will the mavs ever recover from the kid trade?

[monosylab1k]

Realistically, who is going to come here in 2010? Or will it be a S'n'T that gets a player here? I don't think any of the difference-makers will sign here....MAAAYBE Bosh, and that's still wishful thinking.

Wishful thinking is all we've got.

[Ghazi]

^ yeah, youre probably right.

But then again, who IS a difference maker? I'm of the opinion that were about to enter the Lebron era, dude's winning multiple les no matter what. Jordan era... Hakeem... Jordan again... Duncan... now Lebron. It's just the way the NBA works, except for recent even years like the 04 Pistons, 06 Cheat, and 08 Celtics.

Anything short of Wade perhaps probably wouldn't be enough. Amare, Bosh, Johnson good players... wouldn't guarantee anything though, would atleast make for entertaining ball.

So really it's gonna be difficult for the Mavs to win a championship in the next few years, we need to either piece together an ensamble or find a once in an era player (unlikely).

[monosylab1k]

Realistically, who is going to come here in 2010?

Cuban, Donnie, & Carlisle all say everybody in the league loves Dallas and lots of guys want to come here. We'll see for sure if they're telling the truth or just blowing it out their asses.

[monosylab1k]

Bosh + Dirk + a good young supporting cast could do something.

Let's say Gerald Green finally gets it together. Let's say we trade with Portland for a Nicolas Batum or Sergio Rodriguez. We strike gold with this year's draft pick. We finally do something worthwhile with our MLE. We get a lot of great pieces around Dirk & Bosh and we've got a damn good shot at it.

But I'm really not all that high on Bosh. LeBron ain't coming here, but Wade or Joe Johnson are slightly more realistic options. If we get Wade & Dirk & the right combination of role players, that's an even better shot.

It's all a pipe dream, but it's the only thing worth being optimistic about in Mavs land.

[Ghazi]

D-Whistle/Dirk would be pretty sick. Dirk would be the Robin and I think he'd thrive in that role.

Not sure if Dirk is really a Robin alongside Bosh though.

Pipedreams are a good distraction for the current brand of mediocrity

[ClingingMars]

how weird would it be to see DWade in a Mavs uni

-Mars

[Findog]

Bosh + Dirk + a good young supporting cast could do something.

Let's say Gerald Green finally gets it together. Let's say we trade with Portland for a Nicolas Batum or Sergio Rodriguez. We strike gold with this year's draft pick. We finally do something worthwhile with our MLE. We get a lot of great pieces around Dirk & Bosh and we've got a damn good shot at it.

But I'm really not all that high on Bosh. LeBron ain't coming here, but Wade or Joe Johnson are slightly more realistic options. If we get Wade & Dirk & the right combination of role players, that's an even better shot.

It's all a pipe dream, but it's the only thing worth being optimistic about in Mavs land.

I keep hearing this Wade to Dallas talk. I would love me some of that, but I don't see it:

1) I think there is lingering bad blood between Wade and Dirk. Dirk made some boilerplate remarks about "We didn't play our best and lost" and Wade took that as a shot at him and said Dirk isn't a leader, he's the reason they lost, etc. At the next All-Star game, they were they only starters that didn't greet or acknowledge each other.

2) FAs love Miami. I'm sure Wade loves Miami. The Heat are kind of in the same boat as Dallas, in that they have a good but far from great team around him. I'm sure the Heat and their fans are talking about 2010 as an opportunity to get Wade some help.

3) Heat can't be outbid due to the CBA, and 95% of the time a guy goes to the highest bidder, regardless of what the situation is (see Maggette and Baron Davis last summer. They took more money and security while walking into crappy situations)

[Brickhouse]

"You can quote me on this,'' Mavs owner Mark Cuban said on Wednesday. "I'm not trading Josh Howard.''

http://www.dallasbasketball.com/fullColumn.php?id=1258

Of course that could mean he's trading JHo tomorrow for a 36 year old small forward, but the teams reliance on JHo becoming the player he never was in the first place and not willing to part with him unless in a "no -brainer" deal is why I see the Mavs staying the same this season.

The major problem right now is they have no ing direction...do they want to win now with Dirk or rebuild, right now, it's like wavering around, waiting for some Gasol-like trade that everyone in the league knows they're incapable of pulling off while also twiddling their thumbs thinking every FA is wetting their pants to play with a 32 year old Dirk and a bunch of D-leaguers in 2010.

[Indazone]

I'm thinking the Mavs demise is mostly mental and you have locker room cancer. Some of the players got to go. J-Ho for starters. Carlisle is not a bad coach.

[Findog]

Maybe the Mavs should try to do something for 2009 summer instead, a S'n'T perhaps. Everybody talks about 2010, but that may end up being anticlimactic. A bet a lot of those guys sign extensions early with their teams and never reach free agency. The CBA rules are set up to make it easier for teams to retain their players...if you're happy with the direction your team is going and they can outbid anybody else, what's the point of even becoming a FA?

A Marion for Howard swap would be great for clearing space this summer. Between the two of them, Kidd and Marion have expirings worth $37 million. How bout Josh and filler to Portland for Raef's contract? Josh would be a great fit on that Portland team.