Amare to sign with Mavs

[m>s]

http://www.si.com/nba/2015/02/16/new-york-knicks-amare-stoudemire-signs-dallas-mavericks

[DMC]

How do you feel about that tbh?

[m>s]

I think he will fill the wright void nicely but with better offense and will be great on the pick and roll with Harris/barea. The less we see of Charlie Villanueva and Greg smith the better.

[illusioNtEk]

how long till chandler is out?

[m>s]

How long till you shut the fuck up?

[Findog]

We stacked, bitches...

[Findog]

It's a low risk move, but I'm not sure that it moves the Mavs likely ceiling of a second-round exit. The West is just so good this year that there's no shame in Dallas being only 4th or 5th in the conference. But Cuban sees this as a two year window with this group. Best-case scenario he gives the Mavs some good minutes in what's left of the regular season so they can keep Tyson and Dirk's minutes down before the playoffs, and maybe in a specific playoff series against a specific opponent, he helps them in some sort of matchup advantage.

This is the first Mavs team since 2001 where I don't think you can say Dirk is their best player. I've never seen him miss so many open jumpers as he has this year. Some nights he just doesn't have it. But he's still a very good player. I just don't know that they can win a title when Dirk is probably 70 percent of what he was 2006-2011.

[Findog]

Then again, isn't this Amare Stoudemire for 20 minutes a night replacing what Brandon Wright did for this team?

[Clipper Nation]

Cock getting bailed out of wasting another roster spot.

[Cry Havoc]

It's a low risk move, but I'm not sure that it moves the Mavs likely ceiling of a second-round exit. The West is just so good this year that there's no shame in Dallas being only 4th or 5th in the conference. But Cuban sees this as a two year window with this group. Best-case scenario he gives the Mavs some good minutes in what's left of the regular season so they can keep Tyson and Dirk's minutes down before the playoffs, and maybe in a specific playoff series against a specific opponent, he helps them in some sort of matchup advantage.

This is the first Mavs team since 2001 where I don't think you can say Dirk is their best player. I've never seen him miss so many open jumpers as he has this year. Some nights he just doesn't have it. But he's still a very good player. I just don't know that they can win a title when Dirk is probably 70 percent of what he was 2006-2011.

Good to see you again, Findog. How's it hangin'?

[Findog]

Good to see you again, Findog. How's it hangin'?

Doing well. Getting money, getting swole, and getting bitches. Enjoying cheering my basketball team on. And yourself?

[Cry Havoc]

Doing well. Getting money, getting swole, and getting bitches. Enjoying cheering my basketball team on. And yourself?

Same, got a really nice pay raise recently. Need to hit the gym again though, I was sick for like 2 months straight and it's rough to get back into the routine. :lol

[ducks]

limits dirk and chandler minutes and saves them more for playoffs
gives them 6 more fouls
not a man scoring guy could try and play d atlas not a bad move

[whitemamba]

http://i.imgur.com/ItuTk.gif

[SPM]

What a difference a year makes in terms of the Mavs roster, I thought they had dark days ahead this time last year with that shit roster. Hats off to Cuban and Nelson for the makeover

[ElNono]

:lol stacked
:lol best owner in sports
:lol Spurs
:lol scurred
:lol desperate team

[ElNono]

Basically, add Melo and you have the Knicks West? Oh wait, you guys traded Felton already...

[Holden_Caulfield]

brb picking him up for my fantasy team

[m>s]

Basically, add Melo and you have the Knicks West? Oh wait, you guys traded Felton already...
How do you even figure? The Mavs are a top 5 team in the west the Knicks can't even win a game in the east . You really trying to say that ellis = jr smith, Dirk = Novak, rondo = Felton? That's dumb

[ElNono]

How do you even figure? The Mavs are a top 5 team in the west the Knicks can't even win a game in the east . You really trying to say that ellis = jr smith, Dirk = Novak, rondo = Felton? That's dumb

:lol nah, just coz they reunited Chandler with Amare and they also had Felton... all Knicks guys last season

[m>s]

>Felton
>relevant

[Robz4000]

:lol nah, just coz they reunited Chandler with Amare and they also had Felton... all Knicks guys last season

Felton is still a Mav. They traded Nelson iirc.

