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Originally Posted by Underdog

When you need a hammer, but the closest thing you have is a rubber mallet, you don't bust out a screwdriver and expect better results.

It's not like Carlisle is underachieving with some amazing roster at his disposal -- this squad was pegged to be a lotto team in the preseason, yet here we are competing for a playoff spot. One might call that overachieving.

Here's what's wrong with this team: veterans on 1-year contracts don't play as hard as veterans on 4-year contracts... Do you think a guy like D-Will is going to kill his body so this team can win games? Hell no, he's trying to stay healthy so he can milk another payday (which has been the case for a lot of our starters since we won the title...)

Cuban needs to abandon the fantasy that any superstar would want to come to Dallas to help Old Man Dirk win another ring, and start taking a full rebuild seriously... Because whenever we strike out on those big names, we're stuck with hired guns looking to earn a bigger payday when they move on from Dallas... Mercenary ball just isn't working, and Cuban's plan to retool on the fly has yielded nothing but mediocrity.

No doubt.

Wes is the latest prime example of this.