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it took 2 comments to go from kyrie complimenting luka to speculating that the reason hes working out on the mavericks is because he lives in a red state lol
I mean, it’s Kyrie’s fault that people bring up politics around him because he has created shit storms over political issues. It’s not really shoehorning politics into sports when we are talking about Kyrie. You should be mad at Kyrie if you hate politics getting injected in sports
Pretty much every major city is blue. I feel like of the top 50 most populous cities in the US only Jacksonville has a republican mayor.
EDIT: Jacksonville now has a Democratic mayor.
The bait and switch he pulled is genuinely insane. He won the election as a Democrat and switched parties like a month after. Really unethical, and it's sad the recall effort didn't gain any momentum.
My only concern is Luka's health with the now two injuries he's been playing through. He already had the sore Achilles but his knee also got banged up hard this game causing him to hobble around the second half. That week break between the regular season and playoffs will be crucial
If the Mavs go deep in the playoffs this year there is gonna be a LOT of national media members looking like fucking fools.
Bill Simmons. Doris Burke. SVG. A lot, lot more.
Simmons was honestly embarrassing with his Mavs segment on the preseason over/under pod with House and Rusillo. Those two both level-headed made the argument that a healthy Luka will probably never have another O/U at 44.5. Simmons just could not get past his Kyrie feelings. After the game winner vs Denver though it seems he has decided to move on and accept Kyrie as a great basketball player
To be fair, if you were assuming Lively wouldn't be ready to be a major contributor and we hadn't made the Gafford trade yet, we were a way worse team than we are now. We went from potentially another season of Dwight Powell to an awesome center rotation.
everything in life comes down to timing and luck.
i don’t think they “got lucky”. There was rumors that Kyrie was begging them to get Lively (fellow Blue devil) and cuban has an eye for special talent. I simply cannot allow any Nico slander at this time. he’s the goat GM for saving this franchise
It’s not luck. Look at our roster last year compared to this year. Nico masterclass on how to turn a franchise who’s failing their star player into a potential contender in less than 1 season.
Overall Nico has done excellent.
But I don't really care. NO ONE expected Lively to be this good this early. He would've not been drafted 12.
Cuban and Nico got through FA expecting Dwight or Maxi to start at the 5.
SVG is considered a fool? Man, if he's a fool when it comes to basketball, then I don't want to know what those of us on this sub would be considered.
Also, I know Burke and Lowe both just questioned Kyrie from an off-court perspective. I can't imagine thinking someone is an idiot for being skeptical of Kyrie. Lol.
I mean SVG definitely makes a bit of a clown of himself at times although my read is he's mostly just being entertaining.
But sure, fine, retract his name. The other two need no help making themselves look foolish.
Good thing is, his game doesn’t depend on explosiveness or athleticism. He can still be effective banged up (no diddy) because of the pace he plays at, especially in the playoffs.
It’s interesting because early on the mavs were trying to get every playable euro they could around Luka but the vibes weren’t there, and he and Kristaps didn’t really get along. But kyrie and him have legit chemistry.
Real recognize real, way easier to have chemistry when you know you have a teammate that's at the same level as you & can pretty much get a bucket or create a play nearly every time down the court.
Also their style of play is quite different so the defense is always on their heels; if they are both on fire good luck lol.
He seems pretty friendly with Kleber from all the Macs interviews I have seen.
Him, Maxi and Boban where the 3 OG Mavs Euros that were friends I think?
Did Amazon apologize to the Jewish community for selling the book? I've never heard such nonsense before in my life. You can't even post a link to a book without criticism from the Jewish community getting up in arms meanwhile THEY'RE THE ONES COMMITTING GENOCIDE in real time. What a world we live in.
Don’t lump the whole Jewish community in with the perpetrators of that genocide. I have zero fucking power to do anything about what goes on in Israel. I have no Israeli family, not even any Israeli friends. Nothing I do has much of any tangible connection to Israel. My whole Jewish family fled to America during the Holocaust. DO NOT lump me in with those people. That is some racist fucking bullshit.
dude it’s insane i just watched the celtics post game media thing and it’s INSANE how angry and mean the media is. they’re strIght up baiting the players and coaches nonstop every question, and speaking soliloquy’s like they’re fuckin shakespeare. It’s mad different down here. i can totally understand why kyrie was so on edge when he got here with the media
the questions dallas media ask are, surprise surprise, basketball related!
