recks wrote:omg Zan, we have another person who knows about Basketball! Rejoice!
recks wrote:Vonkaar... aren't you pissed that the Mavs traded their future in PGs for a washed up wife beater like Kidd? On top of that, they traded away there ONLY inside presence in Diop? ( although I'm sure they will make a run at him this off season). Firing Avery was complete BS. Mark Cuban fucked up big time (love the guy, refreshing change in ownership approach) but at least he might have the sense to put a coach in that will kick their asses... oh no wait... he hired Rick Carlisle...n/m.
Well, I was always on Kidd's side with the whole wife-beating thing... and if you recall, when it was all said and done, it turned out that HE was the victim there no the wife... she was the 'abuser' and he just put up with it for far too long. I'm a big fan of his and I think he's got a lot left, I just don't think Avery knew how to coach him.
IF he still has some greatness in his tank, Carlisle will be a much better coach FOR HIM. Don't take that to mean I think Rick is the better coach, but he IS a solid choice and has experience coaching a star 'high basketball IQ' point-guard like JKidd.
We just got Diop back, and signed Gerald Green. I really liked Gerald Green and thought it was crazy that the whole league valued him so little. He finishes r
haha... as I'm typing this, my goggle talk flashes up with an email, "Mavs dancer auditions" rofl
anyway... Green finishes really strong and might be the interior sparkplug that we need. I just hope he gets the playing time to develop... we seem to have a habit of getting young talent and then making them ride the bench while we pour playing-time on washed out has(or never was)-beens: Antoine Walker, Eddie Jones, Doug Christie, Juwon Howard (many, many more).
Avery didn't want to be here and the players didn't want to be coached by him anymore... it was a good decision. I was Avery's biggest fan... I'm one of Don Nelson's biggest fans... but in both cases, the coaches wanted to leave and the players agreed with the change. Avery Johnson will have an amazing career. He broke every 'new coach' record there is and I see him doing more of the same at the next team he goes to.
Mark Jackson said this a couple weeks ago - any team with Dirk Nowitzki on it will make the playoffs. I completely agree with that. Dirk is too much of a competitor and he is too talented to keep down. Elton Brand, Tracy McGrady, Carmelo Anthony and Al Jefferson are all amazing players, but they aren't Dirk. Sorry. And they each have about as much talent on their teams(or less) as the Mavs. In the west, it's Kobe, Duncan, Paul, Nash and Dirk... and Utah has the 'whole package' and dirty coach to bring them into the mix.
Yao is a soft weenie. The future of the 5 in this league belongs to Dwight Howard.
As for the Mavs future... I think it all depends on Howard getting back the fire he had 2 years ago. He complimented Dirk offensively and he played hard on defense. We haven't seen that in a while.
Also, I've lost interest in the Raptors so