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....or, shovel to the unimploded Artest.
tee, hee.
After Miami, you've no room, sassafras.
....or, shovel to the unimploded Artest.
tee, hee.
Another great in basketball take from a pedo who gets butthurt when a college kid doesn't meet up with him
why did he ditch me
Mavs are destined for 50-some wins and another first-round exit, so we'll never get a chance to test this hypothesis.
Also, I'm a little perturbed that Cuban listed JJB's presence on the second unit as one of our team's strengths...that guy is a 15 mpg changeup gimmick and nothing more. If he's anything more than somebody that exists on the margins on your eight-man rotation, you're in trouble.
Gotcha!
Hey, our coach is Rick so anything is possible like Dampier starting over Haywood and playing JJ 25 minutes when Roddy is rotting on the bench.
Scoreboard=Miami.
tee, hee.
And they made ya like it.
tee, hee.
I still for the life of me will never understand why Jason Terry doesn't get all the backup PG minutes.
I guess it is better to play as a 6'2 shooting guard even though that one team in Dallas got to the Finals with Terry at PG
You know the wonderful thing about being a Laker fan is that we have material for all occasions...
As you requested maam...Kobe with the pull up contested jumper over Marion....
Go ahead I double dog dare you...say something else lil punk...... I gots material for decades...I bet I could find Kobe dunking Wilt...
Where you promptly ended up with the short & dirty end of the stick.
Crucify em', send those butthurt stains to the tree of woeWhere you promptly ended up with the short & dirty end of the stick.
Fine, but, by God & Sunny Jesus yer next come next Spring.
You have a date with that exact same tree of woe.
I want Demarcus Cousins to play for the Pistons! I want the oil to stop gushing into the gulf! I want a President who has leadership skills during a crisis! I want Chauncey Billups to find the fountain of youth (he's starting to look old)! I want school funding! What do you want to rub the genie for?
Each Day Offers Potential
When that time comes, you can personally deliver the vasoline that the Lakers will need when they spread their cheeks, all ripe for the taking by us
Spoken like someone who truly got their ass regulated by the regulation krew. Here this will help
It's not a massive stretch, TBH, although I obviously wouldn't bet on the Mavs if they played LA..Lakers-Mavs would actually be a very entertaining series IMO..
Last year's Mavs were the 2nd best isolation team in the NBA, while the Lakers were the #1 team in the NBA at defending isolation plays..
The Mavs were the #2 post-up team in the NBA, while the Lakers were a top 10 team at defending post-up plays..
The Mavs were #6 in the NBA at scoring from spot-up shots, while the Lakers were #1 at defending it..
The Mavs were #3 at scoring off screens, while the Lakers were top 10 at defending it..
The Lakers main weakness on D was defending the p&r, but the Mavs were just an average p&r team last year, so they wouldn't be able to exploit that..
So it looks like the Lakers match all of the Mavs strengths for the most part, which makes it seem like LA would dominate, however, the Mavs defense seems to have a similar result..
The Lakers were the #12 iso team, while the Mavs were a top 10 iso defense..
Lakers were #9 from spot-up shots, the Mavs were top 10 at defending it..
Lakers were top 5 at scoring from offensive rebounds, the Mavs were top 5 at defending it..
The Mavs main weakness on D was defending screens, but the Lakers barely made the top 20 in screen offense..
The main advantage the Lakers have is that they were a top 5 post-up team, while the Mavs were barely a top 20 team at defending the post-up..this is obviously where the addition of Chandler has to be a key, he was still a good post defender last year, despite not being healthy..
The Mavs are going to have depth problems, in the sense that they have too much depth, with players that do so many different things, and have so many different flaws..
Marion was terrible from an offensive standpoint last year, but he was actually rated as one of the elite defenders in the entire NBA last year..opponents shot 32% in 1 on 1 situations against Marion last year, one of the lowest marks in the NBA..
While you get Marion's elite defense, you have to deal with his offense..he was rated in the lower tier of the NBA in team offense..he shot 33% from the field in spot-up opportunities, so that's something you have to deal with..the Lakers dealt with Artest in the same way though, so that might not be so bad against LA..
Caron Butler was also rated very good defensively last year, but he has the same problem offensively..he was one of the worst spot-up shooters in the entire league last year..so the Mavs SG and SF are 2 of the worst shooters in the NBA, and their C has no shooting ability either..it's kind of balanced out by Kidd and Nowitzki being 2 of the best spot-up shooters in the NBA, but it obviously hurts when 3/5 major players can't shoot..
The problem with Kidd is that he's an average overall defender now, and he wouldn't be able to exploit Derek Fisher on D..they have the same build, and Kidd doesn't have the strength advantage over Fisher..if they have him play more bench minutes against Blake, he would dominate though..
So the Mavs success comes down to:
-Chandler's post D..
-Beaubois's emergence/Finding penetration from the wing(they pretty much go together)..
-Carlisle somehow finding a proper rotation and properly utilizing matchups..
I think Chandler will be fine, but I don't think I believe they'll find penetration from the wing, and I don't believe in Carlisle..
This was a long post, but it actually really interested me, TBH..the Mavs are one of the most strangely built teams I've ever seen..they have a strange mix of so many different types of players with various strengths, and all have serious flaws..
You horny bas , you.
lol, let's be honest. Nobody not named Dirk on the Mavs is scoring on Ron Artest.
Finally a great posting
Its true, the Mavs are lacking of "complete" players, resulting in weird lineups like the 3 guard lineup to try to make the best out of it (like plain outscoring the other team).
I think Mavs key success:
- Chandlers health and offensive game with Kidd (career year with Paul 11.8 points in 35min)
- Butler contract year with a full training camp and preseason. I believe there is a good chance that Butler has a strong bounce back year
- Roddys emerging as a solid 15PPG player, someone that can create his own shot beside Dirk)
I think a good mix would be as S5
Kidd
Roddy
Marion
Dirk
Haywood
Roddy covering Kidds weakness against quick guards, something Terry or Butler couldnt do. Marion taking the star SG/SF. At offensive you have Dirk and Roddy able to create self or Kidd delivering for Marion/Haywood.
And Barea-Terry-Butler-x-Chandler could really kill some weaker 2ns units.
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