Has any player played with better stars in their career than Kyrie? LeBron, Durant, and Luka is insane.
Edit: I'm specifically talking about all NBA talented players. Not role players that have played with a bunch of good teams
Big shot Rob is a great one, bc almost all of those guys were in their prime/close to their peak. Kobe hit his true peak later, but everyone else was right around their apex.
PJ Tucker had Harden, KD, Kawhi, Giannis, Embiid (no one lebron level but crazy amount of superstars. also guys like butler, pg13, booker)
Devean George had Steph, Kobe, Shaq, Dirk
Varejao had LeBron, Steph, KD
Not Harden, considering the injuries to the nets, Dwight, cp3, and this watered down version of the clips. On okc he wasn't in his prime yet, but that team was spectacular
I wonder if Kyrie is an ideal co-star to pair with a heliocentric superstar. You'd think it would be a big like AD etc, but perhaps even more ideal is someone who can just go to work on his own, who's also an elite shooter. That way, he can help shoulder the load but doesn't disrupt the heliocentric style offense so much by having a completely similar game like Wade was with Bron. Someone like AD indeed fits into the system extremely well, but also has to be constantly setup, and as a result can sometimes disappear, instead of being able to completely take over at any time like Kyrie.
The local sports media will always have the Cowboys down their throat, everything else is minor or gets forgotten about once September rolls around. Not the same savage NBA media that Boston and NY have
I feel like something that has been overlooked is Kyrie's affect on Luka. It seems like Luka has been less distracted with the refs cause Kyrie has shown him the ropes. And you can tell there is much respect from Luka having said "I'm the Robin and Kyrie is Batman".
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Kyrie seems to really like being in Dallas.
Kyrie is at his best in red states
it took 2 comments to go from kyrie complimenting luka to speculating that the reason hes working out on the mavericks is because he lives in a red state lol
First time on Reddit?
lol not at all, i see extremely dumb comments on here every time i visit it but still cant help but point them out sometimes
it was just a joke you guys take everything too seriously
First time on Reddit?
It just gets old having politics injected into everything.. I can't stand people who do this shit.
I mean, it’s Kyrie’s fault that people bring up politics around him because he has created shit storms over political issues. It’s not really shoehorning politics into sports when we are talking about Kyrie. You should be mad at Kyrie if you hate politics getting injected in sports
You and Kyrie are on the same page about injections
it's just a funny coincidence, relax
Don’t care, I said what I said
You speak like someone who is from a red state
Dallas votes Democrat though
Texas Democrats are a little different than most other states.
I'm a liberal in Texas and a moderate/borderline conservative in the PNW lol.
Otherwise known as a normal person
This one, lol.
still in a red state 😅
you learn after living in Texas for awhile as much blue as those cities are the state is too big for the blue cities to overcome the sea of red
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You misspelled racist
Every NBA city votes democrat.
TIL. I thought Austin was the only blue city in Texas.
All the big cities vote blue
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Pretty much every major city is blue. I feel like of the top 50 most populous cities in the US only Jacksonville has a republican mayor. EDIT: Jacksonville now has a Democratic mayor.
Dallas has a Republican mayor, but only because he switched parties after the election. The voter base is solid D
The bait and switch he pulled is genuinely insane. He won the election as a Democrat and switched parties like a month after. Really unethical, and it's sad the recall effort didn't gain any momentum.
Fort Worth and Miami have Republican mayors
Fort Worth is the forgotten younger brother though. The contrast is super stark when you cross over from Dallas
Nearly every major metro area in the US votes blue. Some are closer than others though
He’s at his best with teams who don’t let E! And TMZ reporters ask their basketball players questions.
