Game Grades - Mavs @ Spurs - Opening Day, October 28th, 2014

[heyheymymy]

thanks CH! great read and a great job.

[letmk]

I'm sort of okay with Baynes playing like that, but CoJo? This is his golden chance to shine before Mills comes back. He is not playing a bad game per se, but he shows no sign of becoming an impact player moving forward. That's the most disappointing part as he is already in his 4th season.

[Robz4000]

Thanks for the grades my dude. Anyone wanna start a thread to schedule game grades like last year tbh?

[will_spurs]

Good job and nice read, thanks. I appreciated the comment about Dallas being half a game out of the playoffs

[minuzzo21]

I think Baynes wasn't so bad.

[spurs10]

Excellent work on the write-up and grades!

[wildchild]

Thanks Cry Havoc!!! Great read, love the prelude.

[xellos88330]

Thanks for the write up!!! Good stuff.

[urunobili]

of a writeup Cry

[wildbill2u]

Mr. Havoc, I thought you were in danger of calling out the Dogs of War when you gave Manu an A- and a nice write up. But 59 comments and no backlash from the Manu haters must be a record.

I also thought he played a uva game overall and would be more than happy if he could do that about 62 more times this year. I have one observation about your comment on his defense and wonder if you agree. You noted that he was playing some physical defense and I also saw that. I'm wondering if he is going to a more physical style since his footspeed is slower due to age. He probably realizes he has to change his style to defend some of his swifter opponents, and he's crafty enough to be more physical and get away with it. "Blast 'em if ya can't out-fast 'em" as my old coach used to tell me..

The downside is that he's gonna pick up a lot more bruises and bumps than we'd like. When he went down with the leg injury during a drive, the specter of a disabling injury for several games or more loomed hugely. Meanwhile, he had a uva game for a guy his age.

[illusioNtEk]

Havoc, awesome read man ... better then ESPN bull

I hope you continue with your Game Grades threads

[superbigtime]

Thank you for the grades and write up. Excellent!

[koriwhat]

cryhavoc

[skulls138]

Did Tim and Manu have to push him off the shoe sticky pad on the sideline again so our guys could get to it?

Isnt it Jefferson being disrespectful by stepping on the Spurs sticky pad?

[MI21]

Nice work, don't necessarily agree on everything, but not easy to do these.

A lot of people miss timvp's grades and I used to find them extremely useful for games I didn't get time to watch, but it is nice to not have everyone running around regurgitating his opinions and acting like they know what the they are talking about when all they were doing is copying whatever statements he made