Cuban says " yes" his Mavericks can beat the Lakers

[Quit Hatin']

That's actually a quite reasonable article. The bottom line isnt if your 9th/10th man is better, it's that Dirk still doesnt have a sidekick like Gasol.

are u kidding me he had nash and finley. he could have easliy won a championship if he developed a post game and post defense.

Quit Hatin'

[TinTin]

are u kidding me he had nash and finley. he could have easliy won a championship if he developed a post game and post defense.

Quit Hatin'

[dirk4mvp]

are u kidding me he had nash and finley. he could have easliy won a championship if he developed a post game and post defense.

Quit Hatin'

Borderline allstar Steve Nash who can't stay in front of Mike Bibby and an aging Michael Finley aren't close to Pau Gasol.

Quit being a got

[TinTin]

Borderline allstar Steve Nash who can't stay in front of Mike Bibby and an aging Michael Finley aren't close to Pau Gasol.

Quit being a got

But if dirk developed a post game and post defence then he could have played all 5 positions

[DJ Mbenga]

Borderline allstar Steve Nash who can't stay in front of Mike Bibby and an aging Michael Finley aren't close to Pau Gasol.

Quit being a got

now i wont even bother watching dexter. breaing bad and mad men are good enough anyways

[Giuseppe]

he could have easliy won a championship if he developed a post game and post defense.

......& a backbone.

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

......& a backbone.

Dude I know as a "fan" of the Lakers yoursupposed to suck the out of their s but even you don't belive that bull ...........well you are an

[Giuseppe]

Shoot Em, Dirk is an admitted panty-waist.

[dirk4mvp]

now i wont even bother watching dexter. breaing bad and mad men are good enough anyways

sup iggypop

[crc21209]

Yeah the same Mavericks who were supposed to be the only real threat to the Lakers last year? What a joke...

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

I got my info on what a moron u are. Thank you

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

Yeah the same Mavericks who were supposed to be the only real threat to the Lakers last year? What a joke...

lol I smell butthurt

[dirk4mvp]

Yeah the same Mavericks who were supposed to be the only real threat to the Lakers last year? What a joke...

Ms. Vanilla, with another empty, plain ass post.

[crc21209]

Ms. Vanilla, with another empty, plain ass post.

Because your posts are so detailed right? For example.."crofl."

[Giuseppe]

I got my info on what a moron u are. Thank you

Too, too bad. Here I was thinkin' about you and your fellows and I gettin' together for an IM.

tee, hee.

[Veterinarian]

Yeah the same Mavericks who were supposed to be the only real threat to the Lakers last year? What a joke...

Have the Spurs wiped the Suns' semen off their faces yet? Cause they got ed on pretty bad.

[Giuseppe]

It was The Skunker, Vet.

[Halberto]

now i wont even bother watching dexter. breaing bad and mad men are good enough anyways

Dexter is the , it's by far my favorite show. Im actually letting it load as I type this. Breaking Bad is great also, I havent had a chance to get into mad men though... I hear good things.

[LkrFan]

LOL at Cuban.

[Quit Hatin']

a 7 footer shooting jumpers all day as their best player i would be butthurt too. but we been blessed with real 7 footers with real post games. now u tell me why mav fans worship dirk so much. if he was on the lakers he would be crucified by the media and the fans. he failed to deliver even when he had the best team and all mav fans could do is blame it on the supporting cast.

Quit Hatin'

[Giuseppe]

now u tell me why mav fans worship dirk so much. if he was on the lakers he would be crucified by the media and the fans.

F'in eh.

[alchemist]

Are team owners drug tested aswell?

[HarlemHeat37]

Cuban is delusional. Shawn Marion is washed up, Haywood and Chandler are inconsistent options at center, Jason Kidd is to be 38 by the time they are "beating" the Lakers. Caron Butler is a good option. Jason Terry is not. Dirk needs to vary up his game and not just post-up off that elbow.

Who guards Kobe Bryant? Who takes over when Ron Artest locks down Butler?

It's that time of year where comments like this are front-page of the sports section. But he is wrong.

they'll probably beat the Lakers a couple times in the regular season, then get eliminated in the 1st round by Houston or some other scrub team.

Cuban must have snorted some of Vinnie Chase's coke.

[HarlemHeat37]

It's not a massive stretch, TBH, although I obviously wouldn't bet on the Mavs if they played LA..Lakers-Mavs would actually be a very entertaining series IMO..

Last year's Mavs were the 2nd best isolation team in the NBA, while the Lakers were the #1 team in the NBA at defending isolation plays..

The Mavs were the #2 post-up team in the NBA, while the Lakers were a top 10 team at defending post-up plays..

The Mavs were #6 in the NBA at scoring from spot-up shots, while the Lakers were #1 at defending it..

The Mavs were #3 at scoring off screens, while the Lakers were top 10 at defending it..

The Lakers main weakness on D was defending the p&r, but the Mavs were just an average p&r team last year, so they wouldn't be able to exploit that..

So it looks like the Lakers match all of the Mavs strengths for the most part, which makes it seem like LA would dominate, however, the Mavs defense seems to have a similar result..

The Lakers were the #12 iso team, while the Mavs were a top 10 iso defense..

Lakers were #9 from spot-up shots, the Mavs were top 10 at defending it..

Lakers were top 5 at scoring from offensive rebounds, the Mavs were top 5 at defending it..

The Mavs main weakness on D was defending screens, but the Lakers barely made the top 20 in screen offense..

The main advantage the Lakers have is that they were a top 5 post-up team, while the Mavs were barely a top 20 team at defending the post-up..this is obviously where the addition of Chandler has to be a key, he was still a good post defender last year, despite not being healthy..



The Mavs are going to have depth problems, in the sense that they have too much depth, with players that do so many different things, and have so many different flaws..

Marion was terrible from an offensive standpoint last year, but he was actually rated as one of the elite defenders in the entire NBA last year..opponents shot 32% in 1 on 1 situations against Marion last year, one of the lowest marks in the NBA..

While you get Marion's elite defense, you have to deal with his offense..he was rated in the lower tier of the NBA in team offense..he shot 33% from the field in spot-up opportunities, so that's something you have to deal with..the Lakers dealt with Artest in the same way though, so that might not be so bad against LA..

Caron Butler was also rated very good defensively last year, but he has the same problem offensively..he was one of the worst spot-up shooters in the entire league last year..so the Mavs SG and SF are 2 of the worst shooters in the NBA, and their C has no shooting ability either..it's kind of balanced out by Kidd and Nowitzki being 2 of the best spot-up shooters in the NBA, but it obviously hurts when 3/5 major players can't shoot..

The problem with Kidd is that he's an average overall defender now, and he wouldn't be able to exploit Derek Fisher on D..they have the same build, and Kidd doesn't have the strength advantage over Fisher..if they have him play more bench minutes against Blake, he would dominate though..


So the Mavs success comes down to:

-Chandler's post D..
-Beaubois's emergence/Finding penetration from the wing(they pretty much go together)..
-Carlisle somehow finding a proper rotation and properly utilizing matchups..

I think Chandler will be fine, but I don't think I believe they'll find penetration from the wing, and I don't believe in Carlisle..

This was a long post, but it actually really interested me, TBH..the Mavs are one of the most strangely built teams I've ever seen..they have a strange mix of so many different types of players with various strengths, and all have serious flaws..

Based Harlem..

[Greg Oden]

oh my god based harlem

you can them lakerfans based harlem