players. And Josh Green was a VERY good role player, sorry to see him go.
the 3p shot was glaring in okc, when washington had to take on the role of catch and shoot. That was the difference in the finals. mavs could have had the finals won if they didn't gamble on tim
You’re assuming they can’t stagger them. Naji replaces DJJ and Klay replaces THJ. Simple. THJ played with Luka and Kai but also with just Kai and just Luka. It’s not complicated.
@@iamchaunceman hey man… you know that THJ didn’t play a lot in the playoffs right? Nor did he start many games in the regular season. Are they going to shrink Klays role to 12-14 minutes a game in the post season? Or is he going to start and play big minutes because that’s why they got Klay to begin with? It’s actually a little more complicated than he’s replacing THJ.
@@Andre-q5e4m Not that you're wrong--you're not, but THJ *did* play a bigger role with success in the first half of the regular season. He also had a couple of important runs during the playoffs... just not in the Finals, but then who did?
How are you going to call out Kai and not Luka??? Luka azzz is the one that went Rogue and didn’t stick to the game plan because he was still trying to win MVP, but forgot in order to win MVP you have to win the series…Duh….You saw the same shit I saw…and Luka Azzz is going to get Blamed. I don’t care who Dallas gets if Luka doesn’t get his azzz off ball or stop hogging the ball it will be the same shit. Luka messed up a lot of the guy’s rhythm especially Kai’s with all that damn dribbling. Luka is a Career Killer….I know THJ, JG and DJJ are glad to be on other teams….who wants to play when you don’t know when this MF MIGHT pass you the ball. Kai needs to run offense period.
