Time To Rebuild

The 2010 first rounder, which at the time seemed like it would be more like a second rounder as the Mavs were always picking in the 20s, now seems like a really big mistake. You are spot on with that.

Devin was a top five pick that we got from trading Jamison, so all is not lost on the draft front. I wonder how much Bass would get for picks? Terry, Howard are just two players that could get us high round picks and perhaps more.

I personally think that Dirk’s fadeaway shot, which he makes with precision, will be effective for a long long time. I could see trading him for a killer package of players or just holding on to him, although I’d prefer keeping him.

I know nobody wants to hear it, but you can’t do that with Dirk here… Cuban won’t do that with Dirk here… It’ll always be reloading with marginal talent like we’ve seen since the Finals run… This team just flat out doesn’t have the assets to deal with in the trade market to bring in pieces that’ll take this team from fringy playoff team to legitimate contender… They don’t have the assets to do what the Celtics did 18 months ago… They don’t have the pieces to snag a Pau Gasol at the trade deadline… That’s just the reality of it… And they don’t have the cap space coming immediately available to make this team any better going into 2009… And I just question whether or not waiting and counting on winning big in a market that may or may not develop in the 2010 offseason is a good idea…

Let’s face it, half of those guys (Bron, Wade, Carmelo, etc.) will never see the free agent market. The ones that do will be in a situation where they’re looking Madison Square Gardens and New York City right in the face… And frankly, by that point, the Knicks will likely be on par with the Mavericks… You just can’t rely on building your team and improving through that market… Too many other teams are taking that approach, and most of them will be sitting empty-handed with nothing to show for it… This is already the 4th oldest team in the NBA. Waiting another year and a half to really make moves to improve this team just seems like a terrible course of action…

The only way this team can legitimately rebuild is by trading their best assets and maximizing the return on them… For me, you’ve got to trade Dirk, Josh, and whatever else you can to bring back picks, cap room, and young talent… Getting Diop’s contract off the books was a great start… But you’ve gotta work from there… That alone isn’t gonna set this thing in motion…

I feel like the way Dirk is playing basketball right now makes him a premier trade target on the open market… His value is at a peak right now because of how he’s played and carried this team this year, and he’d likely be the feature guy on the market whether it’s at the trade deadline or later this summer… But at some point, the load of carrying this franchise on his shoulders and getting nowhere is going to break Dirk. And when it does, his value bottoms out… You can see some of that starting up at times this year, where he genuinely looks exhausted, disinterested, or flat out quits like he did during the Celtics game…

I love Dirk. I wish he could stay here and win a championship in Dallas. But I just don’t see it in the cards… I don’t believe this franchise can break down and rebuild a championship contender around Dirk again while he’s truly playing at a high level… And I think if you’ve got any respect for Dirk, you’ve got to feel like he shouldn’t have to settle for the mediocrity he’s entrenched in right now… Dirk knows what he means to this organization. Everybody knows what he’s done to rejuvenate this franchise… His number will be hanging in the rafters immediately after he retires. He’ll be in the Hall of Fame as a Dallas Maverick… But I honestly feel like we owe it to him to put him in a situation where he can win that ring, whether it’s here or elsewhere… We wouldn’t be the first team to do that with the face of their franchise, and we certainly wouldn’t be the last…

I believe it was Billy Beane that said it, and I couldn’t agree more… You’re either contending for titles, or you’re rebuilding towards that goal, but you should never be in the middle… The Mavericks have settled themselves comfortably into mediocrity, and you just don’t get any better as a team or seriously build upon being where the Mavericks are right now… You’re never good enough to make a serious run, but you’re never (barring an extremely deep draft) bad enough to make yourself legitimately better with a cornerstone type player through the draft…

i wonder if Cuban and Donnie reallize yet, what its gonna take to be elite again ?

isn’t it about time to bite the bullet ?
we’ve waited about long enough for josh to get it together, he’s burnin daylight ! i’m all for makin and keepin Dirk’s time to be a champion right here, but he cant do it all, himself. and at the rate the FO is goin, he’ll be worn out or retired before they figger it out !

seems as tho they keep playing with these inferior trades as something substantial and they are not…..

im sure they knew all about the Gasol trade goin down, and the Billips trade too….

but they keep messin with the likes of Diop for Carroll and Hollins, which really does nothing now, except get Diop off the books, even tho i think this trade holds some promise.

we need a Billips or a Gasol to put with Dirk, Jet and Kidd, why were they nappin when that all went down ? Cuban said last week the money and the cap space was not his problem………….so what is the problem then ?

and i really dont think waiting for 2010 is gonna get anywhere, 29 other teams will be waiting too, for what, 3-5 players, be realistic, hows 3 players gonna go 30 places ?
just gonna get lost in a bidding war ?

Lebron’s already talkin signin an extention with the Cavs………..He’s an Ohio boy, playin less than a hundred miles from home !

i really dont see Wade leavin Miami, they’ll do their best to keep him…………..and if he does, i would bet it would be to go home to chicago, not Dallas………

and no where have you heard Bosh say anything close to acknowledging that he wants to get back to Dallas…….?

injuries to some good prospects have screwed things up around here for now too

just too bad they can’t get mentally all on board the train at the same time to show up for the games. they really ARE a better team than they are showing this year, if they would only put their minds to the challenge at hand, and all show up to play, AS A TEAM !

We are still in the middle of the season and everybody’s talking about rebuilding. Remember how we took the spurs to 2OT w/o JHO? Remember how close the game against LA was also w/o JHO? Remember how we defeated PHX, UTAH, HOUSTON or Portland? This team has the personnel to battle the other teams in the West. It has proven it can win. The only thing they lack is consistency. when they make the playoffs and would make another early 1st round exit, then maybe contemplate about rebuilding.

Talent alone cannot take a team to the championship. Will and Heart do. Let’s WAIT until Dallas could muster enough will to win big in the playoffs. Its not that bad since Rebuilding is also about WAITING.

I think Mare would be a good fit in Dallas. He;s obviously doing nothing in Phoenix, and I think if he played in Dallas he could be a part of the MVP discussion.