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BGMaverick9 · 03-25-2011, 10:14 AM

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Regular Season Success for Mavs Should Not Be Taken for Granted

With the 104-96 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday, the Dallas Mavericks reached the 50-win plateau for the 11th straight season. "That's very impressive for a franchise to be able to do that,'' said Jason Kidd. "That just shows that the owner and management have something special here.'' The Mavericks are just the third franchise (since the NBA went to an 82-game schedule in 1967) to record at least 11 consecutive seasons with at least 50 wins (also the San Antonio Spurs from 1999-present, the Los Angeles Lakers from 1979-1991).

The thing that separates those clubs from the Mavs is the fact that those franchises have multiple championships to speak of during their successful regular seasons. Dallas remembers the painful memory in 2006 where they lost a 2-0 lead to the Miami Heat. To date, the appearance in the 2005-06 NBA Finals has been the only Finals appearance for the Mavericks.

read the rest at http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2011/3/...en-for-granted

Underdog · 03-25-2011, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by BGMaverick9

read the rest at http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2011/3/...en-for-granted

Would I trade 11-straight 50-win seasons for one ring? Sure, but that's not a realistic option... What IS a realistic option, though, is having to suffer through the awfulness of the 90's Mavs again (like so many mediocre franchises are doing right now...)

As a fan, I'll take 11x50, thanks!

GermanDunk · 03-30-2011, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Underdog

As a fan, I'll take 11x50, thanks!

That´s what she said !

BGMaverick9 · 05-10-2011, 01:59 PM

Dallas Delivers With Defense

http://www.mavsfastbreak.com/2011/05...-with-defense/

BGMaverick9 · 05-11-2011, 09:27 AM

Tyson Chandler Receiving Well-Deserved Recognition

http://www.mavsfastbreak.com/2011/05...d-recognition/

Axilla · 05-11-2011, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by BGMaverick9

Tyson Chandler Receiving Well-Deserved Recognition

http://www.mavsfastbreak.com/2011/05...d-recognition/

good stuff bryan. didn't know that about S.A.'s DRtg

Lestat_1795 · 06-03-2011, 07:21 PM

Good read
For Dirk Nowitzki, championship ring not necessary to validate career
http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/201..._finals_1.html

SMC0007 · 03-23-2011, 01:48 PM

Rick41 · 03-23-2011, 02:57 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba...ICAGOHeadlines

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Mark Aguirre collapses, hospitalized

By Jeff Caplan
ESPNDallas.com
Archive

Former Dallas Mavericks great Mark Aguirre collapsed while working out at a fitness center near Plano, Texas, on Wednesday and was rushed to a hospital.

Mavericks officials were slowly getting information as the team's practice was winding down Wednesday afternoon. One front-office employee received a text message that Aguirre is OK but did not have further details.

Aguirre played 7½ seasons with the Mavericks in the 1980s and still holds the team single-season scoring record in 1983-84 season. He helped lead the franchise to its first Western Conference finals in 1988. He later won two championships with the Detroit Pistons.

Aguirre took DePaul University to the Final Four in 1979 as a freshman. When the Blue Demons had a coaching vacancy last year, he expressed interest in the job.

He has also been an assistant coach with the Knicks and Pacers.

Follow Jeff Caplan on Twitter: @espn_caplan

Kidd Karma · 03-23-2011, 03:08 PM

Hope Aguirre gets better soon.
I noticed back in the day, Mashburn wearing 24, Aguirre never had his jersey retired?

Rick41 · 03-23-2011, 03:20 PM

http://twitter.com/#!/dallas_news/st...47886039486464

Apparently he's in serious condition.

Hope he gets well soon.

BGMaverick9 · 03-23-2011, 04:05 PM

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Wednesday, the Dallas Mavericks participated in day two of their extensive practice week as they prepared for the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday, and their longest road trip of the season that starts Saturday in Utah. Rick Carlisle said that the road trip will take them through the "wild blue yonder." First, they will have to play the Timberwolves and they will have to prepare for a new-look team as Kevin Love will not travel with the team on their two-game road trip. Love has been dealing a groin injury and it was too much to deal with so he decided to stay in Minnesota and continue receiving treatment. Carlisle did not know Love's status as practice ended, but he knew that the Wolves would still be ready if their All-Star was unable to play. "They’ll have another high energy player running around." According to the Timberlwolves, they will start Anthony Randolph in Love's place, but they will also have players like Anthony Tolliver and Michael Beasley who can play the small forward position. "They’ll be hard to guard because they’re smaller," Carlisle said when assessing Minnesota if they did not have Love in the lineup.

