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How are the Mavs getting away with tanking so blantantly
« on: November 16, 2017, 06:09:34 PM »

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-Dirk is a joke of his former self

-they have Nerlens Noel as DNP-CP So dirk can play more and stat pad. 

-the rest of their roster is cringy. Mcroberts, Powell and Matthews

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« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2017, 06:17:43 PM »

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Im not sure if they are blatantly tanking. Their roster just plain sucks. As for Noel, he's getting the Rondo treatment from Rick Carlisle. While he's great with X and O's, he's bad at keeping the egos of his personnel in check.

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« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2017, 06:44:16 PM »

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Im not sure if they are blatantly tanking. Their roster just plain sucks. As for Noel, he's getting the Rondo treatment from Rick Carlisle. While he's great with X and O's, he's bad at keeping the egos of his personnel in check.

Pretty much. Barnes is fine but the rest of the roster is too old or too young - and most of it isn't very talented. The Vegas line was 35 games this year and that was propped up because of Carlisle. Blatantly tanking? No, just a bad team.
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« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2017, 06:53:32 PM »

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Dirk tribute season .

Sorry way to go out looking like grandma moses .


Rick not a tanker .  Front office just makes it so he can't win .   

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« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2017, 06:55:53 PM »

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-Dirk is a joke of his former self

-they have Nerlens Noel as DNP-CP So dirk can play more and stat pad. 

-the rest of their roster is cringy. Mcroberts, Powell and Matthews
You're getting points for a creative way to make yourself oblivious to the fact that Nerlens Noel sucks :)
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« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2017, 07:01:08 PM »

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They seem to be playing hard. Just not any good.

Dallas has been competitive for a playoff spot for many years. They probably deserve a good pick finally to start rebuilding again.

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« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2017, 07:05:53 PM »

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Direct me to the portion of the CBA where tanking is disallowed.
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« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2017, 07:22:05 PM »

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They aren’t tanking, it’s not cool to call Dirk a joke, and Noel just isn’t very good.

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« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2017, 07:25:58 PM »

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Direct me to the portion of the CBA where tanking is disallowed.
that part that blathers on about the "good of the game" or some other such insincerity.

but yes, dallas simply sucks eggs this year. book'em for the lottery.
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