Infection_Ag11 said:

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zgolfz85 said:

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Infection_Ag11 said:

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Yeah, you TOTALLY thought he was going to average 29/7 with a 22 PER as the leading man on a contender.

And just for the record, the first round against Utah that year was his big blow up series. He was solid against Phoenix and not very good against Golden State.

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I have an entire groupme chain dating back to when he left for NYK with all my DFW buddies saying just that actually. You don't shine when it matters and then fall straight off. The potential for brunson was clear as day from the moment he started getting major minutes. It's why a lot of us posters were clamoring for him becoming more of a focal point in the offense well before the Utah series.

But, just go ahead with your typical ***** arrogance Infection. I can only imagine your bedside manner. Stain.

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Yep, you knew more than every NBA decision maker who decided to not give him a contract anywhere close to what that projection would justify. Including the team that spent way more on him than anyone else was wiling to. You even accurately predicted a statline that essentially no player like him has achieved since the Vietnam War.

LOL

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Numerous Mavs fans, including myself, were incredulous that Cuban didn't max offer Brunson (who was inarguably the 2nd best player on the roster).

Brunson is outplaying lottery picks. He’s fucking good.

— Josh (@theMcSwag) March 15, 2019

Jalen Brunson pic.twitter.com/1obk0nbniJ

— Josh (@theMcSwag) November 7, 2021

Max Brunson

— Josh (@theMcSwag) February 24, 2021

The only way the Mavs lose Brunson is if Cuban is cheap. If the Mavs lose Brunson because Cuban is cheap, I don’t understand what we’re even doing here.

— Josh (@theMcSwag) June 24, 2022

When asked why he’s confident he can re-sign Brunson, Cuban was quoted as saying “because we can pay him the most” and then proceeded to offer less money than the Knicks.

Every mavs fan should be upset at the FO that 2nd best player walked for nothing.

— Josh (@theMcSwag) November 15, 2022

Is it just me, or is nobody talking about the greatness of Rick Carlisle? He's on the cusp of taking a 3rd team from the middle of nowhere to a title. This Indiana team has even less star power than the Mavericks did.

Luka's only real sin was not being able to make it work with Rick.

Carlisle wasn't perfect but he's always been an A tier coach. Everyone loves to sh*t on his playoff record post 2011, but there was never a series where the Mavs were favored and he squeezed every ounce of juice out of those rosters.

We all have bemoaned his rotations at times and asked why he wouldn't give some young guys a longer leash but how many guys went on to do anything outside of Dallas? Anderson, Roddy B, hell even Josh Green who I was a devout acolyte of...they all peaked when coached by Carlisle.

I just wonder how much things would have been different if the Mavs roster building were as competent as Rick and Luka were at their jobs. I think it's entirely possible that both are still in a Mavs uni and we've already hoisted a second Larry O.

94chem said:

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Yeah, when did he ever have a Riley/Pop/Auerbach/Jackson roster?

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If the Pacers win tonight and then beat OKC in the Finals with the roster they have, it would be one of the great coaching jobs in history by Carlisle. (Up there with the job he did when he used smoke and mirrors to beat the Lebron superfriends team with guys like Jason Terry playing big roles at the end of their career)

GENERALLY, in the NBA you've got teams led by guys who were top 10 draft picks. When you look historically, you find that most championship teams have at least one star that fits this description playing a major role for them. The Pacers have three guys on the roster drafted in the top 10, Obi Toppin, Benedict Mathurin and Jarace Walker. Toppin and Mathurin are bench rotation players, but not the drivers of Indiana's success. Instead it's a group of mid to late 1st round guys that are driving the ship here.

Incredibly they don't have a single player on the roster that was even a top 5 draft pick and no one that's universally considered a star. Haliburton was rated as the most overrated guy in the league by his own peers and he's the closest they have to a star.

The Raptors in 2019 that beat the crippled Warriors sans Durant and Thompson are the only other team that didn't have a top 10 pick starting for them (in the searching that I did going back quite a while) but they did have a star in Kawhi (despite him being a whiny biotch).

The 2004 Pistons who are usually cited as a "weak" championship team had Rasheed Wallace, Chauncey Billups and Rip Hamilton that were all top 10 picks starting for them.

Oh look, just what the thread didn't ask for.

Oh boy, a bunch of new posts! Something big happened.

Ahhh ****, it is just Kelso being kelso.

That's the dumbest **** I've ever read. The spurs deal is the only one of the proposed that I'd even take a half second to look at. ESPN gets dumber by the hour

Oh no New York. Please don't hire Jason Kidd. Please.

zgolfz85 said:

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That's the dumbest **** I've ever read. The spurs deal is the only one of the proposed that I'd even take a half second to look at. ESPN gets dumber by the hour

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Seems like if they got you to click on it and read it, the article served its purpose.