And now the Low Post.

Welcome to The Low Post Podcast very late at night, but not quite midnight, not even 11 o'clock Eastern Standard time

because we are recording this before the final buzzer of Dallas, Minnesota.

The Dallas Mavericks, who were eighth at the trade deadline, eighth in the Western Conference, 29 and 23 at the time, are going to the

NBA finals for the first time since they won one of the all-time great

magical to NBA championships, single season championships in 2011 with

Dirk Nivitzky and they absolutely obliterated the Minnesota Temperwows on the road in game five of this series

highlighted by let me check the box score 36 points apiece for Kyrie Irving and

Luke Adonchich Kyrie Irving and Lucadonchich, Kyrie 14 of 27, Luca 14 of 22, 6 of 10 on 3s, had 20 points in the first

quarter before the Minnesota Timberwolves even realized the freaking game was going on and had them KP in every possible manner.

Go under a screen 3. Drop back, floater, drop back, deceleration,

step back into a mid-range jumper.

Lob passes, pick and roll threes, catch and shoot threes.

Just a complete masterpiece performance for a guy who is barely 25 years old

has been a playoff assassin every single second he's been in the playoffs, one of the most feared players in the

NBA the minute he got into the post-season stage and now is going to the finals

with Kyrie Irving as a side kick a trade that we don't need to belabor grades,

KP, I'm not here to do that, but that I panned, lots of people panned, not for basketball reasons,

for all the other reasons

and a year and change later

not only is the trade of success

i said this earlier in the week

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