C Erick Dampier 6-11 265
PF Dirk Nowitski 7-0 240
SF Michael Finley 6-7 225
SG Marquis Daniels 6-6 205
PG Jason Terry 6-1 185
CF Calvin Booth 7-0 235
SF Josh Howard 6-7 210
SG Jerry Stackhouse 6-6 220
PG Devin Harris 6-3 175

Alan Henderson PF 6-9 240
Sean Bradely 7-6 270
Avery johnson 5-11 180

IR
Pavel Podskine 7-5 300
Didier Mbgemba 7-1 225
Tariq Wahad 6-6 235

projected finish western conference finals 60-22

this team, on paper, can get to the finals but is COMPLETELY depends on dampier. i don't think the mavs will miss too much with terry instead of nash that's why it'll come down to defense and whether dampier was just a contract year player.

Stack is not gonna stay quiet if he's not starting.....even if they are winning.

Josh Howard is too good to be beind Stack, Daniels and Finley.

Dirk is gonna be even more out on the perimeter now that Damp is there.

I never liked the way Dallas plays. They are just a team full of shooters and perimeter players. They'll have the same mentality as they did last year....live and die by the three and run when you get the chance.

The Knicks could play with them....The Knicks actually are very similiar. The only real disadvantage is Dirk, but with Sweetney and JYD on the team maybe it won't be too bad.

I hope Cube puts some games on his HDTV! Hi def Dirk!

I like this team, I like the run and gun ABA ball. Its entertainment and better than walk the ball up to a half court offense.

Problem is you ain't gonna win a ring this way!

Letting Nash go also is a sign that Daniels is ready to break out, as might be Josh Howard. Devin Harris has a ton of upside, and Terry can play point until he is ready. Finley should have his minutes limited also to stay healthy and give some to Stack. They both can use the recuced minutes.

The Mavs are an interesting franchise. For a while I did not quite understand the Cube way of doing things, but the guy is cool in my book and while his moves don't always work, the guys got guts to go out and try. Unlike many a GM, he is unafraid to fail!

[Edited by - nalod on 09/27/2004 14:53:31]

I'm sorry guys. I don't believe in names where they're stacked with no purpose.
This team as no cohesive identity and will not win anything.

If they win it all this year with the team they currently have (winning fair and square, not because of season ending injuries to every other team stars in the league), I'll change my name from raven to cuban_is_god.

- Stack is a cancer.
- Finley is decreasing fast.
- they have absolutely no d.
- terry is an undersized SG masquarading at PG
- I don't have a pound of faith in dampier, which is also why I'm glad we didn't sign him for such a contract.

Their future is bright (howard, harris, dirk...), but they have to clean that mess up first.

the spurs would go through them like a hot knife in butter.

Best season record ? yes, can be. But does that guarantee anything ?

this is a good good frikin basketball team BUT it lacks quality tough nosed depth at the 4-5

I suggest a PJ Brown for Stackhouse trade for both teams. same salaries NO lost mashburn and need his points and sallas needs another quality big. But make no mistake with josh howard marquis daniels devin harris and jason terry they have the best all around backcourt in the nBA and they are all very athletic and young


putting dirk back to 4 puts him into a position where he can go back to being a top 3-5 player and dampier is an enormous piece in the paint--they have alan hendersen but he is injury prone-- a stackhouse for brown would help both teams IMHO.

I thinkt they got worse, Nash is a huge loss. Think about thow was the guy taking all the big shots, leading the team, and stepping up the most when it mattered. It was Nash for the most part. Now they replaced him with Terry, who is a combo guard, not a PG.

They will also rely on Daniels and Howard, two 2nd year players to step up bigtime based on what they saw from them in one season. I for once don't assume that Howard and Daniels are going to be good just yet. They were both in a great system that made them look very good in there limited roles. Kinda like Anderson and Eisly in Utha. I'll wait and see what happens when they have to be the system.

Harris is a rook, how many PG's come into the league and have an impact right away, PG is prolly the hardest position to learn in the NBA.

Dampier and Booth are both known to be very very lazy. Now they are in a system where they arent really held acountable for much. Is that gonna push them to work hard?

Stack and Finley are coming of tough season healthwise, both are aging, we don't really know how good either one of them will be.

The Mavs are still light years ahead of lets say the Knicks, but they are not even gettin homecourt in the West, let alone winning a title.

Only Nelson could have a team with 5 7-footers and be hurting at the 4 and 5.