Brian Smith
583 posts
Cubes saying this out loud is so fascinating
feels like a public apology tour
The Dumb Zone@thedumbzone
Mark Cuban gets candid about the biggest mistake he made while selling the Dallas Mavericks "I f***** up" - @mcuban The Dumb Zone 5-27-26
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@MavsNationYo The question is, is pick 9 enough for OKC to do it?
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Should the Dallas Mavericks trade pick 9 to the OKC Thunder for picks 12 and 17 ?
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Should the Dallas Mavericks consider UConn's Dan Hurley to be their next coach?
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@KiddMuse_ @rjchoppy I agree with this comment 100%. Also witnessed the same behavior up close several times prior to the trade
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@rjchoppy Chop, i get you really liked him but he was not a good coach. I sat courside next to the him &his assistants drew up all the plays & did everything. He’s not a good coach. Hes good at being a “players” coach but outside of that, he could not coach himself out of a highshcool game
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If you fire a coach to prevent a power struggle...does that make you a control freak?
NBA Base@TheNBABase
The Mavericks' decision to fire Jason Kidd was about eliminating a "potential power struggle" before it became an issue, per @SIChrisMannix "More likely, the decision to can Kidd was about eliminating a potential power struggle. As Sports Illustrated has reported, Kidd wanted the top front office job. He’s also influential with ownership, specifically team governor Patrick Dumont, and has the support of Cooper Flagg, Dallas’s franchise star, and Kyrie Irving, its All-Star point guard. By moving on from Kidd, Ujiri may believe he is excising a potential problem before it becomes one." (si.com/nba/chris-mann…)
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@Fullcourtpass @KevinOConnor It would be better if he convened a neutral board to vote on those decisions instead of going about it alone
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If the NBA lottery reform passes Adam Silver will have the power to punish teams he feels are tanking by altering their lottery odds or straight up changing where they pick, per @KevinOConnor
(sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/nb…)
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Mavericks fans how would you feel about a Dan Hurley led Mavs team coaching Cooper Flagg & co.? #MFFL
Fullcourtpass@Fullcourtpass
Dan Hurley on what it would take for him to coach in the NBA “Where you have some young players who are willing to be pushed” (Via @SiriusXMNBA)
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@KommonOrigin @InterstellarUAP What if alien cellular tissue had evolved far beyond ours, containing regenerative cells or biochemical structures capable of curing diseases we consider untreatable?
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@InterstellarUAP I challenge anyone to explain to me why aliens matter...
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This UFO video was released today by The White House on the orders of President Trump 👽🛸🇺🇸
What a time to be alive.
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@TheSteinLine @JakeLFischer @ChrisBHaynes Splitter is an obviously predictable candidate with his ties to Schmitz
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Blazers interim coach Tiago Splitter is also a finalist for the full-time post, sources tell @TheSteinLine.
The other known finalist per @ChrisBHaynes: Jeff Van Gundy.
@JakeLFischer reported earlier this week that Splitter, amid Chicago interest, was back in the Portland race.
Chris Haynes@ChrisBHaynes
Portland Trail Blazers have requested permission to meet with Los Angeles Clippers assistant Jeff Van Gundy as he has emerged as one of the finalists for their head coach opening, league sources tell me.
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@coopmavs @TheDunkCentral I can’t believe you think they only work 2 hours per broadcast. You said yourself they start prep prior to 7 and I agree, but they are at work until all the games for that day are over. Obviously, that time decreases during the finals
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Not correct. He's not referring to the prep time because the prep time actually comes prior to 7 PM. They don't have time to rehearse a halftime segment because often times the video and graphics they use come as a result of what has happened late in qtrs. And they arent rehearsing the post game while the 2nd half of the game is going on. Could you imagine them rehearsing in the 4th qtr of Game 1 when the Knicks were rallying to win that game? It doesn't work that way
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Charles Barkley fires back at critics who have an issue with the lack of analysis on Inside the NBA
“We want people to have fun. We’re trying to entertain people. We’re on television from 7 to 2 in the damn morning. How many people actually know enough about basketball for us to X-and-O them from 7 to 2 in the morning? … Do people really want to see us four dummies sit there and talk about P&Rs, blitzes, over/under, and things like that? I want people to have fun watching basketball. Period.”
