I'm not hating or whining (like some other sissy cuckold who won't be named) but I have seen enough of the Hornets to know that this team will not make it out of the 1st round. They played a good game tonight, but absolutely no depth will kill this team like the 2007 team where Byron Scott abused the PnR with West and Paul to rack up a bunch of regular season wins.
Paul, West, and Ariza are a nice big 3 but after that? Is Willie Green gonna be relied upon to make jumpers in the playoffs? Jason Smith? Jerryd Bayless? Marco Bellinelli? Peja "the contract cuckold, 2002 playoff airball" Stojakovic? All those guys hit big shots tonight. Won't happen in the playoffs.
And per the usual, once I'm right, I'll bump this thread in April and be the obnoxious that I normally am.
You might be right, but the bench isn't the problem. It's just Bayless. Honestly, Thornton would give the bench a big time scorer, but Monty isn't high on his defense so he's playing Bayless and Green instead in the backcourt. Peja and Smith are playing well overall, but the team needs to find a backup center.
The problem in the starting rotation in my opinion may be West himself. The team becomes stagnant offensively when they try to force feed him. He needs to play smarter and pass the ball more when he doesn't have an open shot.
Okafor has been excellent this season, especially defensively. He's a keeper.
Ariza has been excellent defensively as well. Offense will always be average.
Belinelli has been a great addition. He's the best shooting guard Paul has ever played with. He's an excellent shooter, good ball-handler, passer, and defender.
Really, its safe to say West may be the weak link due to his size as a PF. If he's not scoring at a high level, he becomes a liability at times.
Nobody will remember this thread in April, partially because nobody takes your posts seriously.
I doubt that you even care either way.
you're not so good with guarantees bump, don't do it again
greatest of all time?
Bump is an idiot, the Hornets are a good team. Please I hope no Mavs fans start crying about this loss like that got BR did after Mondays game
stfu got, go suck koriwhat's
Hornets will not make the 1st round, unless they get some luck to get the 2nd seed and play a band of chokers in the 1st round.
At least Hornets are moving up in Mav fans view ... first it was they won't win 45 games, now its first round of playoffs, next will be getting past the Lakers in the WC finals
I never thought we could upset the no.1 seed until our team actually did it. you should never underestimate the chokers' abilities to choke.
Son I for one am not convinced they will make the playoffs... the Mavs aren't guaranteed to make it either...one injury and whole season can be changed. Calm down sons
sons, that other thread wasn't a guarantee. I said IF Dallas loses. That was one of my 2-3 attention threads a year that I make, where I guarantee I won't post ever again. In fact I usually do it in games where we have little chance of winning just so I can keep posting right off the bat and look like a bagyou're not so good with guarantees bump, don't do it again
I didn't think we were gonna beat the best regular season team of all time 2 games in a row, tbh
Who cares about the rest of the content of this thread when you have livestock gifs that win forever like this here sheep!
Well neither will the Mavs unless both teams play each other
Milkshake's sidepiece.
Maybe not, but no Mavfans here are claiming that this year's team is anything special. I'm really impressed with the defense and I think it could carry us to the WCF where we lose in 5 to the Lakeshow, but RC's mancrush on JJ Barea in the 4th quarter plus this franchise's history of ting the bed at the most inopportune times means that a first round sweep is just as likely.
Only thing different from this year's & year's past is this Chandler fellow. He's got a keen professionalism that is missing from your rank & file. He isn't rattled like the rest. Your coach should work him in on the offensive end on the low block, not at that corner three blockThis lob thing is a crowd pleaser, cute & quaint, but, it's fool's gold. It will not be there in the playoffs.
Work him in slowly and take some load off Dirk so that when the Spring comes it's diversified and you're not finding yourself reliving all the disasters past. You can't do the same failed strategy over & over and expect a different & positive result, Mav's people.
Agree with all that you said here. Chandler does bring some toughness to this team which is something they've lacked forever. I would say he's adequate in the low block but he's never been a great low post scorer and he's not gonna turn into one now. So there's not much you can do there. If Dallas is gonna make a deep run (as in make it to the WCF and lose in 5 to LA) it's gonna be defense and Dirk on offense with somebody hopefully making timely shots (hopefully 06 Jet or Butler).Only thing different from this year's & year's past is this Chandler fellow. He's got a keen professionalism that is missing from your rank & file. He isn't rattled like the rest. Your coach should work him in on the offensive end on the low block, not at that corner three block
That's my whole point. This is the best team we've had since 06 but I've seen so many years of us ting the bed or running into a "buzzsaw" (lol Donnie Nelson) in the 1st round to really expect anything different.
The Hornets are like the healthy Rockets of past years, they will overachieve and get bounced out of the 1st round because Chris Fall is the only star on their team. So yea I guess I agree with the OP.
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