He's been their best player...

Gobert is phenomenal I think, clearly he is better defense than gafford or Dlive (in rookie year) but impossible he has more value than Gafford and Dlive combine in 48 minutes spread. Two is better than one

What is bizarre to me is against Jokic they played the lob every time and it really f**ked with Denver but now they are playing the ball and giving up the lob.

@@michaelahurt mavs have better playmakers it's easy

@@Jomiloju-xw6wg 1) Denver has Nikola Fucking Jokic he's pretty goddamn good but 2) it's not. Minnesota against Phoenix and Denver was disciplined and locked in and their effort level was astronomical Luka and Kyrie are that good but Minnesota is letting them get whatever they want. Go watch how LA and OKC defended them. Yeah they still made shots obviously that those defenses were actively taking things away whereas Minnesota is playing like it's a back-to-back against Detroit in February.

Mavs signed him to extension too. Lol

@@anryXcurseIt’s only 8M for two more years, he’s like the 9th or 10th highest paid player on the team

Yeah it's crazy how they were able to upgrade from THJ to DJJ, DFS to PJ, and Maxi/Powell to DLive/Gaff in only 1 season.

Best Center in the league.

Ive heard in a couple interviews that Luka is so thankful they drafted Lively

Generation of Miracles type plays

For some reason I just think Kidd sucks in the Regular Season but shows his real value in the playoffs

99% of mavs fans are dumb. specially the ones on the mavs subreddit

No discovery today, Kidd great basketball mind

Yeah. It really helps when you have two of the best on ball creators in the league. Surround them with people like gafford, lively, pjail and djj. Luka and kyrie help Kidd more than Kidd helps them.

I've always found it weird how NOBODY ever mentions Kidd in the best Coach debates

and ANT doesnt have those qualities, naz was wide open in the corner on the 16 sec mark, but instead became a turnover. kai and luka could have easily made that pass.

​@@enrobatroll5806 ANT is far from dumb but he's also not as smart or as creative as either Luka or Kyrie. The T-Wolves stars are at a mental disadvantage this series.

It also helps that Kyrie is elite in almost any offensive role. He's great as a catch and shoot, he's great at attacking closeouts, he's just a scoring maestro.

@@BlueHundred1 Kyrie is probably the most skillful player I have ever seen.

@@albericponcedeleon2696fax now that they down 2-0 mavs fin go crazy😂

Your defence has actually been fine. The problem for the wolves is at the other end. This is the first great defence you have faced and if it wasn't for some flaming hot shooting from Jaden and Nas you probably don't break 100 in either game.

It's what coach said, bro, they can't navigate the double screen só gobert is always 1v2 and they are toasted

Luka and Kyrie are just so much better ball handlers than what the Suns/Nuggets have, they get to the rim and have so many options. Ant also is playing really bad and without him scoring Wolves offense isn't that great... Then you have KAT who has smaller defenders on him but is just so passive 😅 Naz Reid can't win with these KATs

You have double-penetration threats from THE two best finishers in the league, and both are capable of being phenomenal playmakers as well. Luka is a generational talent who has the ability to fake out defenders with potential lobs, assists, drives, kickouts, or stepback 3s. Dallas is also experienced and unphased by huge leads, so they'll keep attacking you the full 48 minutes until they steal the game. You did not face these challenges in Phoenix or Denver.

Yall can’t guard Luka it’s pretty much that simple. Can’t guard him 1 on 1 and in the pick & roll he has mcdaniles or whoever else he wants on his back side for easy floaters and if the center shows to much it’s a lob!

Not Luka and Kai on the lobs, but the fact that Lively and Gafford take turns

Mavs broke Lob City record for most dunks in a game

Hey now. I’m a Mavs fan, but don’t say McDaniels makes love to roosters.

Multiple coaches too

Yeah definitely improved this season love to see it.

He remembered that he's a Top 10 PG All Time and the BBIQ that comes with that. 😂

Got Finch in North Korea!! 🤣

it's stranger that he wasn't a great coach right off the bat. He was one of the smartest PG's/player ever

And the trades gave luka a brand new team that he could make contenders starting on day 1

Quality bball playoffs- stars aligned for the Mavs too. Honestly more excited about these matchups than I was for the eclipse 😂

Mavs pretty strong with the drafts hahah

Don't forget that stupid one with shot clock off closing the first half of game1 that resulted in a Kyrie 3 point play.

