Same here. Me and my two teenage boys have listened to this as I drive them to school for the past two years. I also listen to it every day on my way to work when they are out of school. It always gets my morning started in a great way. Thank you Nick
It’s amazing to me that last year we got DJJ and Exum for basically nothing and this year we got Klay, Naji, Grimes, Dinwiddie and we are still below 1st apron!🤯
I think we should have risked the apron bs for a chance to build a top team, right now we are still kinda underdogs but if we had gone out and gotten miles bridges and Gary Trent jr we might have fuc*** with the apron stuff but we would have a championship team
Thank you, Nick. Tremendously positive move by Nico; the notion that he somehow brings Spencer Dinwiddie back while retaining Kyrie Irving. This is a huge deal. Recall how he averaged 24 ppg the final 11 games of his Mavs stint last spring prior to the Kyrie trade. Dinwiddie not only dunked on/postered Gobert/Embiid/Chet/other bigs; he's comfortable posting up (recall down the stretch last year Mavs vs Lakers). Not only does Dinwiddie hit spot up catch & shoot threes--he has a refined transition pull up three pointer, step-back 3, side-step 3, fade away at the end of the shot clock 3. Not only can he facilitate--like you said; he steps in and thrives having the ball in his hands. GW three vs the Nets then GW three at Boston to ruin KG's retirement night (same night Brown had that nasty dunk on Maxi🤦♂️). Recall how he stepped up last year vs the Suns when Luka got injured early I'm the game. Dinwiddie put up 36 points on the road, then followed up with a 35 point game. He goes to Brooklyn and they ask him to facilitate/be an assist guy (9.1 assists per game) for Bridges and that brat Cam Thomas. He goes to a broken system in LAL and they want him to improve his defense; he not only gets the game-winning block on Lillard, he often blocked him and SGA. He excels at what the coaches ask of him. Just needs minutes and in all transparency, I think you have to trade Exum and Lawson away for minutes, probably get a big like Mo Bamba. Spencer Dinwiddie brings important swagger to this team that cannot be quantified. Fearless and very versatile. PLUS--he is already close friends with Kyrie Irving since their Brooklyn days, AND Luka Doncic is visibly (yall saw how Doncic grinned ear to ear clapping standing up as Dinwiddie postered Gobert and random/bold step back halfcourt 3 in utah in 2022 playoffs) and verbally a fan of his game. He said so again after Spencer took over Mavs vs Lakers in 2023 in LA. Dinwiddie also poured in 25 pts vs the Mavs last October in Dallas. Unbelievable pick up by Nico and Cuban. Super pumped. I hope they extend Dinwiddie beyond this next year.
I have an 8 month old baby and at night time I dread washing the bottles. But I put on my headphones and listen to this podcast and I swear it flies by!
the fact that we got rid of thj josh amd djj for klay, naji, grimes and dinwiddie while still being under the 1st apron and still keeping the 2 First rounders is crazy
Yes definitely. I was watching NBA for the past 20 years but wasn't a fan of any team. Now I watch everything Mavs related and a lot of my fellow citizens are doing the same.
Another Slovenian fan here... Personally, I came for Luka, but I stayed for Maxi. And Dorian Finney-Smith. And THJ. And Porzingis. And Kyrie. And Boban. And Hardy. And Josh Green. And yes, even for Powell. In years, this group of people and all the interesting narratives and stories behind the curtains as discovered and narrated by our one and only Nick Angsted has gronlwn on my heart so much that I still follow how are all former Mavs doing... And even when Luka eventually leaves, I will keep rooting for the Mavs, it's an awesome basketball club!
Love love love the Dinwiddie pickup just what the doctor ordered. 😂😂😂 Plus I think he will play big role in playoffs said it last year when he had a chance to sign with Mavs again. Luka is also a big fan of Dinwiddie which also helps...I think the vibes are already at a potential all time HIGH!!!! No jokes no puns intended.
Dinwiddie is a good addition but Exum should still be the first guard off the bench. Coach just needs to give Exum time to do his thing and not hook him off the court for not scoring a triple double within 2 minutes ...
