Game Day: Mavericks (0-0) @ Suns (0-0), Wed 10/19/22

[Wally_West]

I judged Lee too soon. I was ready to cut him during preseason lol.

Hey, takes a big man to admit it.

I blame Mexican food and sushi

[Superbone]

Lol nice. Who we playing in Round 3?

You got better.

[Wally_West]

[Superbone]

Wins are good, but that's not gonna work enough times.

Like I said before, we've got to play tough defense from the jump.

[Wally_West]

[Mori Chu]

LOL, I absolutely love Bone going back through the thread and gathering up receipts from all our chicken little posts during the game. Bravo!

[AmareIsGod]

Who the fuck is guarding Wood. Jesus Christ.

No, Jesus never entered the game. But Christ is an excellent defender.

Lol

[Wally_West]

[Flagrant Fowl]

Terrible decision by Kidd in retrospect.

[Superbone]

LOL, I absolutely love Bone going back through the thread and gathering up receipts from all our chicken little posts during the game. Bravo!

Ha. Thanks. It's always fun to do in a game like this one with a horrible first half followed by a comeback victory.

[Superbone]

[Superbone]

[Flagrant Fowl]

[Shabazz]

They were fortunate to pull this one out - they've got a lot of things to work on and they need some reliable offense from the bench.

My feelings as well. We were total trash when Book was on the bench. It’s not sustainable.

[Shabazz]

There’s honestly no excuse not to sign Carmelo at this point, especially if Cam is hurt where he’s gonna miss multiple games.

Carmelo can probably still get a bucket or two but he’s not exactly the offense we’re missing. He’s more 5 jab steps and an iso jumper. Or he’ll get hot on catch and shoot Js. We need someone who can break down the D, get into the paint and create offense for the team.

[Shabazz]

James Jones should be ashamed.

Oh?

I haven’t changed my opinion.

[ShelC]

[ShelC]

Great game seeing us fight back. Even thru the first half, I never got the sense we had given up or checked out - we just weren't any good. Our bench is rough and Monty's going to have to figure out a rotation that keeps some offense out there with Lee, Okogie and Craig. We didn't have Shamet, maybe Payne gets back into a groove and Landale can give us some offense but you can't have Okogie, Lee and Craig out there at the same time. Lee can be a backend rotation guy, he knows how to play with better players and can be a junk scorer/hustle guy. He's an x-factor type and it cost the Mavs last night (something we didn't have in the playoffs). I don't think Okogie's going to be part of the rotation. Craig really needs to be limited to 10-12 minutes a game, he's not a true backup.

DA was killing them inside which helped us get back into the game. So of course, we went away from down the stretch. He had a tough time guarding Wood, who's a matchup problem regardless. But I really like the 2man game between him and Book. We need more of that.

Cam Johnson coming up with these injuries is concerning considering how much we're relying on him. He doesn't need to be Mikal, but he needs to be able to stay out on the floor.

Good on Monty for sitting CP and letting the guys roll. We have guys good enough to close out games now without relying solely on CP setting everything up. And there are definitely times when he's playing too slow and letting the defense set up, whereas Book and Payne tend to play faster and attack.

I don't think the team really exorcised any demons from last year. I think this group is too smart and mature for that but maybe the fanbase needed this win more than anything.

[TOO]

I made it through 1.5 quarters. I'm glad LP is cheap now lol.

Too bad you have no faith.

I've also got a needy toddler, but go on.

[JeremyG]

They were fortunate to pull this one out - they've got a lot of things to work on and they need some reliable offense from the bench.

My feelings as well. We were total trash when Book was on the bench. It’s not sustainable.

Yep, that’s the word I keep coming back to. It’s unsustainable. Obviously they were going to fight back in this game, but this roster is not ok.