[Thread]

It will make nary difference. You haven't got what it takes.

[illusioNtEk]

How long till you shut the fuck up?


oh ok... i guess I wont cheer for the mavs any more then shit wtf I do to you

[GuerillaBlack]

Another name signing by the Mavs. Nothing to see here.

[m>s]

oh ok... i guess I wont cheer for the mavs any more then shit wtf I do to you
Did you mean how long until chandler is back? Lol

[ElNono]

Felton is still a Mav. They traded Nelson iirc.

oh shit

[Sean Cagney]

What a difference a year makes in terms of the Mavs roster, I thought they had dark days ahead this time last year with that shit roster. Hats off to Cuban and Nelson for the makeover

No matter what every single year or so they switch rosters, even after the title year lol. They always look different next year, that you can count on. I am not saying they are worse off but honestly they never keep a team together long enough to really gel and that is why they only have one title IMO. They don't have the continuity but yes after missing the playoffs that one year and last years 8th seed I thought dark days were ahead, they did turn it around with some moves and are better this year.

[Findog]

No matter what every single year or so they switch rosters, even after the title year lol. They always look different next year, that you can count on. I am not saying they are worse off but honestly they never keep a team together long enough to really gel and that is why they only have one title IMO. They don't have the continuity but yes after missing the playoffs that one year and last years 8th seed I thought dark days were ahead, they did turn it around with some moves and are better this year.

Isn't the Big 3 and Pop the only thing the 2007 and 2014 Spurs have in common?

[AaronY]

Another name signing by the Mavs. Nothing to see here.
Wtf. Josh Smith signing was the same thing. Except at least amare don't hang out on the perimeter all game bricking threes

[DMC]

Isn't the Big 3 and Pop the only thing the 2007 and 2014 Spurs have in common?

And the trophy tbh

[moisaenz]

Isn't the Big 3 and Pop the only thing the 2007 and 2014 Spurs have in common?

You are forgetting the red mamba

[Findog]

And the trophy tbh

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200904280SAS.html

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201406150SAS.html

But "continuity" wins championships or something, not adding another All Star and a slew of good bench players.

[Findog]

You are forgetting the red mamba

sorry, that was a typo, I meant a Big Four of Tim, Tony, Manu and Matt.

[SPM]

Wtf. Josh Smith signing was the same thing. Except at least amare don't hang out on the perimeter all game bricking threes

:lol

[AlexJones]

Mavs MVPs in order

Tyson
Dirk
Parsons
Monta
Devin
Amar'e
Barea
Rondo

[Franklin]

We stacked... NBA = fucked.

[GuerillaBlack]

Wtf. Josh Smith signing was the same thing. Except at least amare don't hang out on the perimeter all game bricking threes

Josh Smith is actually league average from 3 with the Rockets while he has been here and usually fills up the entire stat sheet. Amare is not the player anymore that will move the needle much for the Mavs imo.

[100%duncan]

Wtf. Josh Smith signing was the same thing. Except at least amare don't hang out on the perimeter all game bricking threes

:lol

[Killakobe81]

Josh Smith is actually league average from 3 with the Rockets while he has been here and usually fills up the entire stat sheet. Amare is not the player anymore that will move the needle much for the Mavs imo.

After some early struggles Josh has been good. Especially since Dwight went out. I was hating on the move at first but it was a good pickup especially with Coward's bulky knee. Harden has been able to feed him for some easy scores I dont know if it's a "lefty" thing ...but I think their chemistry has been solid.

[endrity]

I'd have loved for the Mavs to keep more of the 2011 team. If anything they could have used that as leverage to bring in better FAs.

Oh well, at the very least that did rebuild a nice team now. But keeping a core 3 as the Spurs have, seems to have been a better option in the long run.

[Spurs9]

I'm sure Rondo and Amare will get along :lol

[hater]

LOLLAS LOLLERICKS :lmao :lol :lmao

[Killakobe81]

I'd have loved for the Mavs to keep more of the 2011 team. If anything they could have used that as leverage to bring in better FAs.

