02-01-2009, 09:06 PM
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It is attributable to the trade, that or the collective aging of the Mavericks... but I wouldn't put too much weight into that one. That's the only major move we made between our 67 win team and what we have now. I don't care what the argument is, blowing up a 67 win team has to be one of the worst moves of the decade. No other team improved so drastically we had to blow up anything (except the Lakers, but that's still a knee jerk we didn't even see how we matched up against them before the trade).
The roster was fine, it got us to the finals and depending on how you feel about the issue, it could have easily won us the finals... not to mention the simple bad luck of running into one of the few teams we actually had a losing record against in the first round of the playoffs the following year. The only thing that needed to change was the coaching, and that's why I wouldn't blame a single Mavs fan for eternally hating Avery.
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The league IMO is much more difficult now than it was in 06-07. Great players are no longer dispersed amongst mediocre rosters as much as was the case back then. Dwight Howard Lebron James Chris Paul and Brandon Roy have emerged, Garnett/Pierce/Allen are no longer on bad teams but are the makeup of an elite team, Kobe Bryant finally has a roster, the Spurs are the same, the Suns/Pistons have regressed.... but overall, I think the talent level of the NBA has picked up in the past few years, our roster hasn't experienced DRASTIC change, the NBA seems to have caught up with us. One more thing, as great as Dirk is this year, he is no longer in his "absolute prime". 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 were Dirk's best years IMO.
I think the 05-06 and 06-07 Mavs team would not be as good as today's Cavs, today's Celtics, and today's Lakers.
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02-02-2009, 02:31 AM
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The league IMO is much more difficult now than it was in 06-07. Great players are no longer dispersed amongst mediocre rosters as much as was the case back then. Dwight Howard Lebron James Chris Paul and Brandon Roy have emerged, Garnett/Pierce/Allen are no longer on bad teams but are the makeup of an elite team, Kobe Bryant finally has a roster, the Spurs are the same, the Suns/Pistons have regressed.... but overall, I think the talent level of the NBA has picked up in the past few years, our roster hasn't experienced DRASTIC change, the NBA seems to have caught up with us. One more thing, as great as Dirk is this year, he is no longer in his "absolute prime". 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 were Dirk's best years IMO.
I think the 05-06 and 06-07 Mavs team would not be as good as today's Cavs, today's Celtics, and today's Lakers.
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I don't know man, Shaq was still dominant in 05'-06'... Dirk was, as you pointed out, still in his prime, Duncan was better, Nash had more in the engine, Lebron was still a beast, etc. I don't think the league is more talented now, I think a few teams built themselves up to our level (not surpassed) and we simply had more competition.
I don't think you change a 67 win team no matter how defeated they seemed to look around January... you fire the coach who is draining the confidence from your players in the first place. I know it wasn't so clear cut back then but in hindsight it really drives a Mavs fan crazy to think of what the team would have been like under a better coach in both the finals and GSW series.
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02-01-2009, 08:14 PM
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What was Avery's playoff record? If you're willing to claim success for the regular season record, take the bad with the playoffs.
http://www.dallasbasketball.com/full...id=862&yr=2009
DEL’S DEPARTURE: You first read about Del Harris’ semi-retirement a year ago in this space. Now know this: Del sits in a luxury suite at Mavs games and serves as a consultant to the owner in large part because Avery forcefully decided he no longer needed the once-valued guidance of the man the inexperienced coach used to refer to as “Professor.’’
That's the first thing I could find on that.
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02-01-2009, 08:16 PM
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What was Avery's playoff record? If you're willing to claim success for the regular season record, take the bad with the playoffs.
http://www.dallasbasketball.com/full...id=862&yr=2009
DEL’S DEPARTURE: You first read about Del Harris’ semi-retirement a year ago in this space. Now know this: Del sits in a luxury suite at Mavs games and serves as a consultant to the owner in large part because Avery forcefully decided he no longer needed the once-valued guidance of the man the inexperienced coach used to refer to as “Professor.’’
That's the first thing I could find on that.
