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Daly Dose 03-29-23 Our March Madness recap and Final Four preview
This week on the Daly Dose, we are back from a short break and we have been watching a TON of college basketball…sort of. We also reveal the leaders of our Daly Dose March Madness Tournament challenge! Who will win a Daly Dose t-shirt?
The NCAA Tournament ratings have been impressive, the College Basketball coaching carousel is taking some interesting turns, and the great Kyrie Irving experiment is going poorly with the Dallas Mavericks.
Then, March Madness has been highly entertaining, and we are handing out some winners and losers from what has been a completely unpredictable tournament.
We make our predictions for the Final Four as Florida Atlantic squares off against San Diego State and Miami will be facing Connecticut this Saturday. We also make our pick for the National Championship game on Monday Night!
Finally our Daly Dose Top 5 is counting down the Top 5 new and improved biggest upsets in the history of March Madness by point spread!
Daly Dose 02-08-23 Our Super Bowl LVII preview
This week on the Daly Dose, we explain our confusion concerning the Chinese balloon, the Dallas Mavericks make a trade for Kyrie Irving, and Lebron James reminds us just how unique of an athlete that he truly is.
Then we are joined by longtime high school coach Russ McKinstry to discuss all things sports and make our predictions for Super Bowl LVII!
We reflect on Tom Brady’s incredible career, take a look at how new head coach Sean Payton might do in Denver, and Coach Mac discusses how Coach Prime must rebuild the University of Colorado football program from scratch.
The NBA is having an unpredictable season. Can Nikola Jokic win yet another MVP, and what does breaking the NBA scoring title mean for Lebron James?The college basketball season is heating up, and March Madness looks as though it is going to be wide open!
Finally, we preview Super Bowl LVII between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles! Will Patrick Mahomes lead the Chiefs to another ring? Will Jalen Hurts and a stout Eagles defense be able to avoid mistakes and finish their season with a championship? We make our predictions for what should be an entertaining big game!
Daly Dose 10-26-22 Our 2022-2023 NBA Preview
This week on the Daly Dose, we are back after taking a short break and the San Francisco 49ers made a big trade for Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey! Who won the trade?
Then, we are seeing some older quarterbacks struggle. Why are Brady, Rodgers and Wilson all looking so bad right now? The World Series is set, as the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros have stormed through the MLB Playoff, and we predict the winner! Plus college basketball is losing yet another big name, and one college football head coach says he is being biased against unfairly!
The 2022-2023 NBA season is underway, and we are making our picks for the top contenders, a few pretenders, Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Most Valuable Players, plus we make our way too early picks for the NBA Finals!
Finally, with Halloween coming next Monday, we count down the Top 5 Daly Dose sports themed Halloween costumes this year!
Daly Dose 04-20-22 Our Major League Baseball preview
This week on the Dose, we discuss the phenomenon of April 20th and how the legalization of marijuana has transformed the state of Colorado!
Then we are joined by Daly Dose featured columnist Jimmie Searfoss to preview the 2022 Major League Baseball season!
Before we get to baseball, we talk about the NBA Playoffs, and which teams are looking the strongest so far. We also talk about a wild NFL offseason. Which teams have improved the most, and which teams seem to be standing pat? Could the Denver Broncos be getting a new very wealthy owner?
Then we dive into what should be a very entertaining 2022 MLB season! We discuss some of the future rule changes that could be coming for the game and what impact they could have on the sport.
We preview each division in MLB, and make our picks for which teams will be earning playoff spots in the postseason? Who will win each league’s MVP? We also make our picks for the 2022 World Series!
Is a former Buff the key to playoff success for the Dallas Mavericks?
Simply put, the Dallas Mavericks and Kristaps Porzingis didn’t work out. After reported locker room “dust ups” with star Luka Doncic that were confirmed by owner Mark Cuban, it was clear that Porzingis’ time in Dallas was running out fast.
On February 11, the Mavericks made a move to trade Porzingis and a 2022 second round pick to the Washington Wizards for Spencer Dinwiddie and Davis Bertans in a move that Sports Illustrated graded a C+.
It turned out to be one of the best trades of the deadline, and it’s all because of Dinwiddie.
Dinwiddie, an eight-year veteran out of the University of Colorado, joined to replace Porzingis as a secondary scorer and take some pressure off Doncic to carry the offense.
Dinwiddie has become a vital player to Dallas’ offense since joining the team.
Offensively, he has been playing the best basketball of his career on the Mavericks. With the Wizards, Dinwiddie was averaging 12.6 points per game. During his time as a Maverick, he averaged 16.4. His three-point percentage has increased from 31% to 38%, and his field goal percentage has shot up from 37% to 49%.
Where he has made himself the most known is in the closing minutes of the game.
Dinwiddie hit game-winning three-point shots in back-to-back games against the Nets and Celtics. The shot against the Nets was a heavily contested and was described by Nets coach Steve Nash as “guarded perfectly.”
The day after the Nets game winner, the Mavericks shot up to number one on CBS’ NBA power rankings. Since the trade they have gone 16-7 and clinched a playoff berth.
Most importantly, he has gotten the Luka Doncic seal of approval.
“He’s a baller. That’s how I’m going to describe him,” said Doncic to Mavericks reporter Callie Caplan.
Doncic trusts him enough to let him take the last shot, and that alone is a feat in itself.
As the Mavericks look towards the playoffs, they will need Dinwiddie to keep up his hot shooting. The Mavericks have made the playoffs the last two years and have exited after the first round both times. They currently sit as the 4th seed in the West.
Dinwiddie has limited experience in the playoffs. The most minutes he’s seen was from the 2019 series while he was with the Nets. He played just 26 minutes. In those 26 minutes he shot 44% from the field and 38% from the three-point line.
The Mavericks will expect a much larger role from Dinwiddie in the upcoming weeks. If he can produce like he has since being traded, the Mavericks may finally see the second round.
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