you can read the rest at http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2011/3/...nd-preparation

BPo001 · 03-24-2011, 12:00 AM

link

Kidd Karma · 03-24-2011, 03:09 PM

http://www.nba.com/2011/news/feature...s=iref:nbahpt1

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The Mavs' Tyson Chandler is StatsCube's choice for Most Improved Player.
Ron Turenne/NBAE via Getty Images
Mavs' Chandler's surprise case for Most Improved
By John Schuhmann, NBA.com
Posted Mar 24 2011 12:16PM

In this NBA.com StatsCube study, StatsCube takes a look at candidates for the Most Improved Player award.

Voting for the Most Improved Player award is usually wide open. There are always a lot of players who have better seasons than their previous year, and it's up to the voters to determine which one improved to the greatest degree. Last year, 30 different players, including 14-year veteran Ben Wallace, received first-, second- or third-place votes for the award, evidence that among the voters, there are a lot of different criteria.

Most improved points per game
Player 2009-10 2010-11 Diff.
Dorell Wright 7.1 16.4 +9.3
Nick Young 8.6 17.7 +9.1
DeMar DeRozan 8.6 16.6 +8.0
D.J. Augustin 6.4 14.3 +8.0
Wesley Matthews 9.4 16.2 +6.8
Sasha Vujacic 2.8 9.1 +6.4
Kevin Love 14.0 20.3 +6.3
Russell Westbrook 16.1 22.2 +6.1
Jodie Meeks 4.7 10.5 +5.8
Daniel Gibson 6.3 12.1 +5.8

There are different steps that players take from year to year. Second-year players evolve from non-rotation rookies to contributors. Contributors turn into starters. Starters turn into stars. Stars turn into All-Stars. And All-Stars turn into MVP candidates.

Which step is the biggest or most important? Well, somehow Kevin Durant went from non-All-Star to MVP candidate last year, and that earned him only 17 of a possible 123 first-place votes. As it turned out, Aaron Brooks' numbers jump was more convincing, even though Durant's improvement was the main reason for the Thunder winning 27 games more than they had the season before.

Brooks' scoring average increased by 8.4 points per game last season. This year, when it comes to putting points on the board, no one has been more improved than the Warriors' Dorell Wright.

Of course, there's more to the game than scoring. And when we look at the efficiency stat, which adds up all positive numbers and subtracts the negative, only four of the players above remain in the top 10.

Most improved efficiency per game
Player 2009-10 2010-11 Diff.
Kevin Love 19.7 28.7 +9.0
D.J. Augustin 6.0 14.7 +8.7
Kris Humphries 9.0 17.1 +8.0
Dorell Wright 8.8 16.8 +8.0
Marcin Gortat 6.9 14.8 +7.9
Tyson Chandler 10.3 17.5 +7.2
Nick Young 5.6 12.4 +6.7
JaVale McGee 8.6 15.2 +6.6
Jrue Holiday 9.4 16.0 +6.6
Brandon Bass 6.4 12.7 +6.3

-Minumum 50 games played this season
-Efficiency = Pts. + reb. + ast. + stl. + blk. TO (FGA-FGA) (FTA-FTM)

Love obviously has had a huge season statistically, but there is a pace factor to his numbers. The Timberwolves lead the league in pace, averaging 99.5 possessions per 48 minutes. Last year, they ranked third (98.5), so his "improvement" is only slightly aided by pace.

Still, when you adjust for pace, Love moves down a spot in the improvement rankings. The top 10 is the same group of players, but we see that the raw improvement of Love, Wright, Young and McGee has been given a boost by the pace at which their teams play.

Most improved efficiency per game, pace adjusted
Player 2009-10 2010-11 Diff.
D.J. Augustin 6.2 14.9 +8.7
Kevin Love 18.9 27.4 +8.5
Kris Humphries 9.2 17.5 +8.3
Marcin Gortat 6.9 14.9 +8.0
Tyson Chandler 10.6 17.8 +7.2
Dorell Wright 9.2 16.2 +7.0
Jrue Holiday 9.6 16.1 +6.5
Brandon Bass 6.4 12.9 +6.4
Nick Young 5.7 12.1 +6.4
JaVale McGee 8.8 15.0 +6.2

-Minumum 50 games and 1,000 minutes played this season

Now, Augustin's improvement is a lot about opportunity. With Raymond Felton leaving Charlotte via free agency, Augustin is averaging almost twice as many minutes this season (33.4) as he did last season (18.4). But he's still become a better player. If we look at efficiency improvement on a per-minute basis, Augustin is still in the top 10, with Chandler and Humphries also remaining on the list.

