Is Dallas For Real or will they fail again in the playoffs

[mavsfan1000]

It is BS and not historically accurate to say for sure this is the best Mavs team the Spurs have ever faced!

Mavs had a frigginn all star team with Nash, Finely, Dirk, Van Exel (when he was a real threat) and Nellie could and did pull some tough combinations.

Time will tell but the Mavs had some strong teams before. I personally see the Mavs as nothing more than a hot team right now ready to crash soon. Their schedule also has a heck of lot of road games end of the year.

Your right about this being BS. The mavs are finally healthy and that is why they're hot. The mavs are winning 75% of their road games and last year was actually a better road team than home team.

[5ToolMan]

As well as Bill Bradley, Steve Largent, and Jack Kemp.

JC Watts and Jessie Ventura were others who used sport as a path to public office.

[SequSpur]

Mavs > Pistons
Pistons > Spurs
Spurs > Mavs

[mavsfan1000]

Mavs > Pistons
Pistons > Spurs
Spurs > Mavs

You got the first 2 right at least.

[pking]

You should hear the sports radio up here in Dallas. People are jumping on the bandwagon quickly. Talk of going on a 20 game win streak has already started to surface. Too bad it's February.

That said, I do think they are a MUCH better team than they have been in the past, but I think they need one or two years experience in the playoffs, playing their new style, to be able to go all the way.

Really? I haven't had a chance to listen lately...I've been kinda curious as to what they're saying about them; typically GAC is down on them so I wondered if they'd jumped on the bandwagon or not.

I'm all for the Mavs, they're my favorite team.. but people are just unrealistic. That's not to say I think they don't have a shot; in fact, I think they have a great shot, but I hate the fans out there that say (mostly because of our current success) that we're better than DET and SAS and we're going to win the le. Nobody can predict the future. Of course that goes both ways I guess, tons of people here and all over saying "Mavs wont win in the post season because they haven't before" Things change..the team is different. They have just as good of shot as anybody. We'll see.

[aaronstampler]

I said usually. BTW the suns lost Joe Johnson and they played a heavy series against the mavs while the spurs played the pretenders know as the sonics.

This makes no sense. There was almost no physical play at all in the Phx-Dal series, it was just run and gun. The Sonics beat the out of the Spurs for six games, especially that fatass thug with the pig tails.

[aaronstampler]

if Dal is for real, they'll have to beat us at least one of the two games at home. The only way to get respect is by beating the best head to head. The Pistons, I respect.

[mavsfan1000]

if Dal is for real, they'll have to beat us at least one of the two games at home. The only way to get respect is by beating the best head to head. The Pistons, I respect.

I like Dallas's chances in doing that. They were 29-12 on the road last year and 18-6 so far on the road this year. Should be a great game.

[Duff McCartney]

I don't think Dallas will do much this year. They have nobody to take the pressure off Dirk at all. Period.

Come on...in a seven game series, you're telling me that you're afraid of Josh Howard or Jason Terry? They aren't and haven't proven themselves worthy of second option.

Please...in a seven game series, you are afraid of Tim, Manu, or Tony.

[aaronstampler]

I don't think Dallas will do much this year. They have nobody to take the pressure off Dirk at all. Period.

Come on...in a seven game series, you're telling me that you're afraid of Josh Howard or Jason Terry? They aren't and haven't proven themselves worthy of second option.

Please...in a seven game series, you are afraid of Tim, Manu, or Tony.

Jason Terry is a damn scary player. He pretty much singlehandedly beat the Rockets in the playoffs last year. If Mike James can go off for 36, then a guy like Terry has me plenty concerned. Tony was pretty much playing just 47 feet today...

[mavsfan1000]

Agreed. Maybe Parker will score a ton on Terry but Terry could do the same right back at Parker.

[Despot]

~Thinking of a thread from the beginning of this season~

Was it Mavsfan100 that called Dirk the best Post player in the game?

[mavsfan1000]

what? Never said anything like that.

[Despot]

Oh sorry, you were comparing Dirk to the best player that ever played the game.

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthre...elop+post+game

Posts #19, #35 worth reading as well.

Most of us were wrong about the mavs place in the division, well, not wrong as per the mavs really, we were fooled much worse, as was the rest of the world, by the Rockets.

Could still swear that there was a Mavs fan that said Dirk has the best Postup game in the L. Maybe it was another forum.

[5ToolMan]

Jason Terry is a damn scary player. He pretty much singlehandedly beat the Rockets in the playoffs last year. If Mike James can go off for 36, then a guy like Terry has me plenty concerned. Tony was pretty much playing just 47 feet today...

Mike James had a much easier time taking the ball to the hoop because Duncan was not playing.

Terry is a solid streak shooter, but will not have much luck penetrating if the Spurs defense is healthy and in rythym.

[Rummpd]

Mavs very good team and have some confidence but lets put things into perspective.

There is no way that team even with some young good players and a few defenders around Dirk is as scary to face as the one that had Nash, Van Exel, Finley etc. a few years back. Dallas was stoked and as good as job as AJ has done he is also not as creative of a coach as Nellie was.

The whole hope for the Mavs's fans is that either Dampier or Diop will come up big against Duncan and it ain't going to happen enough to win a series - unless Duncan is more hurt than now (their only hope). Meanwhile Parker and Manu will also go off.

Spurs get rolling, Mavs go down in 5. Worst case Spurs take em in 6-7 but no way they lose a series to the still soft Mavs unless Duncan is totally hobbled.