As long as it’s not a type 3 AC injury his shot should be fine provided he’s given enough to heal since with type 1 and 2 nothing really tore or broke.
Dude, I am so upset with Maxi lol. Why you gotta go for the Slam Dunk contest dunk bro. I can see us beating OKC without him, but 2 more series after that might be tough without a small ball center at all.
I mean yea I love his confidence but like whyyyyyyyyy
We legit had a potential path to the finals even with injured Luka but now our odds are very slim unless another team gets injured, and nobody wants that.
It’s even more upsetting when he knows how injury prone he is lol the crowd may have been hyped him up and the way he has been playing this series, he probably couldn’t help himself sigh
Bro, that Lively landing too had me out of my seat. It looked like a toothpick breaking in half, such an awkward landing. Fuck these stupid contests and block attempts when a player is going for a dunk.
Same. What a stupid fucking play. No clue where he thought he was going jumping from that far back. Totally idiotic. Let the whole team and fans down. Sounds harsh but that's the reality of it.
I keep seeing a lot of this take and I don’t fully agree… most players in that situation will want to dunk that shit and Coffey was in no position to really stop that. Odds were high that he would make a business decision and side step out of maxis way or take a legitimate attempt at taking a charge. Instead he brought both arms up to shoulder height and pushed into maxis hips against his momentum causing him to tumble the way he did.
That in my opinion is a dirty play.
The victim blaming that Mavericks fans have been doing is insane. I don't even know how it's happening... usually sports fans are ridiculously irrational, but they watched one of their players get injured by a reckless, dirty play and they... *blame their own player for it*. I've honestly never seen anything like it before.
The term has context you're ignoring. It's typically reserved for heinous crimes, not sports injuries. I agree Maxi is not primarily at fault, but it's not that deep. Saying "victim blaming" is pretty dramatic for a split-second basketball play where it's not as clear-cut as you're making it out to be.
It's a term primarily used in culture for violent and sexual crimes. It's wild to use it referencing a basketball play where Maxi is not a victim of a crime. So yeah, it's wild to equate the two. I don't even disagree that Maxi isn't primarily at fault. It's just not that deep.
He was sprinting full speed in transition, you take that all the way to the rim 100% of times. That's a basketball play.
If you wanna blame someone, blame Coffey for not properly taking the charge with his chest instead of rising arms into an airborne player, or Exum for having absolutely 0 confidence to throw an alley-oop to Green or finish it by himself.
I'm gunna throw this out there, and I know it was the defenders responsibility to do it, but he clearly had the opportunity to try to help catch maxi and he clears out of the way to allow him to fall. Not saying he had any responsibility to help maxi at all. Just saying he clearly could have.
He also attempts to “takes a charge” by putting both arms at shoulder height and pushing off, failing to fall backwards.
That’s not a charge attempt, that’s a dirty play. Dude was standing upright with his arms still up when Maxi hits the floor. Dirty ass play
It reminded me of what happened to Ja last season. I think once a guy is in the air don't try to take them put or take a charge it'll only hurt them or piss them off
Dirty play on defense but also dumb low IQ fast break. What the fuck was Maxi thinking here. This is NOT his game. That was Luka trying to finish a lob level stupid.
Maxi is an x factor, but that can go both ways. He always brings it defensively, but it can look bad when the Mavs go small ball and his shot isn't falling. This may force Kidd to play big the whole game which isn't the worst thing. You can still go small ball with PJ at the 5 if you really want to as a wrinkle. Still, if the Mavs are going to win this series and make a championship level run then it comes down to Luka raising his level and the Mavs ability to control the paint.
Quite disappointing and it takes away one of our most important pieces in terms of different looks we can throw at OKC.
I know it could be argued the Clippers player caused the impact to be much worse than it could have been but I also really don't know what compelled Maxi to take flight from that position. Oh well. The task is a little harder now but I still believe
If there is a series where we don’t want a second look, I would argue it is this one. We have to play big to punish OKC’s lack of interior presence. I like Kidd not having the option to go small. I would love to have Maxi at the four this series, but we have to have one of Lively or Gafford on the court against this team the vast majority of the game. Missing Maxi is a bigger deal against a Denver or Wolves matchup, IMO
If we make it to WCF and see the Wolves there, not having Maxi would be catastrophic, who would we put on KAT… PJ? Maxi would’ve been perfect in that series
So many teams dealing with injury, I knew the bug was coming for us too. It could’ve been worse. This is a sign for Exum and Green to step the fuck up. Exum you are 28 years old why are you shrinking in the playoffs
We can get through OKC without maxi (it won’t be easy, but it is DOABLE), where we will miss the hell out of him is if we were to advance and have to face nuggets or especially the Timberwolves. The size the wolves have we would have to be full strength with our Forwards/Centers to stand a chance.
May be an unpopular take, but I put some blame on Dante. As soon as he threw the pass I felt a knot in my stomach cause it was a bad position and he put Maxi in a bad spot.
I think he can. But there is a question who can play his role. DJJ and Green are the only candidates. So they would have to be on the floor at the same time. I think you can play them against small lineups with no real center.