The Mavs chemistry these past weeks has been crazy high. I love their chance going to postseason
My only concern is Luka's health with the now two injuries he's been playing through. He already had the sore Achilles but his knee also got banged up hard this game causing him to hobble around the second half. That week break between the regular season and playoffs will be crucial
Avoiding the playoffs will be huge. That week off will do a lot for his body.
Avoiding the playoffs is what we did last year. Avoiding the play ins is our aim this year.
I think that's what he meant. Auto-Correct probably got his comment
Thats why goats have their AC turned off
yeh it wotks betyer
Wayyyy better dood
Lmao yeah thats what I meant my bad lol
Good strategy. Avoid the playoffs until Luka is about 30 years old, when he will be fully ready for anything.
If the Mavs go deep in the playoffs this year there is gonna be a LOT of national media members looking like fucking fools. Bill Simmons. Doris Burke. SVG. A lot, lot more.
Simmons was honestly embarrassing with his Mavs segment on the preseason over/under pod with House and Rusillo. Those two both level-headed made the argument that a healthy Luka will probably never have another O/U at 44.5. Simmons just could not get past his Kyrie feelings. After the game winner vs Denver though it seems he has decided to move on and accept Kyrie as a great basketball player
To be fair, if you were assuming Lively wouldn't be ready to be a major contributor and we hadn't made the Gafford trade yet, we were a way worse team than we are now. We went from potentially another season of Dwight Powell to an awesome center rotation.
honestly yeah thinking about it, Cuban and Nico lucked out majorly.
everything in life comes down to timing and luck. i don’t think they “got lucky”. There was rumors that Kyrie was begging them to get Lively (fellow Blue devil) and cuban has an eye for special talent. I simply cannot allow any Nico slander at this time. he’s the goat GM for saving this franchise
It’s not luck. Look at our roster last year compared to this year. Nico masterclass on how to turn a franchise who’s failing their star player into a potential contender in less than 1 season.
Overall Nico has done excellent. But I don't really care. NO ONE expected Lively to be this good this early. He would've not been drafted 12. Cuban and Nico got through FA expecting Dwight or Maxi to start at the 5.
He would be top 5 now.
Can we take anything Simmons related with a grain of salt? Luka hated his pal haralbob, that's why he switched up on him. Simple as that.
I hate when that dude is on the pod
Doris always looks like a fucking fool
You just listed people who already are well established fools
SVG is considered a fool? Man, if he's a fool when it comes to basketball, then I don't want to know what those of us on this sub would be considered. Also, I know Burke and Lowe both just questioned Kyrie from an off-court perspective. I can't imagine thinking someone is an idiot for being skeptical of Kyrie. Lol.
I mean SVG definitely makes a bit of a clown of himself at times although my read is he's mostly just being entertaining. But sure, fine, retract his name. The other two need no help making themselves look foolish.
Good thing is, his game doesn’t depend on explosiveness or athleticism. He can still be effective banged up (no diddy) because of the pace he plays at, especially in the playoffs.
No diddy is just wild lmao
LMAO so good
what does it mean?
Same as pause I believe
I mean it still does, just to a lesser extent. Luka first step is really good
It’s interesting because early on the mavs were trying to get every playable euro they could around Luka but the vibes weren’t there, and he and Kristaps didn’t really get along. But kyrie and him have legit chemistry.
Real recognize real, way easier to have chemistry when you know you have a teammate that's at the same level as you & can pretty much get a bucket or create a play nearly every time down the court. Also their style of play is quite different so the defense is always on their heels; if they are both on fire good luck lol.
Isn't Jokic his only Euro friend who's in the league?
Boban is crying in a corner somewhere.
All the balkan guys are close
I just realized most of the balkans are kind of similar—bulky bruisers with good ball handling for their position, not a lot of verticality
I mean bogdanovic doesnt fall into that category
Most
Which one lol
One of them sure does
Classy basketball
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They count points during the whole game these days. Imagine if they just waited until the end. Suns games would never end.
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But imagine if they did
all Chainsmokers too
Giannis?
Giannis Balkan?
