Espn being... Espn.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/17...west-standings
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9. Dallas Mavericks
Proj. record: 40-42
Last season: 42-40
The Mavericks added Harrison Barnes, Andrew Bogut and a player named Curry (Steph's brother, Seth) this offseason, but don't expect this team to become the Dallas Warriors. Our panel projects the Mavericks to see a decrease in wins this season. Age is a big issue here: Dirk Nowitzki is 38; Deron Williams is 32; Wesley Matthews will be 30 in October; and Bogut will be 32 in November.
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You could argue the Mavs did what they did with the obvious injury problems of Parsons, Dwill, and a hobbled Wes who seemed to get healthier and better(defensively especially) as the season went on. So adding Barnes and Bogut would be upgrades and every team has the caveat of "if healthy". Conversely the Blazers for instance added... Evan Turner. Yet them adding Turner means more to them than us adding a full time player in Barnes over part time Parsons and Bogut being better than Zaza and the possible progression of a bench player in Curry. I also didn't know that Wes being 30 in October was a negative, if anything being a year removed from an injury should make his projection better I would think.