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johnb84r

Nets trading kyrie to the mavs for dinwiddie, DFS & a 1st was a absolute fleece


Chemmydemmy

Nico cooked


Frxnchy

Saved this Luka tenure in Dallas, seriously. Thank you New York.


lost_in_trepidation

Thank you New York, fuck you other New York.


StefonDiggsHS

One New York almost destroyed the Luka era the other New York saved it lol


porncollecter69

NY gives and takes, it’s a cruel mistress.


BigFatModeraterFupa

honestly the other New York gave us Frank Ntilkina. How could we forget about the guy that played 25 mins in over half of his available games last yeat


Wooboosted

People forget about Frank


Guwop25

espn analysts graded that trade a D for the MAVS lol


need2peeat218am

At the time it was understandable because Kyrie was unstable. He had too many off the court issues that affected his playing time during his Nets era. Looks like it calmed down a little during his tenure with the Mavs. The most surprising part to me was how well Luka and Kyrie are meshing lol


Julian_Caesar

Yeh I don't understand everyone trying to go back with receipts for the trade...it was a huge fuckin gamble, plain and simple. Let's call it what it was. Big Balls Nico realized there was no way for us to turn our shitty assets into a good team unless we took big risks.


luck_panda

The deadline this season was the real save.


_felagund

Indeed, Lukas Batman robin interview was a treat


Forward_Criticism721

D- even


sycamotree

The entire sub thought the opposite lol. Plus they didn't really have a choice


quidproquolaspe

We got a fucking squad


Advanced_Special

mfs gelling on defense too, such a joy compared to the last decade +


lalakingmalibog

Kyrie Irving yelled, “There you go!” Daniel Gafford gave a look of pleasant surprise. Tim Hardaway Jr. belted, “We got a fucking squad now.” And before Luka Doncic hit the locker room door, ex-NBA star Dirk Nowitzki hugged him & said, “Y’all look so different.”


Advanced_Special

5 stars


Wooboosted

Y’all of fame Edit: typo but I’m keeping it lol


Khione_Asteri

really impressive win from dallas. The Kings came out playing with a vengeance. mavs weathered the storm and kept themselves in the fight until the fourth. their second half defense and execution down the stretch are both just consistent at this point and it makes them really really scary. that’s contender stuff


jfrodriguez1983

Just keep it close until the 4th and I believe we will win.


StefonDiggsHS

We are so unbelievably good in the clutch man it’s crazy


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Its a huge improvement over the heart attack mavs of early last season.


xahsz

You say this last season and you get laughed out the building. What a crazy turnaround.


ContactTemporary6

We were blowing fourths at the beginning of the season


w6750

Yeah I’m blown away. That first half had 20 point loss written alllll over it


Unpickled_cucumber1

Kings were really really good . Hope they make it into the playoffs and Monk is okay too.


lesarbreschantent

We weren't when it mattered. 4th quarter Fox has just disappeared. Where did his game go man.


TexasTundraPower

Kyrie takeover in the 4th. Never gonna get over ESPN calling that trade a D grade for us.


peanutbutterbeef

So were the Gafford and Washington trades. We need to do more D grade trades lmao.


i_take_shits

Give us more D


bruhstevenson

How were Gafford and Washington graded as D’s? Kyrie I can kinda understand because off-court issues, but Gafford and Washington are productive role players. Why did people think they would be poor additions to the Mavs?


peanutbutterbeef

Because apparently we gave up too much for players who "don't move the needle" lmao.


CloneWarsMaul

You shouldn’t be taking anything espn puts out seriously anymore


Lain41K

I love them Australian sumbitches 🤠


Pr0T4T0

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE


JxSnaKe

OI OI OI


_aleister_crowley666

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE


brehaw

I can’t believe that happened


Khione_Asteri

i was expecting something exactly like it and i still can’t believe it


SetBudget1065

Kyrie is one cold mf man


jfrodriguez1983

That was a playoff type game. Just a grind it out the win. Mavs are playing some special basketball right now. They never are out of it no matter how awful they look the majority of the game.


Advanced_Special

Amazing the difference made by having a decent defense. From rim protection play from the combo of gafford and lively, to the length and athleticism on the perimeter added with djj, exum, and pj. Massive makeover by Nico


desirox

Luka MVP talk getting louder and louder. Mavs are looking sharp for playoffs


Cambocant

His odds of winning are inversely proportional to his performances


Mysterii00

Luka was sleepwalking this game and has also been playing hurt too for a while now. He needs to rest.


