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Not sure what they were asking for Davis (or who the Mavs were offering).
Not sure why Detriot would not have done that. Not like they don't have four other guys in their rotation who are 6'9"-6'11" PF/C type players.
Not sure what they were asking for Davis (or who the Mavs were offering).
Wait wait let me get this straight. Are you saying that Oberto/Elson is better then Dampier/Diop??
When Elson is playing good, he is as good as either of those guys. The problem is he plays good 1 out of 5 or 6 games.
I was under the assumption that he was becoming more consistant on the offense now. I don't know. I haven't watched the Spurs that much in the last few weeks.
A monumental failure is being minutes away from putting the Heat into a deficit only the Boston Red Sox have come back from. The Mavs honestly have nothing to be afraid of right now. They have the best record in the league and no sign of cooling off. If SA plays midget ball with them, their chances of winning the series improve greatly. This just looks like they're trying to get someone that Tim Duncan can foul out of the game before their other two, better centers.
It's nothing like they're trying to steal a part of the Spurs. If one of our guys hit free agency and they went after him like kids chasing the ice cream truck, you'd have a case. Plus this is Kevin Willis we're talking about. If we play the Mavs and it went seven games again, he probably wouldn't be able to shake off the rust by the time the buzzer went off in the last game. WGAF?
FA's Antonio Davis, Van Horn, Robert Traylor, Mamadou N'Diaye, Curtis Borchardt, Marcus Fizer, Clarence Weatherspoon etc. are all big men less than 44 still floating around out there, and we're looking at Willis? WTF?
Re baby monkeys with no eyes and no ears > Mavs centers tonight v. Milwaukee
please... no Keith Van Suck... his mere presence will cost us a championship. his simply being on the team will cause us to lose our defensive focus and rebounding abilities. i would rather have Shawn Bradley than KVH.
Borchardt, Fizer, N'Diaye and Traylor aren't FAs.
And I don't know if Davis wants to play again.
KVH was a big factor in the "passing of the torch" you referred to yesterday.
You my friend are a re ...KVH actually helped the Mavs beat the Spurs. If we have a spot might as well sign his ass....we don;t need Ager taking up a spot dude is worthless
from what i remember, every time he went into the game, other teams went on runs.You my friend are a re ...KVH actually helped the Mavs beat the Spurs. If we have a spot might as well sign his ass....we don;t need Ager taking up a spot dude is worthless
id much rather see Pops play more minutes. Or even Kevin Willis.
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im not sure what you are referring to in the "passing of the torch".
sorry, that was BUMP who said that.
Veteran forward looking to fill vacant roster spotESPN.com news services
The Dallas Mavericks were scheduled to audition veteran forward Kevin Willis for the first of two workouts Thursday in an attempt to fill a vacant roster spot, according to a published report.
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Mavs coach Avery Johnson told the Dallas Morning News that he has been looking to add another big man to the roster but concedes there is a possibility he won't sign anybody at all.
"Right now, it's kind of the best available person," Johnson told the newspaper. "I'm real leery about adding anybody right now. But if there's something that makes sense, we'll do it. But it's got to really make sense for us."
Willis, 44, won his first NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs in 2003 where his locker room leadership, energy off the bench, defense, and physical play proved invaluable.
The two-day audition, which will end with Friday's workout, stemmed from a chance meeting between the 7-foot jouneyman and Mavericks owner Mark Cuban during All-Star weekend in Las vegas.
"I ran into Mark at All-Star weekend and had a few words," Willis told the newspaper. "The next thing I know, I get a call from Rolando [Blackman] and it kind of went from there. I started doing some shooting and running just in case I got a call. And here I am.
"They're taking it extremely serious and I'm taking it serious. I don't want to come in and be any kind of distraction. I just want to come in and enhance. Whatever I got to do to enhance it and make it better, I'm here to do that.''
