I lol at the Mavs for not using DeShawn Stevenson in this series or at all once they acquired him through the trade. He's a good defensive SG with just enough of an offensive game to get playing time. They treat him like a scrub, and then Ginobili and Hill run all over the Mavs. I'm starting to see why Detroit fired Carlisle, even though at the time I thought it was idiotic.
IMO the coaching staff of Dallas did a horrible job on getting this team ready for the playoffs. Greg Pop had his team ready for this series and it showed, just being aggressive and physical with Dallas had them going. Dallas should hire a new coach.
How can Cuban be cheap when he spent almost exactly the same amount for Dampier that he would have spent on Nash? Also he paid 35 mill extra to get Haywood and Butler on the team. Whoops!
So you are saying they were not cheap moves? He was thinking about a championship when he threw Finley under the bus for Doug Christie and got rid of Nash because he was asking for too much money?
Is he really spending $35 million? Haywood's $6 mil comes off the books this year. Butler is an expiring $10 mil contract. Dampier is a non-guaranteed contract.