Clydey2Times

Sleepwalking? Brother, you didn't watch the game. He put everything in at both ends.


DangerZoneh

Yeah, he gave everything he had on his one remainig foot


Mysterii00

He spent the majority of the first half getting to the line and rarely taking shots. “Sleepwalking” by Luka standards is clearly better than most people’s games. I don’t mean it as a bad thing because his shooting was still lethal and he was making all the right reads all game.


Cambocant

Sleepwalking implies he wasn’t trying. He definitely was. Give some credit to your star that can barely walk giving it all in a key win.


jthec21

He was getting doubled a lot the first half. He’s going to pass and make the right play when that happens.


taptaptapheadshot

He was doubled 80% of the game bro


johnb84r

Kyrie Irving is the best 4th quarter player in the NBA


D-1-_-1-D

kyrie irving loves cowbell


lalakingmalibog

Looks like Kyrie has a fever


NbaAllDAYger

My gawdddd Kyrie also thank god for Exum he hit that clutch 3. I hope Kyrie and Luka fine tho... both battling through injuries now...


Damptoe

I was on the Luka will be fine train as always, but now I'm genuinely worried both of them will be injured soon. Hope Monk is ok too.


penguinKangaroo

The kings left him wide open so many times down the stretch. He bricked two of them then had a 3rd that he could have shot but drove and missed a layup instead. That last one after the timeout he was wide open again and nailed. Sweet vindication


TraanPol

I’m drinking the Kyrie kool aid again ngl


lalakingmalibog

Ohhhhh yeaaaahhhhh


IllustriousEnd2211

We embrace his conspiracy theories and he’s vibing


lost_in_trepidation

I choose to ignore anything Kyrie said before last year's trade. He's been cool ever since.


IllustriousEnd2211

Same. He’s our problem now but we just vibing and riding it out. He old and we will see if he fucks with his future money


YaIe

Just think about Basketball Kyrie and non-Basketball Kyrie as 2 different persons. BBall Kyrie is very easy to enjoy while non BBall Kyrie can be tuned out.


JL1v10

Plus non-bball Kyrie been kinda chill and cool in Dallas so far


FlippyWraith

He consistently donates money to the local community. He’ll randomly donate a lot of money to a gofundme for local families.


BigFatModeraterFupa

Kyrie Irving is Kobe’s final apprentice. He has that MJ/Kobe spirit dwelling inside of him. He’s Him


Epicallytossed

We have the two best fourth quarter players in the nba on one team — you don’t wanna see us in the playoffs. Best clutch record in the league, 23-7 or 22-8 or something like that now


DaBestNameEver0

21-8 I think


Dankennsteinn

We deserve to ride this high right now brother. No matter when the come down might be. Let’s fucking go.


jordanmc3

He’s like the Mariano Rivera of the NBA.


IllustriousEnd2211

The cutter for Mariano really is like that layup on wemby


Desafiante

The Mavs are for real!


fetuswut

Luka really about to snatch MVP it’s crazy


v4venome

He played amazing defence today too


Dat_Boi_John

On one leg too.


CheetahSperm18

Crazy seeing him hustle while hobbling around with that knee. He definitely wanted to stay on the floor to see this out


lanz31

Yes, in the 4th. Dude was ass on the first 3 quarters. Kept going under the screen specially in the first half. But a win is a win.


mavericksnipe

That was mainly in the first quarter but good point. He was great defensively down the stretch though


lost_in_trepidation

Our whole team consistently goes under screens. It makes no sense.


BurgerBurnerCooker

Which I found to be quite ironic. Finally we have a complete and healthy squad and everyone *outside Luka* got their acts together (including coach), then somehow this boosts Luka's chance for a reward? But when he was solo hard carrying to keep the team afloat it's outside top 5. This reward needs an overhaul on how it is evaluated and what criteria must be based upon.


