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Anybody who thought Dampier was going to be averaging a double double is kidding themselves. When you're on a team with athletic guards like Harris/Terry/Finley/Daniels/Howard/Stackhouse, and a defensive rebounding machine in Dirk, it is unlikely that even Bill Russell himself could average double digits in rebounds. Stackhouse said it himself that in order for teams to win, you have to put personal stats aside for the good of the team. Besides, i liked the offseason signing of Dampier because of his defense, not stats.

Okay, lets calm down just a little bit. The only one of our guards/SF's who's enough above average as a rebounder to be worth commenting on is Josh, and while Dirk's a fine defensive rebounder, he certainly leaves plenty of room for other guys to rack up plenty of offensive rebounds. Damp has not rebounded like he's capable of or like we need him to thus far, and partly as a result of that the Mavs have not done well on the boards in their first two games (though he's far from being the only culprit). If the team's going to get up to snuff on the boards, and it needs to if the winning streak is to continue, it will probably require that he get his rebounding totals up close to double digits if he stays in the 30+ mpg range.