Should Cuban blow the Mavs up if they lose to Portland?

[GuerillaBlack]

Yes, he should tbqh.

Send Dirk to a contender, and start rebuilding before it's too late. The Mavs already have one of the, if not The Oldest team in the league. WTF are they doing?

[ElNono]

Blowing up the team really worked for the Rockets...

[Ghazi]

No

[lurker]

I think he should put Carlisle in a pool and take away the ladder like in The Sims, tbh.

[rayjayjohnson]

he'll never do it. he's too busy letting dirk shit on him in the sick porn the two of them probably make

[BRHornet45]

sons he needs to get a team leader who is BLACK. as long as Dirk is their leader, they will never win shit. book it

[GuerillaBlack]

Blowing up the team really worked for the Rockets...

The Rockets aren't rebuilding....they're reloading.


sons he needs to get a team leader who is BLACK. as long as Dirk is their leader, they will never win shit. book it

Avery Johnson was their leader in the mid-2000s. The Mavs may just need a good tank season. Get a good lotto pick to pair with Dirk for his final years and hope for the best. Or give Diop the MLE again.

[LkrFan]

Cuban is an idiot. I read a rumor somewhere that MK offered the Mavs Shaq in 2006 for a Dirk package. Cuban said hell no. Shaq ended up getting traded to Miami and commensed to back door sweep his ass in the Finals that year. :lol

/Face Palm.

[usdane]

He went all in but he could somewhat blow it up if he wants to let go of Chandler, Butler and Terry. Then he can let Kidd go after next year.

Cuban is however besides Dirk stuck with Hayward and Marion for years to come. That Hayward contract is horrible.

http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=9182

[ALVAREZ6]

parker, hill, bonner, and RJ for Dirk



do it!!!!

[21_Blessings]

Blowing up the team really worked for the Rockets...

Keeping the washed up three sure worked out for the Spurs...

[monosylab1k]

Cuban is an idiot. I read a rumor somewhere that MK offered the Mavs Shaq in 2006 for a Dirk package. Cuban said hell no. Shaq ended up getting traded to Miami and commensed to back door sweep his ass in the Finals that year. :lol

/Face Palm.

Cuban turned down Dirk for Shaq and later Dirk for Kobe :lol

[monosylab1k]

The Rockets aren't rebuilding....they're reloading.

:lmao

[Kyle Orton]

He went all in

That's why Cuban should blow it up, he refuses to actually go all in. A team should either be building for the future or trying to get as good as possible as soon as possible to contend. No in-betweens. If Cuban thought that Beaubois and his 15 minutes per game were worth more than someone who could be helping the Mavs right now, then the Mavs are a rebuilding team. If they were a contending team, they would have made a deadline deal as they clearly weren't a team capable of contending with the roster they had at the trade deadline.

[Ace]

The Rockets aren't rebuilding....they're reloading.




For the lottery?

[mFFL03]

one more year, then yes

[DMC]

It's not easy to have a playoff team. It's even harder to have a perennial playoff team. If Mark is making a profit, it would be stupid to "blow up the team".

This isn't a video game, it's a business. Sure the championship is the ultimate goal, but who would have given a shit about the Mavs during their 5 win season? Middle of the road teams, those who are 8th seeds or just out of the playoffs, those are the ones you dismantle because the contracts are often more than the intake, but Dallas is a contender every year, at least in the regular season. That's 82 games where revenue is collected from teams' fans who either come to see Dirk win or to see him lose.

No one would have considered blowing up the Cavs when Lebron was with them, and they've done no better than the Mavericks.

The ring is a fan thing, but the most profitable teams don't necessarily win championships.

[DMC]

Cuban turned down Dirk for Shaq and later Dirk for Kobe :lol
Neither Shaq nor Kobe would make Dallas a champion without Dirk. It took Wade and Pau to win the rings respectively.

Caron Butler's injury was tough on Dallas. He's no MJ, but he was a big lift for that team.

[Kyle Orton]

Mark isn't making a profit, Dallas has been losing money for years now. Better luck next time on your effort to sound smart and business savvy.

[DMC]

Mark isn't making a profit, Dallas has been losing money for years now.

Does any team do well when their owner is that involved? (NBA)?

I like teams that have owners you rarely hear about, who allow the GM and coach to make the calls. Mark gets more face time than his coaches.

[Kyle Orton]

The team doesn't do well, but some owners turn a healthy profit. The Suns have steadily made 20+ million in net income each year Sarver has owned the team.

[DMC]

The team doesn't do well, but some owners turn a healthy profit. The Suns have steadily made 20+ million in net income each year Sarver has owned the team.

