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Originally Posted by nowhereman
Starting to look like a bunch of castoffs, players with incentives to boost their value, and a bunch of young guys. Dirk and RC will have to lead like never before.
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Definitely a danger. Flexibility like this can be a double-edged sword. If the season starts to go south, it can be like herding cats with everybody playing for his own next contract.
Not much of a danger with a vet like Brand who's got his money made, or even an older player like Kaman, who has had a chance to earn some money, and seems to understand buying into team goals.
But Mayo might be a bit of a wild card in this regard, given his youth, and if he feels like he has to 'audtiion' for a payday. His trajectory in Memphis should be more of a question mark, I'd think. A younger, more athletic Vernon Maxwell, maybe? Guess you just have to cross your fingers and hope for the best.
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Originally Posted by alby
Does this team kind of remind anyone of the 2005/2006 Mavericks?
Big bodies, Kaman and Brand (Dampier and Diop) - Advantage 2012/2013
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Gotta disagree here. I think Dampier and Diop were overachievers, but they were the best big-man tandem since the Mavs had Donadlson and Tarpley. Whatever his other faults were, Avery made Diop/Dampier work far better than anyone had a right to expect them to, at least in 05-06. Kaman and Brand may be more productively offensively, but I'd be skeptical about them defensively until they prove different.