Most improved efficiency per 40 minutes, pace adjusted
Player 2009-10 2010-11 Diff.
Tyson Chandler 18.6 25.5 +6.9
DeShawn Stevenson 6.7 12.1 +5.4
Thaddeus Young 16.2 21.3 +5.1
Darrell Arthur 15.4 20.2 +4.8
Ramon Sessions 15.7 20.4 +4.7
Kevin Martin 17.4 22.1 +4.7
Russell Westbrook 20.7 25.4 +4.6
Vladimir Radmanovic 12.4 16.9 +4.5
Kris Humphries 20.8 25.3 +4.5
D.J. Augustin 13.4 17.9 +4.5

-Minumum 50 games and 1,000 minutes played this season

This list better represents the players who have improved their games, and whose jump in numbers isn't just about increased minutes. Kevin Love ranks 12th by this criteria at +4.1, while MVP candidate Derrick Rose ranks 11th at +4.4.

Individual stats are nice and all. But they don't mean much unless they're helping win games. Augustin, Love, Humphries and Wright all play for teams at least 12 games under .500. Coming off the bench, Augustin was a plus-10 for the Bobcats last season (+0.2 per 100 possessions), and he's a minus-230 this year (-5.1 per 100 possessions).

It would be tough to give an award to Augustin when the scoreboard has been going in the wrong direction when he's in the game. The Bobcats have been a better team with Augustin on the bench than with him on the floor. And if you consider team success when determining All-Stars and MVP candidates, surely it has to play a role in Most Improved Player voting.

The easiest way to determine team success is to look at the standings. But when evaluating individual players, how well their team performs when they're on the floor must be considered. And when we look at improvement in on-court team stats, we get a much different list.

Most improved team efficiency differential (with player on floor)
Player 2009-10 2010-11 Diff.
Vladimir Radmanovic -8.0 +3.5 +11.4
Chris Bosh +0.3 +10.8 +10.5
Sam Young -9.2 +1.1 +10.3
Tyson Chandler -1.2 +8.8 +10.0
James Jones -0.8 +8.2 +9.0
Taj Gibson -0.4 +8.4 +8.8
Hedo Turkoglu -0.5 +8.1 +8.7
Courtney Lee -5.1 +3.4 +8.5
Derrick Rose -3.4 +5.1 +8.5
Jrue Holiday -2.9 +5.5 +8.4

-Minumum 1,000 minutes played this season and 500 last season
-Efficiency differential =
Own teams points per 100 possessions - Opponents points per 100 possessions

Humphries ranks 67th by this criteria at +3.1, while Love ranks 86th at +1.9. While they both play for bad teams, their improvement has helped their squads get a little bit better.

It takes more than individual improvement to make it to the top of this list though. Good teammates help. Ranking second in the league in usage rate, Rose obviously has more of an impact in his team's success than the other nine, but Chandler has also clearly made a difference in Dallas.

And Chandler is the only guy on each of the last three lists. His per-game numbers have improved dramatically, his per-minute numbers have made a jump, and he's contributing more to his team's success than he did last season.

Chandler's 2009-10 season in Charlotte was a drop-off from his best seasons with the Hornets. His efficiency per 40 minutes is a career best this season, but his efficiency per game was better in 2006-07 and 2007-08. So again, it's up to the voters to determine if his increased numbers are truly about "improvement" or if he's just returning to form after two injury-riddled seasons. It's probably a little of both.

If you're looking at raw stats to determine the league's Most Improved Player, it's hard to look past Kevin Love. But if you look deeper into the numbers, you have to consider guys like Chandler, Holiday and even Rose, who in making the leap from All-Star to MVP candidate, has taken his team with him.

John Schuhmann is a staff writer for NBA.com. You can e-mail him here and follow him on twitter. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NBA, its clubs or Turner Broadcasting.

dude1394 · 03-25-2011, 02:47 PM

Hmm would I trade 11 straight winning seasons for one championship and 10 seasons where they stunk. Not so sure to be honest.

