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Pregame idle chatter

Am I going to feel bad for having back to back diaries on the list?  Naaaah.  I posted my last one yesterday.  If I'm only doing one a day I'm a fan, not compulsive, right?

So apparently Tony Parker tweaked an ankle.  If I were Devin Harris, I'd be cursing under my breath about that.  When they play, their minutes are probably going to be linked pretty tightly.  Less Parker means more Manu, and therefore more Buckner.  Unless AJs seriously committed to playing JET at off guard, but I think San Antonio will torch him if they try that.  Manu and Finley are both just a little too bignstrong to run Terry against.  Finley's got a nice little postup game when he wants it, and even if he is 33, I think he could run it in iso against Harris or Terry.

Also, less Parker means more Udrih, which I can deal with because I like to watch him play (as long as he's not going to have a career night on us), and it's always fun to hear announcers deal with Serbo-Croatian names.

What am I going to be looking for?  How much George plays, how Howard moves with the ball, how Harris moves without it, and where Anthony Johnson and Gregg Buckner are going to fit in.

Lets go Mavs!

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