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Since the, "win now" Luka trade the Mavericks went 14-21 and missed the playoffs
The Lakers went 20-12 with the 10th best net rating in the league and grabbed the 3rd seed in the playoffs.
Anthony Davis stats- 20/10/4 on 46/23/69 shooting splits in 11 games played
Luka Dončić stats- 28/8/7 on 44/38/79 shooting splits in 29 games played
I will be reposting this every year until Luka retires or is traded from the Lakers. Fire Nico
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Anthony Davis gives his all in the play-in loss to Memphis: 40/9/2 on 16/29 shooting
Played 36 out of the first 40 minutes. Kept the Mavs in the game by himself but the others failed to step up. I hope AD has a nice, long vacation and comes back next season fully healthy.
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Klay Thompson when asked if he would have made a different free agency decision last summer if he knew what would happen: "Don't do this to me. Don't do that to me. Don't do that. That's kind of a ridiculous question. I don't own a time machine, and I don't believe in looking back."
Full quote:
> "Don't do this to me. Don't do that to me. Don't do that," Thompson said, dropping his head and shaking it, letting out a pained laugh. "That's kind of a ridiculous question. I don't own a time machine, and I don't believe in going back, looking back. If I did that my whole career, I would not be where I'm at and I wouldn't have been able to persevere through two really hard injuries.
> "So I'm here in Dallas, and I enjoyed my time and I'm looking forward to the future."
Source: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44743629/mavs-bow-play-game-proud-tumultuous-season
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Quinn: Anthony Davis deserves so much better than what he's been dealt with Mavericks, just like his entire career
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/anthony-davis-deserves-so-much-better-than-what-hes-been-dealt-with-mavericks-just-like-his-entire-career/
Main quote:
“It's a terribly unfair fate for a truly special player, but it's what he's lived through his entire NBA career. At just about every turn, he's been denied the credit he's deserved or the circumstances he's needed. He's one of the best players of his era, and there's a chance he's still among the most underappreciated players ever.”
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James Harden told Rachel Nichols that the NBA players want Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to win MVP. “All the players, we want to see Shai win MVP because of the season he had and the winning… But of course Jokic is the best player.”
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THE DALLAS MAVERICKS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THE 2025 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENTION
Dallas Mavericks are eliminated from NBA championship contention.
Dallas Mavericks traded their superstar Luka Doncic in mid February in a shocking trade. Mavericks GM Nico Harrison claims "Defence wins championships"
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GAME THREAD: Dallas Mavericks (0-0) @ Memphis Grizzlies (0-0) - (April 19, 2025)
##General Information
TIME |MEDIA |Team Subreddits |
:------------|:------------------------------------|:-------------------|
09:30 PM Eastern |Game Preview: NBA.com | /r/mavericks |
08:30 PM Central |Game Charts: NBA.com | /r/memphisgrizzlies |
07:30 PM Mountain|Play By Play: NBA.com| |
06:30 PM Pacific |Box Score: NBA.com | |
Reddit Stream (You must click this link from the comment page.)
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[Gobert] "I'm very likely to be crossed over, it's very likely people are going to hit some tough shots over me, and then I might get dunked on. All that stuff might happen but let's see what happens over hundreds and hundreds of possessions."
Full quote in response to a question about people believing he will be played off the floor
> "They probably seen that clip, that step back a thousand times. So did I. This is one clip amongst a lot of other defensive possessions. I know a lot of people don't like the numbers but the numbers a lot of times speak. Over a long period of time the numbers speak more than the eye test. It's going to be up to us to be consistent with our approach. It's just like my whole career. I'm very likely to be crossed over, it's very likely people are going to hit some tough shots over me and then I might get dunked on. All this all that stuff might happen but let's see what happen over the course of hundreds and hundreds of possessions.
Source: https://youtu.be/mgA8gyTjb_s?si=4x3dQgZLoDPfsnBj&t=205
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GAME THREAD: Miami Heat (0-0) @ Atlanta Hawks (0-0) - (April 18, 2025)
##General Information
TIME |MEDIA |Team Subreddits |
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07:00 PM Eastern |Game Preview: NBA.com | /r/heat |
06:00 PM Central |Game Charts: NBA.com | /r/atlantahawks |
05:00 PM Mountain|Play By Play: NBA.com| |
04:00 PM Pacific |Box Score: NBA.com | |
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[Malika Andrews] Luka threw and broke his phone after the phone call informing him he got traded.