HerskyB

Feel like embiid won that mvp solely off that last 3-5 week stretch he had


fetuswut

They were always playing at the same level Jokic not playing well and sliding while Embiid picked it up won it for him. Kinda the same thing is happening right now, but it’s even more arguable that Luka has been better than Jokic for most of the season


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He has, before Embiid went down I remember seeing several comments saying Jokic should’ve been 4th but as soon as Embiid got hurt this sub started saying he was locked in for a 3rd. I’ve never seen a player get mvp when he was a lot better the season prior


ItsLillardTime

He honestly could. The nugs just lost, and Jokić hasn’t been *quite* the same tear lately as he was a couple weeks ago. If Joker has some bad performances and the Nuggets drop a seed or two I could see it happening. Edit: I just realized the Nuggets actually already *did* drop 2 seeds. Holy shit


DasFofinater

I think the fact that the nuggets offense looks pretty awful without Murray so far is somewhat of a stain (not enough games yet, but if it continues for sure). With kyrie out the mavs offense was still pretty good iirc, they just had no interior D or rebounding before the trades (especially the stretch when Lively was also hurt)


iIiiIIiiiIiIIiI111

Luka has just flat out been better in almost every way.


HardcoreKaraoke

The narrative for half the season was "oh well they need to get out of the play in for him to have a shot." Well the Mavs have a real shot at the four seed and the Nuggets are sitting in third. So that narrative can't be used anymore. He deserves it if they get the fourth seed.


YaIe

4th quarter Kyrie was the surgeon of death this game. Dissected the kings piece by piece


Fonzie5

WE COMING.


Ugandan_Red_Sonic

~~Ugly~~ win, but the fact that we can win these types of games makes me delusional. Edit: Gritty win, I guess.


Khione_Asteri

don’t think this was ugly at all. they weathered a good team playing well and then executed better in the clutch. what’s ugly is watching Luka struggle with his achilles


Ugandan_Red_Sonic

He has the reputation of being a bitch on this sub, but he'll play unless he absolutely can't. He's a true competitor.


ABoyNamedMoo

He bitches at the refs a lot but would never call him one. He's a fierce competitor.


NoWayNotThisAgain

Luka is tough as nails


IncomparableGiacomo

Spot on. Loved the toughness from the entire team against a great opponent. I’m not feeling real confident about that injury—it looked worse after 2 days rest.


v4venome

This was an extremely physical game and he took a couple of big hits. Also, if I'm not mistaken, his Achilles injury is on his left leg, but today he had major issues with his right knee/calf area


ueloli

if Kyrie keeps cooking like this the sky is the limit for the Mavs i just worry about THJ


dantheflyingman

ESPN would have you believe the reason the Mavs aren't higher is because Luka isn't passing the ball to THJ


lost_in_trepidation

I was losing my mind with THJ's minutes tonight. We have a better alternative with Hardy right now. He's not amazing or anything, but his shot isn't completely broken and he can pass a little bit.


adimo1409

How is this an ugly win lmao Beating a good team when they came to play after being embarrassed two days ago, that's a great win no matter how u look at it


D-1-_-1-D

both of these things can be true lol we shot like shit until the fourth, and couldn’t hit a free throw. at one point we got 5 or so stops in a row on the kings and couldn’t do anything with it. it is a great win; was also quite ugly.


MoneyintheHank

Agreed, lots of turnovers as well, and gave up offensive rebounds in the first half.


truectrl

survived THJ terrorist ball thankfully


xPeaWhyTee

It's crazy how we can pinpoint THJ moments where he almost single handedly loses us games. He was absolutely atrocious on defense today.


FeminismIsTheBestIsm

Kyrie Irving, that is all


gemmyboy335

4th quarter Kyrie is almost unstoppable force.


Razor-Ramon-Sessions

You're killing me Sacramento


SieFlush2

How about you lose to the Celtics :)


Afraid-Department-35

Kyrie absolutely deserves the clutch award this year. Dude absolutely goes terminator mode in the final minutes.


jkeefy

Can’t win it unfortunately not enough games


doctor_of_drugs

The GDT wasn’t as toxic as I thought it would be. we all ran from the grind smh. Mavs, Kings fans, how about we watch the Goofy Movie and split some Golden Corral (after both* of us fuck up the refs)


lost_in_trepidation

Was the Golden Corral thing completely made up? It's hilarious that the Kings announcers brought it up twice.


CheetahSperm18

What was the Golden Corral thing?


amazin_raisin99

They said Luka was spotted at Golden Corral in Sacramento at some point over the last couple days. It didn't seem like they were joking when they said it.