@ericheffner112 Dinwiddie had down year, and Exum was shooting the lights out from 3. The competition for backup guards are very stiff, but if Dante performs the way he did last sesson like hitting 50% from 3 and get better at finishing at the rim there's a solid case that Exum will get the knot before Dinwiddie. Spencer will have to do much better and do it efficiently because there's much room in the roster.
Nick, I'm happy for your vacation buddy! Started worrying a bit, you didn't have a day off since November when Issac left. But kudos, hope you can rest more than a day in the foreseeable future! 😅
nick if you get this before you do the show, I'm not the biggest fan, but seems to me like Ozzy has the perfect song for the intro for the show ,its to perfect to pass up
@@Mr.Thomas_Anderson Just J Kidd being J Kidd. don’t know if i have the most faith for the future of this team if this is how we’re treating the only picks we’re gonna get for the next 5 years
@@Andrew-gs2ps thank you. Very much agree, forced to play lively only cause he’s a phenom but don’t give other young guys shots because THJ is more experienced
Oh nice! that depth chart that you did is very similar to what i was thinking. i also thought that with the addition of dinwiddie, he will be the first guard that will come off the bench and he will shove exum and hardy back to the third stringers.
If Luka start practicing catch and shoot with Klay and gets better, you'll probably know who's winning MVP next season cause he'll score 40 a game. Good and inteligent fast pace passing will do greatness to our players and offense. Now Jkidd can implement 2dn unit some kind of 3 guard combo that was so good to us in the past
Dude, flying right now is brutal! My Delta flight on Monday got delayed 6 hours…so I said screw it and got a refund. Luckily I was in my home location. Can’t imagine how much it sucks trying to fly home. Thanks a lot Y2K (…and Crowdstrike). Welcome home, Spencer!
a point no 1 is talking about is klay,grimes,spencer,marshall are good free throw shooter, our team percentage sucked and we lost games because of free throws
Grimes in the starting lineup. Thompson, Dinwiddie, Gafford, Marshall and Kleber as the second unit. Long and deadly. Luke and Kyrie rest up for the fourth quarter.
When Dallas had THJ/Dinwiddie you knew one was leaving. Both scorers with limited defense. Dinwiddie is a better all-around guy who can offer better ball handling and play making. With THJ out this makes a lot of sense. I do think Dinwiddie is simply a better player than both Hardy/Exum and becomes the true 3rd PG.
there is a real chance that in some games we could see a lineup of kyrie, spencer, klay, Luka and maxi.... that lineup would be HELL for defenses while still can be decent om defense amd cpuld work for trying yo come back a game while down 20
@@Mr.Thomas_Anderson It would be but under j kidd as long as you have a rim protector and 2 6'6+ players the defense wont be a problem... for example mavs run lineups with ky, Hardy , Tim Hardaway, djj and maxi, last season and the defense was good...
I'm fearful bringing back SD who clearly doesn't perfer to be here creates much more problems that he solves. First clearly Luka, Irving, Exum, Grimes & Hardy should get the mins to see how they perform, SD only takes mins away from Hardy & Exum IMO. I think giving those 2 the extra mins to see how they fit accomplish 2 main goals. 1st will Hardy be ready to step in for Irving in 2 to 3 yrs and be a quality starter? Can we trust Exum in playoff series?? Those 2 questions must be answered and answered by mid season trade deadline. If yes? Great roll with the 5 guards with backup from Klay. If they are not? Then we should have traded for a quality dependable backup. 6 guards, 6 wings, and 3 centers pretty good breakdown and covers injuries and missed games.
