Game Thread: Mavs @ Spurs 7:00p CT / 1:00 Riga Time

[Splits]

SbSw is over. it's 5x5 time

[Dex]

NO! NOT THESE GUYS! YOU FUCKIN' ASSHOLES!!

[Splits]

NOOOOO!!!! LUKA GONNA DROP A 50 SPOT WITH 20 DIMES

[spurraider21]

NOT THIS GAY

[Knoxxx]

We can put Mamu on Doncic to drive him crazy with his hustle and put 6 fouls on him!

[Splits]

SHAMELESS!!!111

[heyheymymy]

love Jeremy Sochan

love what he stands to bring to the team and love that grit he plays with

[Strategic]

Come on dogs, kick some mav ass

[RC_Drunkford]

this looks like the NBA All-Star game. No defense on either side

[BatManu20]

Feels like this is gonna be a Wemby foul trouble game

[Strategic]

That just sucks

[r0drig0lac]

Wemby with a frustration foul at not receiving the ball in offense.

[SupremeGuy]

2 faggot ass fouls. Second one was so fucking late it should be fired on the spot. WTF

[Pauleta14]

Victor seems off, slow to react

Diesel mode

[BatManu20]

Champagnie calling his own number on a contested 3 (that he bricked of course) when Sochan is wide open on the baseline calling for the ball :lol

[SupremeGuy]

Putting up that frustration 3 too. Fucking team letting him down already.

[BatManu20]

Feels like this is gonna be a Wemby foul trouble game

Right on cue. 2 quick cheap fouls for Wemby :lol

[onechance87]

they got nba players who make shots and we dont

[LeBowen]

Low effort start from both teams, no defense being played.

[SupremeGuy]

Fuck it I'd keep him in.

[heyheymymy]

Damn, Mavs are challenging and testing everything defensively

[Pauleta14]

Ime and Kidd are the 2 coaches that have had the most focus on Victor in their game plans

[Splits]

VW "foul trouble" isn't a thing since he only plays 7 minutes a quarter.

[Leetonidas]

Sochan is borderline unplayable half the time

[Splits]

or 6 and a half

it's ridiculous tbh. just let the kid play 36 a night

[heyheymymy]

Lively II has been so good for Dallas

[Splits]

Sochan is borderline unplayable half the time

HAVE YOU SEEN HIM ON THE BREAK OR OPEN FLOOR?

[heyheymymy]

Jeremy always hesitates on his 3 point gather

he makes them when he doesn't hesitate and just let's it fly

[heyheymymy]

Barlow lineup is kinda low chemistry

[Knoxxx]

I felt like I was watching sleepwalking

[heyheymymy]

lol Keldon's molasses catapult release

[TheGreatYacht]

Barlow and Wesley are an atrocious duo. They have to have the worst net rating tandem on the team. Look at the way Dallas is defending right now… 4 guys in the paint

[heyheymymy]

I believe in Branham

Probably still some rough performances ahead but I like his potential

[RC_Drunkford]

I knew when Branham made that basket that Kyrie is gonna score in those 4 seconds that were left

[BatManu20]

Spurs defense just nonexistent without Wemby on the floor. Idk how we can draft another Guard who can’t defend in this draft. We desperately need defense just as much as we need shooting beside Wemby.

[Splits]

man, watching this team sans VW is horrifying

[LeBowen]

I really can't think of another team I've ever watched that had so many turnovers from low-percentage passes in the paint.
It's becoming really annoying.

[TheGreatYacht]

One day you guys will realize Wesley is the worst defender on the team. I swear to god every team’s scout has it written in their notes to attack this full court pressure merchant

[TheGreatYacht]

Spurs defense just nonexistent without Wemby on the floor. Idk how we can draft another Guard who can’t defend in this draft. We desperately need defense just as much as we need shooting beside Wemby.
Nikola Topic can’t shoot nor defend :lol the geniuses here want him

[heyheymymy]

experimenting with Barlow lineups put SA behind the 8 ball.

That is usually Osman's shift and he brings positive mins usually

[Dex]

I really can't think of another team I've ever watched that had so many turnovers from low-percentage passes in the paint.
It's becoming really annoying.

I like the fact that they are trying to feed Wemby more.

I don't like the fact that nobody on our team knows how to throw an entry-pass to save their fucking life. Wemby will still be fighting for position or double-teamed and they still just throw it towards him and hope for the best.

