I'm asking who in NBA history is his game modeled after? The best comparison I can come up with is Anthony Davis. And I don't mean skill for skill, I just mean body type and a general idea of what they can do. Coops got better handles, ad has a bigger body and better post moves. That's an overall simplification but if you think about their games, who else would you put in that category? Rasheed Wallace? Sam perkins? Keith Van horn? Who fits in this category of athleticism, defense, point guard sensibilities and handles? Jermaine o'neal?

Who is the comp?

His defense is absolutely elite and paired with Flagg's defense... it makes our team scary.

Idk who he needs to work with to fix his shot. I'd honestly be fine with him taking those running floaters lol.

Stocks is steals+blocks btw

That’s it that’s the post. I love him so much HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Game Thread

Dallas Mavericks vs. Miami Heat

FINAL — 113 - 109

Box Scores: NBA

GAME SUMMARY

Venue: Kaseya Center, Miami, FL

Officials: Chelisa Painter, Chelisa Painter, Kevin Scott, Josh Tiven

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Risacher and Larry are diamonds in the rough.

Could be that Hawks was disappointed or was tired of his development but damn, Risacher is an NBA player. He has strong motor, athletic and an energizer bunny. I see DFS in him with a better shot creation and handling. And I think him coming from the bench is the best scenario as he doesn't have to immediately go against star and starter players, he definitely has an advantage against opposing team's bench.

Larry, is one game worth the hype? I think so, his outside shooting is real. His passing too is, he definitely is not what Luka was in his rookie year. But he doesn't have to, he just has to be his own kind of player. But you can definitely see there's something as he is able to create some of his shots, be a catch and shoot on 3s. His biggest flaw now would be turnover, ball handling and strength. And I think he excels when there's another ballhandler with him in the floor

Sasser, I wasn't really high on him as we did not see him during preseason but I think he is a good off the bench PG. He is a streaky shooter that handles the ball.

Max, we are still waiting for the bump in his game. Apart from reboubding I haven't seen a change in his game still. Hope he lives to the potential Dusty mentioned he'd seen on him.

Excited to see DLive and Santi. I'm also curious to see how Biberovic would be like on the floor.

I am more engaged for this version of the Mavs and this player (Coop) than I ever was for the previous iteration. This guy is more special than this thread gives him credit for, and I can't for the life of me understand the constant sentimentality in this sub when you got a guy like that on your books. There are GMs in this league who would sell their ass for a chance at Flagg, yet here he is taken for granted, not appreciated, because he's not Luka. Get over yourselves or go join the Lakeshow. Either way, we are moving on with 32 bby! Special performance coming tonight.

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Seth Lundy, Darin Green Jr, and the two-ways show up. John Poulakidas not listed. 😔

I know this isn’t productive or healthy to linger on, but it’s not the same for me anymore and I miss the fan I used to be. It’s been 631 days since that Luka trade and I’m fucking broken as a mavs/nba fan man. I thought it would be getting better with time but I think this is just the way it is for me now. This used to be my pride and joy week in and week out. Even the years when we were ass in those god awful 2016-2018 years, I was so bought into this program.

I remember being an 11 year old kid running out into the street and screaming when we won with dirk. I watched nearly every game and even if I couldn’t I’d follow stats, watch extended highlights, listen to podcasts, everything about it. I loved it so much man. I used to date a girl into my early college years and while I couldn’t afford much, I’d get us nose bleed tickets, doncic jerseys, and scream from the rafters even though my eyesight was kinda shit and would just watch the jumbo screen half the time so I could see the actual play. I was so excited to see how we grew each year even if we were bums that year.

But that trade gutted me man. It genuinely feels like a traumatic event occurred and has made me so apathetic and desensitized to literally anything that happens in the league now. Pre Luka trade sports fan me died with that move and I feel like this shelled out version of the fan I used to be. I know it’s toxic as hell for me to be thinking like this because look we got coop and he is so solid but I just can’t buy in like I used to. And it’s not even like “well if you like Luka so much then follow him to the Lakers.” I TRIED AND I CANT. I’ve realized it’s not even about Luka being the one leaving at the end of the day, it’s the fact that I trusted this org with my devotion and fanship and they betrayed and sold it for a bag of chips. Fuck Nico and his whole bloodline and everyone else involved in this decision for what they took from me.

Sincerely, emotionally damaged Dallas mavs fan.

Exactly what the title says. We played the spurs close last night, ultimately losing. Seemed like Naji Marshall was playing well, but I don’t think I saw him at all in the second half. Does anyone know why?

DALLAS — Less than two hours before the Dallas Mavericks’ home opener, coach Dusty May delivered some bad news: Kyrie Irving wasn’t going to play.

Irving was officially ruled out with what the Mavericks called left knee injury management.

That development, though not terribly surprising, was still a disappointment for fans who purchased tickets to the team’s Saturday night game against the San Antonio Spurs hoping to watch Irving play at American Airlines Center for the first time in more than a year and a half.

Without Irving and his co-star Cooper Flagg, who suffered a left shoulder strain Friday, the Mavericks put up an admirable fight against the Spurs but were overwhelmed by the defending Western Conference champions in the fourth quarter in a 122-106 loss that dropped Dallas to 1-2.

Tommy Lo was one of the 19,555 fans in attendance. Lo, 28, caught a 14-hour flight from Taiwan earlier in the week, specifically so he could watch Irving play. Lo held up a sign afterward lamenting that his trek to Texas hadn’t turned out the way he wanted it to.

“Flew 10,000 mi(les) from Taiwan just for Kyrie,” it read.

“Sad, sad, sad,” Lo said through a friend who was interpreting for him. “But Wemby (Victor Wembanyama) shows up. So that’s a payoff.”

Tommy Lo caught a 14-hour flight from Taiwan earlier in the week, specifically so he could watch Kyrie Irving play Saturday.Christian Clark / The Athletic

Excluding the preseason, Irving hadn’t suited up in a Mavericks home game since March 3, 2025. That was the night Irving suffered a torn left ACL.

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Hi. I am new to watching basketball (in Australia) and thankfully I watched alot of Dirk and he became my favourite player, so I decided to follow the Mavs last year, so I just have a question about the rules.

Just before Risacher blocked Wembenyama (insane), Clayton Jr. was pushed by Wembenyama whilst he was in the air, no?

Doesn't that warrant a flagrant foul?

I just would like to better understand these foul rules better, so thank you for the understanding and your answers!

I wasn’t able to watch the game, saw Naji was doing great the first quarter/half but then he didn’t do anything offensively the rest of the game.

What happened? He get doubled? Hurt?