Mavs-Thunder Thread

[Brickhouse]

And Jason Kidd is the 2nd best PG in the league

2nd best PLAYER, get it right.

[monosylab1k]

And Jason Kidd is the 2nd best PG in the league

point guard? Try 2nd best player in the league according to Cuban

[mavs>spurs2]

Actually that's exactly what they did....their crappy 3pt shooting allowed a Durant"less" team to stretch them to the wire and take them to overtime (dying by the 3) if they had a legit post player to throw the ball into this game would have never went to overtime.

Then in overtime they start jacking up 3's.....3 straight misses in a row, luckily Dirk and Kidd hit a couple (live by the 3) and they won.

Dallas' team is completely structured ass backwards

Said this last week

if Dirk had one damn player who could dominate in the post/draw defenders in and take that weight off his shoulders it would make him a even greater player and take the pressure off of him being the "big" on the team.

Been saying this for years. I don't think Cuban and the idiots running our team realize from a basketball perspective just how important post scoring is. It makes the game easier for everyone, especially players like Dirk or our guards. Too many holes in our team to overcompensate for a deficiency in this area, we couldn't overcome it for the past 8-9 years. But hey, at least we turned down a trade that would have made Kaman our franchises best center ever by default. , if we had a post scorer we probably don't lose to GS in 2007. Gotta punish those little guys if they want to play small ball, not try to run and beat them at their own game.

[Brickhouse]

C'mon this is the same team that has been starting Erica ing Dampiera at center for years, who had Shawn Bradley before, who gave Diop the full MLE.

They know the importance of great post scorers.

[Ghazi]

I too fancy a scoring big man, but it isn't a necessity to win a le. After all, we did win a le in 2006 with Erick Dampier as our starting center, and the Celtics last year won it all with Kendrick Perkins as their starting center, and I think I'd prefer Damp over Perkins.

The Mavs roster had some flaws in recent years but offset it with efficient 2 PT jump shooting, 3 PT jump shooting, and getting to the line often. Now the 3's don't fall at the same clip they used to and getting to the FT line is unheard of.

[Tmac&Luther]

I too fancy a scoring big man, but it isn't a necessity to win a le. After all, we did win a le in 2006 with Erick Dampier as our starting center, and the Celtics last year won it all with Kendrick Perkins as their starting center, and I think I'd prefer Damp over Perkins.

The Mavs roster had some flaws in recent years but offset it with efficient 2 PT jump shooting, 3 PT jump shooting, and getting to the line often. Now the 3's don't fall at the same clip they used to and getting to the FT line is unheard of.

With a legit presence in the post Wade doesn't get all the foul calls he did and Dallas has a le right now...

and K.G. can score in the paint if he has too and is a presence down there (especially on the defensive end) , also Perkins is a legit threat down there as well....is he great, no, but the guy can play solid defense and keeps teams honest.

To say a post presence isn't necessary to win a le is crazy.....the only team that I have watched dominate without good post players to drop the ball off two is the Chicago Bulls, but they had the greatest player to ever play. The lack of a legit post player cost Dallas a ring and all you have to do is pull up all the teams that have won a ring and 99% of them have a good/great big man.

[Ghazi]

Mavs interior defense really isn't that bad, atleast compared to the perimeter defense.

Damp and Diop were serviceable presences that year, but not offensively. The lack of paint scoring is the problem, as paint scoring is almost always necessary to win a le.

[sribb43]

James Singleton should be our new starting center...damp is the new backup

[sribb43]

Mavs interior defense really isn't that bad, atleast compared to the perimeter defense.

Damp and Diop were serviceable presences that year, but not offensively. The lack of paint scoring is the problem, as paint scoring is almost always necessary to win a le.

Mavs interior D appears to be bad because our perimeter D is ...so much for those defensive stoppers Rick and Donnie rave about in Devean George and Wright and Barea is the worst in defender in the league.

You know your team sucks at D when it must resort to playing zone the last 5 minutes of regulation and all of OT

[Pelicans78]

If the Mavs wanted someone who could control the paint, they should have kept Tractor Traylor instead of trading him for Dirk.

[de Soto]

Two bottom of the barrel teams. Even the winner is a loser in that contest.

[dirk4mvp]

Hey, what the ? I'm not a Mavericks fan.