[heyheymymy]

Wemby back and immediately effective

[Splits]

does Cedi have the most beautiful hair in the league?

[heyheymymy]

nice drive by KJ

[LeBowen]

I like the fact that they are trying to feed Wemby more.

I don't like the fact that nobody on our team knows how to throw an entry-pass to save their fucking life. Wemby will still be fighting for position or double-teamed and they still just throw it towards him and hope for the best.

Keldon's impossible bounce pass attempt to Wesley got me thinking about it.
Wemby also tries way too many of those.

Back in the game. Mavs are not that good unless Luka gets it going.

[heyheymymy]

as soon as spurs swap Barlow with Osman the team starts flowing wild

nice run there, must've been 10-0 or so

[Strategic]

Guy’s playing with some urgency

[heyheymymy]

kinda weird small lineup is KJ at the 4? They sure are run n gun

Wemby
KJ
Champ
Bran
Jones

[heyheymymy]

champ drains the C&S triple!

[Splits]

Lively POSTERED VW

[BatManu20]

Wemby playing some lazy-ass offense tbh

[RC_Drunkford]

Kinda surprised we are in this with Wemby playing sloppy. He's 1-6 and missed a couple of bunnies near the rim

[TheGreatYacht]

Spurs broadcast is atrocious. Camera view is too zoomed in and wobbly.

[Dex]

Wemby does a lot of things well, but passing out of the post under duress isn't one of them. Sometimes it looks like he's throwing the ball without even looking where it is going.

Fortunately, that's something that will come with time and a better supporting cast who knows where the hell to be instead of running a constant scramble drill on offense.

[TheGreatYacht]

Kinda surprised we are in this with Wemby playing sloppy. He's 1-6 and missed a couple of bunnies near the rim
The fat Croatian being 2-12 helps tbh

[onechance87]

we for sure need a defensive big this offseason.Once wemby goes to the bench,We cant defend the paint.

[heyheymymy]

Wemby looks like he's playing exhausted

all his movements are in slow motion

[Splits]

can someone remind me what Sochan does well?

[heyheymymy]

I like Barlow and understand the need for him to play through his inexperience but it's costly

[Dex]

Victor would score like 10 points a night on lobs alone if we had Luka.

[TheGreatYacht]

Look at all these lobs Luka is throwing. Trae Young is even better at that and people don’t want to give up future losers than Brian Wright will draft :lmao

[RC_Drunkford]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'd rather have Collins out there instead of Barlow. Dom doesn't know WTF he's doing out there

[BatManu20]

This lineup is horrible

[RC_Drunkford]

Look at all these lobs Luka is throwing. Trae Young is even better at that and people don’t want to give up future losers than Brian Wright will draft :lmao

b-b-b-but his teammates don't vote for him to be an All-Star

[TheGreatYacht]

This just isn’t fair. Victor has to guard both Luka and the big.

Get me Trae this summer so we can do this to every team

[BatManu20]

Our inability to defend a simple PnR is actually impressive. Mavs making a living off that Luka/Gafford PnR every single possession

[TheGreatYacht]

Is Sochan a worse ball fumbler than Jeff Ayers? How tiny are this fag’s hands?

[spurraider21]

can someone remind me what Sochan does well?


love Jeremy Sochan

love what he stands to bring to the team and love that grit he plays with

[Splits]

Is Sochan a worse ball fumbler than Jeff Ayers? How tiny are this fag’s hands?

that's anti-lgbt!!!!!!!!111

- signed Mrs. Body

[LeBowen]

Going to need some psotivity about the potential of this roster from Mr. Body after this half.
I don't see it.

[z0sa]

That communication on the last offensive play of the first half -- the result of GOAT coaching still in his prime tbh

[spurraider21]

Our inability to defend a simple PnR is actually impressive. Mavs making a living off that Luka/Gafford PnR every single possession
spurs strategy defending pick and rolls all season has been to just accept that the player getting screen is completely fucked and taken out of the play, and the big man has to defend two players at once. sometimes victor is able to pull it off

[TheGreatYacht]

that's anti-lgbt!!!!!!!!111

- signed Mrs. Body

Going to need some psotivity about the potential of this roster from Mr. Body after this half.
I don't see it.
:lmao

[onechance87]

barlow not looking any better then collins.

[Splits]

Going to need some psotivity about the potential of this roster from Mr. Body after this half.
I don't see it.