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How about take the bad with the bad with Carlisle: http://www.basketball-reference.com/...arliri01c.html
Dont tell me you call that a source article?
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02-01-2009, 08:18 PM
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I didn't claim Carlisle to be a messiah. But you failed to mentioned Avery's playoff record, I have no problem with you putting Carlisle's record up there. You have to take all the records into account for Avery, playoffs included.
You wanted a link, I gave you one...I'm sure there is more out there.
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02-01-2009, 08:23 PM
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I didn't claim Carlisle to be a messiah. But you failed to mentioned Avery's playoff record, I have no problem with you putting Carlisle's record up there. You have to take all the records into account for Avery, playoffs included.
You wanted a link, I gave you one...I'm sure there is more out there.
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No, you claimed Carlisle was a better coach. See how you change your tune when I counter your post by posting Carlisle playoff record as well that is once again worse than Avery. As we see, Avery has a much better regular season record, and one of the best regular records in the NBA history as Carlisle barely has a .500 regular season record and under .500 playoff record. It is not even close in that Avery is a better coach than Carlisle. Thats the whole point I am making on this with you.
As far as link, that was not a source to show that Avery did not want to listen to Harris. Unless Harris or Avery said it, then there is no proof, just like when I hear the rumor mill about something, and some posters here discount it because it did not come from the direct source. I apply that same thing to your link and source.
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02-01-2009, 08:29 PM
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Is Rick Carlisle really a good fit?
2:33 PM Sat, May 03, 2008
Tim MacMahon
Dirk wants a coach who will "open up the offense a lot more, run."
Rick Carlisle is the front-runner to replace Avery Johnson.
I'm now sure how exactly those two facts are related. Carlisle has been a successful head coach -- two 50-win seasons before a surprising firing in Detroit and 61 wins the next year in Indiana -- but his teams have never been elite offensively.
Basketball-reference.com has an offensive rating system. Carlisle's best team, the 2003-04 Pacers, ranked ninth. His last three Pacers teams ranked in the bottom third of the league, with the '06-07 Indiana squad at dead last.
Carlisle is an outstanding defensive coach. But is he the guy who can get the best out of Dirk and Jason Kidd? The evidence suggests otherwise.
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Should I give you more evidence that Carlisle is NOT a better coach than Avery? Even after everyone not liking Avery on offense, we can go to many stats to show the Mavs offense was very efficient all the years under Avery. We cant say anything remote about Carlisle, and he was suppose to be the offensive savior for the Mavs?
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02-01-2009, 09:01 PM
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Another great Carlisle Article: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...llas-mavericks
Rick Carlisle is the wrong man for the Dallas Mavericks if they want to build for the future.
During his head coaching tenure in Detroit and Indiana, he took both up and coming teams to the conference finals. He even led Indy to the best record in the NBA once.
But he was tossed out the door in both stops. Once, so Larry Brown could win a title with Detroit, and second, so Indiana could move past the brawl with the Pistons.
So, he's presided over a team that couldn't get to the finals until he moved on, while he coached another that was a train wreck with a bunch of headcases.
So what does he have in Dallas?
A team not good enough to get to the Finals? Check.
A team full of headcases? Check.
So is Carlisle any better than Avery Johnson?
Probably not, but he's different, which is why he just might work out.
Rick Carlisle's coaching resume has some eery similarities to Avery Johnson's. With the "good but not good enough" teams, to the players seeming to tune him out at the end.
Fans of the Pacers and the Mavericks both watched t eams quit on these two coaches at the end of their tenures with the teams.
However, in Carlisle's defense (and Avery's for that matter), in his first two years with his teams, he took them to the upper echelon of the NBA.
Rick Carlisle can turn a team around.
That being said, I didn't want Rick Carlisle.
Right now, I think the team is really behind the eight ball with their personnel: Josh Howard is a mess and has little trade value right now. Jason Kidd is another mess with an expiring contract. Jason Terry is doing well but has a bad contract.
Erick Dampier (nevermind), and the role players are all unsigned.
