Dallas Mavericks 2008/2009 thread.

[thekavorka]

still not really thrilled. i mean, we came back though a bunch of 3s. i'd rather have lost by trying to attack.


like in the lakers game, when the lakers made that huge run at the end of the 3rd, the team just kept jacking up jump shots. so frustrating. while other teams consistently get layups and dunks in the half court offense.

basically, we're still screwed if the team doesn't get fast break points. i see no resemblance of a half court offense. that's part of the reason why the 4th quarter is so bad. the team gets tired, can't run, and the offense bogs down.

 

[alby]

have won 7 out of 8 now. Go Mavs

 

[thekavorka]

and it pretty much coincided with stackhouse and howard not playing


Realistically, we have no shot to win anything this year. I think we should keep Stackhouse anyway since I think his contract ends this year.

As for Howard, I've been wanting to trade him for like a year. unfortunately, his trade value is a lot lower since the beginning of last year.

 

[Mavs Man]

and it pretty much coincided with stackhouse and howard not playing


Realistically, we have no shot to win anything this year. I think we should keep Stackhouse anyway since I think his contract ends this year.

As for Howard, I've been wanting to trade him for like a year. unfortunately, his trade value is a lot lower since the beginning of last year.

Your comment about Stackhouse got me to thinking about the current cap situation. We are currently committed to $93M, which is around $35M over the salary cap (currently $58.68M).

Next year let's say we let Kidd and Stack go. That drops our 2009-10 committed salary number to $66.7M, but that number will go up since Brandon Bass will be a free agent after this year (if we don't use him as trade bait he for sure is re-signed) and Gerald Green is on a one year deal. So that number could easily be $70M. And even with those two added that would put the roster at 11, so we'd have to pay 4 other guys at the minimum which would put the number at around $73-75M. The salary cap won't go over $60-62M next year, so we're still a good ways over the cap next year, at least.

In the 2010-2011 season we are committed to only Terry and Diop for $17M. Dirk has an early termination option, so he could opt out along with the other ballyhooed free agents (though will certainly not command as much attention as LeBron, Wade, Bosh, Amare), Damp's salary is not guaranteed, and we have an option on Josh Howard's contract. This should give us about $40M to work with, except I don't know who would come to this team with a 33/34 year old Jason Terry and an old, old Erick Dampier, and nothing else. We could bring back Dirk but he'll be around 34 that year also.

Plus, next year's draft pick is unprotected so we have to hope that we can stay above water without Kidd next year, or somehow convince him to take a one year deal to stay in Dallas, and then let him go after next year.

 

[Mavs Man]

Also, I may have to take back what I said a few months ago about JJ Barea. I like what I've seen from him in this recent run.

 

[thekavorka]

Your comment about Stackhouse got me to thinking about the current cap situation. We are currently committed to $93M, which is around $35M over the salary cap (currently $58.68M).

Next year let's say we let Kidd and Stack go. That drops our 2009-10 committed salary number to $66.7M, but that number will go up since Brandon Bass will be a free agent after this year (if we don't use him as trade bait he for sure is re-signed) and Gerald Green is on a one year deal. So that number could easily be $70M. And even with those two added that would put the roster at 11, so we'd have to pay 4 other guys at the minimum which would put the number at around $73-75M. The salary cap won't go over $60-62M next year, so we're still a good ways over the cap next year, at least.

In the 2010-2011 season we are committed to only Terry and Diop for $17M. Dirk has an early termination option, so he could opt out along with the other ballyhooed free agents (though will certainly not command as much attention as LeBron, Wade, Bosh, Amare), Damp's salary is not guaranteed, and we have an option on Josh Howard's contract. This should give us about $40M to work with, except I don't know who would come to this team with a 33/34 year old Jason Terry and an old, old Erick Dampier, and nothing else. We could bring back Dirk but he'll be around 34 that year also.

Plus, next year's draft pick is unprotected so we have to hope that we can stay above water without Kidd next year, or somehow convince him to take a one year deal to stay in Dallas, and then let him go after next year.

The next couple of years are going to get REAL ugly. Even when we have cap room, I think we should just try ignore the FA market which got us in this mess in the first place. Just try to rebuild from the ground up...except we don't have any picks. Hopefully we can get a pick if we trade Josh Howard.

 

[Mavs Man]

The next couple of years are going to get REAL ugly. Even when we have cap room, I think we should just try ignore the FA market which got us in this mess in the first place. Just try to rebuild from the ground up...except we don't have any picks. Hopefully we can get a pick if we trade Josh Howard.

There's one sure way to get good draft picks in the NBA, but I'm not sure I want to re-do the 90's.

 

[thekavorka]

i think we had a lot of potential in the Three Js. damn toni braxton.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

i think we had a lot of potential in the Three Js. damn toni braxton.

She's hot in a horse-faced sort of way.

 

[Mavs Man]

Heck of a game tonight.

 

[Mavs Man]

And it ends after two overtimes. Hats off to the Spurs.

 

[Danny White]

And it ends after two overtimes. Hats off to the Spurs.

Looks like it was quite a barn-burner. Sadly, I couldn't get the game.

 

[MC KAos]

pretty good, but ginobili needs to get his head out of his ***, he isnt playing like himself

 

[Mavs Man]

pretty good, but ginobili needs to get his head out of his ***, he isnt playing like himself

Well, he has been out a while.

On a side note, I love how Duncan can get that 10 ft shot off the glass. Not as a Mavs fan of course, but as a b-ball fan. Great shot.

 

[MC KAos]

Well, he has been out a while.

On a side note, I love how Duncan can get that 10 ft shot off the glass. Not as a Mavs fan of course, but as a b-ball fan. Great shot.

ya i hope he peaks sometime in late mid to late may! and duncans bank shot is an awesome site, but i think its gotten less accurate recently, it use to be automatic, its not that anymore

 

[Mavs Man]

ya i hope he peaks sometime in late mid to late may! and duncans bank shot is an awesome site, but i think its gotten less accurate recently, it use to be automatic, its not that anymore

Ah, I suppose it has. But you don't see that many shoot it anymore.

 

[SpursFanFoLife]

Great game last night! JJ Barea can ball...he's going to be a pest if we meet in the playoffs.

 

[MC KAos]

Great game last night! JJ Barea can ball...he's going to be a pest if we meet in the playoffs.

lol i thought jason kidd had grown his hair out when i saw the highlights

 

[Mavs Man]

Great game last night! JJ Barea can ball...he's going to be a pest if we meet in the playoffs.

I like what he's giving us right now. But that 3 guard lineup is not going to cut it against the Spurs in a 7 game series.

It was fun having to see Bowen guard JJB.