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I was just happy to get West because he's that annoying/ y/dirty player that I've always said every championship team needs.
Anything more he brings is a bonus.
Shaq was raving about how good the West pickup was for Dallas, and I believe him, considering he has played with West on multiple teams.
I was just happy to get West because he's that annoying/ y/dirty player that I've always said every championship team needs.
Anything more he brings is a bonus.
Stretch
They ain't ringless. They got one now. Swept your ball team en route.
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Fellow Mavs fans...
By seasons end, after having had time to adjust with each other, do you think this Mavs team can be as good or potentially even better than last year's squad?
IMO, their offense is going to be immensely superior to last years offense. You can already see the potential that this offense has, and it blows last years offense out of the water, which pretty much was 3 things... Dirk going iso, Dirk playing pick and pop with Terry, or Dirk playing pick and pop with Barea. West and Carter both provide players who are fearless at taking it to the hoop, and dont just settle for tons of jumpshots (although both are very capable of hitting open jumpers). IMO West/Carter > Barea/Butler. The passing/ball movement may actually even be better as well, as West, Carter, and Odom are all fantastic passers. Most of all, when Dirk goes out of the game, the team doesn't suffer offensively nearly as much, with Odom and Carter picking up the slack. Don't underestimate the growth of Mahinmi either, as his ability to score has been a HUGE factor in making defenses play the Mavs more honestly, especially with Dirk out of the game.
The defense out of the center position isn't quite as good, obviously without Chandler, but I think adding West, Odom, and Carter (who has been a superb defender so far and has really bought into the team concept), improves basically all the holes on defense that the team had last year. Thus defense from the center position isn't as neccesary as it was last year. Last year, the perimeter defense was pretty mediocre, to weak. This year, at worst, it is no longer a weakness, but rather a strength even.
They certainly have potential to be better than last years team. Will they? Mavs fans can only hope. If they want to see that, there will need to be 3 things in particular that happen, IMO.
1. West needs to continue playing effective minutes at both ends of the court and making good PG desicions, hopefully uprooting some of Kidd's minutes, leaving Kidd to basically only be out there to start the 1st and 3rd, and to finish off close games when the offense turns into Dirk/Terry time (although even then, I may consider possibly running Terry at PG, and going extra long with Odom and either Marion or Carter at SG/SF).
2. Odom needs to get more comfortable with the offense. He needs to continue to improve to a point where he is part of the closing unit. Odom's shooting ability, length and size makes him more useful in closing situations than Marion or Kidd.
3. Haywood needs to put forth energy and effort consistently. Mahinmi will continue to grow as a player, and will be playing hard consistently. No need to worry about him, as opposed to Haywood actually giving a crap about the game.
Tbh. When your typical statlines are 3/4/3, it's time to hang it up imho.
^then his statlines would only be 2/2/2
it ain't all about that but in this case they are reflective of him doing pretty much nothing out on the court tbh. just taking up space.
I'm the only one who trusted Barea and look what happened.
yeah i trust em. kidd is the one who can't be trusted imho.
let's not forget how many times kidd lost the ball in late game moments last year, even a couple times in the playoffs. he blew a game against portland just by letttin mathews take his cookie and go the other way. i get nervous whenever kidd handles the ball.
But while James & Wade were hunting the EXIT sign, Kidd was hunting 3's.
But while you were quittin, Butler was on the bench supporting his team not givin up despite injury. Sign Butler to the max!!!
Agreed. They need to be very choosy with the lineups he plays in. IMO, he should never be on the floor when Dirk is off the floor. His inability to do anything but hit spot-up 3s, really hurts the offense when Dirk is out. When Dirk is in, he's a very nice compliment.
Rebounding definitely needs some improvement, which Odom can really help when he gets in his groove. Also, West seems to have a nice nose for rebounds as well, hopefully he can help with the long rebounds to prevent some opponent fastbreaks.
Why do you think Dirk will play a lot at center, though?
pretty good stuff there. although west takes advantage of the opportunity to attack well when he's in the game with dirk too.
Cuz Chandler is ineligible.
tee, hee.
I think a starting duo of Kidd and West is ideal for the team.
As happy as I have been with VC, I think he is more useful off the bench, especially when Dirk goes out of the game. The lack of scoring when Dirk goes out has been the achilles heel of this team for a few years now, including last year. I remember a stat in the Finals showing the Mavs had like an average of +15 +/- when Dirk was in the game, and -14 when he was out, or something really bad like that.
Have fun with Wigger McRoberts and Puke Walton off the bench, leading to another early playoff exit.
tee, hee.
So will Bynum be whenever he inevitably goes down.
haha
Relax, Stretch. You're still Champion.
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