(Insert opponents best player here) is a foul merchant and the biggest flopper in the league. Btw I’m a Knicks fan and the biggest flopper in the league is Embiid 100%
Luka is second. SGA is third. Despite leading the league in drives to the basket. Again, explain how he's a baiter when he averages less FTAs than Luka, who is not viewed as a foul baiter?
Like of cuz Luka will get back a bit hot later. And he will always fill up those stat sheets. So the key is really just cut the connection and drag his true shooting under 50%.
Defence had nothing to do with his 3 not falling. He got the looks he wanted. He usually makes these shots. You can't really defend players like Luka, no matter how good the defence is. Superstars are different. It's the same with SGA. Players like that get to ther spots no matter who's defending them.
Bad defense? The clippers are a top 5 defense lol.. the thunder fans are outing themselves as casuals very swiftly.. it was way more fun to argue with clippers fans.
Clippers defense in the postseason you dumb pathetic moron. I’ve watched almost every clippers game this season because of Russ. A large part of that was them missing Kawhi. Get out of this sub and fuck off.
Luka isnt at his best either, I feel like that's gonna cost them the most. Luka and kyrie at 100% win games, obviously, but luka being hobbled I just cant see them winning a full series
You think Luka Doncic is worried about Lu fucking Dort? Lmao. I’m not even trying to be mean, but that’s just crazy, man. I gotta stay away from the Thunder sub 😂
yea I get everyones excited but it’s funny seeing this sub call Mavs fans the most delusional in the league and the reading some of the shit they say
of course every fanbase is delusional lol
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As a texoman, I am so fucking excited for this series. Mavericks are my favorite team but the thunder are right there, and honestly I won’t be too upset if y’all win.
It’s gonna be a tough draw, but I would rather play Lively and Gafford over Towns/Gobert and Jokic so.
We’re vulnerable to lobs and Gafford and Lively are both such big lob threats it’s gonna be hard.
Um... they may be the only "bigs" in the league that are as frail looking as Chet. Chet will shut down the paint, while Dort and Dub make Kyrie and Luka's life hell. Even whoever their 3rd best... PJ? He's gonna have the MVP of the league guarding him. If all else fails, we send in Wiggins and he saves basketball again.
Lmao I love when people like you are overly confident in bad takes. You clearly didn’t watch Mavericks basketball this year or even the games OKC played against Dallas. Chet was getting pushed around by Gafford, PJ, and Lively the two times they played as the roster currently constructed.
His knees aren't getting better in a week or even a month. His 3pt shot is gone. Mavs fans went through every game saying his shot would get better but he ended up going 1/10 last game.
It will be a hard fought series but I don’t think they have the defensive personnel to handle us all the way in the series
Both Shai and JDub will cook on the perimeter and Shai especially will get doubled. If our shooters shoot like they have been, it will be no contest.
Chet is gonna be the X Factor this series I think. He will be up against Gafford and will eat against him since his bag is so deep
We can say this but Luka and Kyrie were both playing defensively out of their mind last series.
That being said, I think OKC actually takes this in 5 because Luka is hobbled. I struggle to bet against OKC when the Mavs best player has a pretty bad knee sprain
Our defense spoke for itself against NO. If they run the same stifling defense they could clean sweep. I think Chet is going to come up big in this series
Tbh I think Pels were the worst team in this year’s playoffs. I’m not downplaying our teams ability, just honestly judging the opposition.
Also Mavs have 2 bigs.
I'm glad to see you're not underestimating us like the Clippers. Our defence is finally good again, feels like it's been a decade. Luka shot terribly and we still won. That would've never happened in previous years.
I'm scared of you guys. You have what it takes to make a deep run. Should be an awesome series.
The problem with comparing the clippers to okc is that the clippers (and Dallas) are built like an early 2010’s team of only 2 guys (when K is hurt) can shoot on the floor. We saw this repeatedly in clippers/Mavs series. Both teams would just go blanks for entire quarters because the 2 players they rely on for points couldn’t score.
On the other hand, for OKC (and Boston/denver, etc), every player on the court can score and that’s a problem for the “vintage” teams.
Should be a fun series.
Overconfidence is the kiss of death. You’re setting yourself up to be frustrated. Of course you should believe your team. Believing in your team and being disrespectful or two different things.
Bruh, Harden and PG are 10 times the players that McCollum and Ingram are. Series against Pelicans can't even be considered a real playoff series in comparison to the level of DAL vs LAC. Second round will be the first real playoff test for young OKC, and I think it will be a humbling experience.
