Alex McVeigh from the bleacherreport.com takes a look at the new(old?) Strength of the Mavs.

The Link leads to part one, where he dissects the big name guys, part two concerns the little, quick guys.

Overall, i agree with most of his sentiments (esp. on Shawn Marion), but would like to add that some of the taller players posed problems to a certain degree, too. Duncan, Bynum, (Pau) Gasol, Z-Bo, Varejao all had field days against the mavs at some point.
My Point is, when the Mavs are capable to playing those guys (ok Varejao is just hustle and positioning skill, albeit less than Z-Bo's big booty) in single-coverage like they did against Howard last year (Mavs won the game in Orlando) and not getting totally killed, it is perhaps less of a concern than the quick point guards that only Beaubois has shown glimpses of containing-them-ability.Barea needs to draw his 1-2 charges to justify staying on the court defensively.
Back to the bigs: Dampier can wrestle with the no-range-guys, but fails against the long range 5s. Don't get me started on Gooden....
In the end, i am (once again) reminded about what a huge missing piece Gortat would've been. Oh, well can't have them all at once, hum?