The Mavs Have Given Up Too Much To Still Be This MID 

If you watch the games, its apparent that there is a clear lack of gameplan. They barely run any plays that isnt a Luka pick and roll. The defence has been bad with the lack of effort and the scheme that had them helping off one pass away. As much as the trades that the Mavricks have done are an issue, at this stage it feels like at least a coaching issue and potetnially a top down organisational one.

I agree that the Mavs front office has botched some moves like letting Brunson go for nothing. But the problem with building with Luka is that he was too good too quickly. So they didn’t get a chance to bottom out multiple years like OKC did with Shai and get all those top 10 picks. Also, the KP trade was justifiable and would have worked if KP didn’t keep getting hurt and he himself said that he was immature and didn’t want to play his role or give it 100% effort. With Brunson, they should get credit for at least drafting the guy. But yes, some of the margin moves have been outright terrible. And I get the play-in team last two years, but they did go to a WCF and beat a 64 win Suns team. And this year’s team wouldn’t be an 8th seed if they weren’t hit with so many injuries.

The main problem was that Luka was too good so soon. You couldn’t tank and get another top 5 pick because they won too many games. They never got a chance to get multiple lottery picks

J kidd as a player is an absolute stud J kidd as a coach is never going to win a championship Theres no excuse for their defensive shortcomings Cuban allowing nico to make as many moves possible rn because ownership picture might be a lot different in 2-3 yrs. Alot of player movement for mavs last few years… just a thought but maybe its the coaching personnel that needs a change ..

People that Dallas needs to get rid off. Their GM Jkidd THJ Powell

Tbh a lot of their issues around defense would've been solved with one of 2 way defenders like Siakam and OG. A year or two of tanking wouldn't have hurt either. Even the Brunson situation does not make any sense because if the contract asked was really that low, Dallas could've given him that contract and then flipped him for assets. I personally think it had to do with more with Brunson's agent, Sam Rose of CAA, being the son of Leon Rose, Knick's president and also former power agent of CAA than what was published. To everyone saying Dallas is planning for next year, I think whole league will know how to beat em by then- let Luka score 70 but don't let anyone else have a point.

As odd as this sounds Mavs need to learn to win without Luka.

The Mavs players don’t know what to do when Luka sits 😂

Hope that 2030 unprotected pick swap they gave the Spurs to take Reggie Bullock to facilitate the trade for Grant Williams pays off for the Spurs.

Face it, Cuban treats the fans great, the players great but doesn’t run a great organization. The front office is mediocre. The coaches are mediocre. The decision to not resign Brunson was a mega fail. Houston and Portland have great young players plus ammo to get better. OKC is light years in front of Dallas. Denver developed their team with zero picks in top 4. At least Golden State has a worse future outlook. And the Suns have a two year window before they collapse. Memphis has a better core an a top lottery pick coming this year. The play in is Dallas future for the foreseeable future.

the 2 players that hold the ball the most play defense the least... they hold the ball so much the confidence other players need by having the ball more (many nba players do play better with more touches the same way they play better with more minutes) to be confident enough to play as efficient as they can falls off. So you get 2 big times confident players and than 10 that could be more efficient. Not saying they won't get better after playing together longer but....

Maybe they’ll win a ring right before Doncic retires, like in Nowitzki’s case.

Dallas need PERIMETER DEFENDER like Dorian Finney-Smith

The main problem is the outside shooter even it was too open. Luka-kyrie is good

Less time of Luka handling the ball and more ball movement!!!

Luka holds on to the ball too long

The Mavs have Kyrie Irving. A proven star and big game performer. They need a 3rd option that can demand touches because their Luka-centric playstyle is not conducive for anyone else's development. Maybe Josh Green and Derrick Lively will have to be sacrificed

The second best player is the rookie . I like pj Washington too.

Dallas has a solid squad. The coaching and scheme is terrible.

Time and again, the Mavericks have shown no asset discipline. Instead of paying off existing trades and heading into an offseason with a full range of options, they continue to compound on previous moves and thus stall out. Other attempts at trading draft capital to expedite the process around a young player at least waited until their rookie season had been completed before getting aggressive even if they ultimately failed. Instead of spending Luka's rookie deal accumulating assets, movable contracts, and picks, they've been throwing half-baked attempts out there and it hasn't worked. I will argue that PHX wasn't stupid, but gunshy in picking Ayton over Luka. Go look at their previous 2 drafts, Josh Jackson, Marquis Chriss, and Dragan Bender. Yikes. At least the Hawks walked out with Trae Young and a 10th overall, but you can absolutely clown Sacramento for not at least being the team to trade down with Dallas. Even if Bagley still ends up with the Kings, the rookie deal for a fifth overall pick is smaller and the Kings would have added extra draft capital around Fox.

we're about to see how quickly this video will age.. in about 3 weeks..

I think Kidd is the problem

Luka has enough to win, he just has to figure it out. They've got a great second star in Kyrie and a bunch of quality role players. It's up to him as the leader of the team to figure out how to get it done. He sadly doesn't have the coach capable of helping him in that regard.

