With the win tonight the Celtics gentleman sweep the Mavs!

Let’s see how the offseason is looking for the Mavs:

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Outlook

A great run to the finals was ended quickly tonight with the Mavericks losing tonight 106-88 in game 5. The Mavericks looked like a completely different team after the trade deadline with the additions of Washington and Gafford. They were able to continue that momentum all the way to the finals but unfortunately didn’t have enough to get passed the Celtics.

They’ll enter the offseason over the cap due to everyone on the roster being signed for at least 1 more season. After this season Kyrie has a PO, both sides will likely look to workout terms for a longer term deal given the success of this season. They’ll be a bit limited on what they can do for moves since they also have very little in terms of 1st rounders to trade (only control 1 future pick of their own) given the recent trades as well as the trade to bring Kyrie to Dallas. They do have a decent amount of 2nd which should allow some upgrades around the edges.

While disappointed, Mavericks fans will definitely see this season as a success given the issues they initially had with the Luka/Kyrie pairing. The additions of Washington and Gafford made a big impact and Lively was a good steal in the draft. They’ll look to use the offseason and next year to build more chemistry with this core as well as push for some additional upgrades to take another shot at the title next year.

  • SeikoAlpinist@slrpnk.net
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    4 months ago

    Kyrie isn’t going to be Kyrie for much longer. Yeah, you have to run it back, but I think that between Denver, OKC, and Minnesota, this was Dallas’ best chance.

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      Yeah this year was definitely their best chance. I think Denver would’ve beat them (Wolves are just a tough matchup for them) and OKC is on the upswing so it’ll be harder next year.

      They still have a chance as long as Kyrie is Kyrie but like you said that’s not going to be much longer. Once he starts to decline they may have some more future picks available and can swing something but outside of that they’re hoping to luck into someone making a jump that’s not expected.

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    4 months ago

    What do guys think they need, a good 2-way wing? They already have a pretty solid frontcourt in Gafford/Lively/PJ and obviously 2 star guards. But they need some help on defense with Luka and Kyrien both being liabilities on that end. I wonder who they can get.

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      The obvious answer is yes. That ship sailed when they traded for Kyrie. Kyrie and Luka’s defense improved tremendously this year. So the answer is Luka has to improve his conditioning and defense. IF he can move his feet a bit quicker he can be that much better on defense.

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      4 months ago

      I don’t understand the cap space well. They will have to resign Derrick and he will be at least 10M? That’s already over the cap?

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        There’s a lot more nuance about how much you can offer but in short you can go over the cap to resign your own players.

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            4 months ago

            For Lively specifically since he’s a rookie they can retain him through the 2027-2028 season.

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              4 months ago

              Yeah that’s just godmode. Having such a player for so long on rookie salary.

              Its amazing if he stays as good as he is now and there is absolutely no reason he won’t become way better.

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    4 months ago

    Not a sweep, they took the series 4-1.

    A sweep generally means winning 4-0.

    Game 5 - 106-88
    Game 4 - 84-122
    Game 3 - 106-99
    Game 2 - 105-98
    Game 1 - 107-89

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      4 months ago

      I said “gentleman’s sweep” which means a team won in 5 games. Some say it’s specifically when a team goes up 3-0, is a “gentleman” and lets the other team win 1 at home to not get swept, and then finishes the series in game 5. Which would also be the case here.

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        This series was more like a “prolonging the suffering” sweep. Other than a few competitive quarters the Mavs never looked like they had a chance to win this series unfortunately. Game 4 was such an obvious fluke at that point. I’m saying this as a purple and gold blooded Boston hater: The Celtics were just too good for anything the West had to put up against them this year to have a good series (for anyone but Boston fans that is haha).

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      A gentleman’s swep is a specific 4-1 win where the winners take games 1-3, loose 4 and win game 5