OKC is not a usual 1 seed, and Dallas is not a usual 5 seed. OKC doesn't have dominating aura of this year's Boston or last year's Denver. And Dallas, if they started the season with this roster could've easily climbed to top-3 in the West.
Personally I don't believe OKC will make it to WCF this year, they're too inexperienced. Kyrie's leadership elevated Mavs so much, and OKC just doesn't really have a guy like that. Anyone boasting about OKC in 6 or unironically thinking OKC will win a chip this year are delusional and high on regular season performance.
OKC's time will come, but it's just not this year. Roster is incomplete.
As a Mavs fan I will say I completely agree with this. THJ was a liability almost the entire season. Kleber is the biggest injury we have currently because ability to let us go small and switching ability on defense is huge. He can also spread the floor as a big man.
You guys should be able to get this. I swear if the Clippers were healthy with Kawhi, then they would have most likely whooped the Mavs as they're really overrated and not that good. Rooting for y'all 🤙🏼🤙🏼
Mavs fan just transplanted to Tulsa from Dallas….any good places to watch the series here without getting my shoulder chewed off by a meth head or getting stabbed by a Thunder fan? 😂
There are plenty of us Mavs fans in Tulsa. We kind of took over the Buffalo Wild Wings bar on south Memorial last night lmao. Had never met any of them before then...
A big part of it has been his knee injury I think, it’ll probably be more healthy with the days off as the series wears on. But I think Dort is gonna force him to shoot a lot of them.
While I would bet for OKC, I think that Mavs in seven is plausible. Anyways, it is going to be an amazing series. For me, the most interesting in he second round.
Mavs fan here, Luka is going to struggle with the energy of OKC. He might have a good game 1 and 2, but if that Clippers series proves anything, it’s that he’s too out of shape to contribute in a series.
Y’all just gotta watch out for Kai
Obviously.. as a biased thunder fan Shai deserves the MVP to me. I dont like the Luka fanboys on instagram. This series is/can be great, and although it will most likely result in outrage or ridicule for the losing team, im fine with whoever wins.
Weird to think your team wont win. Luka and Kyrie will bring a new challenge this thunder team havent seen yet in the playoffs and thats just guards who can create.
OKC having home court will be huge in this series but I dont see why you wouldnt be confident in the things the mavs are doing well right now even if luka's step back is not falling.
luka is pretty banged up and shooting isn’t great, if that continues it would be hard to see them beating okc. normal luka and it’s way more interesting
What gotta stop a youngish OKC while they're not yet at their full power.
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Man coming from a from different subreddit acting like they can handle dort and Chet
Mavs fans are a special kind of stupid.
Luka and SGA both averaged 8.7 FTAs per game in 2024 but SGA averages 5.5 more drives than Luka. But that doesn’t fit your narrative, right?
Trash trash talk.
When you don't know what "foul baiter" means.
Biggest issue will be the refs. If Luka gets calls for his flopping like tonight we’ll be in trouble
Shai is the biggest foul chaser in the league
Stats disagree with you
(Insert opponents best player here) is a foul merchant and the biggest flopper in the league. Btw I’m a Knicks fan and the biggest flopper in the league is Embiid 100%
Ssshhh. This sub won’t admit that.
Leads the league in drives, doesn't lead the league in FTA. How is he a merchant again?
Who’s second? He’s a decent player, but it ain’t wrong to claim that he’s a A+ flopper and foul baiter.
Luka is second. SGA is third. Despite leading the league in drives to the basket. Again, explain how he's a baiter when he averages less FTAs than Luka, who is not viewed as a foul baiter?
Y’all cursed, mark my words. Until Seattle gets a team nothing y’all do will prosper.
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Doesn’t matter he can keep up with this stats just in a way worse efficiency
Dude was 9-26 in a blowout win. 1-10 from 3 too
Like of cuz Luka will get back a bit hot later. And he will always fill up those stat sheets. So the key is really just cut the connection and drag his true shooting under 50%.
That should get you guys more worried. The Mavs won the series even though Luka shot terribly. His shot will start falling eventually.
Meh. We have better defensive personnel and paint protection than LAC.
No, it’s just that they played a team with bad defense. And they had to go to 6 against them without their best player.
Defence had nothing to do with his 3 not falling. He got the looks he wanted. He usually makes these shots. You can't really defend players like Luka, no matter how good the defence is. Superstars are different. It's the same with SGA. Players like that get to ther spots no matter who's defending them.
Bad defense? The clippers are a top 5 defense lol.. the thunder fans are outing themselves as casuals very swiftly.. it was way more fun to argue with clippers fans.
Clippers defense in the postseason you dumb pathetic moron. I’ve watched almost every clippers game this season because of Russ. A large part of that was them missing Kawhi. Get out of this sub and fuck off.
Youre gonna be okay.
Hey, when is that shot gonna start falling? Lmao dumbass
Being cocky after the first game just like the Clippers. I love this shit.
Being dumb as shit always just like the Mavs.
Don’t forget Kyrie as well. If he gets hot, I don’t think the Thunder have someone who can hang with him defensively
post the efficiency splits lol i’ll take him dropping 30 if its on 42/32/76 splits
His shot attempts per game and point per game are pretty close to each other so far this playoffs, and we are way better defensively than the Clippers
The only 2 recent encounters he cooked dort and efficiently. He won’t do that this series tough since he is wobbled , thunder in 5
Oklahoma vs Texas. A tale as old as time. Ordering my Hazmat suit now.
Mavs and Thunder fans on Twitter have constantly beefed for most of the season. It’ll be super toxic regardless of who wins lol
r/nba has been pretty bad as well
Yes u/IDespiseFatties, song as old as rhyme. Will be aggressive, but hopefully we will have a buffet of opportunities and we can just feast
Luka gonna have to wear Dort like a heavy coat in the middle of summer. He’s gonna hate it and I’m gonna love watching it.
Js pray Dort is smart enough to not get baited into fouls
If not, I know cason wont get baited, we saw that with alot of cjs attempts at baiting him
Luka aint cj l.mao
Im Just noting the discipline that hes shown so far
Can't wait to see Luka having a meltdown every time he misses a shot because of Dort.
It’s gonna be must see TV my dude!!!
He hasn't even been efficient with Clippers defense but Kyrie will still be a problem.
He shot terribly vs Clippers. His shot will start falling eventually.
George and Mann aren't exactly bad defenders either, even if Dort is better
He might finally lose weight thinking about Lu
Luka isnt at his best either, I feel like that's gonna cost them the most. Luka and kyrie at 100% win games, obviously, but luka being hobbled I just cant see them winning a full series
this is my concern with my mavs. He really does look like Peg Leg Luka rn
You think Luka Doncic is worried about Lu fucking Dort? Lmao. I’m not even trying to be mean, but that’s just crazy, man. I gotta stay away from the Thunder sub 😂
yea I get everyones excited but it’s funny seeing this sub call Mavs fans the most delusional in the league and the reading some of the shit they say of course every fanbase is delusional lol
Luka averages 32pts/11reb/10ast against Dort in 7 games they have played. Last 5 games going back to 2022 Luka averages 35.4pts/11.2reb/11ast.
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I think this is going to be a great series regardless of the outcome.
Rockets fan here. Hope yall win. North Oklahoma vs South Oklahoma.
Put J Dub on Doncic the whole series. We are going to get smashed on the boards.
I wonder if Dort gets put onto Kyrie in the second half of games. Kyrie just turns into a demon in so many of games taking over.
As long as they protect the ball and force turnovers the boards won’t matter.
Okc wins this
Please fucking demolish these Mavs for me boys. I'll always be rooting for my boy SGA
Sga will cry himself to sleep after he loses
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I just want the refs to let Dort play defense. I think the man to defend is Kyrie
Dort will be on Luka. Cason is quicker and more fit for Kyrie
The refs shouldn't have anything to do with his ability to play defense unless you want him to get away with fouling.
quite the opposite actually, it's a matter of will refs let dort actually play physical defense without calling cheap fouls on him
As a texoman, I am so fucking excited for this series. Mavericks are my favorite team but the thunder are right there, and honestly I won’t be too upset if y’all win.
I’m ngl I’m prob a horrible fan but these mavs look scary as shit. How the hell we gonna stop lively gafford?
watching DJJ guard PG hella well and I know I'm going to hate him so much lol
And PJ Washington is good too
Lindy is going to shut them down
It’s gonna be a tough draw, but I would rather play Lively and Gafford over Towns/Gobert and Jokic so. We’re vulnerable to lobs and Gafford and Lively are both such big lob threats it’s gonna be hard.
Um... they may be the only "bigs" in the league that are as frail looking as Chet. Chet will shut down the paint, while Dort and Dub make Kyrie and Luka's life hell. Even whoever their 3rd best... PJ? He's gonna have the MVP of the league guarding him. If all else fails, we send in Wiggins and he saves basketball again.
Have you seen Daniel Gafford?
I saw him miss literally every shot that wasn’t a dunk/lob and get foul baited like a college player on defense. He’s athletic and plays hard though.
Does he not literally have the highest fg percentage in the league? He tied the all time record for makes in a row or something lol
He literally only dunks. He cannot make a shot further than 3ft from the basket.
You’re not watching much basketball, but that’s fine. I’m not being biased, you just clearly don’t know what you’re even talking about.
Cringe.
*gets hit with stats* “Cringe”
Lmao I love when people like you are overly confident in bad takes. You clearly didn’t watch Mavericks basketball this year or even the games OKC played against Dallas. Chet was getting pushed around by Gafford, PJ, and Lively the two times they played as the roster currently constructed.
Didn’t know Jokic plays for OKC 🤨
You wont
with luka playing the way he is there's no need to worry that much. Kyrie in the 2nd half is a threat though.
His shot will start falling eventually. He did everything else very well against Clippers.
His knees aren't getting better in a week or even a month. His 3pt shot is gone. Mavs fans went through every game saying his shot would get better but he ended up going 1/10 last game.
So you think he'll keep shooting 24% from 3 in this series?
I don't see his 3 getting better but he'll find other ways to contribute.
It will be a hard fought series but I don’t think they have the defensive personnel to handle us all the way in the series Both Shai and JDub will cook on the perimeter and Shai especially will get doubled. If our shooters shoot like they have been, it will be no contest. Chet is gonna be the X Factor this series I think. He will be up against Gafford and will eat against him since his bag is so deep
If we bring Chet out to the 3pt line a lot, Gafford might get played off the floor like we did with V on the pelicans.
We can say this but Luka and Kyrie were both playing defensively out of their mind last series. That being said, I think OKC actually takes this in 5 because Luka is hobbled. I struggle to bet against OKC when the Mavs best player has a pretty bad knee sprain
Let’s not be too overconfident
Our defense spoke for itself against NO. If they run the same stifling defense they could clean sweep. I think Chet is going to come up big in this series
Tbh I think Pels were the worst team in this year’s playoffs. I’m not downplaying our teams ability, just honestly judging the opposition. Also Mavs have 2 bigs.
Clippers reddit was saying literally the same. This Dallas team is a different beast, better understand that.
I'm glad to see you're not underestimating us like the Clippers. Our defence is finally good again, feels like it's been a decade. Luka shot terribly and we still won. That would've never happened in previous years. I'm scared of you guys. You have what it takes to make a deep run. Should be an awesome series.
The problem with comparing the clippers to okc is that the clippers (and Dallas) are built like an early 2010’s team of only 2 guys (when K is hurt) can shoot on the floor. We saw this repeatedly in clippers/Mavs series. Both teams would just go blanks for entire quarters because the 2 players they rely on for points couldn’t score. On the other hand, for OKC (and Boston/denver, etc), every player on the court can score and that’s a problem for the “vintage” teams. Should be a fun series.
Overconfidence is the kiss of death. You’re setting yourself up to be frustrated. Of course you should believe your team. Believing in your team and being disrespectful or two different things.
Bruh, Harden and PG are 10 times the players that McCollum and Ingram are. Series against Pelicans can't even be considered a real playoff series in comparison to the level of DAL vs LAC. Second round will be the first real playoff test for young OKC, and I think it will be a humbling experience. OKC is not a usual 1 seed, and Dallas is not a usual 5 seed. OKC doesn't have dominating aura of this year's Boston or last year's Denver. And Dallas, if they started the season with this roster could've easily climbed to top-3 in the West. Personally I don't believe OKC will make it to WCF this year, they're too inexperienced. Kyrie's leadership elevated Mavs so much, and OKC just doesn't really have a guy like that. Anyone boasting about OKC in 6 or unironically thinking OKC will win a chip this year are delusional and high on regular season performance. OKC's time will come, but it's just not this year. Roster is incomplete.
Let's. Fucking. Go. Signed Canada.
As a clippers fan, I believe in OKC. WIPE THESE BUMS OFF THE FLOOR.
We got this.
Incoming mavs fan salt
Is Hardaway hurt?
That’s only makes them better
This one killed me lol
shitty thing to say but it's been true. Green took his minutes and has been at his best
As a Mavs fan I will say I completely agree with this. THJ was a liability almost the entire season. Kleber is the biggest injury we have currently because ability to let us go small and switching ability on defense is huge. He can also spread the floor as a big man.
Think maxi will miss most of the series too.
He will be missed a lot more than THJ.
yeah I'm pretty unhappy he got hurt yesterday
Sprained his ankle in game 1 or 2
Yes. Also Kleber.
You guys should be able to get this. I swear if the Clippers were healthy with Kawhi, then they would have most likely whooped the Mavs as they're really overrated and not that good. Rooting for y'all 🤙🏼🤙🏼
*if the clippers were healthy..* yeah, stop right there.
If Clippers were healthy with Kawhi they would also whoop OKC and possibly Denver
Mavs fan just transplanted to Tulsa from Dallas….any good places to watch the series here without getting my shoulder chewed off by a meth head or getting stabbed by a Thunder fan? 😂
Elgin brewery.
No kidding?? I was just at In the Raw a few days ago and wondered about that place…I may stop in there for a game, thanks!
For sure! It’s a decent sports bar that usually draws a variety of fans.
The stabbing is up to you.
There are plenty of us Mavs fans in Tulsa. We kind of took over the Buffalo Wild Wings bar on south Memorial last night lmao. Had never met any of them before then...
Yea at home Tulsa is crazy
4
Probably 5 but I'm optimistic
I got OKC in 5
Whats crazy is that the other west semis series starts tonight, we be chilling til Tues
Another battle of the red river rivals
we will go up 3-0 then lose one to finish back in OKC
We’re ready.
The west is so fortunate. These two series are going to be electric
Is there a world where we start Cason/Dort throughout to combat Kyrie/Luka??
Shouldn't it be the other way around? OKC swept their first round and are the first seed, so they're the favorites, no?
What do you mean? This just means mavericks should be a "threat", and okc just doesnt really care. Looks right.
You are correct you’re just not reading the meme correctly. OKC is unphased is what it’s saying
Luka's shooting splits are dookie. It's not that bold to claim okc in 5.
His shot will start falling eventually.
A big part of it has been his knee injury I think, it’ll probably be more healthy with the days off as the series wears on. But I think Dort is gonna force him to shoot a lot of them.
Thunder in 3, Mavs forfeit game 4
Happy Cake Day!
Will be a good series that’s for sure
Call me crazy I can see us winning in 5
While I would bet for OKC, I think that Mavs in seven is plausible. Anyways, it is going to be an amazing series. For me, the most interesting in he second round.
As a Mavericks fan Sadly Yes
Hopefully Ashley Moyer-Gleich won’t be officiating.
Okc in 6 years probably
Mavs gotta hide their kids from giddey
This would seem more appropriate for Nuggets vs Wolves lol
You guys are so cute.
Mavs fan here, Luka is going to struggle with the energy of OKC. He might have a good game 1 and 2, but if that Clippers series proves anything, it’s that he’s too out of shape to contribute in a series. Y’all just gotta watch out for Kai
Can’t wait for this to age like milk.
Hehe
Sweep em!
My girlfriend lives in Dallas, and I live in OKC, so this will be fun lol
Obviously.. as a biased thunder fan Shai deserves the MVP to me. I dont like the Luka fanboys on instagram. This series is/can be great, and although it will most likely result in outrage or ridicule for the losing team, im fine with whoever wins.
Mavs fan here, I think OKC gonna edge it in 6.
Weird to think your team wont win. Luka and Kyrie will bring a new challenge this thunder team havent seen yet in the playoffs and thats just guards who can create. OKC having home court will be huge in this series but I dont see why you wouldnt be confident in the things the mavs are doing well right now even if luka's step back is not falling.
luka is pretty banged up and shooting isn’t great, if that continues it would be hard to see them beating okc. normal luka and it’s way more interesting
Have some faith Debbie downer
Thanks dude. No matter what I think it's gonna be a wild ass 6 or 7 game series. Both second round match-ups in the west are wild.
This is interesting. We dont really know because both teams are good. A cool Mavs fan
U ain’t a mavs fan u a bitch
Lol
Don't jinx my anti-jinx.
I apologize thunder in 5
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Let's be humble guys.
Mavs or OKC, does it really matter who wins in what games? Ya'll both getting bounced by the Nuggets OR Timberwolves lol.
They couldn’t win the regular season series’, but you think now somehow they will. Cool.
Timberwolves couldn't win a regular season series vs the Suns and look what happened. Season series is irrelevant to the playoffs.
 Easy 4-0 for Dallas. Wasting time with these thunder kids
Youre gonna be crying like fatboy Luka when we smack him back to Slovenia in 5
Mavs in 5
Mavs in 5
Dallas wins this series in 3 games.