We might think Luka has a long future ahead but the clock is ticking faster than we realize. His championship window won't last forever

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luka takes too many shots. other teammates cant get a consistent rhythm

Luka the next James Harden

The problem is the coach.

This video aged like milk

They need an Elite big man plus better shooters

Kyrie

The Mavs suck period. It’s just a Luka show, if you want to watch Luka play that’s it other than that this team is not winning or going anywhere

If ever he gets healthy, the Mavs should trade for Lonzo Ball. Luka plays like Harden and Harden never made a conference finals as the guy before Houston traded for Chris Paul.

This is a pretty bad video overall... some fair points interspersed with quite a few dumb ones For one, as is mentioned, most of the FO moves made sense and turned out unlucky. You can't predict Grant picking fights or Porzingis catching the injury bug for the exact seasons he's with you (that also tanked his on-court performance, as he said on Redick's pod). Secondly, the roster is objectively really well set-up given all the bad luck involved and, with a move for a PoA-defending 3 (Expiring Hardaway, 2 firsts, 4 srps, Green, a swap etc.) and a new coach in the offseason, the Mavs are likely going to have a 3-year or so contending window ahead, which is most of what you can hope for after the Porzingis fiasco. PJ and Gafford have been playing like top-5 players on the team so far, which is worth a first and a swap getting back two 2nd round picks, while _shedding a contract you were given a late first to take on (this is way under appreciated)._ Lively's been electric on the court and might be all-rookie if he wasn't picking up freak injuries - getting punched on the nose, kicked in the knee, literally tackled in Portland... the team health luck has also been atrocious this season. Thirdly, the small off-season acquisitions have been amazing - from Exum fitting perfectly as the third ball handler and the 3rd best player at times for 2 years, 6 million, DJJ being a legitimate starter for long stretches on a minimum as well as the awesome maneuver on draft night to get an archetypical fit in OMax to develop almost for free. All-in-all I think the criticism of our FO is pretty unwarranted... all of the moves Nico's made have made sense and either paid off or got objectively unlucky. The only thing I would say is Hardy or THJ should've beed shed at the deadline for assets, but we don't know what was available and what will be there for an expiring 6th man in THJ in the offseason. Their biggest mistake has been and continues to be sticking with mr. wifebeater JKidd. Say whatever you want, if this team switches coaches, I'm pretty confident you'll be the one eating your words in a couple years.

J Kidd should go

Tbh i think that luka is the problem. Not because hes bad but because his play style is hard to build a team around

Luka to Spurs.. let's start the dynasty

Luka "needs to be in a bigger market"...hahahahaha That's what the media always says when they like a player and don't want to dog him out like they do the players they don't like. How about "he needs more help". Or "he has been surrounded by bums". Which one works here??

They will be much better next year. After this team has done thru this year and everyone knows there placements they will be top 4 team in the nba next year.

3 weeks later and this is a horrible take

lol that's what you do if you get a star. You would be making videos saying Mavs haven't gone all in if they hadn't gone all in. The truth is 29 teams lose every season. Live with it.

Everybody's blaming kidd's coaching but forgetting Rick carlisle ( a championship coach) was the previous head coach of the luka mavs, and he decided to leave and coach a rebuilding pacers because luka is uncoachable

Didn't once mention bad coaching, the biggest reason for the Mavs' lack of success. Atrocious defence is up there too.

What you fail to realize is you can’t build a team around Luka period. Luka is in it for himself - Dallas doesn’t have to worry about Luka going nowhere because no one else will tolerate him playing Luka Ball. No one wants to come to Dallas and spend their career in a corner or on the bench. You all are just looking 👀 at his scoring etc not seeing how his scoring is effecting the team as a whole. It’s takes Team Ball 🏀 to win. What PG takes the 1st 5 shots to start a game???? He will never win MVP because the other Candidates can WIN, Play Team Ball and can score just as much without icing out their team. Dallas has a good Team, but those guys are not going to keep running up and down the court and rarely touch the ball 🏀 they are not faucets, they need their rhythm just like Luka needs his…I don’t understand why he hasn’t learned that by now. The announcers and Barkley on TNT were talking about him not moving the ball and majority of the time there is only one person touching the ball 🏀 and he needs to score less and allow others to help - if Luka don’t have trust in his teammates then WTF is he doing in the NBA - you can’t beat any team by yourself period

this has become a common theme to critique the Mavs for their moves and the exhaustion of draft resources while doing so. But I don't see anyone saying things in the same regard about the Suns or Clippers

Luka is a selfish player that's the problem

Luka had porzongis and brunson. Bro never gonna win a chip 😢

How do you have Doncic and Kyrie and not be winning 70% of your games ?

This team is built for next year. Integrating PJ and Gaff, knowing their heirarchy from 3 on, giving OMax and Hardy the roles of Timmy and Kleber and having 2 1st rounders to trade to. This will be a way better team next year

All it is, Jason Kidd sucks as a coach #FIREKIDD

I feel very sorry for Luka, it’s like the Lebron situation in his first years

Doncic plays ZERO DEFENSE. I despise when people pretend that he isn't super overrated.

Luka is so overrated. Never has a player been an 8 seed and gotten mvp talks. Hes played with 3 all stars and has never been successful

Kidd's gotta go.