[EricaLubarsky]

Sacramento has their game down and we dont. period.

Sac-town is a better team right now. We added more talent but they only had to integrated one guy into their system (which had already been tested in the playoffs). Nelson wants a new system for the Mavs to accentuate our talent, so not only are we adding eight new players to the roster, we are moving into a new system which means that the veteran players are learning as well. We are a long way from being done, but when we are done we will be blowing out teams by 30-45

Look at the champions spurs- they just won a championship and they supposedly have one of the best coaches in the league (trained by the best), and the league MVP. One season after they won 60 games and won their title, they are sitting at .500 (10-10) which happens to be the worst in the division and they only have 5 new players only one of which is a rookie.

Spurs
have lost both games v. the Lakers- like us
have lost to Memphis- like us.
have lost to Denver- like us

The only wins they have of any merit are the Jazz, Sixers and the Nets
All their other wins are Orlando, Chicago, Atlanta, GS, Miami and New York- a who's who of non-playoff contending teams.

I think we can do a lot worse than we are at 12-7