I'd enjoy that series, we'll see a lot of games to still play. But it's been an enjoyable playoffs with fresh young teams changing the guard.
In all fairness, Luka was hobbled and OKC's plays very sound, disciplined defense. I though Kyrie gave it a try in the 2nd half but OKC made the decision neither he nor Luka would beat them. The other Mavs players were not up to the task. I don't believe this will end in a sweep unless Luka is dead meat all 4 games. Mavs will bounce back from this.
Luka has to figure it out because taking heat checks after heat checks does not work out in the Playoffs against such an opponent. If they can control the PnR with the bigs....it is probably over.
The Cavs and the Mavs have no chance against OKC and Boston's benches...... Minny is the only one that can do damage.
It’s frustrating seeing what a big leap they’ve taken just from last year. We continue to make excuses for the Rockets because of their age, but they’re young too. Jalen is going into his 4th year and Jabari into his 3rd year. We need to start seeing major leaps from those guys. No more excuses.
Luka be so beat up by time playoffs come around - they going to have to figure out how to manage his minutes to keep him fresh for playoffs
The Rockets have picked average at the Top 4 mainly bc Amen is a hit.....maybe above average but others were just better. Knocked it out of the ball park with later non lotto picks - Sengün, Tari and Whitmore. No bitterness......
Morey was extremely overrated. He started off strong but made a ton of bad picks and wrong decisions like passing on Nic Batum for Donte Greene, Passing on Kawhi for Morris, Royce White, Chase Bud, Joe Chee, Azubuike etc
SGA, JDub and Chet are gonna be 3 MVP caliber players. Can't believe Presto rebuilt his dynasty IMO he is the easily the goat GM even if he hasn't won a ring yet.
Still skeptical about health & longevity with Chet, and he seems more like a Robin to me But SGA and J-Dub are studs on the highest order
Luka and Harden will never win a ring with their style of play, need a Lebron type to help them and be the 3rd option it seems. Idk, it just doesn’t look good for the Mav’s future which I’m happy about.
