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I dont mean you, specifically. Its just that you are the Mavs fan leader and all mavs fans are in official panic mode.
You can say that about pretty much every range of picks besides 1-5. There's been plenty of solid contributors in the 11-14 range.
Ronnie Brewer
Rashad McCants
Vlad Radmanovich
Richard Jefferson
Corey Maggette
Bonzi Wells
Derek Anderson
Kobe Bryant
Peja Stojakovic
Corliss Williamson
Jalen Rose
Allan Houston
Robert Horry
Dale Davis
Tim Hardaway
Reggie Miller
Karl Malone
all taken from 11-14. Not saying we'll get a Kobe, Miller, or Malone, or even a Peja or Jefferson....but we could get a serviceable Jalen Rose/Corliss Williamson type for sure.
I dont mean you, specifically. Its just that you are the Mavs fan leader and all mavs fans are in official panic mode.
I'm not in any panic mode. I just would like to see us get someone that can get us more easy buckets in the paint. if we could replace Howard+Filler with Maggette, that would solve that problem. Maggette is just as good of a 3pt shooter as Howard, but is 10X more of a slasher/driver. He is always among the league leaders at getting to the line. His driving will be greatly welcomed in Dallas.
I disagree. I think Maggette is just as good of a shooter as Howard. In the past, he has had poorer shot selection, but that has improved vastly this year, and in turn, his percentage is quite good as well.
Eh, long term there's no panic. Dirk turns 30 this summer, I think he has 2-3 prime seasons left after this one. As long as Dirk is in his prime and Cuban is willing to pay top dollar for talent, we'll be among the elite teams in the league. The injury is not a long-term serious one, I was afraid of a Chris Webber situation. But I do believe that with Dirk out around 2 weeks and being only 2 games ahead of Denver, our season is over.
I'll stand with my team and watch until the clock reads 0:00 after the final game, that's what true diehards do instead of hoping off the bandwagon now to worry about who the Cowboys will be drafting. I just don't think our season will last past April 16th.
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Follow the jump for a transcription of Dirk's chat with the media this afternoon. Questions are paraphrased; his answers are verbatim.
How do you feel?
"I'm on some painkillers, obviously, so the pain is not that bad. Just a little stiff, mostly the ankle. Both the knee as well. Got a little knee sprain, too, so ... Just really an awkward, unfortunate play. My leg really got caught in the wrong place. It's a little disappointing now, but I think the good thing is it could've been a lot worse. I was really lucky. Something more could've happened to my knee or the leg could've been broken. I think this is the best-case scenario."
How long you think you'll be out?
"The problem is it's a high ankle sprain, so it's not really a normal ankle sprain. I really don't have any experience with this. This is fairly new to me. And with the knee, I've never really had knee problems, a sprained knee before. So I'm just going to take it day by day. I think the first 48 hours are important to keep no swelling from coming in.
"I iced it a couple of times last night, got up every two hours, and I'll probably do the same thing tonight and the hopefully when there's no swelling we'll see how it progresses from day to day. I really don't know how long it's going to take -- a week? Two weeks? I have no idea."
Sense of urgency?
"Especially looking at the tight playoff picture. Every game hurts to sit out. This is probably the most painful time to miss games. That's very discouraging. Like I said I'm try to see the positive and it could've been a lot worse. it could've been a season-ending injury or even career-ending. So I'm definitely trying to see the positive side.
"It was hard to watch the fourth quarter yesterday and not be out there. We had trouble scoring. It was definitely tough just to sit there and watch."
Will you be back by end of season?
"I'm hoping. Like I said, I really don't know how it's going to respond b/c I've never really had a high ankle sprain. Usually I'm good with recovering from injuries. I know I'm not 20 any more, but I still feel young, my body feels young. So hopefully I can recover pretty quick.
"This is a huge stretch. I was looking at the schedule just yesterday and a lot of big games coming up, on the road a lot of traveling. So I'd love to be out there soon."
Are your teammates ready to step up?
"We gotta get better offensively. We'll be all right. Josh has to get his scoring up, Jet has to come of f the bench and score. Kidd has to look for his shot a little more and Stack has been doing great. I think everyone has to pick it up a little bit. Bass will see some action and be the explosive scorer we've seen him become this year. Just collectively we've got to get it done offensively because I think defensively we're fine. We adjusted and Kidd has adjusted to the D system really nice. I think our offense hasn't really been as sharp as we want. Hopefully we can all pick up the slack there."
Can Mavs make the playoffs without you?
"Well, we'll see what happens. In this league anything's possible. Everything's so tight, but if we rally together sometimes a team comes closer together if a player goes down. So, we'll just see what happens, but I'm confident in the guys and we'll go from there."
Will team get blown up if it doesn't make playoffs?
"I'm not thinking about all that yet. We're in the middle of a playoff hunt, as of now we're still in the playoffs, so I don't even want to think that we're not going to make the playoffs. I'm going to ice my butt off for the next couple of days and hopefully I can be out there as soon as I can. I don't even want to think about that we don't make the playoffs, that's not how I want to think."
What will you do to rehab?