Dirk Nowitzki and Brandon Bass are really the only contributors who are playing at or above the level of their contracts.
The Mavericks also have no first round pick in two of the next three years.
So how will the Carlisle experiment work out?
Probably better than I actually want it to.
Dirk Nowitzki, who spent an hour talking to Carlisle about post play in his interview (what the heck?), will probably gain a little new life being barked at by someone else.
Maybe Josh Howard will benefit from a coach who is thankful that he's not Stephen Jackson or Ron Artest, and start to play like an All-Star again.
Maybe Jason Kidd will benefit from being away from the "Little General".
Maybe Mark Cuban can get creative with the salary cap and get an athletic swingman in Dallas.
Maybe this will work, at least for next year.
Maybe the Mavericks will get back to the Conference Finals.
Then, these same guys (minus Jason Kidd most likely) will tire of Rick Carlisle, and Dirk will call Mark Cuban to find someone who fits his style more again.
The Mavericks will dump Carlisle, and start building for the future with a then 32- year-old, Nowitzki, and without a first round pick.
Then, I think Mark Cuban will finally choose the coach we all wanted this year: Donnie Nelson. Yep, you got it, another Nellie coaching the Mavs.
Maybe then Cuban won't trade Dirk to the Suns because he's getting too old.
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02-01-2009, 09:05 PM
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That was a dumb article. Dampier is unsigned? What the hell?
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02-01-2009, 11:04 PM
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That was a dumb article. Dampier is unsigned? What the hell?
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Ninety percent of the stuff on Bleacher Report is absolutely inane, which is the downfall of any site that allows fan journalism. I wouldn't be surprised if Silk himself wrote that article (well, if not for the fact that it's actually somewhat readable in a formalistic sense).
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02-01-2009, 11:14 PM
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Ninety percent of the stuff on Bleacher Report is absolutely inane, which is the downfall of any site that allows fan journalism. I wouldn't be surprised if Silk himself wrote that article (well, if not for the fact that it's actually somewhat readable in a formalistic sense).
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I have to admit, you were a wasted sperm. Every time your Mr.KnowItAll self speak, it reminds me to "Never argue with an idiot. They pull you down to their level, then beat you with experience".
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02-01-2009, 09:05 PM
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Maybe RC being RC is enough for him to be the "savior"? RC doing a 180 in terms of play-calling -AND- deferring to his players in the process is a world away from our recollections of Avery.
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Full-Frontal Avery
A Naked Truth About Teams' Disinterest
Mike Fisher -- DB.com
May 17 2008
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We were long ago tipped to one of the reasons Kerr might have that view of Avery as a coach non grata: Steve Nash has a voice in that organization, just as Dirk Nowitzki has a voice in Dallas. Nash and Nowitzki are best friends who listen to each others’ voices. So when Nash is pitching in by doing his due diligence on coaching candidates, and he calls Dirk to find out what went down in Dallas. … well, you get the picture.
And then there are X’s-and-O’s issues, and matters of “fit.’’
But there might be another reason.
According to the lore (and it seems most people inside the NBA know it, and chuckle about it), the year was 2000. Avery Johnson was a season removed from his finest moment, hitting that game-winning shot to help the Robinson/Duncan Spurs to a title. He will always get credit for being a vocal and inspirational leader of that team, but. …
“This is MY team! This is MY team!’’ Avery squawked as he marched through the visitors’ locker room in Cleveland wearing nothing but a towel and too much pride. “This is MY team!’’
He wasn’t really saying it to anyone. No one was really listening. It was, maybe, like Denzel Washington’s crooked cop at the end of “Training Day,’’ a defeated Alonzo Harris theatrically howling at the neighborhood that had finally endured enough of his sociopathic bullying.
Some would argue that Avery was simply flexing a familiar muscle, that using his emotion and his voice in that manner was commonplace and acceptable – certainly acceptable to coach Gregg Popovich, who’d anointed Avery as the admittedly effective surrogate eyes and ears (and mouth) of his roster.
