Spurs @ Mavs - Game 1 Thread

[anonoftheinternets]

spurs in 5 methinks ..

[stretch]

I am still failing to see how the players you listed are>>>>>>>>>>>>>the Spurs players.

The mavs core is Kidd, Butler and Dirk. Move terry to the bench.

yeah, a guy who has been here a couple of months is the core of the team over a guy who has been the 2nd option to Dirk since he came here

im not a huge terry fan these days, and Caron is the better player, but Terry is still a bigger part of this team right now than Caron is. more plays are still ran for Terry, and the deadliest go-to play that the team has is a 2-man game with Terry and Dirk.

Marion > Jefferson
Butler > Hill
Haywood > Blair
Dampier > McDyess
Beaubois > Bonner
Barea = or > Mason

thus

Mavs role players >>>>>> Spurs role players

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Marion isn't any better than , especially since this is a playoff series vs. the Spurs, which has never been a strong suit for Marion.

[badfish22]

Marion isn't any better than , especially since this is a playoff series vs. the Spurs, which has never been a strong suit for Marion.

to be fair he is a Mav now and not a Sun. Big difference when you're talking about playoff series with the Spurs...

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

to be fair he is a Mav now and not a Sun. Big difference when your talking about playoff series with the Spurs...

Whichever team he's on makes no difference, the fact remains he's a choking pussy who Popovich has always been able to figure out. He's also physically worn down now a lot more than he was in 2005 or 2007.

[badfish22]

We'll see I guess. Terry is much more likely to disappear imho because he shoots jumpers all game. Marions main job on the team is defense, and its kinda hard to choke that away. Any offense he gives is gravy.

[DPG21920]

Stretch you are so off it is not even funny. Doesn't matter how many little arrows you put, that is not an actual argument. Crofl trying to argue semantics like Allanon.

[DPG21920]

Marion on the Mavs is a very good fit, but he is really not any better than RJ. No one looks at it like stretch does anyways.

You look at the best 5 for each team, then the role players are beyond that for the most part.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

We'll see I guess. Terry is much more likely to disappear imho because he shoots jumpers all game. Marions main job on the team is defense, and its kinda hard to choke that away. Any offense he gives is gravy.

If Marion always knew his role was defense then he would never be labeled a choker, when he does a lot of stupid things late in games with the ball in his hands even though he could easily pass the ball to a better offensive weapon, he's a choker.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

The team with the better 9th and 10th man becomes less important for the playoffs. How much is the talent gap between JJ Barea and Roger Mason going to really impact the series?

[Fpoonsie]

Well, this is the matchup I wanted to avoid the most.

ing awesome.

[DPG21920]

Thats what I said. Look at the top 5 guys, then the next few.

[xellos88330]

to be fair he is a Mav now and not a Sun. Big difference when you're talking about playoff series with the Spurs...

It seems quite a few Mav fans are confident that their Mavericks have a huge mental edge over the Spurs since they have ousted them the last two playoff meetings.

Marion was no part of those Maverick teams and has been sent home a few times by the Spurs. I don't think Marion will have that 'mental edge' over any of the Spurs.

If you are going to use psychology, then make sure you understand the past of every individual player. Jefferson, Blair, McDyess were not part of the Spurs so the mental advantage there is gone. Haywood, Butler, Beaubois, Marion weren't part of the Mavs during that time either. No mental advantage there.

TBH, I really think that the playing field is pretty even as far as mentality goes.

[Spursfan092120]

Mav fans jump up to get beat down

[stretch]

Stretch you are so off it is not even funny. Doesn't matter how many little arrows you put, that is not an actual argument. Crofl trying to argue semantics like Allanon.

Dirk > Duncan
Kidd < Parker
Butler < or = Manu
Terry > Hill
Dampier > McDyess
Marion > Jefferson
Haywood > Blair
Beaubois > Bonner
Barea = or > Mason

stfu midget

[monosylab1k]

Marion on the Mavs is a very good fit, but he is really not any better than RJ.

On the offensive end, no. On defense, Marion has been top notch.

[nkdlunch]

I will wait to see tonight's game to be able to give an accurate prediction.

right now, I see Mavs winning in 7 due to their home court only

[Muser]

Butler = Manu?

[Ghazi]

LMAO at anyone who insinuated Marion = Jefferson this year.

Marion > Jefferson.

[stretch]

On the offensive end, no. On defense, Marion has been top notch.

while hes not a better offensive player than Jefferson, its arguable hes been a better fit on offense for the Mavs than Jefferson has on offense for the Spurs. hes only scoring .3 ppg less, but at a considerably higher %. and Marion doesnt ever stagnate the Mavs offense, while Jefferson sometimes will stagnate the Spurs offense.

[dirk4mvp]

Kidd < Parker

lol no

[Fpoonsie]

[Fpoonsie]

lol no

They have different strengths. I'd actually call it a wash.

[Blake]

that moment when he realized toby was back was pure awesomeness

[DPG21920]

Lets make this the game thread instead of staring a new one.