What does success look like for Luka Doncic and the Mavericks this season? | The Jump
Rachel Nichols delivers her daily monologue and reacts to the Dallas Mavericks vs. the Atlanta Hawks game. Richard Jefferson and Matt Barnes join the show to explain what success looks like for the Mavericks for the rest of this season.
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Richard is such an idiot! Yes, every team lost their starting 4 at the same time like the mavs... 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️But as usual disrespect to mavs...
Yo Timmy was bang bang in the 4th vs the hawks 🔥🔥. When he’s aggressive man the Mavs are tough
Luka is the future face of the NBA so I think their future is safe
What do you expect if you’re setting a screen on a man that’s twice your size 🤣
Yall try to come up with so many excuses for Luka...Mavs just trash foh
Demaciado bueno
Young is what, 22? That boy looks like he's about 45 lol.
They need a dominant post player
She hot tho.
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A champion of bald community👌😂😂😂
If your own teammate pushes you into an opposing player, and then you flop on the ground while barely getting touched, it ain't a foul...
Trae just fell. But he sold it well. And Cuban is a fool. If the National Anthem doesn't represent you, you are in the wrong country and need to leave.
"dallas's start is not exactly PG"? is Rachel implying they are getting fucked?
Dallas needs Beal.
4 straight wins. They will be in the playoffs and Luka will win the MVP.
Rachel, the sports media’s voice of reason. Everyone going at the Mavs for losing so much, without taking in consideration the lack of players in their roster.. starting games with players that are currently in the G League bubble. Everyone in the starting lineup was out cuz of protocols, but finally someone addressed the real issue with the Mavs.... the whole squad finally showed up after the first 21 games of the season
Yo Timmy was bang bang in the 4th vs the hawks 🔥🔥. When he’s aggressive man the Mavs are tough
Rachel, please marry me!!
Richard Jeffy you should be lebrons squire
It's not WCS' fault.
They need a dominant post player
Probably not lower percentages and less wins
0:25 I know Max Nicholas finishes.
bruh, that's not a foul. hahaha
LUKA DONCIC IS JUST ONE AMAZING PLAYER. AGREE OR DISAGREE BUT THATS FACT
How is Rachel Nichols 47 yrs old?
Ummmm Luka isn’t in the top 10 in MVP voting if she checked 🙄. The mavs are still in 12th 😒
Man y’all don’t forget most the other teams hit bad by covid like the mavs get slot of games canceled the mavs only had one game canceled seems like they always ignore that fact
If only we gave as much attention to the unheralded teams that are winning as we do to the star players that are losing.
Stephen A is trash
I don't care for his team anymore. I care only for Luka. He should transfer to another team.
Ur not a real basketball fan
The honeymoon phase with Luka is over .. were in the relationship now, and it's still good but not where it can be.
Pound the Rock? Sounds like Dwane Casey’s philosophy when he couched the Raptors 😅😅
Trae Young definitely foul-baiting! And it's ruining the NBA.
Honestly what even is the point of kp has he even played half of an entire season his entire career? Its like hes out for most of it and when he gets to playoffs he just gets injured again. Other than that they has a rough start with covid, tough machups and luka not playing up to his standard. Its looking up though
Rachel simp on luka👉👈🥺
Max Kellerman said they will win the title LOL. Cuban didn't buy anything at the start of the season so it will be pretty much everything on Lukas and KPs shoulders.
No one but the heat have dealt with major covid issues so Jefferson don't say that, KD is just one player
Are u dumm?
you mean a dude who 6’10 easily pushes over a dude whose under 6’0?? Of course 😂 Trae selling it way more than he needs to
Rachel doing them pushups lol
"everybody is dealing with things" is true... but only the Heat has had to deal with THIS MUCH issues at the start of the season. AND thats why both Mavs and Heat are so supprisingly low. If no injuries... or other covid issues... both teams will make playoffs easy.
Another thing that I’ve noticed is most of the haters are fans of teams that are the same record or have a game above us although they’ve been healthy all year(unlike Dallas and Miami) so this is their chance to gloat a bit because once we get deep into the season they’ll be left behind like always.
@Maria Sealy preaching to the choir.. only Mavericks and heat fans know
The heat and the Mavs had to deal with a lot of changes beyond their control.