Others say Avery kind of snapped, maybe responding to the realization that making that shot in the NBA Finals game was his pinnacle as a player, and that there was no place to go but down.
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Whatever the motivation, a certain group – and by that we mean most of the Spurs players in that locker room that night in Cleveland not named David Robinson – had grown tired of Avery’s chest-thumping, ghetto-preaching, ego-pumping pin-and-needling, “This-Is-MY-Team’’ing form of leadership.
Next thing you know, Malik Rose dogpiled Avery Johnson. They fought. In the locker room. Naked.
Avery was fighting to represent himself. Malik pretty much represented everybody else.
“ At the end, they all wanted him out of there,’’ says one NBA lifer who counts himself as a friend of Avery’s. “ He grated on them. Bad. It was a matter of time before somebody finally shut him up.’’
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02-01-2009, 09:11 PM
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he should!
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02-01-2009, 09:42 PM
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This, plus the locker room spark from DA, gave us a couple really quality wins!
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02-01-2009, 10:48 PM
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I have to admit that I was a bit surprised Carlisle was calling 70-80% of the plays.
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02-01-2009, 11:16 PM
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I have to admit that I was a bit surprised Carlisle was calling 70-80% of the plays.
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Come on now, his track record dictates this was going to be the case. He said all the right things to Dirk and Cuban and came in and was the same micro-manager and horrible offensive guy he has been in the past. His offense was ranked last in the NBA the last season he coached. No surprises here, except people will go crazy and make him Mr.Savior now that he has dropped those duties to Kidd, so Kidd can take the rap if it does not work.
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02-01-2009, 11:16 PM
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I'm not going to change my tune because I don't need to totally base my argument over statistics/records. Nothing was suggested from anyone that Avery would change based on what happened in the end for him. It was HIS "system." It was his full-proof system and it was his way or the highway. Avery can clearly change but I really doubt that it would've happened here. He lost pretty much everyone in the lockeroom and that will signal your end. Success went to his head and he never really grew from it.
Carlisle does have a similar style to Avery but with a big difference, adaptability. He recognized he was coaching better talent than he was in Indiana and he needed to change his style. His style hasn't really worked, so what is he doing? He is changing it and giving Kidd more control. He said from the word go that Kidd was still a good PG and can run the team from the floor. The only gripe I can see on that is that it took too long to switch...but at least he made the switch.
I remember an article in the DMN where Wright was talking in the preseason on how Carlisle really was getting in Wright's ear about what he needed to do and what he could bring to the roster. He mentioned that the attention and care was nice and that he really didn't get that from Avery. It's just another example of how Carlisle is different.
How is having an assistant take control of the defensive aspect of the team and giving your PG more control micromanagement? Avery wanted every title he could possibly have, including the team shrink.
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02-01-2009, 11:22 PM
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I'm not going to change my tune because I don't need to totally base my argument over statistics/records. Nothing was suggested from anyone that Avery would change based on what happened in the end for him. It was HIS "system." It was his full-proof system and it was his way or the highway. Avery can clearly change but I really doubt that it would've happened here. He lost pretty much everyone in the lockeroom and that will signal your end. Success went to his head and he never really grew from it.
Carlisle does have a similar style to Avery but with a big difference, adaptability. He recognized he was coaching better talent than he was in Indiana and he needed to change his style. His style hasn't really worked, so what is he doing? He is changing it and giving Kidd more control. He said from the word go that Kidd was still a good PG and can run the team from the floor. The only gripe I can see on that is that it took too long to switch...but at least he made the switch.
I remember an article in the DMN where Wright was talking in the preseason on how Carlisle really was getting in Wright's ear about what he needed to do and what he could bring to the roster. He mentioned that the attention and care was nice and that he really didn't get that from Avery. It's just another example of how Carlisle is different.
How is having an assistant take control of the defensive aspect of the team and giving your PG more control micromanagement? Avery wanted every title he could possibly have, including the team shrink.