CheetahSperm18

There's no way someone didn't get a solid picture of Luka Motherfuckin Doncic at a Golden Corral. Was Bigfoot sitting at his table too?


doctor_of_drugs

Some kings fans are ex-warriors fans that turned 12 last season, so yeah, it’s possible they couldn’t use a camera to save their life.


lost_in_trepidation

The Kings announcers said that a fan spotted Luka eating at a Golden Corral The only "source" I could find was Kings fans posting a picture of a Golden Corral on Twitter. It wasn't even a popular post.


nalacamg

They mentioned that there was a Luka spotting in Sacramento outside of a Golden Corral and that he'd definitely get his money's worth. I believe the comment came shortly after Monk was announced to not return this game and they mentioned Luka's listed weight.


quidproquolaspe

Lmao let’s do it brother we’re all down for that


Prize-Paint5264

Man kings came to play this game. I just dont know how tf mavs won this. But I am happy they won!


spikeyoazz

I'm down I've never had golden corral


lalakingmalibog

Cant wait to see Kelvin Benjamin there


lost_in_trepidation

It's awful.


jordanmc3

Show up however hungry you need to be to overcome whatever germaphobia/dignity you have.


RhinoBugs

Down


Afraid-Department-35

Well apparently Luka is a fan of it 😂


texas2089

Two absolutely MASSIVE wins against the Kings this week. Tied up the season series and gave Dallas a two game cushion. Exum missed a few down the stretch but they kept coming back to him and he finally delivered what would be the dagger 3. I love the way this team is playing right now. #MFFL


brinxtruck

Cpoy had to be kyrie


CheetahSperm18

Unfortunately he doesn't qualify since he missed like 22 games. That's what I heard at least from Bontemps on podcast


Similar-Doubt-6260

Fucking DP man


CheetahSperm18

Imagine our record if Kai didn't get injured even half as much this season. We'd be in the mix for the Top 3 seeds


bigpqnda

tbf, mavs might not have traded for pj and gafford if they were winning. so blessing in disguise i guess?


DasFofinater

Never considered that. Very well could be true


jfrodriguez1983

Not enough games to qualify unfortunately


trombonewally

Not a single highlight of Kyrie in the fourth is criminal. Dude was playing out of his mind 


CheetahSperm18

>Here's your Dallas Mavs Post Game Summary. Now in our 7th Season 7️⃣ Did the Mavs win? ✅ Make that 6 in a Row 6️⃣ Mavs/Rockets are now 13-0 since PHub was banned in Texas 🚫🖥️1️⃣3️⃣ Luka hobbled his way through the 2nd half but managed to do enough to get this win. Finished with 26/9/12 🇸🇮🏥🦵 Ramadan Kyrie came up big yet again in the 4th with 30/2/2 🪬🌍☪️🕋 Dante's Inferno 3XUM with the Dagger 3 to take the lead late in 4th 👌💦🗡️ Lot of guys with 5-7 points to round out the offensive production tonight. Overall it was definitely a rougher scoring night and again with intense playoff atmosphere for both teams to get a much needed taste of with the playoffs coming up. 🐎🐎🐎 Good luck Kings bros. Phoenix lost so we both gained something tonight. Hopefully the Clippers drop below both of us (Thanks for nothing Magic...). I wanna see y'all in the playoffs instead of the Clippers and Suns 👑


jeremy9931

Between the Magic and the Bucks the last two games, I really fucking hate the eastern conference lol


CheetahSperm18

Seriously it's frustrating watching them get away back to back games


Dankennsteinn

Bro the fact that you’re still doing these makes me so happy. I’ll be patiently awaiting your breakdown when/if we win the whole thing one of these days.


truectrl

THIS IS HORRIBLE FOR MY HEART


AuroraPo

Worst edging session I’ve had in a while. At least we got past the finish line in the end.


Glitchhikers_Guide

Winning both those games after having pretty mid first halves is actually unreal. This team is different


mangabalanga

I enjoyed the end.


quidproquolaspe

Again papa, again.


bobbi_01

Big win for the mavs. Holy shit.


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planoser

Mavs were ice cold through most of game - turned it up when mattered most


CipherCommando

Thought it was one of those games where the first quarter deficit was too much for us to come back. But hey it’s nice we won


ZookTails

KYRIEEEEE


D-1-_-1-D

feels good man, glad to not hear any more cowbells as well


Ifinishfast42

Kyrie layed dong on em in the 4th


wan2tri

Biggest lead: SAC - 15 DAL - 4 (the final margin - the previous biggest lead was 3 points at around 3:33 of the 4th and after that Exum clutch 3)


HispanicAtTehDisco

despite some of the played best efforts we won


SirThixcksAlot

Kyrie took over in the 4th


maverickhistorian

WELCOME TO PJAIL


Brock-Lesnar

If the Mavs get to 50 wins I think Luka will have done just enough to win MVP over Jokic. The guy is just on a different level - he scored 26 points on 14 FGA/64.5 TS%, 1 board shy of a triple double and it's just another day at the office for him.


