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Avery can be grating and his approach isn't working. I can see Dallas calling for his head or Nowitzki's after they lose to Utah on Sat at home (and after we demolish Utah).
Smoke some for me baby ! Pipe dream !!
Avery can be grating and his approach isn't working. I can see Dallas calling for his head or Nowitzki's after they lose to Utah on Sat at home (and after we demolish Utah).
Its definetly Avery and their defense.... They cant seem to really get anything going no leadership... Did you guys hear fairweather mavfans booing hahahahahahaha
18 Mavs TO is too much.
It's not like it's new. Didn't Isiah get pissed last year the Nuggets still had J.R. Smith in with about a 20 point lead with a few minutes to go and he's still going down the lane dunking?
My speculation:
After last year's 67-wins-to-fizzle discrepancy, Avery has been pushing this "coast and finish strong" concept on his team.
But I don't know if this Mavericks team is good enough to coast. They are a very good team, and when they put in the effort and click on all cylinders, they are probably top 3 in the NBA. But when they play mediocre, they become a bunch of one-trick-ponies around Dirk Nowitzki.
Last year, the entire team was completely motivated all year, and that was only fueled by confidence as they stormed through the regular season.
Now, Avery is using this 'take-it-easy' approach and not only does he seem to be losing grasp of the interest of the players, but they are having trouble flicking the switch when they need to.
I think Dallas had an incredible run last year, and I'm not taking anything away from that. They did a good enough job of that themselves against Golden State.
But I also think that if the Mavericks believe that just because they won 67 games, they can play at first gear all year and still walk into the Western Conference Playoffs, they may be in for another hard lesson.
Mavs are still a top team in the West. Its too early to be worried. They played so well last year during the reg. season b/c the loss in the finals (so close to a 'ship) was carried as a chip all year that they wanted to avenge. They did not(major NOT), and consequently they are probably a bit less motivated about the regular season. I think they will start pounding teams after the allstar break.
OOPS! I guess not. And, wow, Nowitzki chokes again too.dont worry. They will blowout the Nuggets and get back on track. The Rockets looked horrible until they played the Nuggets and then BAM they are winning again
Well ing-A, then. They are certainly succeeding in achieving that lofty goal.
How did he "choke" if he wasn't dominant in the first place?
Sorry, I shortened your quote for brevity.
See, the problem is this. If the Mavs currently suck because Avery is trying to rest everyone up for the playoffs, then I can almost guarantee that the Mavs will not even win enough games to make resting up meaningful. Not in the Western Conference. Not this year. There are too many other good teams.
I'm sure you've already done so, but if not, then stop and ponder for a moment just how idiotic it is to "rest up" players for the playoffs in November and December. It should be full bore right now. If you win enough regular season games to have the late-season luxury of resting up your starters, then more power to your team. But Avery resting up players for the playoffs in November-December? That's about the stupidest thing I've ever seen an NBA coach do ... if that's really what's going on.
Personally, I think that's an excuse. I think the fact is that the West --and indeed the entire league in general- has achieved greater parity. There is still a small clutch of elite contenders that are markedly better than all the others (Spurs, Suns, Pistons, and maybe the Celtics), but everyone else improved in the off-season ... except for the Mavs, who stubbornly (blame it on Cuban) decided to do virtually nothing to improve the team in the off-season. Add to that Avery's micro-mis-management and his recent vasectomy, and you have a beautiful recipe for the disaster that the Mavs are living right now.
Ok. You made me say it: "denial." Look it up.
Yeah. It is. And I think it ended up being 19 by game's end.
Team needs a shakeup. Their body language shows it. If Avery is such a good coach, then why does he allow them to run up and down the court not playing defense? Avery first gained respect by making the team play defense. That is when things changed for the better. Now we are back to playing all offense and no defense just like Don Nelson wanted it. Wow. We are headed backwards. Things will not get better till the defense is concentrated on. Starts with Avery.
it was the diehard fans booing....the fairweather fans were in the Old No. 7 Club midway thru the 4th quarter.
i never got the idiotic reasoning that booing your team means you're not a good fan. to me that's the EPITOME of a good fan. you love your team so much that you won't put up with lazy bull from them. the fairweather fans are the ones that cheer when things are going good and disappear completely during the bad times.
if you care enough to boo in the first place, you're not fairweather.
I agree. There was nothing wrong with Denver's last few minutes. They'd run the shot clock down pretty low and then play basketball. It's not their fault the Mavericks had so little self-respect that they let AI go wherever he pleased. It's also not their fault the Mavs then took the ball and jacked up a ridiculous shot in about 3 seconds. At one point the Nuggets took a 24 second violation just to slow down the onslaught of Mavericks suckage.
The team running up the score last night was Dallas, not Denver.
Go ahead and laugh. We need to hit bottom before things get better. Keeping it the same is the worst thing that could happen. Hopefully the business side of Cuban will see that this would be terrible for his wallet. We need change.
Is that a serious question?
Let's see, he missed a wide-open 3 to win the game. It's a shot he's been lights-out with for years, and now he's missing game-winning shots on a nightly basis after last year's shame. If that's not the definition of "choking", then we're not having this conversation in English.
I think MavFan needs to calm down. They aren't going to win it all this year but they will end up playing much better ball than they are right now.
December.
the mavs are trying to stay away from the top that way they won't meet golden state in the playoffs. golden state is a shoe in for either 7 or 8 seed and dallas is trying to avoid beig 1,2,3,4 .
this is all an act
You're an idiot.
The Mavs can win as long as Howard puts up 47.
Didnt Jazz shoot like 61%? And still lost? Is that a new record.
Howard actually played a full game for once, usually he disppears in the 2nd half. He was on fire.
Jazz outshot SA by a wide margin last night too, but they have no 3-pt shooters and that hurts them.
The mavs suck because they don't play defense. Their offense is fine. I guess back to run and gun with Paul Westphal as the assistant coach instead of Del Harris.
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