Portland has not moved ahead of the Mavs. Portland will find that egos will clash and all the stars they signed will want to play 30-35 minutes a game. And ya know what? It won't happen. Just not enough minutes to go around.
I'm not worried about Portland and neither should the Mavs. You don't win championships with an All-NBA team, you win a championship with a couple of All-Stars, good solid role players, and a deep bench. We have the fundamentals in place. Just like the Lakers & Celtics in the 80's, the Pistons & Bulls of the 90's. (Whether we reach of the height of those teams depends on how Dirk & Finley improve and if we can get an enforcer a la Rodman, Mahorn, Rambis, etc etc.)
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