Ewlogg

Kyrie locks RPOM (Ramadan Player of the Month)


NjallTheViking

Dante Exum


CityNo1723

We had no fucking business winning that game


IncomparableGiacomo

No kidding. We look to be peaking at the right time—just need Luka to be healthy.


VanWesley

That Exum island wait list is getting longer


taititans

Lmfao Harrison Barnes is a terrorist


CrazyDaylight8

I honestly doubted the Kyrie Luka pairing but I was very wrong


whitefang0824

Luka at 30% still ends up with almost triple double damn


lancelotofthelake

Took their best punch, in their arena, and won the clutch game.. Has to be demoralizing for the Kings.


SomeSand1418

Luckily it’s not possible to hurt Kings fans


[deleted]

Tbh it was my first in game experience in 9 years and I’m quite hurt


supermop3000

Cool thanks


NoviDon07

your team has the heart of a champion. Hit us with a flurry of haymakers in the first half, and when we came back, ya'll kept fighting until the end and threw counter punch after counter punch. I've been watching the Kings this month and they have been doing this every game. Very impressed with them.


Khione_Asteri

y’all are injured and missing shooters, it’s showed. huerter spacing the floor would’ve been huge for these last couple games


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Dexteraprrentice

Thj is straight non defense, worse than a cone, putting pj at the same lvl is just criminal, pj actually plays défense, THJ just be there doing cardio and shooting contested 3...


xRadec

Holy shit. We are a squad now. GG Kings.


Stumpsville0

Tim Legler going to bed with a smile


cristiano_goat

This is why Luka is the mvp


maverickhistorian

Wow I did it again. Turned the game off when we were down and turned the game on at the 6 minute mark and we won. My secret weapon for the mavs


itcouldntwait

EXUMMMMM


spookymcspookerson

This game was an absolute dogfight. In the top 5 most physical games I've seen this season. Super gritty win by the Mavs.


seamus11

I love the fact that by his standards, Luka has been worse in the last month (mainly a shooting slump) but his MVP stocks are higher than ever just because Kyrie came back from injury, the team made good trades and basketball terrorist Jason Kidd decided to play Gafford + Lively rather than Powell at center


jkeefy

MVP is a team award after all


Nuevo_Pantalones

Thank you, Harrison Barnes. You will always be a r/mavericks


Tmac834

Tough fucking win


Interesting_Help_194

Luke should be the MVP just for grinding out these 2 kings game even when so visibly hobbled. Most every other star would sit out at least one of thse in his position.


RahjinPDZ

Kyrie Irving is Kings father


Cuckledoodle

exum my king ​ also kyrie fucking irving


cjklert05

Kyrie bad mf bro


_The_Honored_One_

Luka mvp


NobelRafael1

MVP Luka has a nice ring to it.


Dat_Boi_John

Luka hobbling, grimacing every play, bleeding on the knee and getting triple teamed every play, Kyrie with a knee pad, Sabonis handing out elbows and illegal screens with the refs swallong the whistle and we still won. Sidenote: I hope whoever was ringing that bell shoves it up their ass, it's the most annoying thing I've seen or heard in a basketball broadcast. Also those announcers suck, so annoying. Every 2 minutes they are talking about what the Kings need to do, you'd think it's a Kings podcast.


ZealousCatracho

I didn’t watch NBATV but, but if you did, the broadcast is usually the home team broadcast so you probably did listen to the Kings broadcast.


smoke_inyoureyes

Luka is the MVP and nobody other than jokic would deserve it


2ndCatch

Kyrie fucking boomed them.


Acework23

I wish the boys great health! It's honestly all they need now to make a run at a ring!


iIiiIIiiiIiIIiI111

an injured Luka is still a top 5 player itl. Scary hours


Yesboi227

How did mavs get kyrie for 1 1st round pick


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Nico is a chef


Unpickled_cucumber1

I am happy Mavs won but hope the Kings make the playoffs they are solid