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It doesnt matter what move the Mavs make. The Lakers are too ing good. Wait till Bynum comes back. That team is downright scary.
Because they're desperate.
It doesnt matter what move the Mavs make. The Lakers are too ing good. Wait till Bynum comes back. That team is downright scary.
You haven't been paying attention. Cuban has said he's not gutting his roster to get Kidd:
http://startelegram.typepad.com/mavs...not-kiddi.html
The reason the Knicks are so bad is that they go after every player/flavor of the month who becomes available without any thought given to the long-term consequences of their cap and what those acquisitions do to their roster. They run their team like fans. And that's exactly what Cuban did when he first bought the Mavericks, he ran it like a fan and we're now paying for his free spending that initially made us more compe ive but has cost us in the long-term. We're paying Michael Finley and Shawn Bradley a combined $23 million this year. Cuban might play the heel and insult the Spurs ad nauseum, but he clearly has begun to mold his franchise and emulate the rivals four hours to the south. The Spurs are a model of continuity and consistency, and they don't overpay for players.
I know GMs and owners aren't always honest, both the Suns and Heat denied they had plans to move Marion and O'Neal, but what it would take to get Jason Kidd doesn't make the Mavs better. It would be Dirk, Josh and Kidd and nothing else, with $40 million in luxury tax payments next year. Brevin Knight, Sam Cassell, these are the kinds of guys Dallas should be going after to shore up PG.
The Mavs are a jump-shooting team. Bottom line. That's all they in do. No matter how many times we hear Dirk talk about developing a post game, or hear Avery talk about attacking the basket, and whatever other bull , these guys aren't going to EVER change. They've made that absolutely clear by the way they play. When goes bad, the Mavs get to chuckin'.
This team offense consists of iso's with everyone else watching. Nobody cuts to the basket, they cut to an open spot to shoot. This is what they'll always do despite the bull we hear otherwise from the team about how they need to attack the basket.
Now, if we KNOW FOR A FACT that this team will always revert back to the jumper, and after 3 years I believe we KNOW FOR A FACT that they'll always revert to the jumper.........wouldn't it be a good idea to at least get these guys a PG who can get them the ball in good position to take their jumpers?
Whatever you say:
in the playoffs when we're getting plastered by the Lakers in game 6, Devin Harris completely disappears when we need him to make a play, and Terry is putting up his favorite new playoff stat line of 4-18, 0-6 3PT, 1-2FT we'll review how that trade looks.
I don't think that trade makes us better, now or five years down the road. And that trade assumes Jersey is willing to take back Stack and Terry's contracts, but there's no other way to make the salaries work. You'd probably have to throw in Bass as a sweetener for taking Terry and Stack.
This team needs leadership & ball movement. Kidd doesn't help with that?
And I'm done with keeping the future in mind. It's pretty obvious that the future is going to be ruled by the Lakers, Cavs, Blazers, & possibly the Sonics. It's time to say " the future" and go for it all RIGHT NOW.
If the Mavs flame out again, you'll get your wish for a very different team in 08-09 anyways. Why wreck the salary cap now?
If you can figure out a way to get Kidd here without gutting the team, I'm all ears. I can't figure out another way with the trade machine.
Whatever you say:
Are you re ed? The Mavs aint giving up 4 players for old ass Kidd...get the out
direct your criticisms to those advocating the mavs acquire kidd.Are you re ed? The Mavs aint giving up 4 players for old ass Kidd...get the out
All I know is that I think Donnie really wants to make a move. Why else are the Mavs involved in nearly every trade rumor this year? It's not just media perception of Cuban. Cuban hasn't made a big move in years. There's substance to all these trade rumors. He's obviously making calls.
I think Avery is the one insisting that no trades be made. His new line this year is "We like our team".
If this team doesn't make it to the WCF minimum, and no trade is made due to Avery's insistence that "we like our team", then his neck should be the first on the chopping block.
The Mavericks are devout followers of the "Show Friends" philosophy, rather than the "ShowBusiness" side. That's why they rarely part with any of the bigger names. Too much attachment between management and the employees.
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