Thursday Morning Roundup

by Wes Cox on Oct 29, 2009 9:45 AM CDT in News

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When is Roddy Beaubois going to get in there!?.... ..If the Mavs, at this point, are relying on a rookie from a second-division pro team in France to immediately step in and give them the energy and quality play that is lacking from the nine-to-13 people who are ahead of him on the depth chart.... the Mavs are in awful shape.

Mike Fisher has some post practice bullet points.
"The most tickets we have left for any game is 3,600,'' Cuban said.. The Mavs want to keep alive their streak of 318 straight sellouts. Cuban is willing to do anything to accomplish that, from $2 tickets (he sold 648 via his Twitter account yesterday) to grabbing a megaphone and running around on the streets. The only thing I haven't tried is getting a megaphone and going outside and screaming, Cuban said.

JJT, of all people, preaches patience.
My suspicion is that Carlisle believes Howard is such an integral part of the Mavs' long-term success this season that the coach doesn't want to yank him in and out of the lineup. He'd rather wait until Howard is 100 percent. Frankly, you're really never going to see the Mavs' full potential until Howard and Shawn Marion play a few games together and Carlisle can get a feel for how they complement each other offensively and defensively. You shouldn't be shocked if the Mavs are 1-4, though 2-3 is more likely. Whatever the record, it still won't be time to panic.

Expect more lineup experiments this season.
Tolerance from the masses also will be required because of frequent mixing and matching of players, something that will be ongoing out of necessity until Josh Howard returns from an ankle injury. "We're going to have some funky lineups out there at times," Jason Kidd said.

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Work in Beaubois immediately

I was very impressed by Beaubois in the preseason. Having come from the lower leagues of France, it was surprising to see how he carried himself on the court. His body language was good, and he moved with a great deal of purpose. He’s FAR ahead of where Dirk was in terms of confidence when he came into the league, and hopefully he’ll be in the regular rotation soon. I am a big Puerto Rican A.I. fan, but Berea’s limitations are maddening sometimes. If he had been born 2 inches taller with longer arms, he would be a legit NBA player, but I’d rate him at his best on par with Mike Izzulino. Ah, Izzie, where did you go?

P.S. First.

Greetings from the Humungus, the Ruler of the Wasteland, the Ayatollah of Rock and Roll-A. I laugh at your puny plans.

by Lord Humungus on Oct 29, 2009 11:08 AM CDT reply actions

I want to see what

the kid can do as well. I think the thing that Carlisle will struggle with when it comes to him though will be Roddy’s lack of consistency. At least with Barea he knows what he will get.

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by Phillip Baggett on Oct 29, 2009 11:20 AM CDT reply actions

ha bob sturm shared your sentimate about JJT on twitter

bobanddan – Amazing Headline of the Day – JJT: “It’s too early for Mavs to panic”
14 minutes ago from web

http://twitter.com/bobanddan

go mavs, go colts, go rangers, go baylor

by zkmavz on Oct 29, 2009 11:29 AM CDT reply actions

The major lineup problem seemed to be less that Howard was out, but that the big men depth is bad

But slowly things happen that they cannot help and the Blazers Fellowship of the Ring begins to break apart

by Norsktroll on Oct 29, 2009 12:55 PM CDT reply actions

Not in Game 1

Heywood outplayed Damp but not by much. It was Blatche that put a dagger into this team. He filled up where Jamison left a void, and didn’t do it all down low.

"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"

by Walter Sobchak on Oct 29, 2009 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions

That's the problem, imagine what Gasol and Bynum are gonna do...

by octoberty on Oct 29, 2009 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions

We're dead, we're all dead!

by bruce182 on Oct 29, 2009 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Holy crap

guys it was game 1 of 82 let’s have a little patience here.

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by Phillip Baggett on Oct 29, 2009 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions

time to start tanking so

we can get the most ping pong balls!

go mavs, go colts, go rangers, go baylor

by zkmavz on Oct 29, 2009 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions

Do you need

more than 1 to play ping pong? Oh you mean for the rights to the first pick, pretty sure Memphis is gonna take that honor. LOL

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by Phillip Baggett on Oct 29, 2009 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Memphis?

I’ll take Sacramento or Houston

by octoberty on Oct 29, 2009 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions

New Jersey or the Bobcats

they played horrible, being the cellar teams for their division

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.-1984 George Orwell.

by tomkanti on Oct 29, 2009 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions

ill take the spurs

i predct duncan, parker and ginobili all go down with injuries… but then theyget the #1 overall pick and it’s the next tim duncan… and they win 4 titles in the next 10 years… kill me

go mavs, go colts, go rangers, go baylor

by zkmavz on Oct 29, 2009 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions

New Jersey will probably be in the mix

Bobcats will be okay

by octoberty on Oct 29, 2009 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions

I feel the same way as I did before game 1.

by octoberty on Oct 29, 2009 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions

is Gasol hurt?

he didn’t play game 1. maybe he’ll be out Friday night

"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"

by Walter Sobchak on Oct 29, 2009 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions

he WILL

be out… so that is a good… saw it on twitter

go mavs, go colts, go rangers, go baylor

by zkmavz on Oct 29, 2009 7:44 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Taylor's piece was on the mark.

This could be a great team. But it won’t be if the Mavs try rush things. Being totally not a doctor, I’ve always suspected that Howard’s repeated injuries were the result of pushing too hard and returning too quickly. I’ve endured two major sports-related surgeries and I’ve done it both ways. In my mind, there’s no question that it’s best to rehab slowly and patiently until you’re 100 percent—and then rehab and train for still another month before you actually step into a game.

I wouldn’t mind seeing Marion train up for another month or so before he sets foot on the court. Same for Howard. And yeah, the Mavs would probably be 7-10 or something. But if they were truly 100 percent healthy at that point, I think finishing 45-20 would be well within reach—for a 52-30 season. And like Taylor says in his piece, “This is the NBA, where the season doesn’t really even start in earnest until after the All-Star break.”

Even if the Mavs don’t reach 52-30, I’d much rather hit the playoffs on fire with a healthy, 48-34 team just hitting its full stride, than with a 67-15 team that is clearly used up and out of gas.

by Brandon Friedman on Oct 29, 2009 8:54 PM CDT reply actions

problem is

50 wins doesn’t even guarantee the playoffs anymore…not with LA, Utah, San Antone, Denver, Portland, Phoenix, Oklahoma City, Chris Paul and a few other surprise teams (Clippers?) challenging

"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"

by Walter Sobchak on Oct 30, 2009 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions