Fan 𝕏 for Mavs’ center, 2024 All Rookie, & future Defensive Player of the Year Dereck Lively II. Not affiliated with
@DereckLively
. RIP
@KathyDrysdale
.
Dead serious question.
What more could Luka have done this year? Not the Mavericks, Luka Doncic. What more could Luka Doncic have done this season for him to get MVP?
A rookie put up a double-double & was a +26 in a 1 point win in a closeout game in the playoffs.
This was after recently experiencing one of the greatest tragedies life can throw at a person.
One of the most special playoff performances in recent memory.
All this media coverage of Luka’s 73 point game last night has reminded me of the very first time I realized that he wasn’t going to be fairly covered.
Luka’s 2nd season & 1st trip to the playoffs. Game 4. He drops 43/17/13 with a game winning 3 at the buzzer.
Shaq’s response:
Picture this:
You're a 19 year old kid who has played one year of college basketball. You decide to enter the NBA draft, and you are selected in the lottery to a team that employs a current top 3 player in the world in addition to another top 75 Hall of Famer.
Not only this,
Amongst all the excitement, I wanna give a HUGE shoutout to Maxi Kleber.
Over his last 5 games:
11.2 ppg
5 rpg
3.2 apg
43% from 3
+47
All with stellar defense.
This Luka performance was unreal.
Year 2. He’s down 2-1 to Kawhii & PG. His “co-star” is out. He himself has a bad ankle. Mavs down 20 in the first half.
Finishes with:
43 points
17 rebounds
13 assists
2 steals
1 block
Including the game winner.
The 4 remaining possible conclusions of the 2023-24 Dallas Mavericks season:
• Lose in 7 to the
#1
seed in the 2nd round
• Lose in the Conference Finals
• Lose in the Finals
• Win the NBA Championship
How we feeling?
@TheDunkCentral
Clippers when they realize that Boban, Trey Burke, 2021 Brunson, and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist has been replaced with Daniel Gafford, Kyrie Irving, PJ Washington, and Dereck Lively
Knicks would have had Lively if the Mavs hadn't cheated us out of a pick last year btw. Would have been useful these playoffs and certainly after iHart leaves. I'm glad the Mavs got cooked in the Finals
Today, Dereck Lively will play his first basketball game since the passing of his mother.
This is also the first playoff game of his career.
I imagine that Ms. Drysdale will be looking down today, smiling, proud as ever of her son.
#OneForDallas
This is such a good feeling. I am now eligible for revenue for this account.
I started this account because I knew that
@DereckLively
would be one of the best rookies in his class, and also because I love talking Dallas Mavericks basketball. I never dreamed that I would get to
Dereck Lively check ins & outs:
IN | 4:50 in 1Q - DAL down 14
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OUT | 12:00 in 2Q - DAL down 7
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IN | 6:35 in 2Q - DAL down 10
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OUT | 0:00 in 2Q - DAL up 5
He’s a team high +22. V. Wembanyama did not score a single FG while guarded by Dereck Lively.
Every couple months, this dumb take starts getting passed around. Let’s analyze it.
The take:
Luka had Porzingis and Brunson, he had so much help, Luka must’ve held them back, Mavs are such a dumb franchise
The response:
🧵⬇
There’s no more excuses.
We’re all EXHAUSTED from the last 1.5 years.
We have no more energy. We have no more patience.
I don’t care what month it is. SOMETHING has to change.
We cannot keep doing this.
@mcuban
“Calm it down a notch”
“I seen that before”
“Okay but is he the top guard?”
“Him or James”
“Steph, James, Damian”
This was his reaction to a 20 year old in his second season going blow for blow against Kawhii Leonard and Paul George in the playoffs.
Disgusting behavior.
All this media coverage of Luka’s 73 point game last night has reminded me of the very first time I realized that he wasn’t going to be fairly covered.
Luka’s 2nd season & 1st trip to the playoffs. Game 4. He drops 43/17/13 with a game winning 3 at the buzzer.
Shaq’s response:
This time last year we were stressed about whether we were going to keep our draft pick or send it to New York.
This year we’re stressed about an upcoming Game 4 against a 1 seed that we’re up 2-1 on in the 2nd round, in part due to the stellar play of that draft pick.
Funny.
I’ll echo what I’ve seen other Mavs accounts saying:
This account will be heavy pushing Luka Doncic for MVP agendas, even if that means being less professional and using more crass language than usual.
Whatever it takes, 77 will be the MVP of the 2023-24 season.
As expected, Dereck Lively II will not play in the Mavericks’ final game of the 2023-24 season.
He put together a solid case for an All Rookie selection:
8.8 PPG
6.9 RPG
1.1 APG
1.4 BPG
+144
• Led the league in field goal percentage at 74.7%
• Added to the 2024 Rising
Dereck Lively II in the L:
16 points (8-9 FG)
11 rebounds (5 OREB)
2 assists
2 fouls
28 minutes
If anyone has a reason he didn’t play 35+ minutes tonight lmk.
One of the most underrated shots of the entire playoffs. If he misses this, we lose the game & possibly the series.
The unexpectedness of him turning into Brandon Ingram for one moment. The timeliness of the shot. Coach Kidd picking him up after he falls.
I’m still not okay 💔