Oh well, at the very least that did rebuild a nice team now. But keeping a core 3 as the Spurs have, seems to have been a better option in the long run.

this. that was all I was arguing. If you kept tyson and Dirk and added VC and or montae that is a high level team. Do you beat Spurs any of the years after 2011? Maybe not, but with RC working his magic they pushed them last year ...

[DAF86]

Another turd to the wall. I doubt this one sticks.

[Phillip]

hilarious to see spurfans and all the spermshooting that was going on upstairs over the possibility of getting Amare for 15-20 bench minutes a game, and the second he goes to dallas for the exact same purpose, suddenly he sucks, its a horrible acquisition, and hes the worst basketball player on earth

:rollin

[endrity]

this. that was all I was arguing. If you kept tyson and Dirk and added VC and or montae that is a high level team. Do you beat Spurs and of the years after 2011? Maybe not but with RC working his magic they pushed them last year ...

Even more, I think by keeping Tyson and having VC and Monta you then have enough assets to go and pull a trade for a big time player. Maybe you can package Monta and Rondo, with expiring deals and go get Melo. Or use Tyson and VC/Monta to go and get Cousins. A better team is always much easier to re-tool around because you have more assets to play with.

[SPM]

hilarious to see spurfans and all the spermshooting that was going on upstairs over the possibility of getting Amare for 15-20 bench minutes a game, and the second he goes to dallas for the exact same purpose, suddenly he sucks, its a horrible acquisition, and hes the worst basketball player on earth

:rollin

:lol

[Sean Cagney]

Isn't the Big 3 and Pop the only thing the 2007 and 2014 Spurs have in common?

The Spurs dont reshape their main pieces every year. They got this team together here in 012 and let it gel and got a title and a Finals appearance, they did not blow it up afterwards.


They add a piece or two as they did in the 00's title runs but usually keep the core. Mavs have had so many re shapes it's hard to keep up.

[DAF86]

hilarious to see spurfans and all the spermshooting that was going on upstairs over the possibility of getting Amare for 15-20 bench minutes a game, and the second he goes to dallas for the exact same purpose, suddenly he sucks, its a horrible acquisition, and hes the worst basketball player on earth

:rollin

Did you check that the guys that were "spermshooting" about Amare upstairs are the same guys saying he sucks here? If not your comment is irrelevant.

[mudyez]

Great move. Didn't know STAT still was in the league, but great move.

[Phillip]

Did you check that the guys that were "spermshooting" about Amare upstairs are the same guys saying he sucks here? If not your comment is irrelevant.

your opinion is irrelevant since your opinions consist of "manu > dirk"

kys

[Bulaien999]

hilarious to see spurfans and all the spermshooting that was going on upstairs over the possibility of getting Amare for 15-20 bench minutes a game, and the second he goes to dallas for the exact same purpose, suddenly he sucks, its a horrible acquisition, and hes the worst basketball player on earth

:rollin

Hilarious to see the backpedalling after Josh Smith decided to go to the Rockets instead of the Mavs.

Stat might be good, but im predicting his knee problems will emerge at the worst time. Especially how O'Neal was talked about as the saviour.... now Stat has become the go to guy.

Brandon Wright was that glue guy and more important than mavs fans want to admit

[SPM]

Hilarious to see the backpedalling after Josh Smith decided to go to the Rockets instead of the Mavs.

Stat might be good, but im predicting his knee problems will emerge at the worst time. Especially how O'Neal was talked about as the saviour.... now Stat has become the go to guy.

Brandon Wright was that glue guy and more important than mavs fans want to admit

Stop it. Josh Smith sucks, I'd rather have Amare since Dwight is out for the season. And don't even try to say "he's not out for the season"

He's out for the season

[Findog]

The Spurs dont reshape their main pieces every year. They got this team together here in 012 and let it gel and got a title and a Finals appearance, they did not blow it up afterwards.


They add a piece or two as they did in the 00's title runs but usually keep the core. Mavs have had so many re shapes it's hard to keep up.

