Dirk: "We all know Avery ran a dictatorship"

[Reggie Miller]

Dirk: "We all know Avery ran a dictatorship..."

..."but at least he made the trains run on time..."

[Findog]

i agree.

the mavs didnt get better because they traded nash, it was because of avery's focus on making them better defensively.

The Mavs didn't trade Steve Nash. And Avery couldn't have done anything about Nash's defense, nor would they have had his salary slot to sign Dampier. He's insanely overpaid, but who do you think does a better job of guarding Duncan, him or Nash?

[Gino]

Cuban said it was a mistake to let Nash go. The Mav's have won more games -sure, but the team was on the upswing anyway. Do you think Nash would have let them choke away finals to the Heat? As for defense he played about good as Dirk did but who did they bring in to do everything Nash did? Was the defense they got worth more than the offense and leadership he provided? Why did they trade for an end of career Kidd now if they now need a good point?

Very true.

[Findog]

I know nothing about basketball. I am, however, an experting at sticking my fingers in my shorts and then smelling the taint on my hands

[confined]

Serious question to Mavs fans (and please, most of you do know what I think about Dirk. Even if you don't agree with me, this is a honest question I'd like to hear the opinion of Mavs fans on):

Do you think Dirk will keep leading this team? I recall that when the trade for JKidd was made, one of the reasons stated out there was that JKidd 'brought the leadership this team lacked' (or something to that effect). So who do you think will be the team leader/captain when the season ends?
Also, do you think this player can sit down with jHo and straighten him out?

Well, Jkidd is in fact rated better than Dirk in NBA 2k9, so you may be right

[BUMP]

Cuban said it was a mistake to let Nash go. The Mav's have won more games -sure, but the team was on the upswing anyway. Do you think Nash would have let them choke away finals to the Heat? As for defense he played about good as Dirk did but who did they bring in to do everything Nash did? Was the defense they got worth more than the offense and leadership he provided? Why did they trade for an end of career Kidd now if they now need a good point?

Really?

cause im pretty sure with Nash we went to making it to the WCF to losing in the first round next year.

[Biernutz]

Reports that more that 5 players asked to be traded if AJ came back---

http://nba.fanhouse.com/2008/09/30/m...-or-trade-alm/

[SimonHymen]

Reports that more that 5 players asked to be traded if AJ came back---

http://nba.fanhouse.com/2008/09/30/m...-or-trade-alm/

s.

[Reggie Miller]

The Mavs would've never advanced to face the Heat in the Finals because the Spurs and Tony Parker would've raped Nash in the semis. It's a moot point.

The only Dallas team to get past San Antonio didn't have Nash.

The only recent Suns' team to play well against San Antonio in the postseason didn't have Nash or D'Antoni (2003).

The Suns system is designed around Nash. That's why they can't beat a team designed around an excellent big man.

[sook]

i feel srry for avery, cuban and all of dallas for having to witness my sig

[monosylab1k]

i feel srry for avery, cuban and all of dallas for having to witness my sig

i feel srry for yao, mcgrady, and all of houston for having to witness a 40 point curb stomping in game 7