She will definitely give it. Then talk about how great PATFO are doing developing the bench and how we REALLY need to draft Dillingham to take us to the next level.

[TheGreatYacht]

I’ll never understand how two of the four guys that have a positive +/- on the season get no playing time.

There isn’t a universe that exists where Barlow and Wesley are better players than Mamu and Graham.

[onechance87]

I’ll never understand how two of the four guys that have a positive +/- on the season get no playing time.

There isn’t a universe that exists where Barlow and Wesley are better players than Mamu and Graham.

yea,Sucks that granham never got a chance to run this team.

[Tyronn Lue]

Victor would score like 10 points a night on lobs alone if we had Luka.
In the 1st quarter

[Tyronn Lue]

yea,Sucks that granham never got a chance to run this team.
This is like saying David West was better than Richard Jefferson.

[spurraider21]

graham absolutely should have gotten run this year. with his contract, he could have been a legit deadline trade asset. but no, we put him in a drawer and will just end up waiving him instead. awful.

plus all season we've been desperate for backcourt shooting

[Tyronn Lue]

Wembenchyama

[Splits]

stupid challenge. no way that's overturned

[spurraider21]

stupid challenge. no way that's overturned
get fucked

[spurraider21]

wemby just cant get anything to go even when he gets to the rim. some shit luck tbh. but he's also been sloppy

[onechance87]

late lob pass tre

[TheGreatYacht]

Wemby missing so many easy bunnies and his dribble is a bit off. Still invaluable defensively though :cry:

[Splits]

get fucked

:lol happy to be wrong, now go repost my Sochan is shit post after he knocks down that triple

[TheGreatYacht]

Turd brothers Barlow and Wesley in. It’s Joever

[Splits]

:lmao Sochan can't even hit the rim

[Kurgan]

Mavericks don't respect Sochan's offense at all(rightfully so)

[TheGreatYacht]

:lmao Sochan can't even hit the rim
Mavs broadcast can’t believe he has more shot attempts than Wemby lol

[Gibbz]

Even dumbass Derek Harper is making fun of the Spurs for Sochan getting more looks than Vic.

[Pauleta14]

Dallas commentator : "any time Sochan has more shots attempts than Wemby there's someting wrong..." :lol

[r0drig0lac]

2 blocks on slovenian boy

[TheGreatYacht]

Fat Luka is 3-19 LMFAOOO

[BatManu20]

Brutal end to the quarter

[spurraider21]

wemby cant buy a bucket

but wtf is keldon doing sagging off luka in transition when he already has wemby waiting behind him. saw the stepback coming from a mile away

[Pauleta14]

Victor still rushing his shot unnecessarily too often...

[onechance87]

their role players are better then ours.

[Splits]

wow, what a disaster. shit show. enter your own mad libs for the end of the quarter.

[spurraider21]

:lol happy to be wrong, now go repost my Sochan is shit post after he knocks down that triple
but but he brings grit! :cry

[spurraider21]

wow, what a disaster. shit show. enter your own mad libs for the end of the quarter.
right now im sure pop is a mad lib

[SpursFan86]

Holy hell Victor has been brutal offensively tonight

[Splits]

right now im sure pop is a mad lib

pretty sure he's lecturing VW about Haiti rn

[r0drig0lac]

damn this has to be on purpose

[BatManu20]

Jesus Branham

[SpursFan86]

The shooting on this team :lmao

[TheGreatYacht]

Fat Luka is such a shameless stat padder. Find shame you lard

[Kawhi Duncan]

Pop needs to learn how to set Wemby up for easy shots when he is playing like absolute dog shit on offense

[Splits]

Pop waived the white flag

[td4mvp2k]

wtf is Osman doing.. wemby was down low ffs

[BatManu20]

Nice run gentlemen

[spurraider21]

Pop waived the white flag
your takes today... sheesh

[CGD]

Sweet lord, we need some shooting. They’re just putting the second guy in Vic’s lap everytime.

[heyheymymy]

wow Luka 4-22 and looked stiff all night

one play Dev drove around him and Luka had zero lateral motion

[spurraider21]

wemby abysmal on offense but still a +10 today

[Splits]

your takes today... sheesh

today?

[spurraider21]

Sweet lord, we need some shooting. They’re just putting the second guy in Vic’s lap everytime.
rip the dreams of taking risacher with our pick and dillingham/sheppard with the raptors pick

[Gibbz]

Very close to being done with Keldon.