If every team could put together a Big 3 of the caliber of Tony, Tim and Manu and convince somebody of Pop's caliber to coach them, then they would. Outside of a few incompetent franchises like the Knicks or the Wolves, most teams could execute such a plan. The Spurs have shown what that kind of continuity can do in terms of keeping your window open, but for most teams it's not realistic. Stuff happens - injuries, salary cap problems, contract disputes, etc. It's very hard to keep a team together in the NBA for longer than 3-4 years. What the Spurs have done is very special and outside the norm in terms of keeping their core together in contention for so long. I don't think Dallas has a problem being impatient and shuffling deck chairs, maybe when Cuban first bought the team and tried to buy his way into contention, but not anymore. But compared to the Spurs, any team looks ad hoc in comparison.

[ElNono]

If every team could put together a Big 3 of the caliber of Tony, Tim and Manu and convince somebody of Pop's caliber to coach them, then they would. Outside of a few incompetent franchises like the Knicks or the Wolves, most teams could execute such a plan. The Spurs have shown what that kind of continuity can do in terms of keeping your window open, but for most teams it's not realistic. Stuff happens - injuries, salary cap problems, contract disputes, etc. It's very hard to keep a team together in the NBA for longer than 3-4 years. What the Spurs have done is very special and outside the norm in terms of keeping their core together in contention for so long. I don't think Dallas has a problem being impatient and shuffling deck chairs, maybe when Cuban first bought the team and tried to buy his way into contention, but not anymore. But compared to the Spurs, any team looks ad hoc in comparison.

Plus Cubes kept Carlisle around, who is clearly one of the better coaches in the game, which goes to show that not everything is a knee jerk reaction...

[~O~]

Amare deserves to be in that thread of name players that don't do shit to progress a team. They're just name players.

[m>s]

"One of?" Who's really better? He out coached popovich last year and Phil retired

[Phillip]

Hilarious to see the backpedalling after Josh Smith decided to go to the Rockets instead of the Mavs.


Um most mavs fans werent too into the thought of getting him out of fear of his crappy bbiq

[DAF86]

your opinion is irrelevant since your opinions consist of "manu > dirk"

kys

Yeah, because your opinions are very relevant.

:lol Kawhi Tony Allen/Shane Battier type player
:lol Babious (or however his name was) having Nash shooting touch, Rose athleticism and Parker's speed and finishing ability.

[Brazil]

Did you check that the guys that were "spermshooting" about Amare upstairs are the same guys saying he sucks here? If not your comment is irrelevant.

My nigh DAF has a point here. I'd love to see philipp point out these Spurs fans salivating about amare upstairs and shitting on him here.

[therealtruth]

The Spurs have shown what having Tim Duncan can do in terms of keeping your window open, but for most teams it's not realistic.

FTFY

[ElNono]

"One of?" Who's really better? He out coached popovich last year and Phil retired

I have Pop, Carlisle and Thibs in the upper echelon... even if all of them have flaws, they're clearly a step above the rest right now...

[spurtech09]

We stacked, bitches...mavs are stacked.....stacked with washed up players lol

[spurtech09]

:lol nah, just coz they reunited Chandler with Amare and they also had Felton... all Knicks guys last seasonknicks 2.0

[spurtech09]

bet the mavs will still lose in the first round...book it :)

[Thread]

Spurs were sniffing as well. And like Pau came up empty.

[Kool Bob Love]

Spurs were sniffing as well. And like Pau came up empty.

Fuck you man. Spurs are the defending NBA champions.

[Thread]

Fuck you man. Spurs are the defending NBA champions.

You were sniffing & heavily, Lovey. He, like Pau told you to go fly a kite.

No Pau & Amare for you.

[Kool Bob Love]

You were sniffing & heavily, Lovey. He, like Pau told you to go fly a kite.

No Pau & Amare for you.

I got Larry. 7 years plus 6.


Without Pau or Amare.

[Sean Cagney]

Spurs were sniffing as well. And like Pau came up empty.

Didn't come up empty winning that trophy though. How them Lakers doing with 48? 25, 5 and 5..

