I’ve heard Carlisle directly credited for offering Mayo important mechanical tweaks.

I hadn’t heard that. If that’s the case, then I stand corrected

I am assuming some of it is Carlisle related, some of it is just smallish sample size related, and maybe some if it is some work/change he did/made in the offseason?

Ya, the 52% if definitely due to small sample size. I’ve heard Carlisle directly credited for offering Mayo important mechanical tweaks. To Mayo’s credit though, he’s always been a hard worker and willing student

Don’t argue with the EIC about “his” Warriors.

The Warriors defensive personnel is heinous. They’ll sneak by with enough regular season wins on sheer effort, but it’ll rear it’s ugly head in the playoffs. Spurs, Nuggets, and Rockets are also really bad on D. Ladies and gentleman, the Western Conference!

I am assuming some of it is Carlisle related, some of it is just smallish sample size related, and maybe some if it is some work/change he did/made in the offseason?

You think Jerry Sloan drinks lattes?

Only when he reads Peter King.

I still like Dallas to make the playoffs

Don’t argue with the EIC about “his” Warriors.

Mayo has always been a leader and a hard worker

Hard worker is true from a practice standpoint. He had a tendency to drift in and out of games in Memphis is where I was going with consistent effort, but that’s a problem among many young players.

“one evening gown shy of a diva”

Dammit, I was gonna use that line about Sanchise in the next daily Jets post.

That’s interesting. I’m pretty sure the only story I really heard about that series other than “Dirk won!” is that the Mavs schemed LeBron perfectly.

Cuban has gone to great lengths to promote this, that’s for sure. But in the immediate aftermath it was hard to hear any credit toward the Mavs over the “LEBRON’S A CHOKER” noise.

Tangibly, improved him as a jump shooter and playmaker. Intangibly, Mayo’s become a better leader and is giving more consistent effort. Tough to pinpoint exactly how much credit Carlisle gets for the latter, but he’s played a role

Mayo has always been a leader and a hard worker. He was minimized in Memphis by the move to the bench, which was more of a money move to eventually let him go than a basketball one. The biggest thing he gets from Carlisle is playing time.

Some vet, I forget who (Terry, I think)

Nevermind. It was Billups

What exactly has Carlisle done to “vastly improve” Mayo?

Tangibly, improved him as a jump shooter and playmaker. Intangibly, Mayo’s become a better leader and is giving more consistent effort. Tough to pinpoint exactly how much credit Carlisle gets for the latter, but he’s played a role

That’s interesting. I’m pretty sure the only story I really heard about that series other than “Dirk won!” is that the Mavs schemed LeBron perfectly.

What exactly has Carlisle done to “vastly improve” Mayo?

Olive oil instead of vegetable oil.

/half the fat!

Could’ve played under arguably the league’s best coach, who has already vastly improved OJ Mayo.

Glad to see Carlisle’s stock soar in Dirk’s absence. He’s been underrated for years – he got no credit for building the Detroit “dynasty” a decade ago and his tenure in Indiana was derailed by the Malice Palace game. He sent Spoelstra back to grade school in the Finals and got no credit for shutting down LeBron.

Could’ve played under arguably the league’s best coach, who has already vastly improved OJ Mayo.

What exactly has Carlisle done to “vastly improve” Mayo?

Somewhere, Jerry Sloan — who, as D’Alessandro put it, “he’d rather live with his 30 tractors in McLeansboro, Ill., than put up with your insubordination” — is sipping on a latte and muttering to himself, “it took you guys almost two years to figure that out?”

Considering USA Today’s target demo of GED candidates and Juco dropouts, you’d think there would be stable of copy editors available to help Jason write somewhat coherently.