Jason Sitoke

Being cautious with Murray is a smart move. They definitely will miss him, and will probably drop a few more than they would normally.

I could not forget it. I very much dislike the suns and relish memories of them being throttled.

Ummmm. Are you sure you watched that series? The Suns didn’t get Durant until earlier this calendar year. The Mavs didn’t beat the KD Suns in the semis.

I think it’s a fair point. Im definitely not saying that Luka is not a superstar. Maybe the larger point here is that the qualities that get a superstar covered aren’t necessarily the same qualities that make his team successful. The NBA earned its popularity by promoting its stars as individuals. IMO, this has carried over into some lazy analysis by the sports media, ESPN specifically. Unlike other sports, you rarely see analysis of plays or schematics in the NBA. Instead you get Stephen A. Smith or Michael Wilbon saying ‘team A lost because player X failed to take over the game’. These guys look at the stat line and feel qualified to offer analysis. ‘Kevin Durant had 35 points, so he had a good game.’ Did he? He shot 10-25 and committed 5 TOs. Even assists don’t really tell the whole story on whether a guy is unselfish and made the right basketball play most of the time. As you’ve gathered, I’m a Nuggets fan. I get told all the time that the Nuggets are good, but boring. This confuses me because how is Phoenix Suns ‘your turn, my turn’ iso ball exciting? How is Joel Embiid grifting fouls and shooting 15 free throws a night exciting? Isn’t it fun to watch a team that passes the ball and makes good basketball plays? It’s more of a commentary that the media tries to tell us how to watch an NBA game and ESPN is the ultimate casual fan version of the media. Bringing it back to Luka…I don’t think the Mavs are going to win consistently if they utterly rely on Doncic to have 80% usage and shoot lights out night in and night out. He shouldn’t be dribbling for 15 seconds unless it’s the end of a quarter. He shouldn’t be taking step back threes as a first option. He shouldn’t be getting caught in the lane with nowhere to go consistently and throwing the ball away. And he shouldn’t be abandoning his team in transition to argue with the refs. He could be an MVP if he made those changes, and the Mavs would be a contender as well.

I know this is a bit of a hot take..but I just don’t think Luka’s game is conducive to winning basketball. He is immensely talented, strong with the ball, decent shooter and has tremendous court vision. But he’s sooo ball dominant that it stops the flow of the offense. Not to mention entire possessions where he basically becomes James Harden…pounds the ball for 18 seconds for a step back three. ESPN will show his stat line last night, but they glaze over the fact that he had 9 TOs, played poor defense, and contributed to easy Denver buckets by staring at the refs instead of getting back in transition. .

No. He does that just to fit in with his teammates.

Fidone is the only potential difference maker I see on offense.

Agreed. Powerful men in smoke filled back rooms determined our fate. Refs were told to ‘make it look good’, hence the close final score.

Can’t be pissing away winnable games. You can live with turnover prone quarterbacks if they are game breakers. We have 2 low ceiling talent guys who also can’t protect the ball.

It’ll be nice when this program gets a quarterback. Good god this guy has no awareness.

Something about scarlet and cream makes opposing kickers into future pro bowlers.

Looks like our offense is somehow even worse than theirs. Probably end up being the difference.

Link?

I never want to see simms or HH throwing anywhere near the end zone

Settle down

At least Alante is making his mark on Nebraska finally.

Nice punt from HH

At least he seems to have distracted the media from his 1-4 record over the past month and a half.

Pop has the pedigree. But honestly the Spurs are a disaster on most possessions, offensively and defensively. There’s nothing schematically sound about the way they play. Now they do play hard and scrappy, which is provably a testament to coaching. That game was more about Phoenix’s flaws, and since I hate the Suns…I’m here for it

Than the Spurs? Yes.

This was like a magic trick where the audience is so shocked they don't react.

Technically correct. Jokic did put up 29-13-11 on opening night the day before…on slightly better efficiency….against a better team.