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A Hard Look: The Dallas Mavericks

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Tue May 15, 2007 3:04 PM EDT
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David Lord provides "a hard look" at the Mavericks and analyzes what went wrong. Is the team completely flawed, or just in need of a few changes after the playoffs disaster?

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After all of the analysis, I think the question comes down to this... Should the Mavs organization be content with being very good, being able to win a lot of games every year and being capable of winning it all if they get the right breaks... or should the organization only settle for championships and be willing to risk "good" for becoming "great" in the long run?

Your opinion regarding that question answers the question about what the Mavs need to do next. David Lord seems to believe in what they have and one could make a good argument for that perspective.

I think it may be a moot point since the Mavericks don't appear to have the tradeable assets to significantly change the team without trading away one or both of their two best players (Dirk and Howard). And I think it is unlikely that trading either player results in the team getting better.

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