Why don’t players want to play with Luka Doncic & the Mavericks? | NBA Today

Why don’t players want to play with Luka Doncic & the Mavericks? | NBA Today

Talk about Steph Curry he’s been on a heater right over the last three games take a look at this it’s not just the volume it’s the freaking accuracy it’s the volume too averaging nine three-pointers per game over that span he’s still making over 56% of his looks

Yeah yeah that’s hard to guard that’s hard to guard thank you for that Richard with curry continuing to elevate and just this Elite play that he’s having it got us thinking take a look at this could the Warriors I know it’s going to sound crazy but could they make a real

Run yes we’re talking about a title run here these are the teams who are just outside of the top 10 in odds that’s according to ESPN bet so it’s a really interesting mix of teams who believe that they really could make a run including the Warriors we saw how far

The Miami Heat got last year even as the eighth seed so Chan who has the best the long shot chance the best long shot to win or to let’s let’s say make it to the NBA finals why are you looking at me like that Richard I I’m just I’m curious

His direction we’re going to go so technically between the Warriors and the Sixers Maybe sure I me yeah if they were able to get Joel and beid back I’m going with the Sixers win though because that’s my my fear with with the Sixers is okay if you

Get your lmb back like April and he’s kind of still needing to ramp up a little bit did that concern you m do you do you know what he was doing the entire season he was leading the league scoring he was the best offense in the entire

NBA that shot right there from the free throw line oneon-one that cannot be doubled dwell and be hopefully he’s rested hopefully he heals well and soon if he’s back on the floor that’s this team yeah that’s a big yeah that’s the if that that’s the if I’m talking about

Automatically goes to third in the East Third in the East I mean Milwaukee is looking a little bit better but like getting that team whole with the pieces that they’ve added we saw exactly what buddy heeld was able to do like this is the pieces are coming together for his

Health and I like that for him well first off the Warriors whole roster for the moment is healthy except for Chris Paul they don’t yeah well right there other starters he’s healthy they’re all healthy and Chris Paul’s getting healthy so I like the team that that I know is

Healthy right now that’s a big thing so it’s got to be the Warriors for me they’re scoring on the interior they’ve got kuminga really going really well they’ve developed pumy and a lineup they can close with it doesn’t always include Klay Thompson but what they’re doing is

Working very well they’ve been the third best team basically for the last 15 games in the NBA when you look at net rating and look at their schedule their schedule is very favorable now they’re in 10th place right now Malika I I don’t think from ninth or 10th you can make a

Real run you got to win two playing games but they may not stay there they’ve had the hardest schedule so far now it swings easier hopefully they get Chris Paul back soon they’ve played a ton of very close games as you know they’ve you know like 35 of their games

Have been clutch clutch Time games because they haven’t been very good and they’ve been banged up or suspended right well if they’re stay together some of those games that were closer they were losing they might start winning so this is what I said weeks ago people

Were saying break this team up and Steph was saying definition of insanity are you talking to perk I’m saying ride this sucker till the wheels come off and the wheels are fir fir L on right now I look I don’t I if we’re talking about outside we would say the 76ers obviously they

Were a favorite team they have the biggest if out of anybody on that list and if Joel embiid was healthy he they wouldn’t be on that list so in my opinion no one on that list has a real chance there is one caveat like you said with the Warriors they went through the

Most difficult part of their schedule with the most difficult part of their season with the injuries with with the suspensions all of these things the contract looming you know do we play young guy they went through all of those things now they’re healthy now they’re whole and they have the third easiest

Schedule in the NBA so if they play the third best in the NBA let’s just say hypothetically if they play the third best in the NBA that can put them maybe they can get to six maybe they can actually make a run there is I don’t know about six top eight that’s what

They’re looking for top eight I just I’m just saying maybe the Warriors we know that those boys can go on a run Steph is hot clay get going weird things can happen and we’ve seen it with it’s just always a question of who falls out right

Because the Lakers are in nine Mavs are an eight kings are seven suns are six and then you get to the Pelicans and Nuggets the Clippers the Thunder and the Timberwolves none of the top four are moving the Suns you kind of maybe expect to move up a little bit maybe the Kings

It’s just I don’t know who’s the Mavericks are hot right now Mavericks have have gotten some reinforcements and they’re playing great well the one thing I will say is that sometimes it’s not about who’s going to move out you can outplay if you if you if a team goes s

And three and you go 10-0 and they get a 10-0 stretch which they have an easier schedule and in my opinion your schedule actually gets easier cuz teams start sitting guys teams start like playing for the draft unless they trying to win these awards no but no but I’m not they

