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i thought we were talking about last year. kobe still put 60+ up on the mavs, i wouldn't brag too much about him having an off night. congrats on dropping his season average vs you guys to around 50!
finally something bright posted here...this is the best post i've read in a long while.
i thought we were talking about last year. kobe still put 60+ up on the mavs, i wouldn't brag too much about him having an off night. congrats on dropping his season average vs you guys to around 50!
This is the best answer I've heard in a while. None of that 'great regular season' crap which is a huge cop-out considering how different this team is playing compared to the Mavs of the yester-years.
That said, I still think they're far from being a well-oiled machine though and have strong doubts if they're good enough to win the le. But that's why they have April to prove me wrong.
I will say one thing. As a basketball fan this is my favorite Dallas Mavericks team ever. I love Josh Howard's game.
I guess this is the best I can get from a spurs fan. I'll take that as a compliment sort of. Kobe is a heck of a player when he's on but Dallas finally found a way to slow him down. Adrian Griffin definitely deserves a lot of credit.
well i think johnson came back and we thumped them just like they thumped ya'll. we didnt need 6 games though.
Tim Duncan was the reason. The suns small ball had no chance against a guy like him. The mavs though don't play small ball and I think matchup well against the spurs. Just my opinion.
Spurs are better...
Mavs are better....
Suns are better...
BLAH..BLAH..BLAH..BLAH...BLAH
Who gives a rats ass?!?!?
This is 2006 not 2005....leave the past in the past.
Who carse.
Time will tell.
Last edited by ZStomp; 02-08-2006 at 01:03 AM.
we'll see march 2nd. may the best san antonio team win. "and somebody said. FAIR WARNING. Lord, strike that poor boy down."
Best argument of the night.
Mavs could run their 12 W streak up to the ASB, 16 straight.
Not much resistance, with only one game away, @DEN.
When wast the last time a team won 16 straight?
And then they have another 4 games @DAL after ASB, 20 games straight? Then the Mavs come to SA 2 Mar.
I wonder if the Spurs feel any sense of urgency or mission now to shoot for HCA?
I dunno, but didn't the Mavs win about 14 straight a couple of years ago? How did that work out for them, anyway?
The mavs are much different team than the 2002-03 season. The comparisons aren't that good. The mavs had no center who could guard the paint back than. Now they have Diop and Dampier. Also Dallas now actually has a low post prescence. Josh Howard has made a living there.
agreed. except for the low post "presence" part. but i still think the spurs could beat the mavs in a 7 game series, although this will easily be the toughest mavs team the spurs have ever faced
They don't now, whats your point?The mavs had no center who could guard the paint back than
Bruce Bowen wonAlso Dallas now actually has a low post prescence
t be able to guard him???
Okiedokie.
Bruce Bowen can't guard Dirk and Howard. Last time I remember Duncan couldn't guard Dirk so Bowen will be forced to guard Dirk which isn't a great matchup and Manu isn't physical enough to guard Howard.
Dallas has got to be the only team in NBA history to win 12 straight, and only make up a game and a half. Kudos.
Ive read it all now.....Manu isn't physical enough to guard Howard
What a myopic moron.
No offense but Manu is not strong enough to guard Small Forwards. Howard is a post player and Manu definitely doesn't like taking hits. Stop being such a homer.
yeah hes such a softy....Manu definitely doesn't like taking hits
stop coming to a spurs board _allas fan.Stop being such a homer
manu takes almost as many hits as any other player in the league. the guy FLOPS to show how badly he wants to get hit!!!
A lot of non spurs fans go to this board. Makes this board more interesting.
I have been just as concerned with this team just as much as the Spurs. Dallas plays with a coach who not only brings a defensive scheme but the personality to force his players to respond to it. Slowly, quietly, they have made subtle changes to make their team better defensively. Desagana Diop, Eric Dampier, Marquis Daniels, Josh Howard, Doug Christie, and Adrian Griffin - the counterparts to the 2002-03 team that won 60 games and made it to the Conference Finals had a lot more holes in terms of personnel.
Their offense, how they score, has changed as well. Dallas was a very predictable one-pass team before. They move the ball much more now. They have the personnel to probe for open shots.
So the subtle changes in their personnel and schemes has gotten them to this point. I really think this team is for real, and I have thought that since Avery Johnson took over last spring. He just seemed like the perfect fit for that team after such a long offensive experiment under Don Nelson.
Well, 60 wins (a franchise record) and game six of the Western Conference Finals. Only one other team had a better season.
This is not that team. Look at them, seriously look at their personnel:
Do you see the 2005-06 version of Nick Van Exel and Walt Williams? Do you see Shawn Bradley? Don Nelson?
What I see is an empassioned defensive voice constantly applying his voice to their main area of weakness. I see a shift in the front office towards defensive personnel like drafting Howard and signing Daniels, signing Dampier and Diop. They have a coach that motivates guys who need to be motivated, and deep enough ownership pockets and support that 10 million-a-season players are coming off the bench over guys who are making league minimum.
I see a deeper bench than before. Marquis Daniels, Jerry Stackhouse, Keith Van Horn, Eric Dampier, Devin Harris, Darrell Armstrong, etc.
I see a team. I saw the reason for Michael Finley being waived was a a byproduct of no longer needing him. They had Nowitzki as their team leader, Stackhouse as their guy off the bench, and Josh Howard as their defensive stopper in the backcourt. It truly was an addition by subtraction - not because Finley is a bad guy, but because it freed up more minutes for the rest of the team so they had a better rotation.
This isn't that 2002-03 team. To beat them, you will have to do more than defend their shooters and expect manador defense down the floor. This team is for real and if I had to pick a winner in a series with Phoenix this season, I don't see the Suns winning. I'm not so sure about the Spurs and Pistons. Rest assured, they would have a better chance of surviving than in the past three seasons.
This T Park person is all class, you spur fans must be proud of him.
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