[G-Man]

I love this quote.

"They have two centers whose only job is to pound the glass," said Gasol, who was held under 50 percent shooting and under his season rebounding average in all four games. "They don't have to do much else." What he should have said is "their only jobs are to pound the glass, and pound me."

It is interesting how rarely anyone in the national media even mentions how much different the Mavs are because of the effective play we get out of the center. While Damp was here, as a starter, he was always in foul trouble and not much help. This year, we can put him and Diop on guys like Gasol and Duncan, and at least push them out of their favorite spot on the post, and make them into jump shooters. The fact that we always have a shot blocker in the game makes it a lot easier on our wing guys. They can take more chances and defend the 3, because they are less worried about the drive and dunk.

The media may not have noticed, but you can be damned sure Popovich has. It will be interesting to see his plan to get Timmy good looks. He had a free ride with Brad Miller on him at Sac. Lets see how his foot holds up with Damp leaning on him 35 minutes a night for 2 weeks.

The last time they eliminated us from the playoffs, we had to play zone to protect bad defenders like Nash, Raef, Fin and Bradley. Nobody could slow down Duncan without help, the 3 pointer was always open and Steve Kerr was deadly. Now our center is solid, our wing players are quicker and longer and our rotations are crisp.

We got our revenge on Bobby Jackson. Now its payback time for Bruce Bowen. One Mav killer down, 12 more wins worth to go. Lets get it on.