Are the Mavs a better team without NASH (103.3PM)

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Originally posted by: Steve13
suns are 10 times better with nash than they were with marbury so he ovbiously improves any team he is on. That said the mavs are better this year which has more to do with the fact there is a center in place this time around who takes up space in the middle.

This is a bit of a stretch...the Suns have the exact type of talent to fit Nash's skill set, which is uptempo running and gunning...having guys on the team like Marion, Stoudemire, Johnson and Richardson gives Nash wingmen to pass to, and when he penetrates and draws defenders, it results in many easy looks for Stoudemire around the rim, and he's a great finisher.

That being said, Nash doesn't "obviously" improve *any* team he is on...the Mavs may be a better team without him...it remains to be seen at this point. I don't think he'd make the Kings a better team, either, since they don't have the athletes to run with him (although he showed with Dallas that he can effectively run a halfcourt offense --- his shooting differentiates him from Jason Kidd in that regard).

Still, your point is well made that he would improve the vast majority of NBA teams were he to be added to their roster.