JeffViggiano · 03-25-2011, 03:44 PM

i want a ring.we have lost incredibles PO series in this years...i'm sick and tired about this.

i would trade 11straight winning season for 1championship ad 10 years in clippers style...because in more of those 11straight winning season we made a ridiculous PO.RIDICULOUS!!!

ribosoma · 03-25-2011, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffViggiano

i want a ring.we have lost incredibles PO series in this years...i'm sick and tired about this.

i would trade 11straight winning season for 1championship ad 10 years in clippers style...because in more of those 11straight winning season we made a ridiculous PO.RIDICULOUS!!!

I liked The Incredibles, but was a bit let down by the sequel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_mDTLphIVY

JeffViggiano · 03-25-2011, 04:01 PM

hahahahahahahaha very funny!do wanna speak italian or spanish????or maybe are you ignorant???

i'm waiting.

ribosoma · 03-25-2011, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffViggiano

hahahahahahahaha very funny!do wanna speak italian or spanish????or maybe are you ignorant???

i'm waiting.

As soon as I start posting on a Spanish or Italian-language forum, butcher the holy hell out of those languages, all while trolling, I'll get back to you. Until then, vete a la chingada.

BGMaverick9 · 03-26-2011, 02:08 PM

From Friday, thought you might find Carlisle's approach interesting.

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The Dallas Mavericks hit the practice court one more time before going out on the road for their six-game West Coast trip. The Mavericks PR staff noted that this trip is the longest road trip for the team since Mar. 2007 when they went on the road to face the Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, Atlanta Hawks and the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. The Mavericks finished that trip 6-0 and their average margin of victory was 10.7 points. Dallas is looking to find their groove after going a pedestrian 5-5 over their last 10 games.

The latest game saw the Mavericks having to scratch and claw to outlast the Minnesota Timberwolves without their All-Star forward Kevin Love. It was apparent within the first few minutes of the game that the Mavericks did not have their antennas set for the game against the Wolves. Whether they were looking at the upcoming road trip or in a comfort zone after the three days between games, the Mavericks were not focused and it almost led to them receiving a painful loss. "Some nights you're going to struggle," coach Rick Carlisle said. "In those situations, you have to take your medicine, own it if you're not playing well and work to get better." With that specific game, the recent stretch of games and the recent playoff history, fans have become doubtful when they try to assess the chances the Mavericks have in the playoffs.

read the rest at http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2011/3/...n-the-doubters

JeffViggiano · 03-30-2011, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ribosoma

As soon as I start posting on a Spanish or Italian-language forum, butcher the holy hell out of those languages, all while trolling, I'll get back to you. Until then, vete a la chingada.

I have understood that your mother has not taught you the good education.
or maybe are you a frustrated guy?

you are welcome in all italian-language forum about dallas mavericks.if you are able to do.however,no one will treat you like you've treated me

Kante · 03-30-2011, 09:56 AM

Not an article but still nice with Marion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFtqW-15Dgo

BGMaverick9 · 03-30-2011, 10:18 AM

I ain't mad at you, Barea

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba...e=NBAHeadlines

LonghornDub · 03-30-2011, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by BGMaverick9

I ain't mad at you, Barea

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba...e=NBAHeadlines

I love his description of how he got into contact with her. Probably don't try that unless you're a millionaire athlete. You are bound to come off as a creep.

fluid.forty.one · 03-30-2011, 01:32 PM

Semi-Mavs related (for those of us who still have love for the big Mormon)

http://deadspin.com/#!5783575/compil...t-cartoons-too

Compiling The Absurd Box Score For Space Jam; Or, Shawn Bradley Sucked Against Cartoons, Too
By: Andrew Mooney

By now, we're all familiar with the story: In 1994, an alien spacecraft lands in a minor league ballpark in rural Alabama, delivering Birmingham Barons outfielder Michael Jordan just in time for the first pitch. Though team officials are initially upset about the booster-jet inflicted damage to the field, their shock melts away when the magnitude of what Jordan accomplished during his brief disappearance becomes apparent — the salvation of the Looney Tunes universe via basketball game, as documented in the 1996 film Space Jam.

Our concern here is with the game itself, which pitted Jordan and his cartoon friends against a team of alien invaders who'd stolen the abilities of Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley, Larry Johnson, Muggsy Bogues, and — don't ask me why — Shawn Bradley. Freedom was on the line. A Monstars victory would mean a life of servitude for the Tunes in Moron Mountain, the theme park on the Monstars' home planet.