"I'm on anti-inflammatories, lots of icing, it's important for the first 48 hours because of the swelling, then I really don't know. We'll take it day-by-day, trust our trainers, trust our doc, then go from there. Hopefully I can move where I can already go on the underwater treadmill a little bit in the next couple of days so at least I can put some pressure on it and see how it feels. That's kind of where I go."
Will you be like Terrell Owens and use a hyperbaric chamber?
"I don't have any experience in that area so whatever really I need to do I will do. I always have done that, whatever I need to do to get my health back is what I will do. Like I said, I will trust the doctor, our trainer obviously and they will make the correct decisions for me. They obviously have my best interests and the Mavericks' best interests at heart."
Will you travel?
"I don't know. We have another day tomorrow, a full day of treatment, full day today and then travel on Wednesday, so I really have no idea. When I actually say I take it day-by-day, it's saying with this injury I'll do whatever they tell me. I'd love to go and support the troops and be there, but if it's best to stay here and get treatment and sleep in whatever treatment I need to sleep in, I'll do that."
Rockets winning without Yao give hope?
"Every team is different, but I think we can rally around it. We have enough guys that can play. Malik Allen fits in great, he'll see some time now at the four-spot, he can spread the floor, shoot, he's a pretty good defender, we all know what [Brandon] Bass brings, we can even go small with [Devean] George at the four some against the smaller teams that are coming up, Golden State, Phoenix we have in this run. We're deep enough, hopefully everybody else will stay healthy and we'll be all right."
KG>Dirk
Maybe so, but this team still needs to add another shooter either way. Stack can be nice when he's hot, but generally he isn't, and he absolutely kills the team when he's not on his game.
I really think it's in this team's best interests to miss the playoffs and recoup that draft pick. While there's really no superstars besides maybe Beasley, there's plenty of serviceable players in this draft, especially at the 11-14 spot.
We ed about no backup center.....well Kevin Love & Roy Hibbert are projected to be available as a late lottery pick.
If we're thinking of a PG to replace Kidd....DJ Augustin will be within reach. Do some wheelin' and dealin' and we could land ourselves Derrick Rose.
We have a lot more options & flexibility if we have this draft pick. What's the point of getting slaughtered as the 8-seed?
Lol, again when you have nothing good to say you make personal attacks. If you are anything besides rude, you are certainly predictable.
NIT? NFL? Isn't this the NBA Forum?
Lol, again when you have nothing good to say you make personal attacks. If you are anything besides rude, you are certainly predictable.
NIT? NFL? Isn't this the NBA Forum?
America, eatin' my lunch from a single bowl in my parents basement, where I'm livin'. Happy Birthday, I'm forty-three.
Don't want to waste those precious calories...chewin'. Jesus come move my jaw for me, help me get my sloppy food down my throat.
lol, double post.
America, eatin' my lunch from a single bowl in my parents basement, where I'm livin'. Happy Birthday, I'm forty-three.
Don't want to waste those precious calories...chewin'. Jesus come move my jaw for me, help me get my sloppy food down my throat.
That's some awesome sig material there.
Hey, mono... how you doin'??
Dirk>KG
I agree. Any good FA shooters going to be out there?
America, eatin' my lunch from a single bowl in my parents basement, where I'm livin'. Happy Birthday, I'm forty-three.
Don't want to waste those precious calories...chewin'. Jesus come move my jaw for me, help me get my sloppy food down my throat.
as far as unrestricted guys, there's -
Eddie House
Mickael Pietrus
Gordan Giricek
Beno Udrih
Antawn Jamison
not terribly appealing except for Jamison, and he's probably not leaving Washington, and I dunno if he'd come back to Dallas.
The only thing the Mavs are lacking is a young, quick, athletic point guard.
If you guys could eventually find a Devin Harris type player to replace Kidd I think you'd be all set.
I wouldn't mind Pietrus. Another versatile, athletic guy, and he can definitely hit the 3.
The only thing the Mavs are lacking is a young, quick, athletic point guard.
If you guys could eventually find a Devin Harris type player to replace Kidd I think you'd be all set.
If they could get a good, big defender down low like Diop I'd call them one of the faves.
America, eatin' my lunch from a single bowl in my parents basement, where I'm livin'. Happy Birthday, I'm forty-three.
Don't want to waste those precious calories...chewin'. Jesus come move my jaw for me, help me get my sloppy food down my throat.
I love that CaptMike is made fun of everywhere on this board, but he keeps coming back. I also love that he doesn't understand we're making fun of him, and keeps quoting mono, calling it "sig-worthy" material.
I'd swear this guy were also SpursDynasty or DazedAndConfused, but there is such a haughtiness in his posts that the other two don't possess. SpursDynasty knows that when he calls LeBron James a "fluke" we all know he's being slightly, yet annoyingly humorous. Mike really thinks he's smarter than us. However, his poor college education, inability to take jokes, propensity to change the subject(s) mid-thread, and shockingly consistent amnesia of his own stupid and grossly inaccurate posts negate that theory.
He also has a terrible command of the English language, but since they speak an odd dialect of in Oklahoma, I'll forgive it this time.
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