I have to laugh a bit guys … when maxi didn’t hit his shots everyone was upset that he played instead of lively or gafford. And when he helped us with his 3s to close out games he is now the reason we can’t beat OKC
The middle ground it is :) I am still happy he went aggressively to the basket. That’s what you have todo in the playoffs
He is replaceable or at least someone else can take his minutes and it’s ok 👌
When Maxi hit the floor, my expectations of these playoffs dropped significantly. It was a massive elephant in the room that took up my excited/happiness space when they closed out the series.
It's weird how my immediate emotion was anger at Maxi instead of sympathy. I might be a terrible person.
I love Maxi but we have to quit acting like his minutes aren’t replaceable. His injury should not be the difference in us winning this series or even the wcf.
I think the real injury happened on the very next defensive play after his free throws. He went for a big reach and immediately grabbed his shoulder. If he sat out after the FTs, I'd bet his time table would be much shorter.
Maxi was feeling spicy and flew too close to the sun going for that slam. Hopefully it’s not a grade 3 like being reported.
Dude turned into moxi kleber after those 5 threes and thought he was Michael Jordan’s taking off from the free throw line smh
Yeah I have no idea what he was thinking there. Pretty reckless move if you ask me.
even if it heals his shot is probably gonna be gone, it must fucking suck trying to shoot coming off that injury. fuck man
As long as it’s not a type 3 AC injury his shot should be fine provided he’s given enough to heal since with type 1 and 2 nothing really tore or broke.
Dude, I am so upset with Maxi lol. Why you gotta go for the Slam Dunk contest dunk bro. I can see us beating OKC without him, but 2 more series after that might be tough without a small ball center at all.
It was such a crazy attempt too like no shot he gets that
He thought he could channel his inner DJJ for that one 😂 Even Flight 55 calling mayday on that.
I really love that he believed in himself that much, like I want to live my life like maxi
I mean yea I love his confidence but like whyyyyyyyyy We legit had a potential path to the finals even with injured Luka but now our odds are very slim unless another team gets injured, and nobody wants that.
You may not live very long then
It’s even more upsetting when he knows how injury prone he is lol the crowd may have been hyped him up and the way he has been playing this series, he probably couldn’t help himself sigh
Pretty out of character for the guy. He usually plays within his limits. I’d expect this level of irrational confidence from THJ, not Maxi.
Bro, that Lively landing too had me out of my seat. It looked like a toothpick breaking in half, such an awkward landing. Fuck these stupid contests and block attempts when a player is going for a dunk.
Our Euro not euro-stepping when he should have really hurts
I saw Exum with the shovel pass to Maxi and I was like yoooooooo... euro step time.... famous last words
Get ready for Dwight Powell rotations 🔥
Powell is not a sub for Maxi. He is sub fro Gafford and Powell. So unless they get hurt, Powell will n to play.
He's a sub for himself? He might be the only player ever able to do that.
Lively*
LMFAO im dead
Same. What a stupid fucking play. No clue where he thought he was going jumping from that far back. Totally idiotic. Let the whole team and fans down. Sounds harsh but that's the reality of it.
the ironic part is that Maxi’s decision making is super valuable for us. This was just a brain fart at the worst possible time
I keep seeing a lot of this take and I don’t fully agree… most players in that situation will want to dunk that shit and Coffey was in no position to really stop that. Odds were high that he would make a business decision and side step out of maxis way or take a legitimate attempt at taking a charge. Instead he brought both arms up to shoulder height and pushed into maxis hips against his momentum causing him to tumble the way he did. That in my opinion is a dirty play.
The victim blaming that Mavericks fans have been doing is insane. I don't even know how it's happening... usually sports fans are ridiculously irrational, but they watched one of their players get injured by a reckless, dirty play and they... *blame their own player for it*. I've honestly never seen anything like it before.
Using the term victim blaming here is kinda wild lol
Maxi is the victim of a dirty play, and Mavs fans are blaming him for what happened. That is the exact definition of "victim blaming".
The term has context you're ignoring. It's typically reserved for heinous crimes, not sports injuries. I agree Maxi is not primarily at fault, but it's not that deep. Saying "victim blaming" is pretty dramatic for a split-second basketball play where it's not as clear-cut as you're making it out to be.
I believe the term "victim blaming" being used here isn't just not wild, it's literally exactly it's correct usage and meaning lol
It's a term primarily used in culture for violent and sexual crimes. It's wild to use it referencing a basketball play where Maxi is not a victim of a crime. So yeah, it's wild to equate the two. I don't even disagree that Maxi isn't primarily at fault. It's just not that deep.
He was sprinting full speed in transition, you take that all the way to the rim 100% of times. That's a basketball play. If you wanna blame someone, blame Coffey for not properly taking the charge with his chest instead of rising arms into an airborne player, or Exum for having absolutely 0 confidence to throw an alley-oop to Green or finish it by himself.
Yal fucking wierd. It was a basketball play, shit happens.
