Christian Clark
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first heard Feb 2025
last heard 28 Feb
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He's just a spectacular player. He didn't shoot the ball at all. He didn't shoot the ball well at all today, but I still thought he played a pretty good game. And then the Lakers just defended really well. I mean, they really got the defense cranked up these last 10 games.
That is a great question. I mean, they've been starting Kessler Edwards, who's a six foot seven forward on a two way contract at center, you know, just before the all star break. That doesn't obviously feel real sustainable to me. I think they're five and five since the Luka trade. Dwight Powell did come back tonight. You know, he only played 13, 14 minutes. Wasn't bad. Wasn't bad. Yeah.
I mean, I think the Mavericks are are really fighting like Kyrie's locked in. He's playing amazing. You know, Jason kids got great by and it's just it's just really tough. You know, when you have probably like the best collection of bigs in the league and, you know, none of them can play.
Yeah. This team had full health. Klay Thompson thinks that they're a championship-level team. He told you after the game that he's been around championship teams, which we know, and he feels like if they can just keep this thing going, keep it together, when everyone comes back, they got as good a shot as anybody. I actually happen to agree with him.
How do you feel about this team and their championship chances?
I think he's right. I mean, I do think they have a chance to come out of the West. I mean, they did it as a five last year without having a home court advantage in any of the series. I think that's got to give them some confidence. I know Luke has died here anymore, but... I mean, even doing it as an eight is harder than a five.
I mean, we're probably looking at a scenario where they're going to have to win a play-in game this year. But I really like this team when they're at full health. I mean, we saw it for three quarters, that Houston game with AD. I mean, they blocked 18 shots. Like, you totally saw... what they wanted to do defensively. Like I think at full health, they're just absolutely ferocious defensively.
You know, my, I think my big question with this team is like, it's, it's on Kyrie so much as a creator and just how does he hold up in the playoffs when, you know, it's him having to create like 75% of the possessions and the other team is throwing all their best perimeter defenders item.
It's just a little bit different when you're number one, like most of the time, as opposed to like one a next to Luca, uh, But this is an awesome team. And, you know, when they're full out, they absolutely could come out of the West.
Yeah, I would not say terribly encouraging. In the Mavericks' first practice after the All-Star break, I asked Jason Kidd, hey, with Anthony Davis, you guys said he's going to be reevaluated in two weeks. Does this mean he definitely will not have to have surgery? And Jason Kidd said, we can't say that right now. Basically saying, look, surgery is still a possibility.
On March 6th, the Mavericks are going to give updates on Anthony Davis, on Derek Lively, on Daniel Gafford. I think
lively gafford are for sure going to be out for a while still i mean lively still walking around in a boot gafford's um knee injury looked pretty gnarly that was right before the all-star break so yeah i mean ad's been on this road trip he's been doing some real light shooting but i cannot stress enough like it is it is the lightest of shooting i mean he's not even jumping right now and you know i think the most telling thing of all is jason kidd said yeah i mean surgery's still on the table
That's insane. That is just insane. For this trade to have gone down the way that it did, again, the fallout with the fans, and now you have this whole thing. You mentioned the scene. I mean, there's Kareem there. What is it like for you covering this team and then watching essentially the rebirth of the Showtime Lakers with the Mavericks guy? I mean, what has that been like the last couple weeks?
Yeah, I mean, I don't mind saying this. I grew up a Mavericks fan. Like, you know, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, Don Nelson is like what really got me hooked on the NBA. And I think I've lost a lot of that just covering the team. But I got to say, it's like seeing Luka in purple and gold. It's like somebody is just pouring battery acid in my eyes. Like, it's painful. Yeah. I don't like it.
I have like a physical reaction. I'm trying to be professional, but I don't like it. I'm just going to be honest. It doesn't feel right at all.
They did the Jordan commercial today with the car, and they changed the license plate over. But was the car already purple and gold? Did I miss that? Did they get a paint job? Yeah, maybe.
There's many people in L.A. who can do that for you.
So so with the Mavericks, OK, look, they've got to get healthy, obviously. But how how do they hold up? Like, what does it look like in the meantime? You know, is it just a rock fight every single night, just hoping you score enough to to to hang in there? Or, you know, is there something that that maybe you've thought of that that you see that is just low hanging fruit for them?
I mean, I feel like the adjustment is, hey, Dwight Powell, can you play 25 minutes a night? And I'm not even joking. That's just where they are. I mean, they just have no bigs. I brought up the Kessler-Edwards thing earlier. They signed Kyler Kelly, who's a 27-year-old who'd never played in the NBA before, to a two-way deal earlier this season. He has not been playing recently.
They signed Moses Brown to a 10-day deal right after the All-Star break. He's playing sparingly. I mean, Jason Kidd just... Clearly doesn't feel great about either of those options. I mean, it's, it's Dwight Powell. I mean, really, who's like your only healthy true center who started, who started, you know, the season on this team. So more Dwight Powell is my serious answer. Yeah.
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