Cuban clowned himself. Period. That was my point. Dude runs his mouth non stop but tore down his team after finally getting what you aspire to get to. Dumb.
Allen does have a point about not taking on Melo/Amare type contracts (sorry I used the Knicks, but they whiffed on Bron, and then um, gave those 2 deals, and uh, well, you already know) so yes, Cuban wiffed on his 2 prizes, but didn't do the big contract thing, so yes, I will give him that. However, Dirk won't help in 2014, so you're talkin COMPLETE rebuild at that point. As in like 12 guys.
Is Cube gonna have the balls to move Dirk and start the process with big time picks?
That's what we're talkin here, unless he's going to try another round of free agent spending sprees in 2014. Not a single player on the roster to build around 2 years from now, so it is a legit question, would he move Dirk? Would Dallas accept that? JA?
As for the sucker comin thru with Zo like jokes, names, back to back and all that, I wonder how he even know what back to back means? Ain't never seen his squad do it. The Lakers tho, the team he is so desperately jealous of, done it multiple times the past decade. While stompin their foot up the ***** of the spurs the whole time too. So yeah, stay with them female names and gettin ages wrong on players, players like a year older than Duncan bright guy.
You listen to Cuban?
. I don't know why you would. When he's talking anything other than Mavericks, I tune him out. All I know is that he's passionate about trying to make his team better, whichever way he can. You can say it's dumb to tear down that team, but they are nothing without Dirk healthy. Say worse case scenario, Dirk turns into Sabonis and isn't anything better than a 10/5 player. And you have Tyson Chandler, JJ Barea, Jason Kidd, and Jason Terry eating up all your cap space. That's horrendous.
Cuban wanted to stay flexible. I said it just last post, I'll say it again. Cuban was the owner who was most impacted by the new CBA. He's terrified of those repeat offender taxes.
Don't hate on the Carmelo deal. He's worth every penny. Amare? