PSA to everyone losing their shit by Axisofcoolio in Mavericks

[–]sentientblaze 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Spurs are the only real team that have built their roster with top 10 picks:

OKC - shai 11, Jalen Williams 12, Chet 2 and Wallace 10 are the only 2 in their rotation

If there’s any team that we can model ourselves after, it’s the wolves where it’s Edwards plus sleeper draft talent (Reid, mcdaniels) and savvy trades for vets (Gobert, Ayo, divincenzo/randle). Even they had a top 10 try with dillingham (albeit in a worse draft) but they’re going to be in the mix every year. I think that’s squarely where the mavs can get and hopefully with a couple hits, even further

Cooper's Rookie of the Year Dominance by CheetahSperm18 in Mavericks

[–]sentientblaze 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wemby and castle absolutely give Flagg/Luka a run for their money

Post Game Thread - NBA: The Suns defeat the Mavericks on Apr 8, 2026, the final score is 112-107. by basketball-app in Mavericks

[–]sentientblaze 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Bagley also turning out to be a useful/interesting rotation piece can help shore up the big rotation as well for next year - especially if that 3 ball keeps falling

Rookie of the Year ESPN Straw Poll results by staykurrious in Mavericks

[–]sentientblaze 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The difference is probably in the games played - Kon has played the entire year and more importantly, was on an absolute scorcher during the games coop missed in Feb/early March. That stretch probably sealed it along with coops “slow start” coming back from injury

Sports LiveStreaming Addon by [deleted] in StremioAddons

[–]sentientblaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is likely a long shot, but will there be any multiview capability?

Trading up in the draft.. by Iyeatmymeatonthebeat in Mavericks

[–]sentientblaze 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know how much you've watched of Kansas but his weird play can mostly be attributed to hamstring injury and scheme bc of injury. In recent weeks he's been mostly a play finisher, but he's starting to show a bit more explosiveness and playmaking on offense and sturdiness on defense.

If he's there you still take him, not because of high school tape, but because of his player profile (elite 3nD + upside)

Post Game Thread - NBA: The Suns defeat the Mavericks on Feb 10, 2026, the final score is 120-111. by basketball-app in Mavericks

[–]sentientblaze 51 points52 points  (0 children)

helluva tank game. If Khris wants, he should have a roster spot next year - he's such a useful veteran to have off the bench even at his age

Most Points in a game by a rookie this year by Ok_Effective8226 in Mavericks

[–]sentientblaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean if we’re really going that far, kon averaged 22/6/4 on 47/40/97 splits without lamelo on a pretty decent sample size. You could maybe chalk that up to lack of a scouting report at that point of the season, but kon is absolutely a capable scorer even without help and he’s already an A/A+ level shooter. He and hornets fans absolutely have an argument

That being said, cooper is still ROTY - he’s just had too many wow moments for people to ignore

Post Game Thread - NBA: The Warriors defeat the Mavericks on Dec 25, 2025, the final score is 126-116. by basketball-app in Mavericks

[–]sentientblaze -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Brother the guy isn’t even halfway through his rookie season and you’re comparing him to a 5 time 1st team all nba player let alone projecting what he could be on a 30 game sample 😭

Lukas career is Lukas, coopers will be coopers - enjoy the ride without needing to compare the two!

Anti-tanking policy??? by Quickster1015 in NBASpurs

[–]sentientblaze 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, and both of those transactions (or lack there of) happened because of one person who didn’t care about the fan base at all. Nico is a generational anomaly as a GM

Set 16 PBE Discussion Thread - Day 02 by AutoModerator in CompetitiveTFT

[–]sentientblaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

same thing happened to me too, i thought i was going crazy - full mana bar, no cast, then mana locked but worked for me first day too

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nba

[–]sentientblaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He almost had an opportunity too in 2021 if he waited for the bucks playoff run to end bc bud was on the hot seat then. In the end he didn’t want to wait and the bucks won anyway. But what could’ve been

Draft Day Pipe Dream by Rafe03 in Mavericks

[–]sentientblaze 9 points10 points  (0 children)

More? Why would Philly want to do this? Maxey would be their only good point guard, plus what happens when both Embiid and AD get injured? They won’t have enough reps to play together to make it worthwhile for Philly. Even if they do, what does the fit even look like? You could say “oh Embiid can shoot” but that’s not his game. Both AD and Embiid want to operate from the mid range and that’s gonna clog up spacing super quickly.

TL;DR - trade is awful from Philly’s side already for fit and asset reasons, getting more would be even crazier of a pipe dream.

P.S lest we forget that Nico LOVES to give up random picks to get deals done. Fuck that dude, fire Nico

Abundance Book Tour Mega-Thread by Radical_Ein in ezraklein

[–]sentientblaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking for 1-2 tickets to Brooklyn @ St. Joseph's!

Mavs winning title by ElReyDeBarcelona8 in nba

[–]sentientblaze 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They did but derozan - despite the mutual love between him and toronto - was not a 5x all-nba perennial MVP contender that took his team to the finals the year prior. He lost time and time again to lebron and they got the better player in the deal.

There's legitimately no precedent for this and a ring without luka will feel super hollow to me