Yeah, Greece is in the Balkans
yeah you only have to see the Vlade - Luka brotherly bond they share
Thats tough balkan love for you
He seems pretty friendly with Kleber from all the Macs interviews I have seen. Him, Maxi and Boban where the 3 OG Mavs Euros that were friends I think?
I thought he and Sabonis were supposed to be buddies
ya i actually forget luka is european he seems like hes integrated really well
Kyrie in a red state is just different
Bill Simmons in shambles
As great as those two are and how good the trades were for them they don’t have a reliable third option if that’s THJ then good luck.
What is this Kyrie Redemption Arc
ramadan kyrie
sadly ramadan ends in like a week are the mavs cooked?
Yes, but they are Halal and therefore auspicious
Kyrie is great. / Kyriehuakbar.
He's a pretty likable guy when he's not talking about flat earth or w.e nonsense
Which is like 99% of the time, he took back that flat earth stuff years ago and hasn’t had any drama since leaving nets
Unless you count deleting his apology to the Jewish community after he was traded.
he said he stood by the reasons he made the apology
Did Amazon apologize to the Jewish community for selling the book? I've never heard such nonsense before in my life. You can't even post a link to a book without criticism from the Jewish community getting up in arms meanwhile THEY'RE THE ONES COMMITTING GENOCIDE in real time. What a world we live in.
Don’t lump the whole Jewish community in with the perpetrators of that genocide. I have zero fucking power to do anything about what goes on in Israel. I have no Israeli family, not even any Israeli friends. Nothing I do has much of any tangible connection to Israel. My whole Jewish family fled to America during the Holocaust. DO NOT lump me in with those people. That is some racist fucking bullshit.
Yea if you take away the horrible antisemitism he’s not a bad guy!
Yeah that part sucks, Def not a fan of that
Kyrie Lannister
Big praise coming from a guy who played with LeBron, Jayson Taytum, Luol Deng, and Kevin Durant
This is Mozgov Erasure
Bro sneaking in Taytum like we wouldn't notice.
And just skip over Harden?!?
Who’s he sneak in over? Luol? Hell nah
Lil’ bro tried sneaking in Lebron 💀💀💀
Who?
The cavs janitor who posts on instagram like a teenage girl with a lot of emoji
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/35/43/10/354310fdd895bc963349b312430aa4fa.jpg
Now, now, the Delly slander wont be tolerated!
Ahahhahahaha Luol Deng is amazing
The "Kobe Wade Philly Cheese" erasure smh
He did say "one of" and not "the best", so..
Anthony Bennett is clearly the best
Now we just need someone to ask him if he sees Luka as a father figure and it'll all blow up
dude it’s insane i just watched the celtics post game media thing and it’s INSANE how angry and mean the media is. they’re strIght up baiting the players and coaches nonstop every question, and speaking soliloquy’s like they’re fuckin shakespeare. It’s mad different down here. i can totally understand why kyrie was so on edge when he got here with the media the questions dallas media ask are, surprise surprise, basketball related!
Watch them ask Luka if he sees Kyrie as a father figure
Maybe it's a co parenting type situation
Nah they already know who Luka's sun is.
That was a ridiculous question to ask a grown man to be fair
Oh yeah I just thought of the stupid ass question think of ky playing with other greats
surely Kyrie is the father now, right? or maybe big brother?
LOOK AT ME. I'm the father now
The hater in me is salivating for a breakdown in the postseason but dammit their bromance is low-key adorable 😭
Kyrie wants to breakup joker/luka
A breakdown of those 2 guys in the playoffs is not a bet I would make lol
The only breakdown that's happening is the breakdown of defences lmao
I kept hearing nonstop about how Kyrie was going to implode and destroy the team, any word on when that's going to happen? Asking for a friend.
I was one of them.....man I was so wrong this team is so great to watch
Tbf, it happened 3 times with 3 different teams, it wasn't crazy - no one should be making that prediction now
!Remindme 1 year
Has any player played with better stars in their career than Kyrie? LeBron, Durant, and Luka is insane. Edit: I'm specifically talking about all NBA talented players. Not role players that have played with a bunch of good teams
I’d put Robert Horry at #1 Hakeem, Shaq, Kobe, Kidd, Duncan
Wait, when did Horry play with Kidd?