You can watch every possession in the video above; the box score is below. A quick recap: The Monstars, behind a vicious defense and a quick-strike transition offense featuring the unprecedented three-point-line dunk, seize early control and take a 66-18 lead into the half. Pound (Barkley) and Bupkus (Ewing) are dominant. Things look grim for MJ, Bugs, and crew.

But the Tunes uncork a 48-2 run in the second half to pull within two points late in the fourth quarter. The dearth of offensive production by the Monstars during this stretch is puzzling. Turnovers? Did they abandon the three-point-line dunk? The answer no doubt lies on the cutting-room floor. There's an equally confusing run at the end of the game. As paramedics inflate Jordan's assistant Stan Podolak following his lone bucket, the scoreboard clearly shows the Monstars ahead 77-67 with 10 seconds remaining. Yet following his treatment and the surprise entrance of Bill Murray, the score has changed to 77-76 with no time having elapsed. Perhaps Marvin the Martian, the head official, got fed up with the Monstars' rugged defense—they injured all but four of the players on the original Tunes roster—and issued a slew of technical fouls. We'll never know. All we know is that the game ends on Jordan's dramatic, half-court arm-stretching dunk as time expires. How about that: The team with the widest appeal and most marketable superstar wins the big game by some mysterious contrivance. You might say this is ridiculous. I call it verisimilitude.

Now, the box score (I've extrapolated the totals over 48 minutes):
Tunes
Starters FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS PTS BY DUNK
Michael Jordan 22-22 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 44 24
Bugs Bunny 5-5 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 4 10 10
Lola Bunny 4-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8
Daffy Duck 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 3 4 4
Taz Devil 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Bench
Sylvester 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Wile E. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Porky Pig 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
Elmer Fudd 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Pepé Le Pew 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Foghorn 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Tweety Bird 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S. Podolak 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Bill Murray 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 39-39 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 0 15 78 56

Monstars
Starters FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS PTS BY DUNK
Pound (Barkley) 16-16 5-5 0-0 0 0 6 0 1 37 37
Bang (Johnson) 3-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 6 6
Nawt (Bogues) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 6 4 0 0 0 0
Bupkus (Ewing) 15-16 4-4 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 34 34
Blanko (Bradley) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34-35 9-9 0-0 0 6 14 0 1 77 77

A few things worth noting:

• Tunes scored 132 points per 100 possessions. The Monstars scored 154. That's obviously impossible, since the team with the higher offensive efficiency is pretty much by definition the team that wins the game. The issue is selection bias — we see more successful Monstars' possessions in the movie. The other issue is that the movie doesn't make any sense.

• Jordan's usage rate is 44 percent, meaning he used 44 percent of his team's possessions. For comparison's sake, the NBA single-season record is Kobe's 39 percent in 2006. MJ is second at 38 percent. There were plenty of games in which Jordan actually exceeded that 44 percent usage rate. In Game 6 of the 1998 Finals, for instance, he checked in at 55 percent. This is probably the second-most realistic part of the movie.

• Both teams shot an extraordinary percentage from the field, due in large part to the vast majority of field goals scored by dunk. In fact, only one field goal was missed during the action in the film — Bupkus was thwarted by the initiative of one Wile E. Coyote and his timely detonation of a small cache of explosives strategically placed around the hoop.

• Michael Jordan and Stan Podolak were the only two players to record a non-dunk field goal attempt, Podolak's coming after being dog-piled and smashed to the ground by the Monstar team. The ball squirted out and found its way into the hoop; inexplicably, he did not draw a foul.

• No rebounds were recorded in the game by either team, a testament to the high levels of offensive efficiency on both sides.

• Marvin the Martian exhibited little control over the proceedings, whistling no personal fouls on either team. It's unclear whether his extraterrestrial origins biased him in favor of the alien visitors, looking the other way as the Tunes players were flattened, stomped, and dismembered, but the non-calls appeared to even out in the end (viz., dynamite).

• Bill Murray, Club Trillion member.

• Blanko, the Shawn Bradley Monstar, failed to register a single stat throughout the course of the game. Even in a world where Elmer Fudd has a 40-inch vertical, Bradley's "talent" can't muster even a shot attempt. This is the most realistic aspect of the movie.

LetsGoMavs · 04-08-2011, 08:53 PM

I usually don't like Simmons a lot, but i thought this was a pretty good read...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...8&sportCat=nba

(...)

