- Mar 3, 2006
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I now see the value in Jason Kidd and Jason Terry.. 
I don't care how old they are, or how poorly they play on defense, we are no better in the front-court with OJ Mayo, Daren, Collison, and Mike fricking James. All three are adequate-to-good depending on the night, but in the big games? Terrible.
These guys cannot get the ball to Dirk Nowitzki to save their lives. They can do well against sub-par teams, but athletic teams like Miami and OKC? Destroyed. For as good as we played for the first about 40 minutes, we just can't sustain it over a full game. Not with these idiots running the show. I can't for the life of me imagine why Dirk Nowitzki can't get the ball when he's 8/10 from the field, and doesn't get another shot off in the final 14 minutes. Yes, he got fouled on two attempts in the fourth, but he still should have been able to get some quality looks off. Not having Shawn Marion out there hurt, especially in the fourth, but there's no excuse, we should've been able to pull out that game with Dirk that hot.
He didn't. Mike James isolated and got no where, OJ Mayo put up contested jumpers, and including Darren Collison, they all made some turnovers that cost us late. And Dirk didn't get a good look the entire last 14 minutes. Sometimes it was good defense, moreso it was because our guys were inadequate and tried to play hero ball. If there's one person I want playing isolation basketball on this team, it's Dirk Nowitzki. Not Vince Carter, not OJ Mayo, not Mike ******g James, I want Dirk. But no. Yet again, another close game, and they can't get to Dirk when it matters.
He got the ball with 6 seconds left on the shot clock, 27 feet away from the basket. That don't work. Rick has to draw up better plays. Dirk isn't as athletic as the rest of these guys, but he wasn't nearly as athletic in 2011 either, but he still made it happen.
Dirk is as healthy as he's been in probably five years. His body is right, he has good conditioning, and he has no ailments, but his team is letting him down. I may seem doom and gloom now, but I'm just looking at this as if I were him. I'm playing good basketball, but my teammates can't even get me the ball. That's rough. He was playing great in the first half, and early in the third, but it ended quickly thereafter.
If Darren and OJ stick around, they got some learning to do. There's no way in hell I ever want guys like Mike James taking more shots than Dirk Nowitzki. Never. I don't care if he's 8/8, 30/30. Dirk is trying to defy time like Duncan and Kobe are doing, but he's not getting looks. Jason Kidd and Jason Terry could get him those looks.
I'll continue to say that I won't give up hope until we're mathematically out, but it's certainly been frustrating. I want to push for the Playoffs just to show that the team has some guts, has some heart. The difference between a low-teen and high-teen isn't that significant. I was just hoping we could get hot and maybe pull off an upset, but these guys are just playing like they haven't played together before, basically 60 games in.
I don't care how old they are, or how poorly they play on defense, we are no better in the front-court with OJ Mayo, Daren, Collison, and Mike fricking James. All three are adequate-to-good depending on the night, but in the big games? Terrible.
These guys cannot get the ball to Dirk Nowitzki to save their lives. They can do well against sub-par teams, but athletic teams like Miami and OKC? Destroyed. For as good as we played for the first about 40 minutes, we just can't sustain it over a full game. Not with these idiots running the show. I can't for the life of me imagine why Dirk Nowitzki can't get the ball when he's 8/10 from the field, and doesn't get another shot off in the final 14 minutes. Yes, he got fouled on two attempts in the fourth, but he still should have been able to get some quality looks off. Not having Shawn Marion out there hurt, especially in the fourth, but there's no excuse, we should've been able to pull out that game with Dirk that hot.
He didn't. Mike James isolated and got no where, OJ Mayo put up contested jumpers, and including Darren Collison, they all made some turnovers that cost us late. And Dirk didn't get a good look the entire last 14 minutes. Sometimes it was good defense, moreso it was because our guys were inadequate and tried to play hero ball. If there's one person I want playing isolation basketball on this team, it's Dirk Nowitzki. Not Vince Carter, not OJ Mayo, not Mike ******g James, I want Dirk. But no. Yet again, another close game, and they can't get to Dirk when it matters.
He got the ball with 6 seconds left on the shot clock, 27 feet away from the basket. That don't work. Rick has to draw up better plays. Dirk isn't as athletic as the rest of these guys, but he wasn't nearly as athletic in 2011 either, but he still made it happen.
Dirk is as healthy as he's been in probably five years. His body is right, he has good conditioning, and he has no ailments, but his team is letting him down. I may seem doom and gloom now, but I'm just looking at this as if I were him. I'm playing good basketball, but my teammates can't even get me the ball. That's rough. He was playing great in the first half, and early in the third, but it ended quickly thereafter.
If Darren and OJ stick around, they got some learning to do. There's no way in hell I ever want guys like Mike James taking more shots than Dirk Nowitzki. Never. I don't care if he's 8/8, 30/30. Dirk is trying to defy time like Duncan and Kobe are doing, but he's not getting looks. Jason Kidd and Jason Terry could get him those looks.
I'll continue to say that I won't give up hope until we're mathematically out, but it's certainly been frustrating. I want to push for the Playoffs just to show that the team has some guts, has some heart. The difference between a low-teen and high-teen isn't that significant. I was just hoping we could get hot and maybe pull off an upset, but these guys are just playing like they haven't played together before, basically 60 games in.
