I hear everyone and appreciate that I probably know less than these guys but as a Celtics fan I can’t help but think OKC has some more lessons to learn. We foundered several seasons when we had all the talent. OKC won one playoff series. Let’s pump the gas.
I agree. I have Denver coming out the West. The one team that countered Denver perfectly barely squeaked out a game 7 comeback win to actually knock them out-Minnesota-got rid of one their star bigs that made them counter Denver so well. On top of that, I still dont see OKC-or anyone else for that matter-messing with Jokic in a playoff series in the West. I do think the road would be tougher for Denver, but I have them meeting Boston in the finals.
@@santivalenzuela14 No I dont. Nobody on Dallas is doing anything to slow down Jokic at all. At least Denver has bodies to throw at Luka with Aaron Gordon, Braun, and maybe even Peyton Watson if he works out this year. If we are comparing the two teams… Jokic > Luka Murray = Kyrie MPJ > Klay AGordon > PJ or Lively Coach Malone > Coach Kidd Its just a flat-out bad matchup for Dallas in my opinion.
@@PaM07675 idk about A Gordon over Lively next year but I could see where you coming from. Braun on Luka tho idk seems like you projecting upside for Denver role players but no Dallas role players. If you talking just bodies lively, Daniel gafford and maxi k could be thrown at joke
I wish the playoffs would start today. Some okc fans are riding high right now. I would like to see them in 7 games series against the Nuggets, Wolves or the mavs with a healthy luka. Everybody is banking in the progression is linear. Let me tell you something after watching the nba for more than 15 years. Everytime you think the trajectory is going in the right direction new challenges are coming your way. Chet and JDub haven't been all nba second or third team. For now it is all potential. But making the next step from being great role players to become actual stars is a huge step. I believe it when I see it.
(Last 48 of 71gms) JDub- 31mpg… 20.1ppg 4reb 4.9ast 1.2stl .8blk 1.7TO 55.8/45.5/77.9 splits 63.8% TS and +301 No player in NBA history has averaged 20pp+ 55%+ FG and 45%+ from 3 for a full season and JDub did for 2/3rds of his second season for a 57 win 1 seed and he has elite physical tools and athleticism… He was already a star last year not a role player and this year people should expect him to be All-Star caliber and Chet might be too
@@bkelly625what a strange statistic to pull out an ass. I can make a dozen of those with just Luka. But why? Means nothing That being said, JDub and Chet were very underrated last year and SGA took all the credit for it. I think we see JDub take that next step this year, but they need a playmaker. I’m also not high on I Hart, I like him but at 30 million a year? Hell no, his career numbers aren’t worth 20. He has some high expectation. Chet better not get hurt.
@@iamchaunceman I absolutely agree that $20m is what IHart is worth... However, for $20m he would not be wearing an OKC jersey for the next 2 years, he'd have taken $3m less and still be wearing a Knicks jersey. Considering OKC will still be below the tax for the next two seasons, it cost OKC nothing to give him that extra $10m, and gave them a high-quality asset for free. And one that perfectly fit the needs OKC was lacking.
If he’s healthy mavs win the 2nd round OKC matchup in 5 instead of 6. OKC has been extremely lucky when it comes to health. Do they forget how one pick up game took Chet out for an entire year ?
I watch Nick every day on his Mavs podcast but I’m disappointed on how he let everyone talk down to our team and downplay what they accomplished last year. The Mavs beat OKC because (this will be a shocker) Luka created WIDE OPEN 3s for PJ. And if you leave an NBA player wide open from 3, the least they will do is shoot 40%. It wasn’t luck. And it sure as heck wasn’t luck that the nuggets lost to the Wolves. That’s their fault for not being good enough. The series vs the Wolves wasn’t even close so I have no reason to believe a series between the Mavs and nuggets is either. If they blew out the team that beat the Nuggets, that means the Mavs are better than the nuggets. Nick, your team beat 3 out of 4 of these Teams, please act like it
@@iamchaunceman yes sir. I agree. But it felt like he could’ve stood up more for the Mavs and not provided the other hosts with ammo. It seemed like he was roasting the Mavs sometimes
Sorry to the man child from locked on NUGGETS , A) PJ has been a very good 3 point shooter his entire career said last season, his floor stretching abilities were the very reason we got him. Ask OKC fans, he dropped 40+ twice before we made the trade for him. B) nuggets still haven’t beat a 50 win team in the playoffs and yet Mavs were lucky to face the wolves? The same team that beat them? Mavs also would have won a chip had they been given 44 win playin teams in the WCF and Finals. 😂
He's a career 34.77% corner shooter... which is 4% below league average. In previous seasons, PJ was a really good top of the key shooter, hitting 38.6%, or 4% above league average. He shot 46.9%, over a 12% increase, from the corners vs OKC. Everything Matt said was accurate, he's a bad corner shooter, who had career numbers in that series. Including that series, he only shot 34.8% for the entire playoffs, and made half of all of his 3's of the entire playoff run, in the OKC series, while shooting 27.9% otherwise. There is a reason OKC wanted to give PJ that shot.
@@hestilllives192 the point is he implied PJ isn’t a 3 point shooter at all and OKC was intentionally leaving him open for that reason. Nope, that would have been Josh Giddy, totally different . If he said DJJ (like he was in the WCF) then I’d agree, because both have never been above average from three. PJ is, has, will be again this year,. Knowing how much gravity Luka and Kai ( both demand double teams ) have they wanted a stretch big who could also play a bit of d at PF. It was thought that his 3% would go back up playing next to Luka meaning getting open shots. Luka creates the most. Sure corner three he shoots 35%, if you say so, that’s not something you intentionally give either way. I’m assuming the guy was just trolling, but I’m tired of Thunder fans acting like PJ getting hot from wide open corner shots is unheard of because he’s not capable of hitting threes. It’s just ignorant.
@@iamchaunceman I think most OKC fans are very aware that OKC was intentionally giving up shots for DJJ and PJ, MarkD even mentioned those were shot they were Ok with. And it bite us hard because of how well they shot. I bet if you ask Mark, he'd still say that's the right call because it was, it's just a them the breaks situation. Giving up those shots were better than giving Luka and Kyrie open reign to the floor, because they are so talented.