FATALLY FLAWED
10. Dallas Mavericks
If players were forced to argue their own MVP cases, here's what I would write for Dirk to say (add your own German hip-hop accent):

"Um, have you ever watched us? We were playing three-on-five offensively in crunch-time when Caron Butler was healthy. In every close game, we run every play for me. No, really. Watch us some time. According to 82games.com, I'm the league's best clutch scorer: in crunch-time, I make 49.5 percent of my field goals, get to the line more than anyone else and make 89 percent of my free throws. I have chunks of Kobe's crunch-time prowess in my stool. And that's playing with Tyson Chandler and Shawn Marion (who couldn't create shots for themselves if they were posting up Yi Jianlian's old chair from the 2007 draft) and Jason Kidd, who's only been decomposing since the All-Star Break. When I got injured in December, we went 2-8 while I was out, then 1-2 as I eased my way back into shape. We're 50-15 when I'm healthy even though Jason Terry is my second-best teammate -- he'd be the fifth-best Bull, fifth-best Celtic, sixth-best Laker and the fifth-best Blazer (a team that we're playing in Round 1).

"I thought for sure we'd make a deadline deal to help me. We didn't have much to trade because everyone on our team is between two and 12 years past his prime except Roddy Beaubois. Our front office decided Roddy was untradeable, which sounded good on paper when he was injured, but then he came back and started playing, and now it's just plain awkward. So far he's looked like either a poor man's Tony Parker or a homeless man's Tony Parker. The Dallas employee who decided Roddy was untradeable must have been the same guy who guaranteed those 1,400 temporary seats would be done for Super Bowl XLV. To be honest, I have no idea how we ended up with a 3-seed. We're going to lose in Round 1 or Round 2. Crap. Anyway, um ... vote for Dirk for MVP!"

(...)

PS:
I wasn't a hundred percent sure where to post this, so i kinda reactivated this thread. (So feel free to move or delete this post @mods)

Kante · 04-21-2011, 11:18 AM

Rockets to interview Casey: http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba...ory?id=6402661

Kidd Karma · 04-21-2011, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Kante

Rockets to interview Casey: http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba...ory?id=6402661

Wonder if Grugurich would want to replace Casey.

j0Shi · 04-21-2011, 11:34 AM

mhm ...

BGMaverick9 · 04-21-2011, 04:47 PM

At least Dirk made the list

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vau...4597/index.htm

Budapest Maverick · 04-25-2011, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by BGMaverick9

At least Dirk made the list

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vau...4597/index.htm

Well, yeah, most players would make horrible coaches.

Also, you can't beat a myth, that has been build up carefully for years. Ignorance will always prevail.

bobbyfg7 · 04-27-2011, 03:17 PM

Wasn't sure where to put this but I had a minature stroke when I read it:

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Shams (Portland)
Could the answer for Portland be not putting ridiculous lineups in? Nate ended the game half way through the second when he put in Aldridge with all small players. That is why the Blazers got killed on the boards. He played Roy way to long - he couldn't defend and he killed the offence. Also Nate tried Camby and Johnson for a few minutes and it was great but never went back to it. Thanks - trying to find hope.

John Hollinger (4:09 PM)
They basically have eight usable players. Nine with Johnson. So there aren't a ton of combinations available. After what happened in Game 4, he had to give Roy some run, and I don't think a Camby-Johnson combo can work for long unless they give out bonus points for a low body-mass index. And as for Aldridge and the smalls -- that's been Portland's most effective look all season. The Blazers' problem isn't coaching, it's that the other team is better than they are.

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/chat...john-hollinger

mavs777 · 04-27-2011, 03:34 PM

yikes from hollinger of all people

j0Shi · 04-21-2011, 06:32 PM

That's truly an elite list

From the 16 players among Playoff Teams that scored at least 90 points in the Clutch this season, Kobe ranks 14th in Field Goal Percentage at 39.84%

Durant: 41.04% (10th)
Wade: 40.00% (13th)
Allen: 37.50% (16th)
Dirk: 46.67% (4th)

Top 3:
West 49.40%
Terry 50.00%
Stoudemire 50.00%

j0Shi · 04-25-2011, 05:16 PM

http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/maver...rence-for-mavs

Basically came to the same conclusion here.

As MacMahon stated it's "odd." Mavs are 2-0 in this series with Terry only taking 1 shot in the 4th. And they are 0-2 with him taking 9 combined shots in the 4th. Sounds rude, but if Terry takes away shots from other players in the playoffs (mainly Dirk) Mavs likely won't win ...