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at least you admitted it. Its your first step in being a better poster than some of the idiots that run around here. Things are looking good for you imo@ my bad memory and self ownage today. Truly epic fails in two threads.
if they beat clevland ill think there contenders
at least you admitted it. Its your first step in being a better poster than some of the idiots that run around here. Things are looking good for you imo
Dallas is the only team I could see beating the Lakers.
Butler and Haywood are a huge upgrade over Howard and Dampier (I know ED is still on the team...he just sucks).
dampier has been a solid defensive center all year. where the have you been.
prior to gaining haywood, it was always really apparent how bad we missed him when he was out. he'll be a great asset to have when he comes back
Agreed. Haywood is a huge upgrade to Gooden though.
The addition of Haywood to pair with Damp means the Mavs have a 7-footer to man the paint defensively for 48 minutes instead of 25. Our biggest problem with LA is the length of their frontline.
Dampier was solid defensively but he still isn't as good on D as Haywood, plus he doesn't bring 1/10th of the energy Haywood brings on the offensive end.
I'm sure Carlisle isn't re ed enough to give Damp his starting job back when he gets healthy, but then again he's the same coach who force feeds JJ Barea minutes.
I really think we matchup perfectly to LA. Haywood and Dampier takes away that frontline advantage LA usually has. I actually think LA will try to go smaller against us with Gasol at center more in the playoffs.
I dunno, I think the Lakers would love to see Dampier down low. He's not quick enough and his hands aren't good enough to really neutralize Bynum. imo Najera, as small as he is, is a better backup C against the Lakers cuz he plays smarter and has active hands.
We are at a huge rebounding disadvantage with Najera out there. Bynum and Gasol are both 7 feet. Too tall for Najera to handle. Dampier in limited minutes I think will put more energy into the game. The main thing is the Lakers aren't a running team and Dallas's bigs will have no problem getting set up. Haywood will be the key player for sure in this matchup though.
Hollinger is an idiot and he does what he always does.
He has his personal opinion and then he check what few stats and facts cover his opinion. Stats and facts that doesnt cover his opinion fall under the table.
Then of course hes trying to make it look like "Its not a personal opinion, its just the facts!!!"
And of course he hates the Mavs and take every possibility to bash them
How about beating the Heat and Pacers without Wade and Granger and no single word about beating the Lakers without Butler and Damp or playing another game without Butler or still playing the new guys with barely any full practise because of the schedule or playing a center rotation Haywood/Najera...
The guy get money for this crap, thats the sad part
http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/powerrankings
awesome. the mavs win their last game and drop 2 places in the ranking
Hollinger's make believe stats don't mean and they're based on real sources. Why would his personal opinion matter, then?
I think it's more of a general comment on how sabermetrics and advanced statistics are a little trickier when applied to basketball, as opposed to say baseball. Baseball teams are hiring Ivy League MBAs and spreadsheet wizards to run their teams because a lot of baseball wisdom can be deduced through advanced stats. Basketball is much trickier when it comes to this approach.
Hollinger's formula is weighted more towards recently play, or so he says. "It's not body of work, it's who is playing the best right NOW," he claims. Well the Mavs have won 9 straight, including victories over the Lakers, Magic, Suns and Hawks. They also have a high strength of schedule rating and have played more roadies than home games.
But apparently on the basis of a blowout loss in Denver on the 2nd night of a b2b, and a double-digit loss to the Zombie Sonics in their first game after the trade, that supposedly makes them worse than Miami and Milwaukee, two teams that the Mavs are 4-0 against this year. Then, in a column that explains why he's still not so high on Dallas, after the trade, he notes that they barely beat Indiana at home, experiencing a "close shave." This in a game where they were up by 23 in the fourth quarter, rested their starters and saw the game become artificially close in garbage time.
How the are the Mavs 14th in these rankings? Makes absolutely no sense. Their margin of victory over the last 25% of their games is pretty low, but every other stat is really high.
Supposedly a 27-pt loss to Denver on the road and a double-digit loss to the Zombie Sonics is holding them down.
I don't even bother reading that bull anymore. Stein and NBA.com power rankings are 10x better than that "base everything on stats" bull that hollinger puts up
Hollinger is a genius....this team can't even beat the nets
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