We Love Our Team

[SenorSpur]

I stand by my mutha in opinion.

You can stand by your opinion, alright. In fact, you can put a chokehold leash on the mutha er and call it what it really is - a dog opinion.

[ElNono]

I don't know what are you es whining about, considering you have the second best player in the entire NBA.

[Yorae]

SA scouts? please. Matt Bonner? Roger Mason? You're just listing names, not good players.

The only thing SA has ever done is tank a season and luck its way into a #1 draft pick

Lakers, now theres a front office you can applaud. 4 years removed from Shaq they've built a team set for now and the future, with brilliant trades for Ariza and Gasol, drafting of Bynum and Farmar, etc.

Oh did you ing forget we have manu and tony you mother ing got. You clearly have the same logic as sporkkiller. At least he has mentally deranged so he's got an excuse. Unless you are too....

[mystargtr34]

The Mavs still have plenty of veteran savvy and players with the ability to knock down timely 3's, such as Devean 'Championship Pedigree' George.

[Ghazi]

I still feel the decline of our beloved mavs is a little overstated.

Granted, in 2006 we were the true NBA champions if not for bull shots by D-Whistle the primadonna wheelchair sex addict drama queen who doesn't deserve his ring, and bull whistles by Bennett Salvatore the s of the Earth, but quite frankly we were a little lucky that year. For one, we needed Manu's dumb foul in a game we blew a 20 PT lead in, for two the Suns were without Amare, and for three the 2006 Miami Cheat who don't deserve their ring was a cupcake opponent (although a lot of East teams except for Pistons/Celtics in last decade have been).

Assuming all the chips didn't fall our way that year, and assuming D-Whistle didn't hit his bull shots and Salvatore didn't blow his bull whistles, the "state of the Mavs" wouldn't appear as gloomy right now. Either we lose in the 2nd round and thus never tease the fans into thinking we're a Finals team, or we win the Finals and fans are content with our current state, since the Mavs are just 3 years removed from a championship.

But, it HAS been 3 years since that year. NBA teams have a product life cycle and have natural declines. From 60 to 67 to 51 to ... 50-51 again this year? It's not as bad as it sounds.

I'm not happy with it by any means, and perhaps with a brighter FO we would be in a little better shape, but it really is just the "cyclical" nature of the NBA. Every few years new contenders emerge to replace the old contenders. New mediocre teams replace the old mediocre teams, new atrocious teams replace the old atrocious teams. Etc.