Game Thread Spurs (0-0) @ Mavericks (0-0) (Wed 10/22/25) [8:30PM CDT]


Ahead of his NBA debut on Wednesday against the San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks star rookie Cooper Flagg has already been warned about what it's like to go up against star big man Victor Wembanyama.

"I have obviously seen tape. I have never seen him play in person," Flagg told reporters Tuesday when asked about facing Wembanyama in his first career game. "From what the guys have told me, he's kind of something you have never seen before, and you can't really understand that till you see it in person."
 
Spurs Injuries: De’Aaron Fox – Out (hamstring), Kelly Olynyk – Out (heel), Jeremy Sochan – Out (wrist), Lindy Waters – Out (eye)
Mavericks Injuries: Dante Exum – Out (ankle), Daniel Gafford – Doubtful (ankle), Kyrie Irving – Out (knee)

Spurs by 10. GSG!!!
 
Should be a fun match up. D-Lo, for all his warts, always seems to be a Spurs killer son hopefully they get a handle on him.
 
Va Spurs Va! Race for seís! Wemby mvp! Wemby dpoy! Harper roty! Let’s do thisssssss!!!
 
Spurs announce SL yet?

I'm assuming Castle/Devin/Champ/Barnes/Wemby

Would be nice to see Castle get the Point Flagg assignment from the tip.
 
Neuromancer said:
I'm guessing Mitch is gonna go with Vic/Barnes/Champ/DV/Castle but I would start Wemby and Kornet for this game
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same. issue with starting Wemby/Kornet, it also becomes trickier to make sure they stay staggered throughout, especially since we dont have the Olynyk/Sochan options to survive some minutes here and there, and i really dont want to see a heavy dose of Bismack

Gafford is doubtful, so that could help
 
With Gafford out, the Mavs have almost no size coming off the bench. I would start the standard preseason group and then go from there based on the first five mins. It’s not clear that they can play an oversized lineup for an extended period
 
pope said:
With Gafford out, the Mavs have almost no size coming off the bench. I would start the standard preseason group and then go from there based on the first five mins. It’s not clear that they can play an oversized lineup for an extended period
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this is true. their only other available big is Dwight Powell. he's a reasonable rotation guy but he's not really going to be the type to punish a small lineup, and there's no more Luka to just feed him easy dunks over and over

assuming Wemby can more or less match AD's minutes (AD historically about a 35mpg player, Wemby last year was at 33), i dont see any reason Luke can't match Lively's minutes. lively has typically been a ~23mpg guy, but he's had plenty of games where he pushed 28-32 minutes. meanwhile, Korndog has averaged sub-20, but in the last 2 seasons, in games he's started, hes averaged about 29mpg anyway (sample size of 23 games), so he's capable, and not someone who typically get into foul trouble. and mavs dont have guards right now who are adept at drawing fouls the way Luka/Kyrie can
 
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spurraider21 said:
this is true. their only other available big is Dwight Powell. he's a reasonable rotation guy but he's not really going to be the type to punish a small lineup, and there's no more Luka to just feed him easy dunks over and over

assuming Wemby can more or less match AD's minutes (AD historically about a 35mpg player, Wemby last year was at 33), i dont see any reason Luke can't match Lively's minutes. lively has typically been a ~23mpg guy, but he's had plenty of games where he pushed 28-32 minutes. meanwhile, Korndog has averaged sub-20, but in the last 2 seasons, in games he's started, hes averaged about 29mpg anyway (sample size of 23 games), so he's capable, and not someone who typically get into foul trouble. and mavs dont have guards right now who are adept at drawing fouls the way Luka/Kyrie can
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Good point, so in theory the Spurs may not need to worry too much about matching the AD/Lively minutes with Wemby/Kornet--could be a great early test of the French Vanilla pairing
 
pope said:
Good point, so in theory the Spurs may not need to worry too much about matching the AD/Lively minutes with Wemby/Kornet--could be a great early test of the French Vanilla pairing
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yeah the big thing will just be avoiding foul trouble. i think if wemby picks up even 1 quick foul, they need to bring on kornet to be the primary AD defender
 
spursparker9 said:
Yes...Wemby and Korndog better get ready...

Dallas and Houston both has their jumbo lineup....

Even Denver has this...

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Holding Big Daddy Val hostage tbh
 
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