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Old 02-11-2009, 08:17 AM   #92
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Originally Posted by MavsWiLLHaVeRinGs View Post
How do you know how this team will be with talent at all 5 positions? Dirk has had to do it almost completely by himself since Nash and Finley left. The reason we got owned by Miami, NO and GS in the playoffs is because they took him out and there was no one else to step up. You can't do that so easily when you got B. Davis, Kamby who can take the heat off Dirk offensively. I think we have a much better chance with those two than with Kidd who isn't an offensive threat and still allows teams to take Dirk out with double teams.

Let's just be honest about how things really are, Cuban won't do this trade only because then he would be admitting he made a mistake in the trade a year ago, and he's too stubborn to do that.
How does this give us talent at all five positions? It's a downgrade at PG and an upgrade (in some areas) at center.

It's also a downgrade at SG because you will pay defensively much more often with Davis/Jet in the back court than you do right now with Kidd/Jet.

The only way you make this deal is if you are absolutely convinced that Kidd will walk this offseason and you don't feel confident that you can put the resulting cap space to use in 2010.
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