If Luka didn’t travel it’d be epic right?

​@MD-jf1ml but he didn't travel. And yes it was an epic step back game winning 3. Cope harder

@@MD-jf1ml awww, it's gonna be okay lil bro, you can wash those tears now

The only passers in the league that I see manipulate defenders in the pick and roll with their eyes is luka, jokic, lebron, trae young and sometimes harden. Shout out to trae young though crazy passer for his size.

Galactic pull

I usually like Awful Coaching, but needlessly firing shots at other channels for attention is a bitch move.

@@pranavarora9976 what did he say, I stopped watching his videos pretty recently

@@pranavarora9976 Nah, he's awesome. Ben Taylor is awesome. Both can be awesome. I doubt Ben cares, it's obvious it's a gimmick, and a great one at that.

DRINKING BASKETBALL NEEDS TO BE STOPPED

Ant wished he'd be on same level as Luka

@@nor-in5kj Can you stop antagonizing the kid? What did he ever do to you? Can't we just praise Luka without bringing someone else down? (I am a 100% mavs fan btw)

I am still waiting for the answer of Why the Thunder are ignoring Dallas' shooters (!)

he does with one leg. he hopping when he shoot to lessen the impact on the right knee. put draymond and take the other leg maybe

He hasn’t won a championship yet calm down

He impacts whining.

@@fredooogoated8335 ??? TF by that logic, Tatum and co. are also bums and not contributing to winning lol

​@@fredooogoated8335None of the final 4's first options have won an nba championship. 2nd options that won are kyrie and siakam. So mavs and pacers in finals?

I know you didn't say the NBAs best center

He said if u combine their numbers​@@mindyourbuisness8104

@@mindyourbuisness8104he didn’t, it was someone else.

Thinking of getting a Lively jersey. Since he's gonna be with us for a few years. Hopefully stays with the Mavs when his rookie contract is close to ending. I can see an All Defense 1st team in Lively's near future....

​@aceloco817 given the circumstances, Dallad is the best place for him to be. Kyrie will retire a Mav, Luka is gonna sign that max contract, Gafford is perfect as an on court mentor while he has Tyson Chandler off the court. Plus he's been given nearly as much minutes as you could want in a rookie season and is now shining in the playoffs. For once since the 2011 season, the Mavs just hapoen to have the right mix of players at the right time. Thing about it is, every player at every position is younger than that championship team if ai'm nit mistaken and I'd argue, all are more talented at their position. Kyrie Irving/Jason Kidd, Jason Terry, Caron Butler/Derrick Jones Jr, Shawn Marion/ PJ Washington Jr, Dirk/Luka, Tyson Chandler/DLive n Gafford. The talent of our team matches uo with the talent of any team in the NBA. Celtics may give us a little bit of problems, but I got Mavs in 6 or 7. Best case scenarionfor Lively's career, he's stays with the Mavs as long as possible.

well said 👏🏽

Dallas defense doesn't get mentioned enough

@@Jbird1988 Happily will mention Dallas. Luka is my 2nd favorite player in the league. Take the wolves out back to the shed where they belong.

​@@Jbird1988 best defense in the league since march and no one is pointing it out going in to the post season.

they hate luka and kai play defense

Jaden Hardy masterclass incoming

Average Woves fan here. I worry in every game because this team is historical throwing leads.

on the flip side neither ant or kat have had a game even remotely close to their standards and the Wolves have lost both games by a combined point total of 4

@@johnchua5153this is also the best D the Wolves have played in the playoffs by a long shot. Jokic is amazing offensively but gives little rim protection where the Mavs have 2 really solid tall rim protectors that are giving the Wolves all kinds of problems

“You need more haters” -Sun Tzu, quoting Kat Williams

Dude is a TALENT

Just wait until he loses in the Finals. Hate will be at a whole new level. These Mavs are punching way above their actual stature and it's gonna end sooner than later. Every other playoffs has a team overperform before being stomped.

@@geordiejones5618y’all BEEN saying that. Like the salty little pu nk villain. “One of these days!” When? What will u say when they handle the Celtics? You’ll probably go into anaphylactic shock.

