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Hardaway, who is the father of current Mavs shooting guard Tim Hardaway Jr., went on FS1’s The Carton Show to explain why the Mavs have faltered this season.

"That trade wasn't for them, what isn't broken doesn't need to be fixed,” Hardaway said, referring to the Mavs’ trade for Irving before this year’s deadline. “They're missing a leader out there. Luka is not a leader, Kyrie is not a leader. Jalen Brunson was a leader.

“A leader shows by example too, by playing defense. When he says something, he does it also, and thats what a leader is. And like I said, those two guys are not leaders, they're complimentary, dominant great basketball players. Great scorers."
 

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Yup, and more specifically:

GSW finishes with a starterless SAC and POR
LAC finishes with POR and a starterless PHX

Unless there's a massive let down, both LAC and GSW *should* win out, which means it'll be 4.PHX/5.LAC and 3.SAC/6.GSW, with LAL in the play-in.
SAC isn't playing their starters? They're still in contention for the #2 seed, only report I saw was that they had a bunch of guys listed as questionable.
 

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SAC isn't playing their starters? They're still in contention for the #2 seed, only report I saw was that they had a bunch of guys listed as questionable.

You're right nothing official yet, it's just the fact that they've listed damn near everybody (Fox, Sabonis, Huerter, Murray, Monk, etc) as questionable and reportedly have discussed shutting them down for the playoffs.
 

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This isn't anything that actually matters but how come teams bring guys like Lebron and AD back from injury and have them come off of the bench?
 

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"I didn't wake up this morning thinking that I had to focus in on this topic, but it is my dad," Hardaway Jr. said. "I love him dearly. He's been in his league for so many years now, so just for him to say that, I disagree with it 1000 percent. I've come out numerous of times and told you all how much leadership Luka has shown throughout my whole entire time here in Dallas. He shows it on and off the floor, and a lot of the situations that we've been in as a team, we wouldn't be in without him. So let's just set that straight.


"And Kyrie has been nothing [other] than a leader since he's been here -- making sure that everybody's good on and off the floor, texting everybody in in our group in the player-only just to make sure everybody's good, everybody's holding together, staying strong. Nothing but leadership there. So it's just hard, just to deal with that."

Hardaway Jr. continued: "I love those guys. I love my teammates. I loved every team and teammates that I've been a part of and been with. So just to be focusing in on this instead of the game, it's disappointing that I have to come out here and say this. I love him to death. Like I said, my dad made a mistake. It's his opinion, not mine. We're two different human beings."
 

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"I didn't wake up this morning thinking that I had to focus in on this topic, but it is my dad," Hardaway Jr. said. "I love him dearly. He's been in his league for so many years now, so just for him to say that, I disagree with it 1000 percent. I've come out numerous of times and told you all how much leadership Luka has shown throughout my whole entire time here in Dallas. He shows it on and off the floor, and a lot of the situations that we've been in as a team, we wouldn't be in without him. So let's just set that straight.


"And Kyrie has been nothing [other] than a leader since he's been here -- making sure that everybody's good on and off the floor, texting everybody in in our group in the player-only just to make sure everybody's good, everybody's holding together, staying strong. Nothing but leadership there. So it's just hard, just to deal with that."

Hardaway Jr. continued: "I love those guys. I love my teammates. I loved every team and teammates that I've been a part of and been with. So just to be focusing in on this instead of the game, it's disappointing that I have to come out here and say this. I love him to death. Like I said, my dad made a mistake. It's his opinion, not mine. We're two different human beings."
 
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