2018-19 End of Season re-cap. Progress, but still aways to go. - darkwolf80's Blog

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2018-19 End of Season re-cap. Progress, but still aways to go.

Posted on February 17, 2014 at 08:21 PM.

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We didn't quite finish the 2018-19 season like I wanted. We ended up with a record of 37-45, which was only good for 10th in the West. We did improve our record of last year, which honestly wasn't that hard to do. Our offense showed some signs of life averaging 105ppg, but the defense needs some work at 104ppg. Hard to win games on a consistent basis when you basically give up as much as you score.

Jabari continued to flash his all-around game. Julius showed his strength and inside game. Lawson definitely flashed his offensive game, especially once he was moved into the starting lineup. Ray Ray did regress a little, but I think that was partly with the talent around him he didn't have to do as much. But I was looking for hopefully a step forward next year as he is in the last year of his rookie contract. We are still searching for that right point guard to lead the team. The acquisition of Lavasai did help solidify the spot, and cut down on our overall turnovers. But I'm not sure he is a sure fire starter in this league. The bench provided some decent production, but having Lawson move into the starting lineup cut into the offensive production provided off the bench. We are hoping that Augustin can continue to progress and become that much needed solid sixth man. He definitely had flashes of that in a couple of games this year. Overall we were getting close, but not quite there.

As for the rest of the league, the Thunder and Bobcats both finished as number one seeds again. They also played in the finals and went 7 games. The Bobcats pulled it out for their fourth title in four years! Irving had his fourth consecutive Finals MVP. Now to see what the Bobcats do with Irving's contract expiring.

As for the upcoming off-season there prob wasn't going to be a much movement as we didn't have a ton of cap space, and with a mid first round pick probably wouldn't be able to find that final piece we need. We were going to look at setting ourselves up nicely for the stacked '20 draft class and put some complementary pieces in place with what we already have.

2018-19 Season Awards Re-cap
Award	Player	Pos	Team
Most Valuable Player	Kevin Durant		OKC
Rookie of the Year	Ment Powers		ORL
Sixth Man of the Year	Adam Cameron		MEM
Defensive Player of the Year	Nerlens Noel		PHI
Most Improved Player	Damon Richardson		BOS
All-NBA 1st Team
All-NBA 1st Team	DeMarcus Cousins		SAC
	LeBron James		SAN
	Kevin Durant		OKC
	John Wall		WSH
	Kyrie Irving		CHA
All-NBA 2nd Team
All-NBA 2nd Team	Nerlens Noel		PHI
	Kevin Love		MIN
	Derrick Williams		MEM
	Damian Lillard		POR
	Russell Westbrook		OKC
All-NBA 3rd Team
All-NBA 3rd Team	Joel Embiid		CHA
	Paul George		IND
	Kareem Bishop		BOS
	Jrue Holiday		NO
	Chris Paul		LAC
All-Defensive 1st Team
All-Defensive 1st Team	Nerlens Noel		PHI
	Anthony Randolph		DEN
	Anthony Davis		NO
	Michael Carter-Williams		PHI
	John Wall		WSH
All-Defensive 2nd Team
All-Defensive 2nd Team	Joel Embiid		CHA
	Aaron Gordon		ATL
	Andrew Wiggins		CLE
	Jimmy Butler		CHI
	Victor Oladipo		ORL
All-Rookie 1st Team
All-Rookie 1st Team	Russell Lawson		DAL
	Jamal Harper		SAC
	Sadiq Jones		CLE
	Vatily Andropov		MIL
	Ment Powers		ORL
All-Rookie 2nd Team
All-Rookie 2nd Team	Justin Tryon		MIN
	Cabri Coke		UTAH
	Metrick McGee		MIA
	Nevil Burns		BRK
	Elijah Harper		ATL

Dallas Mavericks Stats - 2018-19
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FPG
Jabari Parker	82	31.9	17.6	5.8	3.9	1.3	1.0	1.5
Julius Randle	82	32.9	17.3	8.4	2.0	1.1	1.4	1.3
Ray Ray Francis	66	30.5	15.9	6.8	3.7	0.3	0.6	1.3
Russell Lawson	82	23.3	11.0	3.1	1.2	0.2	0.2	1.4
Alex Len	82	26.6	10.5	7.0	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.4
Jase Lavasai	82	22.5	9.6	2.7	3.9	0.7	0.1	1.7
Shane Larkin	76	21.9	8.6	2.0	3.2	0.8	0.0	1.5
Byron Augustin	82	16.4	6.6	2.3	3.3	0.5	0.1	1.0
Trevor Ariza	82	13.2	4.5	2.2	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.8
Trey Thompkins	58	13.2	4.0	3.2	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.6
Fabijan Novoselec	80	5.1	1.9	1.2	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.3
Chris Samapy	51	4.1	1.5	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.2
Luca Tomoni	34	4.2	1.1	0.5	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.3
Sergio Munoz	6	1.8	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0

Comments

# 1 CWSapp757 @ Feb 18

37 - 45.... they might not have finished too hot but they showing some promise. Let me go check out your other blog now!

# 2 darkwolf80 @ Feb 18

Yeah I have them setup like I want just need that star PG. And I'm trying to set myself up to get that number 1 for 2020 (DC6), and then just keep the bench with some decent players and I feel like I can make that next step.

# 3 darkwolf80 @ Feb 18

After playing with Kyrie on the Bobcats for a few years, I miss not having that stud at PG.