Right you can’t compare a team loosing 1 player to a team loosing 5 lol you can tell these analysts don’t do their homework.
traceadkins
I got way too excited and had a top 4 seed expectation on them, but right now I just want them to make thw playoffs.
Yea the nets are dealing with stuff to rj but yet they have kd, harden, kyrie.... as long as they have those guys they’re fine. Mavs don’t have those guys
Man, I love Rachel! I could hear her talking for hours! Just so insightful
Barely touched him. And you could see wcs barely touched him. Flop.
Keep your head up for all Mavs fans out there. Winning a play-off series is more important than have a perfect regular season.
WCF appearance would be nice
Keep hope alive lol
I think some nba players said Luka dominating the ball so much wouldn't work
Imagine how many girls who started to watch nba because of luka 😍 I’m one of them 👩⚖️
That wasn't a foul. You set a screen on a man's blind side twice your size, you get what's coming to you.
@ultra sisko Maybe. Hard to tell what would have happened if it was set where Trae could be seen. Trae likes his flopping too. So, tough call to make. As it was, it probably should have been called an illegal screen. I like the no-call better personally.
Had the guy seen him that could have been a foul.
*What was Rachel saying? I was fixated on somethings else...*
I love these rachel sports monologues
They need to make playoffs
"A champion of the bald community" ctfu
Rachel is probably the most contextual analyst in sports right now and she is one of few that actually provide a logical take on the current status of the Mavs. Thank you Rachel and team!
sign Kyle Korver, they need a 3 point specialist.
We need somebody with a killer attitude like Jeffrey dahmer etc.
They need a 3&D guy
I really starting to hate how Trae plays the game
Luka must take the same shape of the bubble, that version was absolutly brutal ownin Giannis and Kawhi/PG.
@Ray Thomas exactly
@Vic CIts alot of players that never won a rings who also was just 21 once a time ago.U never know he could get hurt u know how the nba is.
@Ray Thomas I mean only 1 team can win the chip so that goes for any team not named the Lakers. Lukas only 21.
@Vic C Just don't have your hopes too high this year
@Ray Thomas okay but still beat them
There was no fault pleaseee
Ummm the mavs shouldn't have won that game so this shld be irrelevant clearly a foul and the hawks getting screwed by the refs once again
Running into a screen is not a foul. Also Trae Young flopped.
As a Mavericks fan this is bad
Luka & KP must click together & they will be a playoff team if not the Mavs are in trouble
Richard Jefferson, champion of the bald community 😂😂
Rj has been a champion of the bald community for 20 years!! Respect
It was actually 4 players out for health & safety protocol/COVID, not 3
@J.R. Mason just checked Brunson was out for 4 games.
@Vic C No, Brunson wasn’t out.
Wasn’t it 5? DFS Richardson Brunson Powell Kleber?
Lol Trae Young really trying to flop his way to wins huh? Did he learn nothing from Hardens constant playoff let downs?
they really wanted to win like that? on a trae flop away from the ball. gtfo.
5 players not 3
Anywhere in the top 8 for the west is good enough for me. The team is just not good enough to actually be a contender. Any real fan should’ve already knew this coming into the season.
Its alot of luka fanboys that didn"t c it real mavs fans know it take time.
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The consistency of Rachel’s cleavage from one show to another is ridiculously consistent. That’s not by accident ; )
Thank you for noticing the most important thing. She needs to be on b l a c k e d dot com. Dredd and Rachel
More consistent than Mavericks' offense.
Shutting knicks fans up 😂😂
Luka Doncic has few weaknesses as an offensive player. One could point to his 3PT shooting, but even that’s not really a weakness as he is a willing shooter, and can make them when they matter. Luka Doncic is a genius who can break down any defense, and the game just comes naturally for a player of his caliber. Luka Doncic does a lot for the Mavericks, although it hasn’t shown in the wins column. The Dallas Mavericks could still turn it around with Luka Doncic leading the way. They were a solid team last season, and they should hopefully get on track soon. For the Mavericks to be at their best, they have to harness all of Luka Doncic’s ability, as he is their present and their future.
Love Luka but he’s gotta stop crying for fouls every time he gets touched.
Mavs will not make the playoffs this year.
