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Originally Posted by Vinsanity
Yes but the shame is that we're barely a .500 team
I feel like we should be much much better considering we started 20-8 last year  |
Really? Compare the talent we have against any other team with a similar record. Like us, Chicago also has a former top PG slowed by injury. But they have Butler, a certain all-star, where we have Matthews, a former top tier wing slowed by injury, and Parsons, another of the same. We have Dirk, who used to be much better than Gasol, but is no longer. After that, we have no one else who would start in the NBA, and depend on significant minutes from guys who'd be at the end of the bench elsewhere, like Mcgee and CV.
Mostly our Mavs are a bunch of guys no one else wanted, like Felton and JJB.
I'm amazed we are even in the playoff hunt. Its a testament to Carlisle that we are even competitive.
Of course we won a championship with a bunch of misfits, but Dirk was a dominant beast then, and Jet was a consistent 4th quarter scorer...we have neither of those things now.
And that 20-8 start? It had one quality win. The rest were patsies.