We're in a basketball game week for the first time since June as the Mavericks look to return to the NBA Finals and win it this season. What part of this reloaded Mavs roster are you looking forward to? Can Klay Thompson be the championship piece the team was missing last year? And which player will fans hate by the twentieth game?
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00:00what is the one reason that you're excited about the Mavs season that could
00:20go in any different number of directions I'm gonna tell you this my answer not
00:24Luca but you always know that guy yeah you always want to try you just what no
00:30I know hell no Andre Aiden no yeah I said Luca is the best player in this
00:37draft who was the kid from Duke the King lefty Magoo Bagley yeah that's who you
00:43wanted no that's Marvin Marvin Bagley's the next start Danny Ferry all right so
00:54well at least hear my answer out before you crap all over it one reason to be
00:59excited about the Mavs season what is yours all right I hope this makes sense
01:04this roster that the Mavericks have is better than the NBA Finals team is this
01:11roster better than the championship team who I'd have to think more about
01:17that just because of how different they are I'll I think that's worth
01:23conversation for sure because I don't know that crazy that it doesn't seem
01:29that long ago but it's a totally different yes exactly you're right about
01:3214 years ago so you didn't have a player that had what Kyrie Irving has on that
01:38team by any means let alone Luca you had Dirk which was very unique so when
01:43you say better than last year's team yes I agree and and that's my number one
01:46reason like obviously I understand if a lot of people say Luca that makes all
01:50the sense in the world to me but to me we've seen Luca be the man and still
01:56struggle because the pieces around him were not very good so I'm excited that
02:00this roster on paper always got to qualify it with on paper looks like a
02:04better roster than the team that just made it to the NBA Finals I agree with
02:09you there doesn't mean you're gonna make it the NBA Finals true but I think the
02:15great thing about this question is you could probably have seven or eight
02:21answers oh absolutely that's why we're doing it I guess it's it's regular
02:25season but I'm wondering can this team take the defensive philosophy that
02:33happened after the trade deadline where right or wrong right I'm not a Gilbert
02:38Arenas fan at all but I've watched some of his stuff like he's like this is a
02:41joke this is the worst defense in the NBA and I'm like they're in the NBA
02:44Finals nimrod like you can say like Boston has a way better defense or this
02:48and that but they've done something to make the NBA Finals I get they're
02:51getting killed by Boston right now but don't tell me they're not good the stats
02:55and he's like stats don't mean anything and they don't mean everything but they
03:00do mean something can the Mavs this year be a top five to seven defensive
03:09team all year last year they were considered by statistical measures the
03:15best the last I don't know eight weeks of the season yes can they consistently
03:21be considered throughout the year hey this is a really good are they better
03:26than Boston maybe not are they better than Oklahoma City question mark but
03:30like can they be in the conversation I'm like I'm telling you that's a good
03:35defensive team to me that's a very interesting thing with Luka and Kyrie
03:39and Klay Thompson can they be a really good defensive team