In reply to Infection_Ag11 He's also shooting way better than THJ on catch-and-shoot 3s, so he actually just makes more sense in that role.

I don't get why coaches continue to choose to not play better players across the league.

In reply to shack009 Hardy is gonna end up on an average to bad team at some point in his career, average 25+ PPG and Kidd will still be like "he dribbles too much".

Denver just choked the 1 seed. Just throw the game against OKC and keep the nuggets on the other side of the bracket.

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Denver just choked the 1 seed. Just throw the game against OKC and keep the nuggets on the other side of the bracket.

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If the Mavs can throw a game against the pistons, throwing a game against the thunder should be a piece of cake.

The line is 19.5, so we are going to tank it like we should. Just need to hope Hardy doesn't go for 50+ and somehow make us win.

Really looking forward to watching Hardy and O Max get close to 40 minutes against OKC's A team.

This game is just a flashback to when the Mavs didn't have two nice big men. Just giving up easy offensive rebounds and easy paint buckets...

Edit: And Dwight Powell just punched a ball out of bounds for no reason. This game is truly a flashback to one year ago...

Lucky Suns get everything to go their way today, jump out of the play-in, and miss Denver and OKC. They will beat Minnesota in round 1 probably pretty easily.

Why did you even watch this game, must hate yourself

In reply to PatAg Lol I only watched the first 6 or so minutes. It was apparent very early what this game would be.

We almost had em.

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M.C. Swag said:

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We almost had em.

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Hate to point this out, but LA was actually trying to win their second to last game and lost. I hope we don't regret assuming they'd win and packing it in. Could have least made them try to win today or risk losing home court in the first round.

In reply to Infection_Ag11 Not sure you can say they were trying to win when Westbrook, Harden and George all played less than 10 minutes.

I'm just sad New Orleans lost, because I really wanted to see a Lakers/Suns playin.

I don't like the Phoenix/Minnesota 1st round matchup, because I wanted to see both those teams have a 1st round meltdown

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Hate to point this out, but LA was actually trying to win their second to last game and lost. I hope we don't regret assuming they'd win and packing it in. Could have least made them try to win today or risk losing home court in the first round.

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They were going in to the game trying to win and the mavs loss ended towards the start of their game, so they pulled the plug pretty quickly.

They would have won today if they had to, anyways.

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I'm just sad New Orleans lost, because I really wanted to see a Lakers/Suns playin.

I don't like the Phoenix/Minnesota 1st round matchup, because I wanted to see both those teams have a 1st round meltdown

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Completely agree. As usual, things worked out as well as possible for Phoenix. Was hoping it would be Phoenix/Denver on the 2/7 line, so I would be happy with the outcome of that series either way.

Kidd clearly opted to get Luka/Kyrie extra rest, which I think was smart considering all the knocks Luka had picked up the last month...and those 2 dudes carrying the majority of the workload for our team.

I don't mind Phoenix. Booker is a schmuck, but overall I'm neutral on their franchise. I loved rooting for their teams in the 90's while the Mavericks took the decade off and Kidd and Jim Jackson took turns banging Toni Braxton.

Golden State. Fallen off a cliff. I hate that they had one last good year in 2022, which might have cost us an NBA title. I think everybody is sick of them. And I still haven't recovered from the Baron Davis Stephen Jackson Jason Richardson beatdown in 2007.

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I don't mind Phoenix. Booker is a schmuck, but overall I'm neutral on their franchise. I loved rooting for their teams in the 90's while the Mavericks took the decade off and Kidd and Jim Jackson took turns banging Toni Braxton.

Golden State. Fallen off a cliff. I hate that they had one last good year in 2022, which might have cost us an NBA title. I think everybody is sick of them. And I still haven't recovered from the Baron Davis Stephen Jackson Jason Richardson beatdown in 2007.

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Suns, Jazz, and Lakers are still the axis of evil for me. And where ever James Harden, Joel Embiid and other pathetic foul merchants are.

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I don't mind Phoenix. Booker is a schmuck, but overall I'm neutral on their franchise. I loved rooting for their teams in the 90's while the Mavericks took the decade off and Kidd and Jim Jackson took turns banging Toni Braxton.

Golden State. Fallen off a cliff. I hate that they had one last good year in 2022, which might have cost us an NBA title. I think everybody is sick of them. And I still haven't recovered from the Baron Davis Stephen Jackson Jason Richardson beatdown in 2007.

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Golden state is my least favorite team. Even when they suck, they seem to have our number. Really glad there's no way we can play them in the playoffs.

Supposedly Kawhi is getting shots in his knees and Clippers don't know if he will be ready.

Or maybe his Uncle is making him hang out in New York to try to get a better show deal. Hard to tell.

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Supposedly Kawhi is getting shots in his knees and Clippers don't know if he will be ready.

Or maybe his Uncle is making him hang out in New York to try to get a better show deal. Hard to tell.

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Good thing is it sounds like he won't be 100%. I'm not one to root for injuries, but I'm sick of Leonard and he's already knocked us out of the playoffs twice. Just lose in the first round and go enjoy the Olympics Leonard.

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Kahwi is out.

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Absolutely brutal for them. You hate to see it.

Jason Kidd said that regarding Dereck Lively II’s status for Game 1, “everything is trending in the right direction” and “he’s ready to roll.”

Kidd mentioned Lively has looked good working with the second unit this week.

— Grant Afseth (@GrantAfseth) April 19, 2024

Great news.

In reply to Guitarsoup Anyone other than skip bayless report that?

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Anyone other than skip bayless report that?

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Pretty sure I remember that Skip and the uncle got to be buddies when Kawhi was on the spurs

Increasing doubt about Kawhi Leonard’s availability for start of Clippers’ playoff series vs. Mavericks on Sunday. https://t.co/6YUC2kSvFn

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 20, 2024

Here’s Paul George talking about Kawhi Leonard:

“When he’s ready he’ll be ready.”

“I do think at some point he’ll be with us.”

Draw your own conclusions as to what that means for his Game 1 status. pic.twitter.com/CRMP6f5TM2

— Joey Linn (@joeylinn_) April 20, 2024

That quote from PG is pretty damning...