Please Houston
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Citrus: I know as of late March it was the Mavs that had the title of most injuries in the league but if it's not, it's gotta be up there tops of the league (and I'm not counting suspensions - if that were the case the Pacers would be leaps and bounds ahead of every team in the league)
Tough loss last night. Series isn't over - if anyone can pull it off it's the Mavericks who've had one of the best road records in the NBA all season long, going 29-12
Tough loss last night. Series isn't over - if anyone can pull it off it's the Mavericks who've had one of the best road records in the NBA all season long, going 29-12
That's assuming, of course, that we make it through the Sonics and the Spurs/Nuggets. We wouldn't meet the Mavs/Rockets until the Western Conference Finals.
Oh...and just to chime in...I HATE the Mavs, and yes, when we had a rivalry with Utah in the playoffs I hated them too. And after a couple more games, I'll probably hate the Sonics also. And I don't feel bad about it!
Oh...and just to chime in...I HATE the Mavs, and yes, when we had a rivalry with Utah in the playoffs I hated them too. And after a couple more games, I'll probably hate the Sonics also. And I don't feel bad about it!
Thats a fairly HUGE complaint.
Cuban is basically the Dan Snyder of the NBA. Like the MAVS, the Redskins ALWAYS have a HUGE offseason, with all sorts of blockbuster action. Its time for the Mavs to start actually maturing and refing their team, rather than constantly blowing it up. However, I don't think cubes has it in him to let things be, ESPECIALLY if the Mavs get booted out of the first round this year.
Do you think he'd ever be able to resist the Josh Howard and Devin Haris for <<insert player with big time star-power name recognition here>> deal when it becomes available this offseason?
I dont.
Cuban is basically the Dan Snyder of the NBA. Like the MAVS, the Redskins ALWAYS have a HUGE offseason, with all sorts of blockbuster action. Its time for the Mavs to start actually maturing and refing their team, rather than constantly blowing it up. However, I don't think cubes has it in him to let things be, ESPECIALLY if the Mavs get booted out of the first round this year.
Do you think he'd ever be able to resist the Josh Howard and Devin Haris for <<insert player with big time star-power name recognition here>> deal when it becomes available this offseason?
I dont.
Not exactly, but my reasons have nothing to do with matchups; I firmly believe that a team should have to suffer for a few years in the playoffs before they make it to the the Finals/win a championship. That's why I'm rooting against Phoenix (1st year in the playoffs for their core, except for Nash and Marion), Denver (2nd year in the playoffs for their core, except for Camby), Chicago (1st year in playoffs for their core, except for Davis), Washington (1st year in playoffs for their core, except for Jamison) and Seattle (1st year for their core, except for Allen and Daniels).
I'm also not a big fan of teams that were "put together" to win a ring, and are therefore rooting against Houston (only one of their starters [Yao] and two of their top eight players [Yao and Mutombo] were there last season)
I'm also not a big fan of teams that were "put together" to win a ring, and are therefore rooting against Houston (only one of their starters [Yao] and two of their top eight players [Yao and Mutombo] were there last season)
You can take solace in knowing that teams put together hastily to win titles are 50/50 if that in terms of actually succeeding. When they fail, they're usually broken apart in chunks and new guys are hastily added. Miami is hastily assembled, even moreso than Houston. If they don't win this year on the backs of O'Neal and Wade and in spite of the rest of the gang, what's their recourse?
At any rate, I think the two superstar deal isn't as successful as it was as recently as 2002. Detroit and SA (when they claw past Denver) have got to be the favorites. They have balance, depth, play defense, and get to the line in waves.
At any rate, I think the two superstar deal isn't as successful as it was as recently as 2002. Detroit and SA (when they claw past Denver) have got to be the favorites. They have balance, depth, play defense, and get to the line in waves.