I think the short answer is no. That is a great complement to another center who can back down and score. Tyson is not that. Objectively speaking, timmy at full strength is the back down 7 footer, then bonner spreads the floor.
Dirk would be the 7 footer who shoots, but you still need a 7 footer who backs down. Tyson doesnt have that kind of game against another 7 footer. Many have tried to develop that from him, bulls, hornets, etc. He can clean it up around the boards, alley oops, run the floor, but when the game slows down and you need an easy two, he is not the guy these teams have been going to. Maybe you can develop that from him, that would be huge, but no others have been able to.
I was getting nervous watching timmy in the beginning since tyson is a wall on D, but the second half was another story and timmy ends up with 17 and 11. Tyson 8 and 11, which isnt bad at all, but many of the 8 were fast breaks, cleaning up someone elses missed shots, getting fouled by a smaller guy who was helpless against him.
Who will the mavs go to when the jumpshots stop dropping (and they will)? Not tyson. We can still go to timmy if he's healthy.
You haven't yet, despite a decade-long stretch of 50-win seasons. Nothing has changed to think that formula will work now.
Check your history book, MavFan, for the team that won the NBA Championship in 2003.
Didn't need to do any research, most NBA fans over 12 are familiar with Unseld. You were the one so certain that it never happened. Just for a reminder:
Perhaps you should do a little research before making absolute statements like that.
The Spurs are ranked #3 by both Stein and Hollinger right now. So if they are "overrated" does that mean they are really only the 5th-7th best team in the NBA. I don't see how they are overrated.
Overrated doesn't mean what Barkley thinks it means, but we know where he was going.
We get it. Dallas is better than SA. Now have your team win the championship, cause all your talk and stats and opinions mean nothing until............................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...................................
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THIS! Silly mav fan, just silly.
This post is full of fail. Gold, pure gold.
Emo mav fan getting owned.
1. A newb?Sure thing, sweetheart.
2. A homer? Right, ok. I make no bones about the fact that I am a Spurs fan more than a basketball fan, so if that makes me a homer, whatever. But your argument there is pretty weak, because a homer doesn't critically analyze their team's efforts in a win against a division rival. A homer gets in the face of another fan and talks .
So, no, I don't think in this instance I'm a homer. I'm actually looking at them and their play (and yes, I watched every moment of that nationally aired game, thanks), and shaking my head over their lackadaisical (your spelling and grammar are atrocious, btw - I even spelled it correctly for you) efforts, because there were plenty of bone-headed moments and poor choices throughout.
Ohhhh, I see. Your argument is that they aren't capable of playing better, so by ascribing their mediocre game (when I have evidence that they can and have played better this season) to poor play, I'm a homer.
Ah.
You are still an idiot who can't seem to focus on making a cogent, coherent argument.
Lol corrupted zebras?
You should be thankful for them as a Mavs fan or we would have faced Miami that year and would have 5 rings. You guys obviously couldn't get the job done, choke artists...ha
Ok, I know you want to believe that the Mavs will be able to beat the Spurs in the playoffs and you seem to think that the interior D of the Spurs won't be able to cope with the Dallas attack.Sorry we have Chandler haywood ajincia and mahimi manning the paint, along with dirk and Marion. Dirks an underrated defender and his size in itself is enough to alter shots.... Anyway, we have one of the best defenses in the league, duncan is old and doesn't do nearly as good of a job of dominating the paint defensively as Chandler does. You have no room to talk with your interior d this season... So honestly I don't what your talking about, only
Chandler?
O, and you beat Orlando before thier big trade... Congrats. They blew you out
shortly after they played us. Probably because your interior d blows and howard dominated you.
O and by the way I'm not new to this game. I was a walk on at purdue university for 2 years and have been an NBA junkie for as long as I can remember. Probably know a bit more bout the game than you do to be honest
These are some things that I am failing to understand with your arguments
1. Dirk is a perimeter big. In no way does he really affect the paint on the offensive end consistently. He is primarily a jump shooter. No interior D needed.
2. The Mavericks are a perimeter oriented team. No superior interior "D" needed to defend them.
3. Dirk is the MVP of the Mavericks easily, so why couldn't the Mavericks take advantage of the soft interior Spurs defense since Dirk wasn't available?
4. Why couldn't the Mavericks overcome a 6'6" center? Simple, our coach knew he was getting overmatched and subbed in a decent/bigger defender. McDyess ring a bell?
5. How did Shawn Marion do against Manu last year?
All in all, the huge thing that the national media along with the fans of other NBA teams seem to be overlooking is the versatility of the San Antonio lineups. They seem to have quite a few skill sets to adapt their style of play if their gameplan isn't working as thought.
You might want to actually watch a few Spurs games before you start spouting out which team is the best. You will soon come to see that the Spurs have the personel to match any defensive scheme in the NBA. Sure teams can get lucky and the Spurs shooters will miss some shots, but that is all that an opposing team can really do to prepare for the Spurs. Just hope they miss some shots.
And the Spurs defense has been looking solid lately btw.
One more thing. The Mavericks only scored 34 points in the paint vs. Spurs. the Spurs scored the same amount against the Mavericks interior D. Is the Mavs interior defense really as good as you claim it to be? You seem to want to understand common sense. Here is some common sense by your logic...
The definition of a terrible interior defense is in how many points are scored in the paint. If the Mavs scored 34 points against a terrible interior defense, then what kind of interior defense did the Spurs score the same amount of points on in that same game? Is it a terrible one?
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