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If by boring, you mean higher scoring and better ratings....lol
Hey the Mavs are a boring, big market team.
If by boring, you mean higher scoring and better ratings....lol
Yeah they are, but the perception is still out there that they're a run & gun type team. They're in the process of becoming very similar to the Spurs since that's the way to win les.
Well said. I don't personally find the Spurs style boring. I would love for the Mavs to be "boring" enough to win three rings.
Devean George... An actual NBA player with quality eperience... You should probably go back to discussing which one of the Argentenian team's bench players the Spurs are looking at... or go discuss Jackie Butler's hidden potential... You know, those huge blockbuster names the Spurs are working.
Since you asked a legitimate question and got a bunch of horse answers, I will give you a serious one. Living in LA, I have watched D George play a whole lot of times. He is one of those guys who will look great for stretches when there is not much pressure on....I think he was MVP of the the LA summer league more than once. Then he will have games where he is just awful. Takes bad shots, stupid fouls, etc...He will do okay during the season, spelling guys here and there or filling in for injured players. But, come playoff time, he won't add much. The players the Mavs have now are much, much better. So, no I don't see this as a significant signing.
Would this have gotten so many smart-assy responses had it been 'George officially signs with Suns' ??
It's the NBA News forum.
No one said it was. He's gonna be the 3rd string 3 (maybe backup 3 at times). He's a decent signing for being the Mavs 11th-12th guy (6th-7th off the bench) though. Mav's FO thinks they lost the finals (after being up 2-0) because of the youth & inexperience of their bench and because they didn't have enough shooters off the bench....hence the A.Johnson, Croshere, Buckner & George signings. They've replaced D.Armstrong, Van Horn, Griffin & Powell with those 4 and I think it's an upgrade at every position.
I think that was a good acquisition considering that was Dallas's weakspot. Josh Howard struggles with strong 3's so now George can come in more to guard them.
George was good for the minimum. Giving actual money to him is pretty dumb.
hey big3bigD. whats up with the FWST forum? Island_dude sent me an e-mail, and he said something happened in the cowboys forum or something, so they shut the boards down. those cowboy fans are stupid. they never did anything but talk about politics and be racist and crap. anyways, good to see you on this forum. i finally decided to register here again.
anyways, i think this is a nice signing by the mavs. sure, he isnt a big name, but he does have big game experience, can play some physical D, is athletic, and usually hits his open threes, which is what this team needs. hopefully it works out. its been an interesting offseason so far, and i cant wait till the season starts. its going to be great to see the rivalry between the spurs and mavs continue. hopefully the mavs can stay on top.
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That was me. All part of my master to make SpursTalk the #1 Mavs site in the world.hey big3bigD. whats up with the FWST forum? Island_dude sent me an e-mail, and he said something happened in the cowboys forum or something, so they shut the boards down.
LOL. Thanks for a legit response.
This is an interesting perspective, that you have seen him play alot. I can remember him having some killer games against the old Mavs teams, and wondering why he never got more run. I asked a friend of mine from LA( loves the Lakers) that question and got basically the same response, that he would be frustrating and good in stretches. I guess that definately explains his minutes...
There is no doubt that he is being overpaid by Cuban now....
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I agree. I can see giving him a couple hundred K over the min., but 2 million is 1 million too much.
Hey Stretch. I'm glad that you ran across this thread. That forum has been discontinued, I'm not sure why. Alot of those Cowboys guys are on the Eagles forum now, returning the favor I guess. They are sister boards, so your username and password will still work over there. Island and I have been posting over at dallasbasketball.com. It's a really good board. You should go register over there also if you have not already. Those guys know their stuff, and it stays pretty busy. I like posting over here sometimes to get an opposing viewpoint. Sometimes Mavs fans have to sift through alot of BS, but there are some good posters here also.
George is a very good 12th or 13th man, I just hope that it doesn't come to the Mavs needing him to play signifigant minutes. He is definately a huge step up from Powell or Marshall, and could relieve some of the load during the regular season. I thought that he would be good during the playoffs because of his experience, but he doesn't seem to carry that reputation.
LMAO. Looks like it's working. I have been shocked at how many Mavs fans are over here.
It bores you that the Mavs' 12th man is better than the Spurs 8th?
It's also too bad that the bench doesn't get played more than it does and it's only a 48 minute game. Otherwise having a 12th man might mean something.
I do not consider George to be anything worth worrying about. I see the Mavericks as a nice little team who overachieved this year, made a nice run, and then had their hearts ripped out by Dwayne Wade. The Mavericks may never get that close again. Everything went their way up until the finals. They seemed to be a shoo-in to win the championship and then it all fell apart. You could see the frustration in the Mav faces and hear the boos of the fans even as the Heat accepted the NBA championship trophy. The Maverick stars were aligned right this season. This past season was their best chance to win a le and it didn't happen. Dirk criticized Cuban (rightfully so) and this lovable Maverick family may start bickering...who knows..this team probably realizes that they blew a huge chance.
As for the Spurs, not much improvement is needed. The Spurs just weren't quite themselves last year. Tony was banged up at playoff time. Manu was injured a lot of the year. Tim had the foot problems all season. Pop played smallball.... Yet, this team still won 63 games and were one bad Ginobli foul away from beating the oh-so powerful Mavericks.
Face it, Mav fans...this season was a fluke and chances are...you will NEVER, EVER get this close again. I don't think the Spurs are near as worried about the Mavericks as the fans and Cuban want them to be. The Mavericks are no more a rivalry than the Rockets or the Suns. Mavs get lucky and win a playoff series last season. Spurs can forget about it and move on. To lose an NBA FINALS series in such a choking fashion is something the Mavericks will be thinking about a long time. That would be frustrating to me.
You are a moron, the mavericks didnt overachieve, they underachieved. They were the best team in the league this past year and didnt win the championship. By choking away a 2-0 lead against an outmatched miami heat team, the mavericks succeeded in underachieving.
I'm not a moron for the record. I have a college degree.
Anyway, go back and look at the articles before last season (Ft.Worth Star Telegram, Dallas Morning News, Sporting News, whatever). The Mavericks were not picked to be as good as they were. Most people did not think they would be any better than a 4th or 5th seed. They went to the finals...that means they OVERACHIEVED....does it not? Also, as for being the best team all season.....who won the division? Spurs I believe and if Spurs were clicking on all cylinders...Spurs would have beat the Mavericks in the playoffs too.
Sorry but that doesnt make the mavericks a fluke. Flukes can happen in football, or any sport with a 1 game series. You dont win a 7 game series by fluke. The best team usually wins, which happened to be the mavericks this year during the semifinals.
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You win a seven game series by a fluke when the officials call a foul on Duncan when Dirk steps on his foot, call Duncan for being inside the restrcited area when he's about two feet out, call Ginobili for a foul when he takes a swipe at air about five feet behind Jason Terry, and call Manu for out of bounds when he is still two feet away from the line in Game 7. God damn I wish the NBA could have coaches contest close calls like that with video replay like the NFL does because Mavs would've been iced in 6.
But I guess since you say there are no flukes in a seven game series, Mavs going up 2-0 on Miami and then dropping 4 straight wasn't a fluke either, was it? So I guess they sucked real bad after all.
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