A Dallas Mavs envy thread

[sexinthatsx]

I'm not a Calderon fan, but you think that Calderon isn't a significant loss, yet Nelson is a key addition?..

Calderon >>> Nelson, Fat Felton..

Against the NBA, Calderon may have been a significant loss. Against the Spurs, I didn't really see it though. Devin Harris was more of a threat to the Spurs than Calderon was.

[sexinthatsx]

Also, I forgot about the loss of Vince Carter. He was a huge piece for the Mavs...

But you guys are all straying from the point of my thread, which is the fact that I wish the Spurs have the ability to attract free agents as they so choose for less money, much like the Mavs this offseason.

[CaptainLate]

Also, I forgot about the loss of Vince Carter. He was a huge piece for the Mavs...

But you guys are all straying from the point of my thread, which is the fact that I wish the Spurs have the ability to attract free agents as they so choose for less money, much like the Mavs this offseason.

[ Don't let the splashiness of the Chandler Parsons signing distract you. The Dallas Mavericks have had a solid summer, but still seem far short of returning to contention in the Western Conference.

So far, they've swapped one 30-something center (Samuel Dalembert) for another (Tyson Chandler), acquired an over-the-hill and out-of-shape point guard (Raymond Felton) by giving away a slightly older but better-shooting one (Jose Calderon), and inked the 34-year-old Richard Jefferson, who was last seen blocking Alec Burks' path in Salt Lake City, to a one-year deal.

Now, according to ESPN's Marc Stein, the Mavs are on the verge of adding Jameer Nelson, who's been slipping and sliding since he turned 30.

Which is to say, about two-and-a-half years ago.

Dallas' veteran-laden strategy was enough to put the team within a game of upending the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the 2014 playoffs. But unless Parsons proves to be worth the $46 million he's owed, the Mavs will have a mighty tough time of maximizing Dirk Nowitzki's remaining years.]

[TheCerebral1]

Nelson is a s of what he was in college and is barely much more than a back up. Aminu has potential but has done nothing.