[Sean Cagney]

If every team could put together a Big 3 of the caliber of Tony, Tim and Manu and convince somebody of Pop's caliber to coach them, then they would. Outside of a few incompetent franchises like the Knicks or the Wolves, most teams could execute such a plan. The Spurs have shown what that kind of continuity can do in terms of keeping your window open, but for most teams it's not realistic. Stuff happens - injuries, salary cap problems, contract disputes, etc. It's very hard to keep a team together in the NBA for longer than 3-4 years. What the Spurs have done is very special and outside the norm in terms of keeping their core together in contention for so long. I don't think Dallas has a problem being impatient and shuffling deck chairs, maybe when Cuban first bought the team and tried to buy his way into contention, but not anymore. But compared to the Spurs, any team looks ad hoc in comparison.That is true, I still would have liked to see the Mavs keep that 011 team intact and see if they could have made another run though, blew that up too soon IMO. Last years team as well gelled late and played great the last half of the year into the playoffs, then they go blow that one up as well. They are better so far this year though and put together a nice team, I will give them that. Time will tell.

[Thread]

Didn't come up empty winning that trophy though. How them Lakers doing with 48? 25, 5 and 5..

In for penny.

In for pound.

[Phillip]

Yeah, because your opinions are very relevant.

:lol Kawhi Tony Allen/Shane Battier type player
:lol Babious (or however his name was) having Nash shooting touch, Rose athleticism and Parker's speed and finishing ability.

lol deflecting
lol stinky
lol argy

[MarioSpeedwagon]

Josh Smith is actually league average from 3 with the Rockets while he has been here

He's had a mini hot streak like anyone who is poor at something can. If someone bats .220 for a season they will have a few 4-4 games mixed in maybe even a week or two where they bat .300 thats why you look at a larger sample size. He's at 28% for his career on over 1300 attempts so there'll be regression to the mean. This hot streak is even worse since its fool's gold and is only gonna encourage him to keep shooting.

[DAF86]

lol deflecting
lol stinky
lol argy

:lol complaining about deflecting when you were the first one to deflect
:lol Asian
:lol dumb

[Phillip]

:lol complaining about deflecting when you were the first one to deflect
:lol Asian
:lol dumb

lol too stupid to know what you are talking about
lol asian > be@aner
lol smelly
lol mad

[DAF86]

lol too stupid to know what you are talking about
lol asian > be@aner
lol smelly
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:lol dumb
:lol small
:lol ugly

[Phillip]

:lol dumb
:lol small
:lol ugly

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[DAF86]

lol mexican
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I'm neither of those things :lol

[Phillip]

I'm neither of those things :lol

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[DAF86]

lol lying
lol mad

Just because you're dumb enough to get mad at something said on the internet it doesn't mean we all do the same son. :lol

[AaronY]

Excellent debate

[Phillip]

Just because you're dumb enough to get mad at something said on the internet it doesn't mean we all do the same son. :lol

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[DAF86]

Excellent debate

We're just raising the bar we're suppossed to raise, tbh.

[DAF86]

lol still mad
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Whoever posts last wins?

[Phillip]

Whoever posts last wins?

lol continuing to fester in anger

[DAF86]

lol continuing to fester in anger

.

[Phillip]

.

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[StrengthAndHonor]

Phillip is relentless, my bet is he wins :lol

[DAF86]

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..

P/D: Two dots to mix it up.

[Phillip]

..

P/D: Two dots to mix it up.

no

[DAF86]

no

yes, see for yourself.

[Phillip]

yes, see for yourself.

nope

simmer down

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[DAF86]

nope

simmer down

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Vagina.

[Phillip]

Vagina.

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[DAF86]

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Tits.

[Phillip]

Tits.

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[DAF86]

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Poo, pee and penis.

[SupremeGuy]

LMAO @ mavfan being genuinely excited about signing the corpse of amare

[Phillip]

Poo, pee and penis.

lol mexican


LMAO @ mavfan being genuinely excited about signing the corpse of amare

LMAO be@ner talking basketball

go back to burritos and soccer you wetback

[DAF86]

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I'm post padding to 20K.

[m>s]

:lmao

[Phillip]

I'm post padding to 20K.

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[DAF86]

lol post padding
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Clit.

[Phillip]

Clit.

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