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The mavs are 2 games behind being the 4th seed and we had the worst possible start of the season, we chillen
Yall Trash
1.5 out of 8th, 3.5 out of 4th at the moment.
you mean 8th seed
ESPN and all media make such a big deal about losing Seth Curry. They apparently don't watch any games because Seth was coming off the bench for the most part last year. He wasn't that big of an impact player for the Mavs.
Exactly ...
Rachael is annoyingly beautiful 😍😍😍
@U Rachel is fine
not at all
They lost curry and cialis who was the offense coach. It's time 4 Rick to be fired get Sam Cassell
All of you guys in the media were saying they are the second best team in the west and Luka was the best pg in the league why has the narrative changed so quickly
Covid
Keep sleeping on the Mavs, they get Karl Anthony Towns btw..
Appreciate y'all giving us some love. This season has been ROUGH
LMAOOO "champion of the bald community"
If he’s as great as people say he better at least be the 8th seed.
You do realize his team has been gone? Like they barely just got their team back. Not even Lebron can carry the Lakers without AD. And that team has been healthy. Would Be a different story if Luka had a full team the whole time
Bro, people been saying "Book is a top 5 SG in the league". Can you tell me his playoff stats?.. right, he hasn't made it yet he's been in the league 6 years.
Bro, people been saying "Book is a top 5 SG in the league". Can you tell me his playoff stats?.. right, he hasn't made it yet he's been in the league 6 years.
The main problem of the mavs is that only Luka is stable. Everyone one else is off and on... you never know who will be on the next time.
Stable in turnovers maybe. None of the Mavs have been good so far. But lets face it, their season began like a week ago, everything else before that was a mess.
Lukas having a lot of tough games too, he's even said he's not playing well. He's down in %s and is having a hard time for long stretches. Everyone's gotta step up
I’ve never seen mfs force a player on a losing team that plays NO defense this hard.
Man, the media really pushing this Luka MVP nonsense hard lol. I don't remember a time so much attention was put on an 11th seed lol.
@Vantian Hergheligiu Get in the post more and grab more rebounds
@Ray Thomas Get KP to play like Kareem and see how this story ends.
@Ray Thomas that was 40 years ago , they can’t keep talking about that. Luka brings in the views which equals $$ only makes sense they keep talking about him
@Vic C magic won a ring at 20 at the center spot
It’s because some people are realistic and understand the Mavericks situation. If not for Covid Mavericks would definitely be 4/5 seed easily. Imagine Luka a 21 year old doing this in his 3rd year. He already did it last year. But he can’t do it by him self. Having 3 starters out and 2 important bench players for about 3 weeks really hurt them. That’s when they went on the loosing streak. Look at the starting lineup all g league players besides Luka and KP(which was playing limited minutes)
Thank you Rachel for providing much needed context on why the Mavs have struggled thus far. Every other media personal has labelled them a disappointment blaming their shooting and defense, which I'll be honest has been under par but these are the real factors contributing to their bad record
@Vic C FAx
Wish she would had her facts straight though. We were missing 5 players due to Covid. Brunson J Rich DFS Kleber Powell And KP missed the first 9 games too.
That’s my mavs!
No ref is calling that. They are NOT going to have the game decided by a flop and free throws. I hate Trey Youngs flopping style.
They’re playing basketball right now?
Making the playoffs?
I think I'm good if Lou gets inserted into the starting lineup if PG is still out a few more games. But we need PG by Wed next week. We got Utah twice and then Brooklyn.
National anthem is played before game for everyone, some people, don’t want it. Yeah, and some people don’t want to obey the law, and some people don’t wanna pay their taxes, and some people don’t want to go to work, and some people don’t want,you get it
Rachel is looking like Mrs. Garett from facts of life.
If the Mavs win a playoff series this year, I’d count that as a success 🤷🏻♂️
Yeah
If Lou struggles, he's going to get traded. There is no ands, ifs, or buts about it. His struggle has been going on too long. He needs to remain consistent. This is his best chance winning a ring.
2nd round tbh, everything else is a fail for them I think.
Would be true if Covid wouldn’t have handicapped them the 1st half of the year. They would of been 4-5 if it wasn’t for that. The players weren’t even injured just out due to Covid.