Sneak peak clip of a Malika Andrews interview with Luka sitting down and discussing the trade for the first time.
source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DImT9u8vUPT/?img_index=2
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Why is making it to the Finals and losing considered such a black mark on players?
Obviously, winning is the ultimate goal.
But why do so many, for example, highlight that Jordan was undefeated in his 6 Finals (very impressive), but completely ignore the 9 times that Jordan did not even make it to the finals, or the 4 times he completely missed the playoffs?
To me, missing the playoffs as a whole seems like a clear negative, missing the finals should be mixed depending on the expectations and where they ended their run, and losing in the Finals should still point to an individuals ability to compete.
This is NOT to say that losing in the Finals chronically is okay. Losing regularly in the Finals, especially when favored, would be a bad look.
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Heat Beat Writer reporting that Kevin Love has left the Heat amid ongoing family reasons.
Heat Beat Writer reporting that Kevin Love has left the Heat amid ongoing family reasons.
8 hours before their play in game. Has to be serious, apparently he has been dealing with family issues all year. Hope he’s alright.
Can’t post the source because X isn’t allowed but it’s @IraHeatBeat
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Bill Simmons Part of his reason for voting for Jokic "unlike Luka's season last year—Jokic only dominates the ball out of necessity"
I am curious what other people's thought are on this.
To me, this is such a horeshit argument and shows he did not follow the Mavs or watch Luka at all last year. For a majority of the season, especially 1st half it WAS a NECCESITY. Kyrie, Lively, Maxi, Josh, THJ were all injured at the same time at one point.
We were starting AJ Lawson, Markieff Moriss and Dwight Powell with Luka, during the toughest stretch by SOS for the Mavs. There was a stretch were Dante Exum was the 2nd option and Luka was averaging 37/9/11 (yes that's right). If that wasn't out of necessity then what was it?
This is the bullshit to me, every single argument they used against Luka are now used in favor or Jokic and we get the "necessity" bullshit. They always come up with something.
Kyrie missed over 20+ games out of the first 50 games of the season. It's these subtle shots at Luka that don't make sense to me, they seem to completely dismiss his season. He finished a DISTANT 3rd for MVP, which seemed insane to me then, but now it makes sense I guess.
Luka's numbers were only there because he wanted to have those numbers, they weren't really necessary.
Source: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7j0zlbR4rBbBFSlS4eJNai?si=XZyARqdJSnmh9qvxj59pQQ&nd=1&dlsi=15e1024eb49f4147
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[Highlight] Steph "Jerry Rice" Curry gets open 4 straight times against off-ball double teams to seal the game for the Warriors
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What if Harden shaved his beard during halftime of a Game 7 this playoffs to psychologically gain an advantage over a potential opponent?
Obviously you can only use this once, but could it be that seeing Harden beardless could legitimately confuse or befuddle the other team’s players?
Of course people may say “well wouldn’t that throw off the Clippers too?” Well they would be prepared for it and would definitely have done some visualization techniques to prepare for the psychological effect.
I’m not saying that it has to be done in round one, but they are facing the Nuggets who have the best player in the league. Harden needs to win. Like NEEDS to win. He should do anything he can to gain even a minuscule advantage.
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TRASH TALK THREAD: THE PLAYOFFS ARE SET AND YOUR FAVOURITE TEAM WILL BE OUT BY GAME 3
FOLKS, THE PLAYOFFS ARE UPON US. IT'S TIME TO LET THE TRASH TALK FLOW
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SERIOUS NEXT DAY THREAD Post-Game Discussion (April 18, 2025)
Here is a place to have in depth, x's and o's, discussions on yesterday's games. Post-game discussions are linked in the table, keep your memes and reactions there.
Please keep your discussion of a particular game in the respective comment thread. All direct replies to this post will be removed.
|Away|Home|Score|GT|PGT|
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|(/MIA) Miami Heat |(/ATL) Atlanta Hawks | 123 - 114 | Link | Link |
|(/DAL) Dallas Mavericks |(/MEM) Memphis Grizzlies | 106 - 120 | Link | Link |
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[Highlight] Vicious put back dunk by Ja Morant
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With the Dallas Mavericks now eliminated from playoff contention, it has been 77 days since Luka Doncic was traded to the Lakers
Luka was traded on February 1, 2025 and the Mavericks lost to the Memphis Grizzlies on April 18th, 2025. Truly poetic.
