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Mavericks Presser

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 12:38 am
by LazyTitanSmash
An Open Letter from the Last Mavericks Season Ticket Holder

Every year, it's the same story. The Mavs start off looking like a playoff team, lose the first three games, trade away win-now talent, and fade into oblivion. Ownership promises improvement, the organization pledges to fix problems, and the mantra becomes, "This year is going to be the one—just wait and see." We get our hopes up, the first-round picks excite us, and the GM assures us the rookies need a bit more time to develop. They say, "We might not be winning, but come out and watch Scoot!" Scoot is amazing, but he can't compensate for the constant dread of inevitable losses. At some point, you end up feeling bad for the guy.

Not this year! That's our motto! We're winning the division and heading to the playoffs! Scoot got his Unicore (Poole), the point guard is ready, and I've watched all the preseason games—Poole hasn't lost a step from last year. He's coming into town to pass, defend, and rebound.

He's not the only reinforcement on the way! The G-League Legends (the IRL Mavericks G-League team name) are set to whoop some ass. I've watched every G-League game, and these Legends are ready to put the hurt on the NBA. Dominatrix was ready to dominate two years ago. The Rookie of the Year was a rigged vote—she should have won! In fact, she did win, but they didn't give it to her because the league didn't want her name associated with it (keeping it PG). Well, the league won't be able to sideline her anymore. They'll have to put her name on the commercials. Candice Parker is still developing, but she'll average 15 points and live up to the contract the team gave her. And Reese—Reese is the star, the real deal. There's talk of benching her, because she needs time to develop, but they better not! They traded away their draft pick for next year; there's no way they don't play her! Her play is ferocious—no one is stopping her. She's modeled her game after Ron Harper and Herbert Jones. Good luck to the league in stopping that train!

Come out and join me! This team, as constructed, is a winner! No deals need to be done, no waiting for some prospect to be ready. We know what we have, and it's a winning hand. You saw how the Lions made the playoffs this year. That's us! We're this year's NBA's Lions.

This year, we're living up to our name! Mavericks means unorthodox! The GM built this team in an unorthodox manner (just as the haters on Facebook claim). The Mavericks management team has been lauded for not taking direction well. Yeah, that's right! Here in Texas, we are independent-minded, and it's about to pay off. (Just ask the Titans' mentor how well he listens to direction.) Like our namesake (Mavericks), we are unbranded wild animals—stallions! Look at our logo! Good luck reining us in! We're on the march! We're Mavericks, and the league will have to deal with the chaos we bring for a while!

Come and join me! Get on the bandwagon early! The conference is weak and ripe for the picking. With talk of a shake-up in conferences at the end of the year, the Mavs want the respect to dictate what the new conference looks like. Buy your season tickets now while they're cheap because come March, they'll be sold out. If you want playoff tickets, you have about a month before people figure out this team is the real deal, and playoff tickets are also gone.

I, as the last Mavericks season ticket holder, am calling my shot now! Playoffs or bust!

Any Questions?

Re: Mavericks Presser

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 2:24 am
by Mike Lowry
First, Congratulations on building what appears to be a bully.
How do you plan on coaching this team?
What kind of strategy do you think fits the talent?
Do you have any players that don't fit well in the role you want them to play?
If so, how creative will you be with out of the box game planning?

Re: Mavericks Presser

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 2:53 am
by LazyTitanSmash
I'm terrible at coaching. This is my 9th season and I still can't figure out what defense work with what attributes. I literally have no idea. I have inside scoring for days and decent individual defense. We should be the fastest team in the league; now how to coach a quick team, again no idea. Passing is now solid so motion sounds good. I have so many SF and SG but trying to repurpose them, we'll see how it goes. Dom is going to be tested out at PF. I really hope it works. If it does a lot of the other piece fall into place.

Re: Mavericks Presser

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:26 am
by AngryBanana
Chet Youbetcha, Dimmadome News: Can your team us your thought process to when you saw the Candace Parker offer? Was it a larger contract then you offered and expected? Did you have doubts about accepting or reach out to the Raptors?


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Re: Mavericks Presser

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:16 am
by Eazy P
Will Dominitrix be a full go this season or will he be on a load management type of routine?

Re: Mavericks Presser

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:51 am
by garbageman
Sham Smith, Bulls.com: With Dominitrix Johnson owed max money next season and the cost of keeping everyone around as their contracts expire, how long is your competitive window, and do you make an effort this year to avoid the luxury tax?

Re: Mavericks Presser

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 12:45 pm
by Xist2Inspire
Random Reporter: What about Caitlin Clark made you want to move up in draft to pick her despite having so much wing talent already?

Re: Mavericks Presser

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 2:47 pm
by IamQuailman
Why did you block me on facebook? I thought that kind of beef was only reserved for me and @Black Superman

Re: Mavericks Presser

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 2:54 pm
by greepleairport
Can you explain your contract theory related to benching Dominitrix, and why you're now spelling her name Dominatrix?

Also, how do you block Doug on Facebook, and can you do it again? Or did you just leave Facebook?

What's a Facebook?

Re: Mavericks Presser

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:52 pm
by LazyTitanSmash
AngryBanana wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:26 am Chet Youbetcha, Dimmadome News: Can your team us your thought process to when you saw the Candace Parker offer? Was it a larger contract then you offered and expected? Did you have doubts about accepting or reach out to the Raptors?