@@geordiejones5618lol love the goalposts keep shifting just to maintain all that hate energy huh. “They wouldn’t make it past LAC in the first round.” That changed to “No chance against SGA and his number 1 seed.” Then the “getting swept by ANT and Wolves” quietened down real quick huh?

Damn. You beat me to this.

Yep.. and although Luka deserved more praise.. that is already a win.

It has to do something with the impact on hammering casual bandwagon dreams and now he has to acknowledge Luka and the juggernaut Mavericks have become.

yup. And even after the foul wolves fans were complaining about even tho everyone knows is a rule the mavs ended up missing the shot right after and wolves got ANOThsr Chance to ice it. Then after Lukas shot they had ANOTHER one

Without free throws Edward’s scores maybe 10 pts let that sink in as “face “ of the league

The legend also says he is trash on defense and is just sitting around when he doesn't have the ball which makes it harder for his co-star to play. Must be true it was in depth advanced stats analysis

What'd he say about Luka

​@@jasonlaohoocriticizing reg season play, and id agree luka shows no defensive effort there, but the playoffs seem to be a different game for him

😂😂😂 bro they wildin

there's a difference between a "small" team like the mavs and a small ball team like let's say the harden rockets or the warriors, the mavs still have big centers with gafford and especially lively that can roll hard and catch lobs while also being rim protectors and being able to defend other centers

Ur tripping, mavs and wolves are well matched on size, don’t run w every bs narrative espn pushes just bc they gotta come up w some talking points

no whining...MEN out there!! BOTH teams can gripe, KAI hacked the HECK out of Jaden as seen in the challenge for possession review! ☘💪🏿

To be fair, Ben did say that Luka's play began to translate to wins after the trade deadline when both Gafford and Washington arrived.

@@leungszso by his logic when the mavs were crippled and kyrie wasn’t playing and mavs were above .500 Luka was just there hurting the team. Anyone who thinks the best or second best player doesn’t contribute to winning a game is a fucking moron who should never talk about basketball. By that logic mj,Kobe,Lebron should never be considered winning players

​@@deadlylightningspirit4295What are you even yapping about. Luka got a serious boost in offense with the addition of Washington and Gafford. It's not that hard to understand.

@@leungsz To be fair Luka has already been to the WCF at the same age as Ant with J Brunson(well not the current version) and Dinwidie as his 2 other best players, when he was the same age as Ant(ok 5 months older since one is born in August), so probably the winning didn't start 2 months ago, I'm not even gonna go in on the difference in rosters of the current TWolves and the Mavs 2 years ago, no DPOY's no All NBA players, no 6th man of the year no ROY and so on

@@borislavpopov2548 ant is not in the same league as luka, those jordan/kobe comparisons are wack

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Don't know if he's doing it just to protect himself or if he's doing on purpose to hurt players

@@rgonzalo511 probably on purpose. no reason to aim for the face every time

They aren't defending well enough. This is regular season defense. It's not same the intensity level and focus they had against Phoenix and Denver.

OKC has defended the paint better in their series than MIN here.

​@michaelahurt They are facing luka and kyrie with the pick and roll lol, this isn't jamal murray. Not to mention that gafford and livley are more athletic than jokic, and also seem to have higher offensive iq than gordon with these lobs they always catch and knowing where to grab the boards at. Mavs defense is better than Denver's defense too since they have bigger and more athletic players

​@@michaelahurtyeah but that's just their specific weakness, big ball handlers running high screens. I think Lebron and AD actually would have had some success against them too, although not as much as the mavs.

​@@mightyleafeon1907yep and it was okcs offence that cost them too. Outside of SGA midrangers no one could do much, and they could actually play five out with rim protection.

He just sounds sleep deprived af lol

he sound high af 😂

He might, bro sick to his stomach seeing Luka up 2-0 against the team who beat his pookie Jokic

@@KlayGoods123 Man had to edit, record and write videos on an entire 7 game playoff series. You wanted him to do okc vs mavs too? Bro just wants Ben to never sleep again.

@@lockedsushi1645 bro all mavs videos before this one are losses lmao

cringe!

Luka is more MJ or Kobe than Antman is ..Facts

Mitch

I'd sit him down in the 4th for Anderson

my fav meme 🤣

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These guys are such luka and mavs haters took them two play off series and the mavs being up 2-0 on the wolves for them to make one postive video about the mavs

this is why we live in North Korea

To be fair to Conley, he is not someone who complains a lot to the refs.

