Tersk

Jason Terry for Earl Watson

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Terry makes more than three times Watson's salary. Memphis would have to add in somone else worth about $4.5M, and there are no players on Memphis that fit that bill that West would be willing to part with.

Tersk

Damn, I think Earl would be a really good fit here. He has great defense, and can dish it.

jibikao

It's true that Dallas needs a good center bad but that doesn't mean losing one of the best PG the league.

I also agree that Cuban is changing the core of the players way too often. Mavs is also one of the very few teams that keeps changing their starting line-up, especially last year. Nelson would change the starting line-up to match the opponents but why doesn't he let the opponent to match his lineup? That I don't understand.


Another thing about Spurs...well, Mavs had VERY GOOD record against Spurs in the regular season when Nash was there. And I don't think Mavs would have lost anyway if they are healthy and if they have a legit PG running the offense. Afterall, Mavs was known for its crazy offense.

But now, they are playing one-on-one and there's hardly any good fast breaks and ball movement. And from what I've seen so far, I don't think Dampier has helped all that much.

This is like you GAIN ONE THING, and then you LOSE ONE THING. If Nash stayed there, things could have been different. But it's all too late.... Nash fits really well with Suns and Dirk has become more like a leader now.


Like I said before, I haven't had a chance to watch Mavs game this year. This Thursday will be my first time.

Jimmy

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mavsman

Once again Earl Watson is not even close to fair value for Jason Terry.

Are you watching the games? The problem is not with Jason Terry and Devin Harris. The problem is with the ridiculous one on one offense that Nelson has them playing. When Dirk is in there without Stackhouse we play a two man pick and roll type of offense and everyone else stands around and watches. When Stackhouse gets in the game it gets even worse. Then we try to force it to Stackhouse and he goes one on one while all four of the other guys stand around and watch. It is any absolutely horrible offense. We don't look to run hardly at all anymore.

I have no idea what Nelson is thinking but the problem is not with the players. Earl Watson is not as good as Jason Terry and he is not going to get alot of assists watching Jerry Stackhouse go one on one.

The idea that the problem with the Mavs is because they don't have point guards who get assists is laughable. Just watch the style of play recently and tell me where the point guards are missing open guys with passes. You won't see any of that. What you will see is alot of dribbling around and forcing the ball to Dirk and Stackhouse or even Howard so they can go one on one.

jibikao

I wonder why Nelson is going for so much one-on-one this time. I mean one-on-one is alright but not ALL THE TIME. There's hardly any ball-movement and the assist of the whole team is ridiculously low.

I am not saying it's a step-backward because it's just a very DIFFERENT team this year. I guess when the players are on fire, it's good to go for one-on-one...or not.

Jimmy

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compsciguy78

They miss nash, but they don't need him to win. IMHO they are a better championship team now. The problem with Nash is his defense. The guy has absolutely no defensive presence. He is small and not very strong. He can shadow somebody and fill the lanes sometimes, but he rarely makes crafty steals like Stockton(or Ridnour) .


NAsh is one of my favorite players, but he is an offensive player. The suns look really good now because they are scoring a lot. In this respect they are like Dallas team a few years back with Van Exel and Raef. They used to beat teams by 20 or 30 points by sheer volume of buckets. That Dallas team had a chance to play for a championship but their defense sucked.


Nash is missed, but not as much as people think. Cuban did the right thing IMO. Most people will never be able to do what Nash does at the PG position on offense, but you don't necessarily need that to win a championship. Cuban knows this, and he is all about the ring.

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jibikao

To some degree I agree but to some, I don't.

Nash is one of the best offense-guards / generals. He controls the floor so well and makes sure the tempo of the game is in favor of his team.

The only downfall of Nash's game is that he usually gets really tired in the 4th quarter. This is only natural when you ran so much in the first 3 quarters.

What I think the best for Nash's team is to have a great balanced backup point guard for him to rest more in the first 3 quarters and then Nash can do more in the 4th. Just like last time he got into foul trouble in early first half and had a huge rest before the 4th quarter. The end result is that Nash had 16-18 assist and 15+ pts in a 30min game. He was well rested.

What happened to Dallas is different. They needed a CENTER. A good center who can play decent defense in the middle and get Dirk out of foul trouble. Nash's defense is poor (he is short I guess...) but I don't think he would cost a championship. Two years ago in the playoff, Nash and Nick Van were terrific because Nick Van allowed Nash to rest more. But they didn't have a legit center to hold duncan and Dirk got hurt.

Anyway, I think Mavs misses Nash but it doesn't mean they are a bad team. I said they are VERY DIFFERENT now but with so much one-on-one, it's hard to tell how far they can go.

At least for Suns, Nash has Amare to hold the center position so Suns has more inside game than what Mavs had when Nash was there. Marion is playing like an all-star now and he can provide both offense and defense. Overall, this Suns team is more balance than the Mavs' team if you asked me. Let's just hope Nash doesn't get injured! lol

What I think is:

Nash with Mavs:
75% Offense, 25% Defense

Nash with Suns:
60% Offense, 40% Defense

Jimmy

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Dragnsmke1

What are you daft?!!! Did you forget how the traitor bolted 12 hours into free agency not even giving Cuban a chance for real negotiations?!!!! Nash didnt want to be in Dallas anyway. Free agency is 60 days and Nash was with Pheonix in less then half a day.

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jibikao

Well, its' true Nash made the decision so quick, but Cuban refused to match Sun's offer. To me, that sounds like Cuban doesn't think Nash is worth it. Obviously, Suns' been enjoying Nash so far.

And like many said, Nash is getting old and maybe it's time for a change in Dallas. Hopefully it's a good change.

Jimmy

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