Nice strawman. We're talking about the past decade, not history. Umm yea. They won 67 games the year after getting to the NBA finals. One would think they would be relevant. How exactly are they weaker? They will either be returning with the same nucleus that won 67 games a year ago or adding the best player in the game while only losing one rotation spot. The Rockets have come back stronger every offseason for the past 4 years now. Stromile and Derek Anderson are really proving to be the missing peices around Tracy and Yao. Those offseason championships are really piling up. Not sure how choking has any relevance at all to this discussion except that some sports fans like yourself tend to get obsessed with overly sensationalized upsets. BTW, squandering a 2-0 series lead ON THE ROAD while having double digit leads in the second halves of games 3 and 4 at home and subsequently getting blown out by 40 in game 7 is cause for dusting off those "Choke City" banners from '94. This is an example of how embarrassing it can be when you reply to someone's post without reading it. They won 67 games last year. I can assure you that there wasn't any complex in regards to the Rockets last season. Oh no! We took them to seven games! Stop the presses! Relevance! Newsflash: the rockets haven't won a playoff series in over a decade. that is not synonymous with relevance. It sucks when I end up having to bash my own team to distance myself from the idiots that support them.
Kobe is the best player in the world. I said that before and I still believe he's the best but I'm talking about the chemistry of Maverics. Just lke what DD said, this team already won 67 games last year, what's the point in breaking the team by adding one-man team.
LOL. Actually Rockets fans are more obsessed with the Mavs these days than the Mavs fans are with the Mavs. Thanks guys, I appreciate your support.
I think the point is to win a championship. That group has been together for awhile now and how many championships do they have? Lasted I looked, it was NONE. If you goal is win as many games in the regular season as possible, just keep the same core.
If you can GUARANTEE a championship than yes by all means, but the problem is you can't and the Mavs are already the best team in the NBA based on last years record. DD
It's a learning process. By now tehy must have mental toughness after taht embarrassing exit in the frirst round.
Where was that knowledge/mental toughness that they supposedly learned from blowing that lead in the finals to the Heat? You think that should be enough?
You cant guarantee anything in the NBA, so whats your point? Best team based on what? Are you saying that the best team in the NBA is one that has the best REGULAR season record? All your points you have addressed or pointed out in this thread has NO backing or support whatsoever.
Howard isn't better than Kobe but he's being vastly underrated here. Rockets have no answer for that guy. Has everyone forgotten how he took apart a full strength Rockets team and nearly beat them with a bunch of scrubs when their star players were all injured during pre-season last year.
What the hell is your problem??? best team is based on your regular season record, that's common sense? do you have that?
Sadly, you are probably right. Newsflash: Mavs fans don't get up for Rockets games except for the purpose of rubbing it in to their Houstonian coworkers the next morning. Some of you guys make the rest of us look bad with your incessant insistance on attention.
So if the Mavs somehow collapsed it this year and not make the playoffs, would you say that is a learning process also? Like I said, they have been intact as a group for awhile, when does the "learning process" end?
I am not trying to be an arse, but I am just trying to prove a point. So let me ask you again, do you think Dallas was the best team in the NBA last year because they had the best record. If so, why even play in the playoffs? Shouldnt the best team be the one that won the championship?
Spurs were the best because they got the trophy. Dallas just had the best record. Thats different. The best team in the NBA wins the championship in June.
WTF are you talking about? This is a matter of opinion, just because you say they have no backing or support doesn't make it so... Exactly WHAT backing do you have that making the trade would make the Mavs better? You are subtracting two starters and adding one in a different position, thus possibly making 3 moves to your starting rotation. Now, how exactly does that NOT effect team chemistry? The Mavs won 67 games and got an unfortunate matchup in the first round, if I was to BET on who would win the title this year they would be the favorites...WITHOUT Kobe... Why screw it up in a desperate attempt at grabbing a malcontent like Kobe Bryant? Points have no merit....PUHHLLLLEEEAAAASSSSEEE this is an internet message board and we are all using our own opinions...nothing more... SHEESH ! Not always, sometimes it is just the team that got hot at the right time, ala our 2nd championship. DD
What's the point in trading two role players (one of them is getting old) for a top superstar of the league? (BTW, I would never say Kobe is THE top player in the world, only A top player.) I'd do it in a heartbeat and worry about chemistry later.
