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evryone has a weakness
I've watched their past few games and it really doesn't seem like they do. They have an amazingly deep bench with solid backups at each position. They have 2 or 3 "go-to" guys at the end of close games. Their defense has been surprisingly great in 4th quarters. Their is no team in the NBA that can counter their small ball with Howard and Dirk (aside from perhaps the Suns, but they don't count since they don't play any Defense). And their offensive and defensive rebounding is amazingly good.
Not to sound like a doomsayer, but I'm doubtful that any team can beat them in a 7 game series. They're on a mission. And unlike the Pistons last season, who also looked the same way in the regular season, I think the Mavs are for real. Pistons last season had no bench and no way was Flip going to help them in the postseason. You almost had to see that one coming. But I don't believe that AJ will let the Mavs forget what they're about. Watching the halftime show today, Dirk is still pissed and hungry. Even if the Spurs make a trade, I don't know if they'd be able to get anyone who's quality against the Mavs.
So what do ya'll think? Mavs have any weaknesses?
evryone has a weakness
^What do you think the Mavs is?? If you can't understand, that is what the thread is for....I'm not saying they don't. I just don't see any and was wondering what everyone else thought.
settle for too many jumpshots at times.
like today versus the heat.....when Howard was talking to miami's bench, he got trigger happy. but all the offensive rebounds makes up for a lot of it.
But they are a grear jumpshooting team that shoots a high %. Not only that, they still manage to get to the line frequently.
they do alot of
when the heat made a comeback today it was because everybody on the mavs were taking jumpshots.
dont let any of the players call timeouts
I would say they get complacent a lot in games. They shoot too many jumpshots. They struggle against a zone defense. Shut down Josh Howard early, and you'll probably win. Those are the only real ones I can think of.
i hope the mavs and kings match up in the 1st round.
the kings aint making the playoffs...... you should know that by now..... we getting greg oden and next year oden is gonna on noballzski
BTW, What was Dirk saying about Parker and Ginobili at the halftime show? They did a piece on "Dirks Fab 5" and I missed it. He was saying he thinks they should make the All Star?
Their only weaknesses are their egos. When they start jawing at the opponent, they can try to back it up by jacking up shots instead of getting to a team offensive rhythm. Case in point: Josh Howard today.
td4mvp21 hit it. The Mavs suck against the zone. How do you think the Heat beat them last year? They anchored the paint with Shaq and Mourning and played zone the whole series. And when the jumpshots stopped falling, they were cooked. I wish more teams would play zone against them so Avery would be forced to teach them how to beat it.
I hope not, because Avery could probably do that too. I wish Pop would pay more attention to that for the playoffs, but I was glad to see that he was focused on shutting Terry and Howard down the last meeting. The Mavs ended up winning because the Spurs let those two develop a rhythm in the second half.
That was mostly due to devin Harris not being able to and/or not willing to hit/shoot an outside shot vs. the Heat's zone D. The Mavs are moving Terry to the point more now when teams play zone against them. Harris has improved his outside shot slightly but not enough to get teams to respect it.
They asked him about his fav 5 international players, Gino, Parker, Gasol, Yao, and Stojakovic
Well, when the Spurs played a zone, the Mavs offense quit executing. That was last year's playoffs, with small ball. The Mavs do better against man-to-man because they use so many screens and picks to get their shooters open shots. They are more athletica and constantly beat their defender to the hole.
Well I see their main weakness is defense against the pick and roll. This hurts them the most against players like Mcgrady, Wade, and Kobe. Dampier is way to slow to switch against anyone so Dallas's players have to go through the picks which allows some openings. They also can experience some offensive struggles because of being mainly a jumpshooting team.
thats actually right, the only problem is they might choke in the Finalsthey do alot of
cause otherwise they SHOULD win it all
Jerry Stackhouse
Devin Harris's offense
Devean George
Dirk Nowitzki's man defense
Jerry Stackhouse
Jason Terry's man defense
Erick Dampier foul trouble
Jerry Stackhouse
Diop needs to start playing better. If the heat would of had shaq they probably would of won. Damp is getting it done, but has no big man to back him up right now.
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hey bump thanks for putting my sarcastic post in your sig! haha
The Mavs have plenty to work on for sure....hopefully Cuban will make a nice trade to make em even better
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