That's the problem with billionaires who use a team as a pet project. Sarver is profit driven, Cuban is ego driven. Somewhere between those is a championship waiting to happen.

[Juggity]

sons he needs to get a team leader who is BLACK. as long as Dirk is their leader, they will never win shit. book it

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[Darrin]

Yes, he should tbqh.

Send Dirk to a contender, and start rebuilding before it's too late. The Mavs already have one of the, if not The Oldest team in the league. WTF are they doing?

He should have blown them up after the 2007 debacle. They've had some turnover, but they haven't changed the way they play. Iso Dirk and everyone else plays off that (when they don't stand around). I miss the 2003 Mavs when they moved the ball and Dirk was just their best shooter. If you could get that team to play defense, they'd probably have 2-3 titles by now.

[djohn2oo8]

no need to blow it up....If you need toughness and scoring, then acquire Stephen Jackson. Just find a way to not make the bench a liability. Trade Barea for a bag of chips if you have to.

[djohn2oo8]

Just get Dirk some real help, but at he same time he needs to demand the damn ball when the game is on the line

[ElNono]

Keeping the washed up three sure worked out for the Spurs...

Not everybody can trade Kwame Brown and Javaris Critterton for Pau Gasol...

[Harry Callahan]

Not everybody can trade Kwame Brown and Javaris Critterton for Pau Gasol...

21 Douchebags is probably one of the T-Shirt Laker fans that pollute the great state of Texas. It possibly lives at home. Likely jobless.

[DMC]

no need to blow it up....If you need toughness and scoring, then acquire Stephen Jackson. Just find a way to not make the bench a liability. Trade Barea for a bag of chips if you have to.

Stephen is not going to make the Mavericks a championship team. They need another legit big. Dirk doesn't play the role a big normally plays.

[Kyle Orton]

I miss the 2003 Mavs when they moved the ball and Dirk was just their best shooter. If you could get that team to play defense, they'd probably have 2-3 titles by now.

gr8 post bro. If the 2006-present Dirk Nowitzki who shoots well above 50%, has much better shot selection and is one of the NBA's best iso scorers couldn't win a championship, the 2003 Dirk who shot below 50% and chucked 5 threes a game would have definitely won a title.

[Axe Murderer]

The Mavs aren't losing to Portland so it's irrelelvant, but hypothetically speaking, the answer is no.

Why should they blow it up? Dirk is still playing at a high level so you just hope that Cuban becomes unretarded and trades Roddy Beaubois for someone that can help right away before the window closes.

[DJ Mbenga]

they always have the untradable french allah

[LkrFan]

Cuban turned down Dirk for Shaq and later Dirk for Kobe :lol

Link? I guarantee you that your statement is bullshit. MK openly said he would trade Shaq but also openly stated that he would NOT trade Kobe.

And why would he trade the best SG in the league for the 4th best SG? That doesn't make sense. Oh, I get it. You're joking! :lol

[Ghazi]

That's why Cuban should blow it up, he refuses to actually go all in. A team should either be building for the future or trying to get as good as possible as soon as possible to contend. No in-betweens. If Cuban thought that Beaubois and his 15 minutes per game were worth more than someone who could be helping the Mavs right now, then the Mavs are a rebuilding team. If they were a contending team, they would have made a deadline deal as they clearly weren't a team capable of contending with the roster they had at the trade deadline.

In my humble viewpoints there wasn't a trade out there that puts the Mavs over the top... Gerald Wallace wouldn't allow us to beat the Lakers.

Maybe Iguodala? Was he available?

In this league, it usually requires 2 all-NBA talents to win a title... Pierce/Garnett, Kobe/Gasol, Shaq/Kobe, Duncan/Ginobili/Parker, Jordan/Pippen, Amare/Nash, ( :) )... Mavs are stuck w/ 1 w/ seemingly no way to acquire another.

I think the FO has done an admirable job w/ the Marion/Butler/Chandler trades... remember 2 years ago this team was giving guys like Devean George/Antoine Wright/Gerald Green minutes... they've improved their talent pretty good, although still not a true threat to win it all.

[Ghazi]

add Wade/Lebron to the 2 all-NBA caliber list... they're bound to win a title at some point.

[davethedope]

I would move the team to Seattle if they lose this series.

[Darrin]

I would move the team to Seattle if they lose this series.

Too close to Portland.

[Greg Oden]

Tq_1j4z5-J4

[Greg Oden]

I would move the team to Seattle if they lose this series.

gr8 post a from a fan who's team gets swept whenever they're relevant.