Trying to win some award there’s three there’s only three awards that are going to be given that it’s going to affect that that’s the only thing okay so it’s the anniversary two weeks ago today that LeBron James made his Infamous sand you know glass tweet uh and then maybe he knew something because

Then two days later his newest teammate Spencer DWT he set to make his debut against the Pistons take a listen the two situations kind of felt like this right let’s say you were a kid you got your ass whooped by the bully Dallas would have been like your mama being

Like it’s okay baby don’t worry about it Lakers are like your dad now you better go out there and and fight till you win you feel me and I just felt like that was what I needed at the time what an analogy that’s D what he talking about

Choosing between his hometown Lakers or choosing between the Dallas Mavericks obviously the Lakers are sitting at just above 500 the ninth spot in the west but Brian is this the team that is under the most pressure that Den Woody is joining because that was an interesting analogy

That he had there yeah I’m just I’m more thinking about the Mavericks if you’re a Mavericks fan you’ve got a couple of interesting pieces of information the last couple days you got Spencer DW he making that weird bully analogy which I don’t quite get but you do you um and

Yesterday Kyle kozma told the athletic that there was a trade in place for him to go to Dallas I believe for two first round picks the picks that they ended up trading later on uh for Gafford and PJ Washington and the Wizards gave kma the choice do you want to stay here in

Washington or do you want to go to Dallas and he said he wanted to stay which is remarkable on about four fronts one I thought the that the Wizards had gotten rid of their players with no trade Clauses when they traded Bradley Beal I didn’t know Kyle kman had no

Trade clause but that’s interesting it sounds like the Wizards two um that kozma and he and he articulated why he said look I don’t want I want to compete for an NBA championship I don’t want to compete for a playoff spot and and the Mavericks are on different timelines

That’s what he told the athletic I thought it was the first off and Michael Winger the team president went on the record saying that they respected kma enough to ask his opinion which again is not something you normally see or talk about on the record so I know this is

We’re supposed to talk about the Lakers but I’m just wondering the lake the the the Mavericks they did get two players and they’ve played well since they got those guys kma was it would you know they went for kma he said no they went for DW he said no and they’ve got Luka

And Kyrie Irving and they’re playing well so that’s an interesting little sidel my only question and I do not know this when is when is kma’s contract up he just signed a brand new four-year contract that goes down in value which the entire way they structured it was to

Trade him yeah which he knew so that’s a but they gave him a no trade this is just this is just taking him into no tra like he said no they the trade was in place I want to apologize to everyone that has been a Washington Wizards fan for the last 10

12 years I apologize because that to me more than 10 or 12 I’m being nice I I don’t like telling good people bad things really so this is what I’m say it’s not always about you know again di Woody got traded from Dallas he had a great postseason and obviously he was a

Part of the the Kyrie trade he was a part of that Brunson left in free agency so I I don’t think that this is as much as like people don’t want to go to Dallas I’ve played there it’s an amazing Town great basketball culture I just

Think it was he wanted a I think Spencer wanted a different OPP it’s more of a commentary I guess on the Wizards than it is isn’t it always isn’t it always I mean I’m not say I mean I’m not putting any thoughts in in Kyle’s mouth he articulated it’s just surprising yeah

Yeah I I think he made a decision based off of the levels of accountability that he wanted to play the game with and I think the levels of accountability when you go out there to play are a little bit different when you play in Dallas versus when you have LeBron James and

Anthony Davis looking over your shoulders there’s an expectation that even though we may be out of the playoff consideration we still believe we can win a championship I think the Mavs still have a little bit more of the prove it and that’s the decision and I

Didn’t even you were so classy with this Wy because you didn’t even mention the Grant Williams which I think was completely out of bounds but a lot going on there yeah well let me say this go where you are celebrated not tolerated right and he’s already been traded from

He’s already been traded from Dallas after you know playing well the last thing I would say is with the Lakers his services are needed yep needed and so if you’re a guy that’s going going to come and you can be a free agent this summer

Which I believe he can be so his his services are needed they need shooting they needed all the things Dallas they got Luca they got Kyrie they’ve got that backcourt scoring at 60 a game damn near they need that seen L when he has got

His mind made up about you he can go at you so I don’t know if that list got a little longer so if he goes at Spencer I don’t think that that’s going to impact any game

The NBA Today panel of Brian Windhorst, Chiney Ogwumike and Richard Jefferson discuss…
0:00 The Warriors title odds
4:44 Spencer Dinwiddie to make Lakers debut
6:00 Why don’t players want to play with Luka Doncic?

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