Dinwiddie is here depth chart is great now. let’s compete with Boston and trade for lauri. Hardy, o max, Lawson and maxi plus every single pick we can trade 1sts and seconds. Fill out rest of roster with vibe guy vets that may help morris twins for example
If we put our egos aside, the Mavs have a very good squad who can dominate from 1st - 4th quarter. Start: Luka, Kyrie, Naji, PJ, Lively Bench: Spencer, Klay, Grimes, Maxi, Gafford Reserves: Hardy and Exum That's a pretty good 12-man lineup
@@Mr.Thomas_Andersonyou can start naji or grimes and i guarantee you they will start and or close. Don’t know why ur stressing the importance of defense then saying that
@@Andrew-gs2psbut I agree ideally Klay would just take the place of shooter/THJ and Naji takes the place of DJJ. But that isn’t the logistics they have planned
Hell no! I was so glad when we got rid of him. He is an overrated defender and zero threat on offense. He had his chance and wasn't good enough. He and Bullock held this team back.
@@dirtyhiggins5484 you're an idiot to be glad about that. DFS does all the things you don't see on the statsheet. If we have a lineup of DFS plugged in for DJJ, we could have had a better chance at boston
The addition of Dinwiddie opens up so much rest time for Luka and Kai. When I was in High school we had a freshman class that was just as talented as the Sophomore class I was on. We alternated quarters and dominated because we were always fresh. If a game was close at the end we played the best from each class to finish the game but it rarely came to that. Dinwiddie, Hardy, Max, Gafford, Marshal, or Exum or the excellent 3&d player we picked up from the Pistons (sorry I can’t recall his name but a young baller). That is a deep team. Round it off with OMax, AJ and Dwight and it is a contender for a championship. Awesome job by the front office. I hope they do not bring M. Morris back. Would be a waste of resources. If somehow they can trade D.P. And Exum for a floor spacing 5. Even better!
This such an AMAZING signing for the Mavs because of the fit and coaching the Mavs have compared to Darvin Ham. Real ones know how much he helped us get to the 2022 WCF. He can create shots and handle the rock, we can finally be comfortable resting Luka more and that lessens his load in the reg season thus preventing injuries like last season before going into the playoffs.
@@Mr.Thomas_Andersonyou mean sense 23? He literally helped us get to the WCF in 22’. He was given a role too big for his capability in 22-23 and in 23-24 was given no playing time. Sooo it’s been literally a year and a half sense he was on the mavericks dude.
@@Andrew-gs2ps maxi helped us a lot in that ‘22 too..z but fans want him gone. So I don’t get it. That is a long time in sports, and this mavs team is a new environment
The only thing i like about this guy is that he shoots 51% on corner 3s outside of that he shoots horribly, maybe he regains his form here though, we would be great if he does that.
Luka and Kyrie cannot have the usage that they had last year. Luka was just beat up and in pain all the way through the playoffs. Kyrie was also just worn out by the finals. The lesson from the finals was that Luka and Kyrie were not at anything near 100%. So, the Kidd and the coaching staffs need to approach the seasons based on playing 100 plus games per year. Luka and Kyrie minutes per game needs to be reduced under 35 minutes per game. So, Dinwiddie, Exem, and Hardy need to eat up more than 15 minutes per game in the second and third quarters. That way Luka and Kyrie can be much closer to 100% strength and energy in fourth quarters and for the playoffs. Hopefully the Mavericks should play faster than having Luka walking the ball up the court all the time. The way to increase the defensive ability of Mavericks is to split up Luka and Kyrie and get Naji, Quentin, and Spencer into the game often with just one of the Luka and Kyrie duo.
Mavs have gotten so much better that a #2 Dinwiddie 2 years ago could be #12 now. Dinwiddie is good addition considering the contract. Also makes Hardy + OMax available for a bigger defensive wing trade. Scoring is sorted.
@@Mr.Thomas_Anderson Journeyman Dinwiddie is already with Mavs on vet min contract. If Mavs miss DJJ too much or if Maxi is out for too long due to the injury they might want a big wing. In that case tradable players are Hardy and OMax. OMax could fill that void but he is not ready as of now.
@@rmr9345maxi is cooked, so is Spencer. Develop players, keep the team young, stop adding regressing players that get waived by Toronto and cant perform in LA
Imo we need to rid ourselves of Morris or Powell and grab bullock. Naji and klay gonna need some help. Spence solves a lot but klay is gonna need backup
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I didn’t realize how much of a part of my routine this pod is until it wasn’t. Glad to have you back Nick! And Spencer Dinwiddie!