[Kawhi Duncan]

Sohan has incredibly low bball IQ

[BatManu20]

Sochan making way too many dumb mistakes tonight

[buttsR4rebounding]

Wesley was doing a great job guarding Irving.

[Splits]

wtf is VW still on the bench for?

[buttsR4rebounding]

Gotta get Branham out. His defense is just too porous to end a close game with.

[BatManu20]

Wemby on the bench collecting dust in crunch time :lol

[TheGreatYacht]

Very close to being done with Keldon.
??? He’s in the locker room injured

[SpursFan86]

Meh Wemby is going to end up at 32 minutes. Can argue that Pop should’ve tried to bring him in a minute or 2 earlier but I don’t think it’s egregious or anything.

[spurraider21]

tbh its really fun to watch kyrie go to work on offense

[Gibbz]

??? He’s in the locker room injured

Yeah and leading up to that he was a steaming pile of dogshit.

[BatManu20]

Might have to put Wesley back in. Kyrie’s way too good for Branham or Tre to guard. Just much easier to defend the Spurs with Wesley in.

[TheGreatYacht]

Yeah and leading up to that he was a steaming pile of dogshit.
Disagree. You might be confusing him with Sochass

[Knoxxx]

This is where we need Edey to smash a fool like Klieber.

[Gibbz]

Disagree. You might be confusing him with Sochass

They're both awful.

[heyheymymy]

lol is that Jared Dudley as a Mavs asst

[spurraider21]

ive never seen a human being be more confident in anything than sochan every time he just barges toward the rim and throws something up as if its physically impossible for him to not score or get blocked

[SpursFan86]

For fucks sake Sochan :lol

[TheGreatYacht]

Jeremy Sochass is 4-15

Victor only having 10 shots is laughable

[Robz4000]

Might have to put Wesley back in. Kyrie’s way too good for Branham or Tre to guard. Just much easier to defend the Spurs with Wesley in.

:lol Spurs are easy to defend regardless of whose in

[BatManu20]

2 big missed freebies from Jeremy. Need to hit those down the stretch buddy

[Pauleta14]

Sochan go to guy now...

[onechance87]

sochan is terrible finishing at the rim...Just bad at offense

[Robz4000]

Spurs are gonna lose this by 10. Kyrie and Doncic can score whenever they want down the stretch against this team.

[spurraider21]

wemby just a mess offensively today

[BatManu20]

Jesus Wemby has been fucking awful tonight

[LeBowen]

This is beyond frustrating.

[spurraider21]

wemby cant make a layup today but he checks in and starts launching 3's and not being active on the other end

[SpursFan86]

Yeah you can hate Sochan all you want but VW has been awful offensively tonight. Not really sure the answer is him forcing up more shots.

[Knoxxx]

I’m not going to say Wemby cost us this game but some would.

[bbarry]

just another disappointing finish.

[Knoxxx]

Let me add on the topic of losing a close game and Wemby playing awful, that’s a positive actually at this stage of the season. We don’t need him content or too many Ws either.

[LeBowen]

Yeah you can hate Sochan all you want but VW has been awful offensively tonight. Not really sure the answer is him forcing up more shots.

The issue is that Jeremy always makes wrong decisions.

My other issue would be that Devin can't impose himself when Wemby struggles and just watches Jeremy chuck it out.

[Splits]

wemby cant make a layup today but he checks in and starts launching 3's and not being active on the other end

ITS NOT HIS FAULT HIS TEAMMATES ARE SUCKING ASS AND CANT PASS TO HIM

Signed,
Pauletta14

[heyheymymy]

Wemby 0-4 from 3 was Zollins esque

[LeBowen]

Fuck modern NBA, how the fuck is that a foul?

[Gibbz]

Cooked by Dante Exum in 2024 lol

[Pauleta14]

Back to minutes restrictions soon for Victor ...

[BatManu20]

Scrubs like Dante Exum shooting 4/4 from 3 against us tonight and hitting daggers. You hate to see it.

[heyheymymy]

Silver lining is Tre Jones tonight

4-5 3PM

hit one falling away not even set, loves the corner

[onechance87]

ffs

[heyheymymy]

would be a 2 point game if Sochan hits the pressure FTs

[Kawhi Duncan]

Pop needs to structure an offense where Wemby gets easy looks and everything isn't a struggle to find a shot on his own

[onechance87]

Pop needs to structure an offense where Wemby gets easy looks and everything isn't a struggle to find a shot on his own

need players who have iq and can pass to do that.

