The Dallas Mavericks Look TERRIBLE
The Dallas Mavericks have had a very underwhelming start to the NBA season after going to the NBA Finals in 2024 and losing to the Boston Celtics. Luka Doncic has not played like himself at all and is still floundering on defense, Klay Thompson has been inconsistent, role players like Naji Marshall, Daniel Gafford, and Dereck Lively have been disappointing, they keep falling apart in the clutch, and, outside of Kyrie Irving, nobody is performing up to expectations. This all came to a head last night in their loss to the terrible Utah Jazz after multiple blunders down the stretch. They’re not doomed yet, but it may be time to worry a bit about the Mavericks. Let’s talk about it.
0:00 – Intro
0:13 – They had expectations
0:55 – They lost to the Utah Jazz
2:47 – It’s been a downward spiral
4:20 – Luka Doncic has been underwhelming
6:13- Klay Thompson is inconsistent
7:04 – Naji Marshall’s shooting is a problem
7:58 – So is PJ Washington’s
8:56 – Kyrie Irving is hooping
9:24 – Is it time to be concerned?
11:36 – Outro
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31 comments
i think the mavericks style of ball isnt built to get a top 2 seed in the regular season. everything runs through luka, winning 55-60 games means he carried you successfully that many times. i dont think he has the stamina to do that. if they lessen his load and start playing more team ball they might find they’re still winning a lot, just without gassing luka out
They need Tucker, Bev, Harell or any enforcer or any locker voice. This team is damn passive.
Say what you will about Klay but when you need a 3, late in a game, he'll get you one. Clutch since day one.
Last season just proved How Luka played cant win a ring. Applause to Luka to lose weight for better defense but it seems not improving as much as expected. His Offense also hurt a bit due to weight loss. I do not know what system Kidd wants to build but I still believe Mavs will be top 4 in west this season.
Lukas mentality closer to an overwatch player than Michael Jordan he really using that god awful final series as motivation huh
I'll say this, I'm glad the Mavs lost in the fashion they did. Can't justify this loss like they could against the better Western conf. teams. Luka is rightfully getting clowned and hopefully the slap in the face will lead to something positive with him. There are so many bright spots in these games, but so many negatives keep pulling them down. Things just need to come together and they'll be more than fine. Mavs had some brutal stretches last season, even post trade deadline where it looked hopeless, reached a point where Kidd solidified rotations and everything clicked.
As a Warriors fan this feels almost blasphemous to say this, but last year Klay was legit bringing the team down. Now the Warriors are rolling! And where is Klay now? 🤔
The Terrible Threes
I'm a lifelong Mavs fan, but it's so frusterating to watch Luka sometimes. At least in the regular season. It gets to the point where I don't know if I can really call myself a fan of him? Glad he's on my team, but it's frusterating to dedicate so much of the little free time I have in the evenings to watching him complain, space out on defense, and take terrible shots.
Luka is not a top 5 player
It’s almost like someone is overrated.
It back
J Kidd screamed at Luka when he left his guy. With Kidd Mavs will never win
I guess the teams that made the biggest moves in the offseason — Mavs, Knicks and Wolves — are the ones getting the most heat over their slow start when it's kind of expected things wouldn't just click from the get-go. Of the 3, the Mavericks had the closest losses, so maybe they have relatively fewer gelling and adjustments to make. Having said that, with big expectations comes major frustration. It's easy to see where both the players and the fans are coming from. As for Jason Kidd, he's just a bad coach and has always been; but he was there when the stars led that deep playoff run basically by themselves so he got a multiple year extension in May. Oh well.
Luka wants to be on a team where he doesnt have to play defense.
Interesting how GSW got way better letting Klay go, while the Mavs got way worse. He just doesn't add value at this point in his career.
As a Celtics fan, I can get behind this. Tired of hearing how great that cone on defense is.
Luka is showing that despite his great talents he still isn’t ready to win a championship
This is as bad a start to the season as the Mavs could've had. I believe that they will get it together and become the top tier contender that they are capable of, but so far this season there is no defending this shit show.
Luka’s just fat bro and it sucks to see cause it’s bringing him down so much. I’m someone who loves watching him play when he’s on he’s clutch he’s competitive he’ll talk trash and back it up 9 times out of 10 but his defense is just god awful and it’s mainly because the guy is seemingly just not in the right shape
This video is more than just a reach lmao. Not every game is gonna go their way the Jazz game is just one of the few that didn’t.
The mavs don’t look terrible, they’ve held their ground despite a slow start from both Luka and Kyrie.
Give it a month and the mavs will be back in i
Gettting LESS athletic is never a good idea look at the Bucks
Idk about terrible. Their losing literal one possession games.
I think people really forget that mavs last year overachieved big to go to finals. It's not like they were the 2 best team they needed to beat better teams to get there.
As for this year their appearances are not perplexing because that's how they play during regular season for most of lukas stay there and that's because their roster is simply not that good. And klay is ok but nothing to write home about pair that with Lukas bad start and stagnated game ( namely the overabuse of step back 3s) and you got what we see.
I made a light joke that Luka will come into the season and not play any defense in fear of having the refs hound him like before.
The more I see his defense on a display this season the more I'm starting to believe my own joke.
Without PJ And Jones their Defense is really bad
4:14 lackadaisical does not have an X anywhere in it – pls remember ❤
They’ve lost 4 games in a row by one score. Just talking to talk
Luka plays no defense
They just gotta execute down the stretch in the clutch. Give them some time to figure things out.
Both Luka and Kyrie have always been offensive savants. Unfortunately, they are both average at best defensively. In fact, I would even say that they are subpar defensively. Last season, Luka’s defense did seemed to have improved a bit; but this season, he has seriously regressed backwards defensively to the point where he just seems unmotivated to defend at all.
Klay has been extremely streaky with his shooting since his recovery. When he is in a zone, he can be the dangerous shooter in the court; but he is cold, he could not make a shot if his life depended on it. That was why Kerr had to bench him last season with the Warriors. In fact, the last game of last season, he missed every single shots in that game and ended up losing the Play In game for the Warriors. So, it was mutually beneficial for the Warriors and Klay to go their separate ways. Hopefully, things will be better with the Mavs for him as I don’t think what is happening to him is anything physical, but purely mental that he needs to overcome. How long would that takes? No one knows. Until then, Mavs fans will be on a roller coaster ride with him as a starter.