Seriously I check last 2 days and nothing , this is how I usually start my overnight shift listening to nick 💀😂
@@houndsviking591u😂
@@lilboi2857 😂
Dawg fr😂😂when we got Spence back I was like wait, where’s the vids?
Same here. Me and my two teenage boys have listened to this as I drive them to school for the past two years. I also listen to it every day on my way to work when they are out of school. It always gets my morning started in a great way. Thank you Nick
I can't wait for the Mavs Media Day interview with Nick and Slightly.
Slightly deserves his credentials. He's put in the work
I would rather it be Nick and Reggie
We brought back dinwiddie. Now we need to bring back the old intro!
The LockedOn higher ups made him change it
No
It’s amazing to me that last year we got DJJ and Exum for basically nothing and this year we got Klay, Naji, Grimes, Dinwiddie and we are still below 1st apron!🤯
I think we should have risked the apron bs for a chance to build a top team, right now we are still kinda underdogs but if we had gone out and gotten miles bridges and Gary Trent jr we might have fuc*** with the apron stuff but we would have a championship team
@@Jomiloju-xw6wgi’m okay keeping the domestic abuser off the team…. One is enough :/
@@Jomiloju-xw6wg Gary Trent jr is on a minimum , but Bridges is/will be expensive.
@@seacool2193at least kidd is still respected and its all sorted out now
Thank mcuban for leaving team operations
Finally! Locked On Mavs is back!
Thank you, Nick. Tremendously positive move by Nico; the notion that he somehow brings Spencer Dinwiddie back while retaining Kyrie Irving. This is a huge deal. Recall how he averaged 24 ppg the final 11 games of his Mavs stint last spring prior to the Kyrie trade.
Dinwiddie not only dunked on/postered Gobert/Embiid/Chet/other bigs; he's comfortable posting up (recall down the stretch last year Mavs vs Lakers). Not only does Dinwiddie hit spot up catch & shoot threes--he has a refined transition pull up three pointer, step-back 3, side-step 3, fade away at the end of the shot clock 3. Not only can he facilitate--like you said; he steps in and thrives having the ball in his hands. GW three vs the Nets then GW three at Boston to ruin KG's retirement night (same night Brown had that nasty dunk on Maxi🤦♂️). Recall how he stepped up last year vs the Suns when Luka got injured early I'm the game. Dinwiddie put up 36 points on the road, then followed up with a 35 point game. He goes to Brooklyn and they ask him to facilitate/be an assist guy (9.1 assists per game) for Bridges and that brat Cam Thomas. He goes to a broken system in LAL and they want him to improve his defense; he not only gets the game-winning block on Lillard, he often blocked him and SGA. He excels at what the coaches ask of him. Just needs minutes and in all transparency, I think you have to trade Exum and Lawson away for minutes, probably get a big like Mo Bamba.
Spencer Dinwiddie brings important swagger to this team that cannot be quantified. Fearless and very versatile. PLUS--he is already close friends with Kyrie Irving since their Brooklyn days, AND Luka Doncic is visibly (yall saw how Doncic grinned ear to ear clapping standing up as Dinwiddie postered Gobert and random/bold step back halfcourt 3 in utah in 2022 playoffs) and verbally a fan of his game. He said so again after Spencer took over Mavs vs Lakers in 2023 in LA. Dinwiddie also poured in 25 pts vs the Mavs last October in Dallas.
Unbelievable pick up by Nico and Cuban. Super pumped. I hope they extend Dinwiddie beyond this next year.
I have an 8 month old baby and at night time I dread washing the bottles. But I put on my headphones and listen to this podcast and I swear it flies by!
Halamadridmavs... I guess you started following the Mavs when Lula arrived like me.
@@homesol6685 I did. Followed Luka from his Real Madrid days to the Mavs
I was doing the same recently. This podcast does make washing bottles more tolerable.
Stay strong!
Lezzgooo
With this guard depth,i hope Kidd will figure our how to reduce Luka minutes below 35,at least.