(Via @SInow / h/t @NBA__Courtside )
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@TimCowlishaw How do you know? There are a multitude of reasons to believe Kidd had foreknowledge of the trade.
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Why should they have been any good without Luka? The player he got traded for (not by Kidd, stop believing Cuban!) was always hurt and management was usually tanking!
Luka Magic@FriscoTxRustic
@dmn_mavericks @TimCowlishaw 37% win percentage without Luka playing(injured /suspended/after trade). Was he a good coach…
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@coopmavs @TheDunkCentral Disagree. He didn’t say on air, he said on television. It’s different. Time is spent preparing and rehearsing for each live segment and just being at work in general shouldn’t be diminished
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They're not on air from 7P-2A. They're on for 30-60 minutes pre game. Theyre on for about 8 minutes at halftime. They're on for 30-60 minutes post game. So 2 hours at the most. Yes they should have fun, but Shaq and Barkley are two of the greatest to ever play, Kenny Smith is smart and there is no better ringmaster than Ernie Johnson to guide them to make the viewer smarter. You can do both if you're committed to doing both
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@NickVanExit Clippers going to pick Burries over soft Wagler ngl but Mikel will be available at 9
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Disagree, he's not worth it, other teams please don't mess up your team by drafting this guy
Let the Mavs take that risk 😏
Nathan Grubel@DraftDeeper
Watching the NBA Playoffs and thinking more on the guards in the 2026 NBA Draft, we should be discussing Brayden Burries out of Arizona more for a much higher pick than currently projected. - 6'5" in shoes, 215 pounds - PHYSICAL playing style on both ends of the floor - WANTS to play defense, should be able to survive switching on different positions - 92nd percentile Total Offense Per Synergy - 299 PnR Including Passes POSS, 1.05 PPP, 10% TOV rate all good for 84th Percentile "Excellent" rating - 56% on 2P, 39% on 3P - 39% C&S 3's, 44% Pull-Up 2's, 40.3% Pull-Up 3's, 63.4% At the Rim This is a complete guard profile for a player that has an immediate role to impact winning. I like the ceilings of Darryn Peterson, Darius Acuff, and Keaton Wagler, but Burries might be more of a sure thing than at least one of those players, and could end up being the best guard in this draft class when it's all said and done.
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@NickVanExit Of all the players available at 9, is Burries truly the best player at his position? Is there another, positionally superior player available?
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@MavsFilmRoom What if they want Burries but have to trade UP to get him?
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So much momentum for Burries lately, that I feel like he may go before the Mavs pick at 9
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@NevaMiss24 Yes and no. Great idea, but I don’t want a player over 25 on this roster.
The next 3 years are a tryout to see who is going to be around when Coop is putting up 30/10/7 every night w elite defense and without missing games.
Coop is built different.
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I think Cooper Flagg is ready to win now. Even if you’re planning for the future. You should give coop a roster he can compete with and gain playoff experience
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What’s your prediction for a draft night trade?
Masai has never made a draft day trade with his own 1st rounder. Nor has he ever traded into the 1st round on that draft day.
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@KirkSeriousFace I totally agree. They will lose value on any players they trade, including Kyrie
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@BEsmitty73 The real issue Mavs fans are gonna have to come to grips with is none of their players will merit a first rounder imo.
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I like Naji but that's not great. If they have suitors this summer, it has to be discussed.
MavsHighlights@MavsHighlights
@TheSteinLine drops info we didn't know: Naji had plenty of suitors at the deadline, But Mavs didn't want to move him!!
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@Mavs_FFL Do you just state whatever thought pops up in your brain like it’s breaking news?
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