I certainly wouldn't say Gooden has been crucial to our early season success. He's been much better lately, which why I've stopped crucifying him. But his on court numbers are still bad. The team is still awful defensively when he's on the court. That's not all his fault, the Mavs simply can't function very well without a rim defender.
As I said in the other thread, I'll be fine if Gooden is bought and and re-signed to be a situational player, but I'm not spending a second worrying about losing Gooden when Brendan Haywood is coming back.
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