Ideally,Luka plays around 30-33 minutes,Kai 27-30
Maybe Luka can sometimes play SF now?
@@OCLProductionzposition doesn’t matter
@@OCLProductionzhe should I don’t get why not he would be able to guard the small forwards better than the guards
icing on the cake would be some interior scoring beyond lob dunks
the fact that we got rid of thj josh amd djj for klay, naji, grimes and dinwiddie while still being under the 1st apron and still keeping the 2 First rounders is crazy
Nick, on media day you have to ask Spencer how is it like to be back with mom 😄
Glad to have something to listen to when I wake up.
Hi from Slovenija.
are a lot of Slovenian basketball fans mavs fans because of Luka? Always interested in that
Yes definitely.
I was watching NBA for the past 20 years but wasn't a fan of any team.
Now I watch everything Mavs related and a lot of my fellow citizens are doing the same.
Another Slovenian fan here... Personally, I came for Luka, but I stayed for Maxi. And Dorian Finney-Smith. And THJ. And Porzingis. And Kyrie. And Boban. And Hardy. And Josh Green. And yes, even for Powell. In years, this group of people and all the interesting narratives and stories behind the curtains as discovered and narrated by our one and only Nick Angsted has gronlwn on my heart so much that I still follow how are all former Mavs doing... And even when Luka eventually leaves, I will keep rooting for the Mavs, it's an awesome basketball club!
What went into changing the intro music?..I like the jkidd “no one’s dying” lol
Love love love the Dinwiddie pickup just what the doctor ordered. 😂😂😂 Plus I think he will play big role in playoffs said it last year when he had a chance to sign with Mavs again. Luka is also a big fan of Dinwiddie which also helps...I think the vibes are already at a potential all time HIGH!!!! No jokes no puns intended.
yay you're back
I love Spinwiddie is back!
I was getting withdrawals tooo😢😢😢😢😢😢...Glad your back my alter ego Nick!!!!💜💜💜💪💪😁😁
Glad to have ya back Nick!
I’m glad that your back! I was going through withdrawal. I’m so used to listening to my Mavs update almost daily.
Dinwiddie is a good addition but Exum should still be the first guard off the bench. Coach just needs to give Exum time to do his thing and not hook him off the court for not scoring a triple double within 2 minutes ...
You're 💩ing me right? Exum over DINWIDDIE? 🤦🏾♂️
@ericheffner112 Dinwiddie had down year, and Exum was shooting the lights out from 3. The competition for backup guards are very stiff, but if Dante performs the way he did last sesson like hitting 50% from 3 and get better at finishing at the rim there's a solid case that Exum will get the knot before Dinwiddie. Spencer will have to do much better and do it efficiently because there's much room in the roster.
Dinwiddie will start when Kyrie or Luka is hurt or take games off. He will also give them breathers during games.
Dinwiddie is cooked.
@@ericheffner112yes. Until dinwiddie SHOWS us why he deserves it more. Especially because of hiw he left
Great channel bro. Keep up the hard work
Nick where have you been all my life lol 😂 love this show man!
Nice intro, Nick. GO MAVS!
It’s going to be an exciting season! I’m ready for it to start back up already
Nick’s back, let it ride 🎉🎉🎉
I reeeeaaaaaaaaaallly looooooooooooooooveeeeee the new additions, the IQ of the team just SKYROCKETED!!!!! Like mind-blowing 😮
Nick, I'm happy for your vacation buddy! Started worrying a bit, you didn't have a day off since November when Issac left. But kudos, hope you can rest more than a day in the foreseeable future! 😅
"Spencer Dinwiddie comes home to mama", hahaha Nick the Legend
nick if you get this before you do the show, I'm not the biggest fan, but seems to me like Ozzy has the perfect song for the intro for the show ,its to perfect to pass up
Petition to get the old theme back
I just hope Hardy gets his chance.