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Down 15, Anthony Davis airballs a three, walks gingerly to the bench, Nico Harrison reacts
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THE ATLANTA HAWKS ARE ELIMINATED FROM 2025 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENTION
With a loss against the Miami Heat in the play in, the Atlanta Hawks are eliminated from 2025 NBA championship contention
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Charania The Los Angeles Lakers have signed Rob Pelinka to a contract extension, with his new title as president of basketball operations along with general manager, sources tell ESPN. Lakers leadership is now signed long-term with Pelinka and coach JJ Redick.
Source
>The Los Angeles Lakers have signed Rob Pelinka to a contract extension, with his new title as president of basketball operations along with general manager, sources tell ESPN. Lakers leadership is now signed long-term with Pelinka and coach JJ Redick.
>Pelinka hired Redick as the Lakers new coach last offseason, and made the signature Luka Doncic acquisition in February. The Lakers are set up with a face of the franchise for the next 10 years, flexibility and assets this upcoming offseason, and organizational alignment.
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Luka Doncic reveals that on the night of his trade, when he was informed, he threw his phone, shattering the back glass. It is still the phone which he uses.
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Luka Doncic on Nico Harrison's "Defense Wins Championships" comments: "It's sad the way he's talking right now. I never say anything bad about him. I just want to move on." He says he has not spoken to Nico Harrison since the trade, and did not even speak to him on the night of the trade.
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Daily Discussion Thread + Game Thread Index
# Game Threads Index (April 18, 2025):
|Tip-off|GDT|Away|Score|Home|PGT|
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|07:00 pm ET||Miami Heat|PRE-GAME|Atlanta Hawks||
|09:30 pm ET||Dallas Mavericks|PRE-GAME|Memphis Grizzlies||
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Giannis and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are the 5th and 6th players EVER to average 30+ PPG on 50% shooting in three consecutive seasons — joining Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Adrian Dantley
Giannis and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are the 5th and 6th players EVER to average 30+ PPG on 50% shooting in three consecutive seasons, joining
- Wilt Chamberlain
- Michael Jordan
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Adrian Dantley
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Its crazy how Harden's co stars have gotten hurt in the playoffs almost every year since he left OKC
2014: Dwight sprained ankle late in the season
2015: Dwight sprained his knee and eventually tore his MCL in the playoffs
2018: CP3 hamstring injury in game 5 when the Rockets were up 3-2
2019: Cp3 still dealing with the effects of that injury and looked completely washed
2020: Russ quad injury in the bubble
2021: Kyrie ankle (And Harden rare injury)
2022: Embiid orbital fracture
2023: Embiid torn meniscus
2024: Kawhi knee injury
One of the unluckiest superstars in NBA history. Only one year did he have a healthy supporting cast in 2019 and again with how washed CP3 looked I don't even think you can call him a co star
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Bill Simmons: "I voted Jokic (for MVP). I thought it was the best offensive season since Jordan." (01:12:10 onwards)
Bill Simmons discusses his MVP vote, saying, "I voted Jokic (for MVP). I thought it was the best offensive season since Jordan" (01:12:10 onwards). He also notes that Jokic isn't stat-padding like Westbrook did in 2017, and that—unlike Luka's season last year—Jokic only dominates the ball out of necessity. His employees, Rob Mahoney and Ryen Russillo, are also voting for Jokic as MVP.
Source: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7j0zlbR4rBbBFSlS4eJNai?si=XZyARqdJSnmh9qvxj59pQQ&nd=1&dlsi=15e1024eb49f4147
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Staying out of the argument of who should Be MVP, there seems the clear choice for 3rd place, which would be Giannis. The past 6 years he has finished any where from 1st to 4th in MVP voting, while being 1st team NBA every year in that span.
Just would like to know people thoughts on what has been keeping him from getting back to that to spot in the voting. Is it just not winning enough? Or does he need to up those stats more? If he needs better stats, what would he need to increase and by how much for you to consider him for the top spot?
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