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The Candice Parker deal was disappointing but not super surprising. There has been a lot of interest in her in the trade market. I was hoping she'd slip through the cracks with a smaller contract. I offered her decent money but definitely not max money. This year she will be over paid significantly. Will the smallest amount of training she will a problem for teams. 6th man of the year candidate. I would have been down to talk with the Raptors if Looney hadn't been grabbed up.

Re: Mavericks Presser

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:55 pm
by LazyTitanSmash
Eazy P wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:16 am Will Dominitrix be a full go this season or will he be on a load management type of routine?
Dominitrix is a go this season. Honestly I wanted to keep her on the bench 1 more year but the league was in revolt over the idea, so I picked Poole and am making a push now.

Re: Mavericks Presser

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:17 pm
by LazyTitanSmash
garbageman wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:51 am Sham Smith, Bulls.com: With Dominitrix Johnson owed max money next season and the cost of keeping everyone around as their contracts expire, how long is your competitive window, and do you make an effort this year to avoid the luxury tax?
This gets to the root of my problem. The Poole pickup was high risk. The options were get Poole go into the tax and start the winning now or wait to go into the tax next year. I was hoping that this year I could be compete, make the playoffs, and stay under the tax and let next year with Dominitrix on a max be my first year in the tax. The problem is once I picked up Poole if I retained all my blue players I was going into the tax not matter what. (Parker just need to go 8 million dollars less than the max to retain all my players and stay under the CAP.)

The thinking on trading to get under the CAP looks like this:

There is always the option to make a trade but than the question is who? The plan was to move Parker last year to pick up a long term point guard. Talks with the Bobcats never came to fruition. Now Parker is RFA protected, so can't move her. Reese and Dom are my favorite two players in the league, so they're not moving. Kaminga was a possible trade option but his contract is the best contract on my team. Scoot is the best current player on the team, so probably not him. I'm not spending anything on Clark so no point in moving her. So unless I find a point guard who is slightly younger and slightly cheaper which is super unlikely I'm back to the idea of moving no one and staying in the tax and thats were we are. Lets get these tax years rolling!

Oh and the widow is now and later. Wait until you see Reese.

Re: Mavericks Presser

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:30 pm
by LazyTitanSmash
Xist2Inspire wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 12:45 pm Random Reporter: What about Caitlin Clark made you want to move up in draft to pick her despite having so much wing talent already?
I was sitting at 7 and your evaluation on Clark rang true so I thought someone would pick up this scoring machine. I honestly thought Lew Alcindor would slip to the 5 spot and I could train up his passing to make him the point guard of the future.

Clark is going to be good and shes not hurting my CAP issues, plus my team is built to outscore everyone and Clark can help with that eventually and she keeps my window open longer.

Re: Mavericks Presser

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:35 pm
by LazyTitanSmash
IamQuailman wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 2:47 pm Why did you block me on facebook? I thought that kind of beef was only reserved for me and @Black Superman
I quit Facebook in October. I feel like I was a dick to you a few Sim League seasons ago with my hater article, sorry. Get at me on PBSL messages I'm pretty responsive and I won't be a dick anymore.

Re: Mavericks Presser

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:42 pm
by LazyTitanSmash
greepleairport wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 2:54 pm Can you explain your contract theory related to benching Dominitrix, and why you're now spelling her name Dominatrix?

Also, how do you block Doug on Facebook, and can you do it again? Or did you just leave Facebook?

What's a Facebook?
What's a contract theory? No idea what your talking about.

Spellcheck changed her name, but honestly that is how I wanted it spelled when I drafted her. So I'm pulling a Nikki Hailey and just calling people whatever name I think they should have. Herman Cambell = Herman Cain

Re: Mavericks Presser

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:52 pm
by greepleairport
LazyTitanSmash wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:42 pm
greepleairport wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 2:54 pm Can you explain your contract theory related to benching Dominitrix, and why you're now spelling her name Dominatrix?

Also, how do you block Doug on Facebook, and can you do it again? Or did you just leave Facebook?

What's a Facebook?
What's a contract theory? No idea what your talking about.

Spellcheck changed her name, but honestly that is how I wanted it spelled when I drafted her. So I'm pulling a Nikki Hailey and just calling people whatever name I think they should have. Herman Cambell = Herman Cain
You said that you think you can re-sign them for cheaper when they're a free agent #contracttheory

Re: Mavericks Presser

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:58 pm
by LazyTitanSmash
greepleairport wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:52 pm
LazyTitanSmash wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:42 pm
greepleairport wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 2:54 pm Can you explain your contract theory related to benching Dominitrix, and why you're now spelling her name Dominatrix?

Also, how do you block Doug on Facebook, and can you do it again? Or did you just leave Facebook?

What's a Facebook?
What's a contract theory? No idea what your talking about.

Spellcheck changed her name, but honestly that is how I wanted it spelled when I drafted her. So I'm pulling a Nikki Hailey and just calling people whatever name I think they should have. Herman Cambell = Herman Cain
You said that you think you can re-sign them for cheaper when they're a free agent #contracttheory
Nope that wasn't me.

Re: Mavericks Presser

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:33 pm
by greepleairport
LazyTitanSmash wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:58 pm
greepleairport wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:52 pm
LazyTitanSmash wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:42 pm

What's a contract theory? No idea what your talking about.

Spellcheck changed her name, but honestly that is how I wanted it spelled when I drafted her. So I'm pulling a Nikki Hailey and just calling people whatever name I think they should have. Herman Cambell = Herman Cain
You said that you think you can re-sign them for cheaper when they're a free agent #contracttheory
Nope that wasn't me.
sometimes you make me want to scream