I foresee him leaving us and balling out
@@Andrew-gs2pshopefully. If he gets passed up for a 31yo journeyman after waiting this long I hope he ends up on a team that actually gives him a shot
@@Mr.Thomas_Anderson Just J Kidd being J Kidd. don’t know if i have the most faith for the future of this team if this is how we’re treating the only picks we’re gonna get for the next 5 years
@@Andrew-gs2ps thank you. Very much agree, forced to play lively only cause he’s a phenom but don’t give other young guys shots because THJ is more experienced
@@Mr.Thomas_Anderson hardy is clearly more talented than even dinwiddie
Why did we change the intro? Lol. I have commented below.
We’ve got Green Arrow too Nick!😂
Brining back Dinwiddie was a smart move.
The new intro song is 🔥
Glad you are back.
We got to do the whole Kidd’s rotations dance next year lol. 😂
Glad you made it home safe my guy!
Oh nice! that depth chart that you did is very similar to what i was thinking. i also thought that with the addition of dinwiddie, he will be the first guard that will come off the bench and he will shove exum and hardy back to the third stringers.
Exum had some good moments for us. I hope he improves and builds confidence.
exum also shot like 50% from 3 for a while...
exum is better than spence lmao why are we acting like this dude didn’t have a bottom 5 fg% last season
Nick and Spencer came back to mama 😂 (plz don’t take this out of context)
If Luka start practicing catch and shoot with Klay and gets better, you'll probably know who's winning MVP next season cause he'll score 40 a game. Good and inteligent fast pace passing will do greatness to our players and offense. Now Jkidd can implement 2dn unit some kind of 3 guard combo that was so good to us in the past
Dude, flying right now is brutal! My Delta flight on Monday got delayed 6 hours…so I said screw it and got a refund. Luckily I was in my home location. Can’t imagine how much it sucks trying to fly home. Thanks a lot Y2K (…and Crowdstrike). Welcome home, Spencer!
Comeback to Mommy Dinwiddie! Listening to Daddy didn't work out huh?
Orphans don’t care who adopt them, especially when they know no one else wants them
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🤣🤣🤣🤣
please change the music back to the original music pleeeaasssee
In some years we will be remembering the og era of this podcast with Isaac and the old intro
You went to my island? Nizee 🇩🇴!!!!🎉🎉
I think we're missing a good Forward similar to PJ Washington. Could it be Bruno Caboclo?
Damn this roster is stacked 😂
Robin Hood my friend? Wtf 😂? He was freaking British.
And forgets green arrow lol
If you told me Dinwiddie was 6’3 I would’ve believed you. Had no idea he was that tall
Nick is happy to be back... Just like Spencer!!
LET IT RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE!!
More like Nick returns...lol glad you made it back dude
If we had Spencer D for the finals, do we beat Boston? I felt like we would have and was so disappointed he went to Los Angeles.
Probably not if Kyrie still plays as bad as he did. Definitely would have been closer, though.
a point no 1 is talking about is klay,grimes,spencer,marshall are good free throw shooter, our team percentage sucked and we lost games because of free throws
Grimes in the starting lineup. Thompson, Dinwiddie, Gafford, Marshall and Kleber as the second unit. Long and deadly. Luke and Kyrie rest up for the fourth quarter.
One more pf/C some kind of tall vet
Jacksonville? Did you see Blake Bortles?
Almost put you on a milk carton, missed ya man 🦝🦝
You could not live with your own failure
LET THAT SHIII MF RIDE NICK!! 🐴🐴🐴
MFFL!!!!
But man
Feels awesome to be considered a title contender to start the season :)
I'm so glass half empty, that I think it is imminent that they will mess something up.
Lol let's just say that u did the episode cause I was asking for it on X 😂 lightskindirk
Welcome back 🎉
Sad you got affected by the outage.. neways good problem for the mavz 🙏🏽🙏🏽🏆🏆🔥
When Dallas had THJ/Dinwiddie you knew one was leaving.
Both scorers with limited defense.
Dinwiddie is a better all-around guy who can offer better ball handling and play making.
With THJ out this makes a lot of sense.
I do think Dinwiddie is simply a better player than both Hardy/Exum and becomes the true 3rd PG.
