When Luke ****ing Kennard makes back to back 3's on you then you know you've been gotten.

Shame on all you Kennard non believers. Best 40 million ever spent

They’re choosing that by keeping two bigs on the court to get the switches they like for Luka.

81-76 followed by a 21-2 run and another blowout nba game yay

Yeah only 13.33~ Million for each 3 pointer. But with Ballmer being worth 74.1 billion that was a pure value play.

KENNARD IS BEGINNING TO BELIEVE.

HE IS THE CLIPPERS' NEO.

In all fairness if the Mavs come back to win this game then it will be sweeter than the best basketball nectar in the world.

I’m seriously ready to move on from Carlisle. Playing Burke over Brunson in game 7 is a fireable offense. There is no possible explanation that anyone could give me that would make that decision make sense.

Nice after time out play Lue. What a bail out

Whew. GG Mavs. Luka is such a beast. Literally any other “2nd star” besides Porzingis and this team is a title contender the next 5 years.

How about Orange Julius?

Luka is unbelievable, one of the best playoff series performances I've ever seen.

Porzingis however is basically White Andre Drummond. Dude sucks.

Luka needs to take the Qualifying Option in 22-23 and become an UFA!

2022-23 Contract details by year 23 QO: $13,348,801

1. He's already an international superstar so he'll already be making serious BANK off the court by then.
2. Even if he has a terrible injury he's still getting a MAX in 2023.
3. PICK YOUR OWN DAMN TEAM, COACH, AND TEAMMATES! He has to be pissed at Porzingis.
4. ?????
5. Print RANGZZZZZ

I got it. This is how LUKA solves the NBA.

He takes the Qualifying Option in 22-23 and then does a 1+1 player option deal to coincide with Zion Williamson taking the Qualifying Option in 23' and then they both become a free agent in 2024.

Then they both go to the same team! Luka's ability to create + Zion's gravity would BREAK the league!

There is 0 chance Cuban let’s Luka walk. He better ****ing do something during free agency this year. Hopefully we trade for Beal

people wanted this series to be a referendum on Carlisle? mavs are well ahead of schedule lol

Or you just lean in to it. Throw the bag at Jaren Jackson Jr, see if you can get Mikal Bridges and/or Duncan Robinson and then maybe take on Markkanen on the cheap as a reclaimation project. Just a zillion guys that can make threes and then let Luka do work

3 pointers obv the difference this game. Morris 7 of 9 showed he is ready for the Jazz. He seems to be a matchup problem, I don't see Bogdanovic slowing him down outside, guessing O'Neale matches up better with PG.

I got Clipps slight series faves, -110, but I expect Jazz to be the betting fave. I imagine smart money will come in on Jazz G1 as they get extra rest pushing line to -4 or so. Guessing G2 settles around -2. Jazz bench probably needs to step up a bit. Ingles has been a no show so far, but if Clarkson keeps coming up big that's going to put pressure on Clipps big 2 down the stretch.

Step into our office GTO! What we have here is a shiny ORANGE Most IMPROVED player named JULIUS!

Dallas prob still won that trade. Mid-late first round pick value has crashed through the floor the past couple years. THJ is fine as a 6th man, but doesn’t add anything else. Josh Richardson turning into a pumpkin hurt then a lot. He was supposed to be a better Finney-Smith and was a total zero.

seems weird Cuban would even elaborate that much? almost as if he isn't really happy with Carlisle internally?

Cubes loves his attention!

Nothing to see here.

Luka is basically a better version of Harden (in the playoffs imo) because he is bigger and can make more high leverage shots, I think he's a little better passer as well.

The rockets built championship level teams in '18 and '19 around Harden that were not exactly loaded.

The Cavs were hardly super teams unless you are a huge Kevin Love stan.

If a Warriors/Durant merger happens again then everyone is screwed but I don't see building perennial contenders around Luka as a challenging endeavor.

In general I think the league is coming into a time of more parity, the days of the best players racking up 3-4-5 rings are probably over so I guess the media narratives could run wild some as Luka continues to fail.

Also, did you watch the series? The Mavs superior passing/ball movement leading to good looks for average players is what kept them in the series. The Clippers were the team that had to work harder for their pts, they just were a lot more talented overall.

I think you are somewhat right about atrophy of player development around a high usage guy, I do agree w/ that but good Morey level team building around said guy should mitigate that.

Damn I mains myself kind of agreeing with Trainwreckog what is the world coming to?

My issue with that sort of ball-dominance is I just don’t think you can sustain it for four series in a row unless you are in Lebron-level shape, and even the you are susceptible to matchup issues imo.