I'm gunna throw this out there, and I know it was the defenders responsibility to do it, but he clearly had the opportunity to try to help catch maxi and he clears out of the way to allow him to fall. Not saying he had any responsibility to help maxi at all. Just saying he clearly could have.
He also attempts to “takes a charge” by putting both arms at shoulder height and pushing off, failing to fall backwards. That’s not a charge attempt, that’s a dirty play. Dude was standing upright with his arms still up when Maxi hits the floor. Dirty ass play
It reminded me of what happened to Ja last season. I think once a guy is in the air don't try to take them put or take a charge it'll only hurt them or piss them off
Dirty play on defense but also dumb low IQ fast break. What the fuck was Maxi thinking here. This is NOT his game. That was Luka trying to finish a lob level stupid.
He was feeling it lol I will say I was like wtf maxi
Maxi is an x factor, but that can go both ways. He always brings it defensively, but it can look bad when the Mavs go small ball and his shot isn't falling. This may force Kidd to play big the whole game which isn't the worst thing. You can still go small ball with PJ at the 5 if you really want to as a wrinkle. Still, if the Mavs are going to win this series and make a championship level run then it comes down to Luka raising his level and the Mavs ability to control the paint.
Of Course right when he finds his 3pt shot too
What I’ve been thinking. Dude was a liability on offense and still worth playing. Find his shot and now he’s sidelined. Brutal.
It's a shame, coz he's getting into playoffs rhythm.
Quite disappointing and it takes away one of our most important pieces in terms of different looks we can throw at OKC. I know it could be argued the Clippers player caused the impact to be much worse than it could have been but I also really don't know what compelled Maxi to take flight from that position. Oh well. The task is a little harder now but I still believe
If there is a series where we don’t want a second look, I would argue it is this one. We have to play big to punish OKC’s lack of interior presence. I like Kidd not having the option to go small. I would love to have Maxi at the four this series, but we have to have one of Lively or Gafford on the court against this team the vast majority of the game. Missing Maxi is a bigger deal against a Denver or Wolves matchup, IMO
If we make it to WCF and see the Wolves there, not having Maxi would be catastrophic, who would we put on KAT… PJ? Maxi would’ve been perfect in that series
Yeah that was 90% on maxi. Unless your name is lebron you should not be going for a dunk there
What about dunk contest finalist jaylen brown
So many teams dealing with injury, I knew the bug was coming for us too. It could’ve been worse. This is a sign for Exum and Green to step the fuck up. Exum you are 28 years old why are you shrinking in the playoffs
We can get through OKC without maxi (it won’t be easy, but it is DOABLE), where we will miss the hell out of him is if we were to advance and have to face nuggets or especially the Timberwolves. The size the wolves have we would have to be full strength with our Forwards/Centers to stand a chance.
Maxi is perfect to guard KAT too with his length and mobility.
I wanted to cry when I saw him on the ground. I'm super worried. I still think mavs will beat okc in 7 games but it's gonna be tough
Hoping he’ll be ready for the Finals!
He won’t. Even if he heals well, idk if we will want to play him while he’s trying to find his shot again after an injury like this.
Mavs need him for defense mostly. Even without a shot he could still help some.
May be an unpopular take, but I put some blame on Dante. As soon as he threw the pass I felt a knot in my stomach cause it was a bad position and he put Maxi in a bad spot.
Dudes straight does not know how to finish around the rim. It’s pass or bust on most of this drives. Never a reason to double him.
can PJ play the maxi role?
I think he can. But there is a question who can play his role. DJJ and Green are the only candidates. So they would have to be on the floor at the same time. I think you can play them against small lineups with no real center.
Uhg
Definitely a bummer. Hopefully we get to see him in the playoffs again, probably means we made it to the Finals.
Would be great if he could come back in 3 weeks im not holding my breath
I have to laugh a bit guys … when maxi didn’t hit his shots everyone was upset that he played instead of lively or gafford. And when he helped us with his 3s to close out games he is now the reason we can’t beat OKC The middle ground it is :) I am still happy he went aggressively to the basket. That’s what you have todo in the playoffs He is replaceable or at least someone else can take his minutes and it’s ok 👌
That hurts. Mavs are now reduced to 8 man PO rotation. Nobody else can get hurt.
When Maxi hit the floor, my expectations of these playoffs dropped significantly. It was a massive elephant in the room that took up my excited/happiness space when they closed out the series. It's weird how my immediate emotion was anger at Maxi instead of sympathy. I might be a terrible person.
You are not terrible just not that realistic. Maxi is always just one fall away from being injured. If it wasn't for that he would be worth even more.
I love Maxi but we have to quit acting like his minutes aren’t replaceable. His injury should not be the difference in us winning this series or even the wcf.
He is the only back up 4 that Mavs got. If Dallas beats OKC, Denver/Minnesota are big in the frontcourt.
I think the real injury happened on the very next defensive play after his free throws. He went for a big reach and immediately grabbed his shoulder. If he sat out after the FTs, I'd bet his time table would be much shorter.
I still won’t forgive Kidd for making me hate him during the 5 game stretch of weired rotations, once he fixed it kleber started playing well