If we bring anyone back more than once it should be seth 💪💪
Sorry you had to sleep in an airport man, that sucks!
there is a real chance that in some games we could see a lineup of kyrie, spencer, klay, Luka and maxi.... that lineup would be HELL for defenses while still can be decent om defense amd cpuld work for trying yo come back a game while down 20
@@leonardo_mrll that is a terrible defensive lineup
@@Mr.Thomas_Anderson It would be but under j kidd as long as you have a rim protector and 2 6'6+ players the defense wont be a problem... for example mavs run lineups with ky, Hardy , Tim Hardaway, djj and maxi, last season and the defense was good...
Welcome back - you were missed.
I'm fearful bringing back SD who clearly doesn't perfer to be here creates much more problems that he solves. First clearly Luka, Irving, Exum, Grimes & Hardy should get the mins to see how they perform, SD only takes mins away from Hardy & Exum IMO. I think giving those 2 the extra mins to see how they fit accomplish 2 main goals. 1st will Hardy be ready to step in for Irving in 2 to 3 yrs and be a quality starter? Can we trust Exum in playoff series?? Those 2 questions must be answered and answered by mid season trade deadline. If yes? Great roll with the 5 guards with backup from Klay. If they are not? Then we should have traded for a quality dependable backup. 6 guards, 6 wings, and 3 centers pretty good breakdown and covers injuries and missed games.
He should have come back during free agency. I believe it would have made a difference in the finals
Dinwiddie is here depth chart is great now. let’s compete with Boston and trade for lauri. Hardy, o max, Lawson and maxi plus every single pick we can trade 1sts and seconds. Fill out rest of roster with vibe guy vets that may help morris twins for example
Good.
If we put our egos aside, the Mavs have a very good squad who can dominate from 1st - 4th quarter.
Start: Luka, Kyrie, Naji, PJ, Lively
Bench: Spencer, Klay, Grimes, Maxi, Gafford
Reserves: Hardy and Exum
That's a pretty good 12-man lineup
Thats literally one of the deepest roster ITL if you check other rosters
@@gthedragon17you can’t start Naji. Klay has a guaranteed starting spot in place of DJJ, defense is already compromised. It’s why this is a bad move
@@Mr.Thomas_Andersonyou can start naji or grimes and i guarantee you they will start and or close. Don’t know why ur stressing the importance of defense then saying that
@@Andrew-gs2psok well then Klay will get pissy that he isn’t appreciated. That was literally part of their pitch to him, he’ll start
@@Andrew-gs2psbut I agree ideally Klay would just take the place of shooter/THJ and Naji takes the place of DJJ. But that isn’t the logistics they have planned
Hey Nick
Is it true that the Lakers will have to pay for child support because Dinwiddie is back with Momma?
Can we turn that into a 2nd round pick?
The best case scenario imo would be bringing back DFS! Is there a world where it would be possible?
Hell no! I was so glad when we got rid of him. He is an overrated defender and zero threat on offense. He had his chance and wasn't good enough. He and Bullock held this team back.
@@dirtyhiggins5484 you're an idiot to be glad about that. DFS does all the things you don't see on the statsheet. If we have a lineup of DFS plugged in for DJJ, we could have had a better chance at boston
Did we get better on defense yet?
Klay/Kyrie could both use someone to soak up some of their minutes. And the team could need some D.
The addition of Dinwiddie opens up so much rest time for Luka and Kai. When I was in High school we had a freshman class that was just as talented as the Sophomore class I was on. We alternated quarters and dominated because we were always fresh. If a game was close at the end we played the best from each class to finish the game but it rarely came to that. Dinwiddie, Hardy, Max, Gafford, Marshal, or Exum or the excellent 3&d player we picked up from the Pistons (sorry I can’t recall his name but a young baller). That is a deep team. Round it off with OMax, AJ and Dwight and it is a contender for a championship. Awesome job by the front office. I hope they do not bring M. Morris back. Would be a waste of resources. If somehow they can trade D.P. And Exum for a floor spacing 5. Even better!
He said he was gonna have to earn back fan love, and his comments weren't his best moment
Were there other teams that wanted Dinwiddie?
