Saturday Regroup Links

by Wes Cox on Dec 20, 2008 10:41 AM CST in News

Sefko and Caplan have their game recaps, and we all know what they focus on.

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Sefko with a short article on 'the trade'.

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And Hubbard writes about Kidd's return to New Jersey.

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Chants of 'Thank You Cuban' in New Jersey last night. Shoot me in the face.

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Kidd started the game defending Harris. When Kidd went out, Dallas switched to a zone. When Kidd came back in, they went back to man-to-man. That strategy didn't go to well, so Jason Terry started the second half and was assigned to defend Harris. That lasted about three minutes before Dallas went back to zone for almost the rest of the game. Nothing worked, and while Harris was fantastic, the defense... God, it really was just awful.

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Derek Harper offered up this expert analysis during halftime, "This team is better off when they're making shots."

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Mike Fisher lets his opinion be known on Avery's Devin Harris love fest.

"But as time went on, I started to ease up on him.’’

"I love him.’’

"And I'm proud of him.’’

It really is a heartwarming story. Avery gave so much of himself to Devin Harris that there’s barely enough "I’’ left to go around.

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you guys may think im crazy

but i agree with derek harper…

by zkmavz on Dec 20, 2008 12:13 PM CST reply actions

I'm not so sure

I’ll try and do some research and see if the numbers back it up. Could be groundbreaking if true.

www.mavsmoneyball.com

by Wes Cox on Dec 20, 2008 1:34 PM CST up reply actions

Hmm

That’s a trend? This is something only related to the mavs, or do we have teams that are better when they are not making shots? I’ll google it in a second …

by hugommorais on Dec 21, 2008 12:40 AM CST up reply actions

God I hope this is true

from Marc Stein, Weekend Dime

Mavs management, furthermore, sees quite clearly now that a group it felt needed a significant shakeup 10 months ago still needs at least one more quality newcomer via trade— preferably a scoring threat at either shooting guard or center — to nudge Dallas back into the West’s elite.
That’s the move, according to NBA front office sources, that Dallas is chasing hard now.

by ptrck on Dec 20, 2008 1:04 PM CST reply actions

except we have no one worth trading for

and trading howard for a scoring sg/c would be a lateral move

by Beasticon on Dec 20, 2008 1:54 PM CST up reply actions

From Sefko's article

There was no chance for him to create in the offense and utilize his skills playing for Avery Johnson.

Then they should have fired Avery before going for the trade. Harris slashing and Dirk waiting for kick outs would be a very efficient offense. And defensively Harris was always capable.

by Norsktroll on Dec 20, 2008 3:21 PM CST reply actions

the mavs needed to get rid

of EITHER avery or harris… yet somehow donnie nelson got rid of both… idiot

as norsktroll said… aver should have been fired midseason if all of this was known… this is all on donnie nelson… hes just been awful these past couple of years…

by zkmavz on Dec 20, 2008 3:55 PM CST reply actions