[CorrectCrusader]

low IQ team. Bron said it best this morning

[RC_Drunkford]

Pop needs to structure an offense where Wemby gets easy looks and everything isn't a struggle to find a shot on his own

the problem would solve itself if Pop just got the foh

[thiste]

I don't like the L but keeping Luka under 20 points shooting 22% & 18% from three is still a win in my book.

[Pauleta14]

Scrubs like Dante Exum shooting 4/4 from 3 against us tonight and hitting daggers. You hate to see it.

Exum is shooting 47% on 3s for the season my brother… :lol

[Pauleta14]

A game where Luka shoots 6/27 should be a win tbh

Pop is probably relieved

[TheGreatYacht]

Shit game by Victor offensively. Missed a ton of easy bunnies and his open threes didn’t fall. On the positive Branham finally broke out of his slump. Mavs broadcasted mentioned he had missed 14 threes in a row

I need Jeremy Soshit off this team in the summer btw. Bates Diop is twice the player

[Mugen]

I'd kill for prime Danny Green on this team. He'd easily be the 2nd best player :lol

[Ditty]

If Wemby was average on offense tonight we would have won.

[Robz4000]

I'd kill for prime Danny Green on this team. He'd easily be the 2nd best player :lol

Shit, I'd kill for second-year George Hill tbh.

[MultiTroll]

111-107 with 22 seconds left after Victor left hand jams.

Was it CIA Retard Pop or just the super low IQ Spurs outside of Wemby that decided not to foul and let the Mavs do 4 passes for an easy layup?

[Trill Clinton]

Sochan made Luka work all night. Too bad Vic decided to have a horrible game.

[BatManu20]

Exum is shooting 47% on 3s for the season my brother… :lol

On 2 attempts per game. Not moved. Still a scrub :lol

Nah that’s actually really surprising considering he was a career 27% 3-point shooter before this season.

[Tyronn Lue]

The Victor mod has been nerfed.

[Pauleta14]

On 2 attempts per game. Not moved. Still a scrub :lol

Nah that’s actually really surprising considering he was a career 27% 3-point shooter before this season.

He’s had many injuries, missed a lot of games but av 2/18min a game is great and he’s been reliable for them all year so him taking clutch shots was expected actually. He’s done it a lot this season

[Mr. Body]

Victor needs to stop jacking threes so much down the stretch. There have been a few games where his late game play hasn't been very good and he might have lost this one. He'll get there.

[lefty]

tbh its really fun to watch kyrie go to work on offense
He is amazing

[Ice009]

graham absolutely should have gotten run this year. with his contract, he could have been a legit deadline trade asset. but no, we put him in a drawer and will just end up waiving him instead. awful.

plus all season we've been desperate for backcourt shooting

I mean, wouldn't he be mad about it for his own career? He could have really played well and gotten himself a big contract when he's a free agent, but by not getting any playing time, it may have seriously affected what he'll get paid when he's a free agent. I don't see how he could be mad about sitting on the bench when he knows he's better than certain players ahead of him.

[Slippy]

He is amazing

He is . But there were 2 plays where he outran the spurs back the other end . One of them was with 4secs left after missed FT. Think it was blake who wss nearest on both occasions. Embarrassing.

[couchman]

If Wemby plays well we win this one.
Almost everyone else in the team was good enough.
I’m as eager as anyone for us to put talent around Wemby quickly but I still think he’s at least two years away from being a championship level superstar.
Consistency will come

[Pauleta14]

If Wemby plays well we win this one.
Almost everyone else in the team was good enough.
I’m as eager as anyone for us to put talent around Wemby quickly but I still think he’s at least two years away from being a championship level superstar.
Consistency will come

As bad as Vic was OFFENSIVELY, Spurs are +5 with him on the court. He kept us in the game defensively. Let’s not take it for granted.

I agree regarding being contenders it can’t realistically be before 3-4 years depending on who PATFO decides to surround him with

[Arcadian]

ive never seen a human being be more confident in anything than sochan every time he just barges toward the rim and throws something up as if its physically impossible for him to not score or get blocked
Leerooooooyyy Jeeeenkiiiiiiiiiinnnnsss

[gilmor2002]

He is amazing

I saw him played one-on-one in China; amazing