He's never gotten a tech in his entire career, I imagine refs don't wanna be the one to give him his first especially this close to retirement

He wasn’t speaking English He was speaking French.

i think it was “on your head mofo” at first but otherwise correct , that’s what i got

F these Luka deniers and this begrudging azz channel

oH, mY cAsUaL eYe tHiNkS lUkA iS iMpAcTiNg wInNinG, sO oBvIoUsLy tHe nUmbers pRovIdEd by tHE aNAlYsT aRe wRoNg

Luka impacts winning, there I said it for you.

@@jeffnemec I’ll have to consult my VORP GLERP DERP and DRIP ratings first. I’ll get back to you.

yes I agree, there is a guy in LA that plays with modern shaq with defense plus a tailor made roster, his game impacts winning, he is consistently in the play in and he can afford to pad his stats in the 4th and freeze out teammates, he is a point forward you know. plus there is that guy in philly, 7 foot but takes 6 3s per game plus 50 FTs, he also plays like 30 games per year (not his fault that he is injury prone, but durability is ability) and he is the MVP, also that guy in boston that plays on an all star roster, very impactful when it comes to winning. its those euro guys in denver and dallas that are stat padders, their games dont impact winning, even though one of them won a championship with no all stars on his team while averaging a super efficient triple double and the other one was giving work to kawhi and george as a 20 year old, beat the shit out of the 1st seed in the west that had paul and booker on it with dwight powell as a prominent teammate. they are also not jacked so that means that they play bad defense.

Yeah F this channel for real

he didn't swing to the corner to shoot, if you watch him, he actually stops short and starts motioning over his shoulder to signal ant to kick it to reid. he was intending to preemptively screen a closeout to give naz a free shot

Slo Mo is motioning to Naz, who has been on a heater, because he’s setting a pindown screen. There’s 0 “ruined spacing” all five Mavericks were in the paint and Ant missed two wide open corners. He just choked. Nothing wrong with it, still a phenomenal player, but winning is hard. You can’t freeze up and miss the easy basketball play. He panicked.

That’s what the second screen is for. Now you have to go over or under that screen. Go under and Luka just jerks back to the inside to reverse it. Go over and he picks you apart like a normal pick and roll. Switch it and Luka picks it apart like he did to end the game. If it were as easy as a single switch, a lot less points would be scored

It is but they just did this against Denver. They stayed attached to the ball handler, played the lob and the help defender busted his ass to get back to contest the three. Now they aren't staying attached (and a lot of times not even contesting the shot) -- except NAW; he's been fantastic still -- they are playing the ball and giving up the lob, and the help defender is staying attached to the "shooters" vs playing help and recover

@@michaelahurt the thing is murray is far away from these 2 guards luka and irving. skill wise and intellectual wise. murray is more of a shooting guard and not creative as luka and kyrie.

@@michaelahurt Right but that's mostly because of how much better Luka is a manipulating defenders than Murray who mostly relied on elite shot making. I agree in a sense because they aren't selling out on anything well. They're not taking away the lob or contesting Luka well. The only thing they do well is take away the corner 3.

@@lubo1358 Luka is better than Murray but Jokic is pretty good at manipulating defenses too and he was also running a ton of PnR It's just about effort and discipline. Against Denver they were hyper aware of Denver's tendencies and worked to take them away, worked to stay attached, and worked like hell to recover 25 feet to shooters. Realistically Minnesota should be able to do exactly what LA did -- make Luka beat you with mid-range jumpers -- just with better personnel but like you said, they aren't taking _anything_ away so Dallas is getting whatever they want I've said it a bunch but I think Minnesota's players were really feeling themselves and thought they did something. That's how they are playing anyway

@@michaelahurt I don't think that's the case. Edwards is just streaky and so is KAT and when you're two main scorers are like that it can be hard to win games consistently.

You can call a foul on every single play in the NBA if you wanted to. That is why the rule exists.

J KIDD!

lol i saw that goofiness

Heartbreaking but they just need to throw the white towel in now so they can start the healing process from cancun

@@endureuntiltheend86 Sir, I like the way you think 😂

It was Derrick Jones, he ended up over there after contesting the Naz shot