A veteran of 20 NBA seasons, Willis has averaged 12.2 points and 8.4 rebounds per game in his career, and would be the oldest active player in the league if signed.
Willis did not play in 2005-06.
I never said thatWait wait let me get this straight. Are you saying that Oberto/Elson is better then Dampier/Diop??
Willis could be in uniform as soon as Friday game for the game v. NY.
Sweet. He will be dropping passes and bobbling rebounds out of bounds in no time.
Source?
Art Garcia, actually.Source?
If he does play, I doubt it's more than 2 minutes. But word is he looked really good and in very good shape after his workout today. If he's not picked up, he at least has a 2nd workout scheduled for Friday afternoon.
Cool...
He was on Pro's vs Joe's again last night. He looks like a beast at least. And he showed good hands catching passes from Randall Cunningham
Willis may find a way with Mavs
11:51 PM CDT on Thursday, March 29, 2007
By EDDIE SEFKO / The Dallas Morning News
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When he "retired" after the 2004-05 NBA season, Kevin Willis never filed the formal papers with the league.
He figured there was a chance his departure might not be permanent.
"My brother kept saying it was over," Willis said Thursday after a workout with the Mavericks. "But I kept telling him something might happen."
Willis will go through the second of two workouts with the Mavericks today to determine if the club wants to sign him as a third center for the playoffs.
Willis worked out for more than an hour Thursday and emerged with a good sweat and positive feeling about the chances of a 44-year-old being able to contribute to a championship team.
"I haven't played," Willis said, "but if I get a couple pints of oxygen, I'll be all right."
Actually, the 7-footer was one of the fittest players in the NBA for his two-decade career. He was a key reserve on San Antonio's championship team in 2003 and envisions a similar role with the Mavericks if he signs.
"Very similar," he said. "I just don't anticipate playing as much as I did in San Antonio. But a lot of things that I brought to that locker room and that team, I expect to do here, if I'm here."
If Willis signs with the Mavs, he will become the oldest active player in NBA history at 44. Robert Parish ended his career at 43.
Avery Johnson watched the workout Thursday, which was conducted mostly by Popeye Jones.
Johnson said there is a good chance Willis will be a Maverick in the next few days.
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Kevin Willis and the Spurs ousted Steve Nash and Dallas in the 2002-03 Western Conference finals. "I'd say it's 50-50, but he had a really good workout," Johnson said. "We'll see what happens."
President of basketball operations Donnie Nelson added: "Right now, he's the best candidate available. He's obviously in great shape, although it would take him some time to get in basketball shape."
Willis has spent the last year and a half relaxing at his home in Atlanta and running his clothing business, Willis & Walker, which deals in high-end sports clothes, mostly denim.
He sells a lot of jeans to big and tall shops, and many NBA players wear his gear.
A chance meeting with Mark Cuban in Las Vegas at All-Star weekend was the genesis of Willis getting an audition with the Mavericks.
"I ran into Mark at All-Star weekend and had a few words," Willis said. "The next thing I know, I get a call from Rolando [Blackman], and it kind of went from there. I started doing some shooting and running just in case I got a call. And here I am."
Willis' conditioning is not in question. It will be the Mavericks' call as to whether they believe he can be used for three to five minutes in an emergency situation if they get matched up against a big center in the playoffs like Yao Ming.
"I just got to get my timing back, get a few practices under my belt and get used to banging bodies again and get the conditioning up to about 110 percent, because these guys are on a mission," Willis said.
"They're taking it extremely serious, and I'm taking it serious. I don't want to come in and be any kind of distraction. I just want to come in and enhance. Whatever I got to do to enhance it and make it better, I'm here to do that."
Willis was a superior locker-room presence during his NBA career, particularly in San Antonio, where he played for then-Spurs assistant coach Joe Prunty, now an aide to Johnson.
"It's in the real early stages right now," Willis said of the flirtation with the Mavs. "Avery and I played together in Denver, so he knows me, and I know him. I know what he expects if I do come."
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