Last thought: everyone overanalyzes the team they watch the most. We lost because of X. But X isn’t one thing, it’s a bunch of things. When we look at league trends, many teams are working with similar approaches and struggling with similar problems. And the league changes so fast that a winning formula last year can implode the next year. Add in a healthy dose of injury luck and it’s just hard to win.🏆 🤷🏼♂️
True, like they call it a copy cat league. And it goes in cycles. Everyone was trying to be small, agile, switch all to deal with the Warriors for a while.
This should prove to be an interesting summer for both the Mavs and Lakers (and several other teams--Cleveland, Boston, and Philly are prime examples of other teams facing major decisions).
We saw this last night, in the Knicks closeout game against the Celtics. The Celtics got killed on the glass, 15-9 OREB and 40-27 DREB. No Celtics starters with more than 6 rebounds. Only one Knick had fewer than 6. And the Celtics just looked exhausted and out of ideas, much like the Lakers in RD1. Will be super interesting to see the Pacers v Knicks series. Totally different play styles. Ps. I was mystified Thibs left most of his starters in for much of the 4th quarter up 35+. Another thought - the Mavs had the right formula this year at the start. Injuries derailed the season, but the blueprint was much like we see with the Knicks and TWolves - offensive genius surrounded by size and rebounding with more offense in Naji and Grimes. Nico pulled the plug too soon.
Last thought: everyone overanalyzes the team they watch the most. We lost because of X. But X isn’t one thing, it’s a bunch of things. When we look at league trends, many teams are working with similar approaches and struggling with similar problems. And the league changes so fast that a winning formula last year can implode the next year. Add in a healthy dose of injury luck and it’s just hard to win.🏆 🤷🏼♂️
True, like they call it a copy cat league. And it goes in cycles. Everyone was trying to be small, agile, switch all to deal with the Warriors for a while.
This should prove to be an interesting summer for both the Mavs and Lakers (and several other teams--Cleveland, Boston, and Philly are prime examples of other teams facing major decisions).
Do you plan to write a few articles this summer?
We saw this last night, in the Knicks closeout game against the Celtics. The Celtics got killed on the glass, 15-9 OREB and 40-27 DREB. No Celtics starters with more than 6 rebounds. Only one Knick had fewer than 6. And the Celtics just looked exhausted and out of ideas, much like the Lakers in RD1. Will be super interesting to see the Pacers v Knicks series. Totally different play styles. Ps. I was mystified Thibs left most of his starters in for much of the 4th quarter up 35+. Another thought - the Mavs had the right formula this year at the start. Injuries derailed the season, but the blueprint was much like we see with the Knicks and TWolves - offensive genius surrounded by size and rebounding with more offense in Naji and Grimes. Nico pulled the plug too soon.