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I cant argue with the success of Avery, so I dont see how you could as well. The fact that we lost in the playoffs is not an indictment on Avery at the least. I too think Avery early success had alot to do with his insistence on not changing, but I do think the last two seasons would have had him soul-searching this off-season with a full training camp with Kidd. I think Avery did not fully support giving over his system to Kidd in the mid-season, so he stuck to what was working. I think over the summer, Avery would see that Kidd could run the system and gave him the freedom he deserves.
To me, the fact that Carlisle lied to get the Mavs job, showed me how bad Carlisle was in the past. He talked all the good stuff to get the job, had all summer to open things up with the offense, then choose to call 80% of the plays for the team. I think that was horrible.
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02-01-2009, 11:19 PM
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Clearly, Carlisle is just looking for a scapegoat. He couldn't be trying to win more often, or anything like that.
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02-01-2009, 11:24 PM
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My question is, why wasn't this done much sooner... like, the beginning of the season for instance? Kidd is one of the great floor generals of all time. You'd figure he'd receive these duties far earlier than the end of January.
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The Magic game tomorrow will be the true test of this theory. In my opinion, this is an important game.
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02-01-2009, 11:45 PM
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The Magic game tomorrow will be the true test of this theory. In my opinion, this is an important game.
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The Magic are really good. I'm not expecting to win this one. But I would love it if we can at least really compete, instead of pulling what we did @ Boston.
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02-01-2009, 11:56 PM
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The Magic are really good. I'm not expecting to win this one. But I would love it if we can at least really compete, instead of pulling what we did @ Boston.
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I'm interested too, I guess it surprised me when I looked at the fact Orlando keeps teams to a low scoring average. I thought it was just that their offense keeps them in the games. I figured it was going to be more on defense more than the offense b/c Orlando has a ton of shooters and Damp needs to muscle up on Howard and not be scared.
I think the chances are pretty good as long as Dirk doesn't have a clunker game like Boston, he makes things go so if he's rolling...we've got a shot.
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02-01-2009, 11:34 PM
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So if Avery is allowed to soul search and figure out Kidd can run the system...Carlisle isn't allowed to like he is doing now?
Maybe Carlisle did let Kidd go to start the year and we went what...2-7? That would make you wonder if the plan was working or not. There were natural growing pains that were going to happen and tinkering. There was that, a constant flux of the rotation (injury and tinkering), and getting used to the players, he wanted to put the imprint on things. All that change was occurring but it still needed to be done the way he saw fit. He needed to see what worked best for people and adapt from there. Now there is a pretty steady starting lineup, everyone might be getting comfortable, now it's time to let things loose. Everyone has a good idea of the plays and ideas, now Kidd can put his touch on it.
Avery said all kinds of great things in the Kidd arrival presser and how he is a QB on the court and that we needed it greatly. I'll never forget that and then the game vs the Spurs in SA where it was a crucial possession to end the game and Kidd wasn't even out on the floor. That probably set a major Kabosh on Avery right there. I know most of the regulars on here will remember that example.
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02-01-2009, 11:37 PM
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This is from David Moore today. If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck and has an ego like a duck...good chance it's a duck.
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Dirk's mentor returns: The man who helped develop Nowitzki's game has joined the Mavericks on this road trip.
Holger Geschwindner, Nowitzki's long-time friend and coach, is with the team and plans to stay for several weeks. These pilgrimages have been part of Geschwindner's routine since Nowitzki entered the NBA, but he didn't spend time with the Mavericks last season because former coach Avery Johnson found his presence too intrusive.
That's not an issue for coach Rick Carlisle.
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This is from David Moore today. If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck and has an ego like a duck...good chance it's a duck.
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Did you also hear the part about how that same guy bashed Avery over there in Germany, then expected Avery to have open arms for him near the team?
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Did you also hear the part about how that same guy bashed Avery over there in Germany, then expected Avery to have open arms for him near the team?
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Yup...I did...sounds like avery's got pretty thin skin....when his star players mentor isn't welcome.
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Yup...I did...sounds like avery's got pretty thin skin....when his star players mentor isn't welcome.
