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Originally Posted by The Miz
hahahaha fuck you lakers.
bcwwf, nash will be on dallas next year. see dallas could've been a favorite to win the championship this year if they would've gone out and gotten defense instead of shitty players like antoine walker. the thing that hurt them most was lack of defense and leadership, which is provided by 3 words: nick van exel. i don't think dallas realized how important he was, other than maybe bobby jackson he's the most valuable back-up PG in the league. no way he was worth jamison. not that jamison's a bad player but more offense off the bench isn't what dallas needed. what dallas needs to do is keep the core of the team (nash, finley, and dirk) and the 2 rookies and go out and get a real center and some defense and get rid of players like walker, jamison, and bradley.
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Nick Van Exel did give them leadership, but not defense. The moment I found out he was traded, I immediately wrote Dallas off. They would have been the first team to blow a 3-0 lead and lose the series if it weren't for Van Exel. They wouldn't have beaten a Webber-less Kings without Nick Van Exel. Antawn Jamison shouldn't have won Sixth Man of the Year. A sixth man that makes as much as your superstar is making me wonder if Mark Cuban is in over his head when it comes to owning an NBA team. Look at the Kings. They got better by trading for better players, not by trading your mentally toughest player for Antawn Jamison. I thought getting rid of Raef LaFrentz was a good move, but Walker is a terrible 3-point shooter and he shoots it too much. Hell, LaFrentz is a better 3-point shooter. He was just a defensive liability, though. They have to somehow get Nick back while he is open to returning there , get rid of Jamison and Walker for someone or two players not named Scott Williams who can play defense and re-sign Steve Nash, which can only be done be getting rid of Jamison and/or Walker. With all the bad deals they made last off-season, the Mavericks have actually taken a few steps back. How do you add two scorers when you need defense? Just plain stupid. They trade their toughest player and now their soft-asses again. And they wonder why they aren't taken seriously as championship contenders. Hell, Minnesota has taken their spot as one of the elite teams in the league.