Where was you? I didn’t have anything to watch
Hope you enjoyed your vacation 👍🏼
Happy your back
This such an AMAZING signing for the Mavs because of the fit and coaching the Mavs have compared to Darvin Ham. Real ones know how much he helped us get to the 2022 WCF. He can create shots and handle the rock, we can finally be comfortable resting Luka more and that lessens his load in the reg season thus preventing injuries like last season before going into the playoffs.
@@OCLProductionzthat was 3 years ago on a completely different team and before he was salty the mavs traded him. He’s 31 and has played bad since ‘22
@@Mr.Thomas_Andersonyou mean sense 23? He literally helped us get to the WCF in 22’. He was given a role too big for his capability in 22-23 and in 23-24 was given no playing time. Sooo it’s been literally a year and a half sense he was on the mavericks dude.
@@Andrew-gs2ps damn my bad two years ago, left here in January 2023. He’s been on three different teams since he left which is why I got mixed up
@@Andrew-gs2ps maxi helped us a lot in that ‘22 too..z but fans want him gone. So I don’t get it. That is a long time in sports, and this mavs team is a new environment
Dinwiddie? Win, did he?
Not that it matters, but Robin Hood is not american, it is a british folklore hero based in an italian thief from the Renaissance era.
The goat is back
Don’t forget abt the hardy party he’s also under 6’3
He’s 6’4
Nah he’s legit 6’3 but he’s got a cannon.
The only thing i like about this guy is that he shoots 51% on corner 3s outside of that he shoots horribly, maybe he regains his form here though, we would be great if he does that.
Big enough to switch on defense
i apologize you feel like he should’ve podcasted more
Luka and Kyrie cannot have the usage that they had last year. Luka was just beat up and in pain all the way through the playoffs. Kyrie was also just worn out by the finals. The lesson from the finals was that Luka and Kyrie were not at anything near 100%. So, the Kidd and the coaching staffs need to approach the seasons based on playing 100 plus games per year. Luka and Kyrie minutes per game needs to be reduced under 35 minutes per game. So, Dinwiddie, Exem, and Hardy need to eat up more than 15 minutes per game in the second and third quarters. That way Luka and Kyrie can be much closer to 100% strength and energy in fourth quarters and for the playoffs. Hopefully the Mavericks should play faster than having Luka walking the ball up the court all the time. The way to increase the defensive ability of Mavericks is to split up Luka and Kyrie and get Naji, Quentin, and Spencer into the game often with just one of the Luka and Kyrie duo.
Did he just say jaden hardy is 6ft5?
Everytime
I check he’s 6’4.
hardy likes to play in platform shoes
Smoothie King is back! And Nick!
Mavs have gotten so much better that a #2 Dinwiddie 2 years ago could be #12 now.
Dinwiddie is good addition considering the contract. Also makes Hardy + OMax available for a bigger defensive wing trade. Scoring is sorted.
windiddie wasn’t number 2…
@@rmr9345lmao why would you trade two promising projects for a 31yo journeyman who called the mavs his mommy last season? This is illogical
@@Mr.Thomas_Anderson Journeyman Dinwiddie is already with Mavs on vet min contract.
If Mavs miss DJJ too much or if Maxi is out for too long due to the injury they might want a big wing. In that case tradable players are Hardy and OMax. OMax could fill that void but he is not ready as of now.
@@hardywoodaway9912 After Luka the next best players on Mavs were Dinwiddie and Wood.
@@rmr9345maxi is cooked, so is Spencer. Develop players, keep the team young, stop adding regressing players that get waived by Toronto and cant perform in LA
Jaden Hardy is not 6'5. He's 6'3.
should just did a direct flight to the DR. pay the extra for piece of mind ive learned
Anything
Nick is alive?!
Imo we need to rid ourselves of Morris or Powell and grab bullock. Naji and klay gonna need some help. Spence solves a lot but klay is gonna need backup
Great show today. So glad to have Dinwiddie back! We are so deep now - especially compared to 2 years ago. Nico doing his magic. 🦝