Mavs starting five has a better net rating than Golden State

[StephHamann]

http://www.mavs.com/mavs-five-man-unit-is-the-best-in-the-nba/

[I]The best five-man, high-volume lineup in the NBA this season by volume hasn

[Spurs5Rings2014]

http://i.imgur.com/e3nlEDP.gif

:bowdown:

[SCdac]

That's badass. Props to the Mavs for playing better than expected especially with that lineup. I knew Zaza would be a sufficient add on.

But how long does (or wil) this unit play together is a fair question. Zaza and Dirk are getting a little long in the tooth, D-Will has never been super durable. Felton for that matter.

In the article it say they've played 71 min together (minimum of 70 min), which in 13 games averages out to about 5 minutes a game.

You have to think guys like KD-Westbrook-Ibaka and Paul-Griffin-Jordan and others are going to be playing more minutes together on average (younger players), which is good ultimately, despite having a lesser "net rating" maybe.

Interesting to see a Brooklyn Nets lineup ranked 3rd .. They're 2-11

[ArbitraryWater]

Dirk just made my top 11 all time

Unprecedented impact

[bobopenguin]

again, deron shuts all haters up. :banana: :banana: :banana:


http://i0.wp.com/thebrooklyngame.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/69t7c.gif

[FKAri]

again, deron shuts all haters up. :banana: :banana: :banana:


http://i0.wp.com/thebrooklyngame.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/69t7c.gif

So the best gif you could find of dwill was one of him from his time in Brooklyn, matched up against Andrea Bargnani on the perimeter, and it didn't even end in a made basket? :lol

[Big Cheese]

that strength of schedule though http://espn.go.com/nba/stats/rpi/_/sort/SOS

[Springsteen]

http://i0.wp.com/thebrooklyngame.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/69t7c.gif

He's still a good player, but really? Bargnani?

[WorldWarriors]

Credit where credit is due. They're balling. Warriors been starting slow in recent games.

[Spurs5Rings2014]

So the best gif you could find of dwill was one of him from his time in Brooklyn, matched up against Andrea Bargnani on the perimeter, and it didn't even end in a made basket? :lol

Let him have that one gif. Don't want to completely break him.

:oldlol:

[Legends66NBA7]

If this team wins 50+ games and Rick Carlisle doesn't win COY, there should be a boycott of the award.

He's once again carrying a team full veterans who are injured and past their prime, but he has them over achieving. The best move Dallas has done this season retaining him for another 5 years. The team will be fine once Dirk decides to call it a career.

[salwan]

I was hoping for a better pick from DAL.

so guys, could you start losing some games.
thanks.

[SHAQisGOAT]

Dirk :bowdown: And Rick proving his great coaching value once again...

[Spurs5Rings2014]

If this team wins 50+ games and Rick Carlisle doesn't win COY, there should be a boycott of the award.

He's once again carrying a team full veterans who are injured and past their prime, but he has them over achieving. The best move Dallas has done this season retaining him for another 5 years. The team will be fine once Dirk decides to call it a career.

My boy "Cool Hand" Luke Walton might have something to say about that.

:oldlol:

[Locked_Up_Tonight]

That Dirk gif is just hilarious.... although I like the original one better. (The one without the Deal with it...) My favorite non Mav one would be the Nene one with Pau....

SCDAC, it will depend on when Carlisle takes the minute restrictions off of Parsons. They will probably play several more games together but look for Parsons to start playing more in the second halves (and be in the closing lineups) in December.

[AnaheimLakers24]

Thats cute i guess. Does your dumbass think they are the better team?

[Locked_Up_Tonight]

Thats cute i guess. Does your dumbass think they are the better team?

GS's major advantage to a lot of the other teams isn't depth... it is their ability to play several styles VERY well. Big or small, it doesn't matter.

Not sure how saying their a good 5 man unit is saying that another team is better than another. A 5 man unit doesn't play 48 minutes a night for roughly 100 games.....

[DMAVS41]

That's great of course, but the article is kind of misleading with the "by volume" part

The Warriors best linuep has a net rating of +70.8

It hasn't been used quite as often as the Mavs lineup so it didn't make the 70 minute cut off

So...just for clarity...I'd say the Warriors small ball lineup deserves to be mentioned even if it doesn't hit the 70 minutes or more

They had 56 minutes before the game tonight

[bdreason]

Zaza has been beasting this year.