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I dont blame Avery for that, because that guy does not even work in the NBA, so there is no reason give him special treatment, when he says things like that in the press that separates you from your star player. That was uncalled for and very damaging to a coach ego, and especially a guy like Avery .
That same coach gave Dirk that advice, when Dirk quit the team the summer after Avery took over and the Mavs did not know Dirk was coming back til about two weeks before training camp. Do you remember that?
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So if Avery is allowed to soul search and figure out Kidd can run the system...Carlisle isn't allowed to like he is doing now?
Maybe Carlisle did let Kidd go to start the year and we went what...2-7? That would make you wonder if the plan was working or not. There were natural growing pains that were going to happen and tinkering. There was that, a constant flux of the rotation (injury and tinkering), and getting used to the players, he wanted to put the imprint on things. All that change was occurring but it still needed to be done the way he saw fit. He needed to see what worked best for people and adapt from there. Now there is a pretty steady starting lineup, everyone might be getting comfortable, now it's time to let things loose. Everyone has a good idea of the plays and ideas, now Kidd can put his touch on it.
Avery said all kinds of great things in the Kidd arrival presser and how he is a QB on the court and that we needed it greatly. I'll never forget that and then the game vs the Spurs in SA where it was a crucial possession to end the game and Kidd wasn't even out on the floor. That probably set a major Kabosh on Avery right there. I know most of the regulars on here will remember that example.
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See, you just want to twist the story. Why is it that you want to give Carlisle all the benefit of doubt on everything. Now, you are saying it was Kidd fault we were 2-7? Many sources have reported from many players that Carlisle calls most of the plays on the floor. So, when we were 2-7, then that means Carlisle was calling most of the plays then as well.
Avery said all the right things about Kidd, which is true, but did he say he was going to give him the keys to his toy? Nope. But, I do think Avery would have let Kidd have the freedom after an off-season together.
Since you want to bring up the SA game, then tell me why Kidd has a losing record with the Mavs against teams over .500?
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02-01-2009, 11:46 PM
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^^Wow...
/argument. Carlisle > Avery
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02-02-2009, 12:29 AM
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Silk defending Avery is pretty humorous if I say so myself.
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02-02-2009, 12:43 AM
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when Dirk quit the team the summer after Avery took over and the Mavs did not know Dirk was coming back til about two weeks before training camp.
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Any link referencing this incident would be greeted with many clicks.
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02-02-2009, 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Flacolaco
Any link referencing this incident would be greeted with many clicks.
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Ask D.Lord about it, and see what he says? Or Marc Stein! Dirk was not going to play for Avery at all.
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02-02-2009, 03:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Silk Smoov
Ask D.Lord about it, and see what he says? Or Marc Stein! Dirk was not going to play for Avery at all.
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Good for dirk...since cubes/donnie weren't getting the job done, I'm glad Dirk and the rest of the team told cubes...he goes or trade us. He was fired 82+ games too late and in retrospect, he should have never been hired.
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02-02-2009, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Silk Smoov
Ask D.Lord about it, and see what he says? Or Marc Stein! Dirk was not going to play for Avery at all.
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So Dirk was just going to retire from basketball huh?
I still sometimes wonder if you're not someone doing a bit, and we've all been sucked in.
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02-02-2009, 12:48 AM
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Must have been the Mavs #1 of all times greatest cover up! j/k
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02-02-2009, 12:50 AM
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Must have been the Mavs #1 of all times greatest cover up! j/k
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It is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously.
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02-02-2009, 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Silk Smoov
It is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously.
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And what makes you the insider on this situation?
Why ask DLord or Stein...we're asking you.
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02-02-2009, 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by BGMaverick9
And what makes you the insider on this situation?
Why ask DLord or Stein...we're asking you.
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Ask your infallible sources? Clearly, you feel I am not. All I can say is to ask them to see what they say?
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02-02-2009, 01:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Silk Smoov
Ask your infallible sources? Clearly, you feel I am not. All I can say is to ask them to see what they say?
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Or I can just ask you and you're going to give me the run around like you are now....
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