Future of Dirk Nowitzki and Mavs now that Spurs eliminated them in round 1

[MrUnstopable]

Racists don't.

Explain your reasoning?

[spursrule]

You're just racist.

wha?

[Batz]

Explain your reasoning?

Trolling.

[SCdac]

Dallas' real problem = defense

offensive woes hurt, especially for a jump shooting team, but letting the Spurs score .450-.500 FG% in nearly every game isn't going to cut it.

When they played good D, they looked like the #2 seed, prepped to go far.

[MrUnstopable]

wha?

Exactly...

[godofgods]

Avery Johnson >>>>>>>>>Carlisle and Nellie

LOL WUT? Just because he's black doesn't mean he's better than those guys.

[brwnman]

Personally, knowing the Spurs and having watched them forever, I wouldn't consider this an "upset" (I picked the Spurs in 6 or 7) because these teams were only 5 wins apart going into the playoffs...

But let's not kid ourselves, everyone and their mom (in the media and ISH) was picking the Mavs in this series.





Nobody took the Spurs seriously, but they have the talent, experience, and solid coaching to be a serious threat.

Except Kenny Smith, everyone took the Spurs pretty damn seriously...

[Hawker]

Hopefully nobody takes this seriously. If anything Dirk has played with more talent than Duncan.

lol! DRob, Ginobili, Parker > anybody Dirk has played with.

[Ancient Legend]

[dbugz]

Trade Dirk

It's about damn time.

[spursdynasty420]

[Black Elvis]

Nazi karma rears it's ugly head once more....

[icemanfan]

IMO the blame for the Mavs failures over the last few years falls squarely on Mark Cuban. He interferes way to much. If he had kept Nash and had quite trying to be the quasi coach I believe the Mavs have at least one championship now. This is not Dirk's fault.

[SCdac]

Except Kenny Smith, everyone took the Spurs pretty damn seriously...

Let me rephrase, nobody took the Spurs seriously enough to pick them as winners in the series (aside from Hollinger, Thorpe, and Abbot). The Mav's depth and HC advantage appeared to be too much, but what analysts and fans alike failed to see was, the 09 first round exit was not indicative of complete Spurs ball, and the Spurs never really looked "outmatched" by the Mavs in this regular season (albeit some games were without a 'whole' Spurs squad and/or pre-Butler Hawyood trade). I'm not going to dig posts up, but lots of people on this board before the series were calling Mavs in 6-7 games, and some after game 1 felt strongly enough to suggest a "sweep" was coming, but people forgot the Spurs are no joke come the playoffs.

[icemanfan]

lol! DRob, Ginobili, Parker > anybody Dirk has played with.

your kidding right? Nash, Kidd, Marion just for starters. There is a reason the Mavs payroll is 2nd in the league. Cuban has been buying some of the best talent in the league for years. Pop is just better at putting a TEAM together than Cuban. Tim Duncan has always been great at making those around him better (with Pop's help). Dirk does not have the capacity.