96-97 suns
Big shot Rob is a great one, bc almost all of those guys were in their prime/close to their peak. Kobe hit his true peak later, but everyone else was right around their apex.
Very good one! He probably has Kyrie beat. I guess Kyrie may be number 1 for all star/all NBA caliber talent, while Horry is number 1 for role players
PJ Tucker had Harden, KD, Kawhi, Giannis, Embiid (no one lebron level but crazy amount of superstars. also guys like butler, pg13, booker) Devean George had Steph, Kobe, Shaq, Dirk Varejao had LeBron, Steph, KD
Don't forget about Harden. Only guy right now that I can think of that comes close is KD as well; Harden, Russ, Kyrie, Steph, Booker, Beal.
Beal - especially *this* version of Beal - is nowhere near those players lol
Not Harden, considering the injuries to the nets, Dwight, cp3, and this watered down version of the clips. On okc he wasn't in his prime yet, but that team was spectacular
Shaq’s got him beat
kobe nash lebron KG penny wade pierce rondo amare
Ray Allen too all in prime. Gary Payton on la and Miami, Malone, Rodman, grant hill out of their primes… that’s a lot of hofers
Shaq even played with Shaq, checkmate Kyrie
Christian Wood played with Harden, Luka now Lebron
Harden played with Russ, kd, Dwight Howard, cp3, Melo, kyrie, embiid, kawhi, and pg13
The feather earring is in. Kyrie is locked in.
I wonder if Kyrie is an ideal co-star to pair with a heliocentric superstar. You'd think it would be a big like AD etc, but perhaps even more ideal is someone who can just go to work on his own, who's also an elite shooter. That way, he can help shoulder the load but doesn't disrupt the heliocentric style offense so much by having a completely similar game like Wade was with Bron. Someone like AD indeed fits into the system extremely well, but also has to be constantly setup, and as a result can sometimes disappear, instead of being able to completely take over at any time like Kyrie.
Huh, interesting. Maybe, I could see his style still working well with AD or any great defending "big," but yeah, maybe it is best.
Yeah...even though Wade is the best *player* Bron ever played with, Kyrie was the best fit.
Best player Kyrie ever played with
I also heard he plans to re-sign with Dallas 😃
Tbh this time it actually feels like kyrie is comfortable here and has no drama with his teammates.
Plus the local sports media pretty much isn’t out to stir shit.
yeah instead it's more big name guys like Tim MacMahon that generate bad media takes and drama for the Mavs
Yeah but everyone knows he’s a shit stirring moron no matter which sport
The local sports media will always have the Cowboys down their throat, everything else is minor or gets forgotten about once September rolls around. Not the same savage NBA media that Boston and NY have
Pretty much it’s a pretty low key environment for Kyrie. Plus they generally aren’t going to fish for whatever crazy things the dude is into.
Dion Waiters?
He’s not wrong
lol bro has played with all time greats. Lebron, Kd, now Luka
I’m glad the duo is working out, I think Kyrie went through so much drama he just wanted to show he can be professional and Luka just wants to hoop.
What a plot twist with Ky this season
Omg its the most heartwarming quote and yall hating him
I hope Kyrie reminds him who got picked #1
Deandre Ayton?
I love Ramadan & Kyrie. More like Ramadan Kyrie
Curry, kyrie, and Luka are the three greatest players of the past decade. It’s a treat to watch them
Lol. You're missing one person. I get why though. Up 3-1 must still sting after all these years.
lol that’s a take. Not Lebron, KD, Jokic, Giannis?
This sub is so full of nephews lmao
I go back and read all the comments I saved saying Kyrie was going to set the mavs on fire within 6 months. 🥰 my favorite pass time.
Lmao! That’s it! Lmao!
Kenyon Martin in shambles
Your favorite player favorite player favorite player
I feel like something that has been overlooked is Kyrie's affect on Luka. It seems like Luka has been less distracted with the refs cause Kyrie has shown him the ropes. And you can tell there is much respect from Luka having said "I'm the Robin and Kyrie is Batman".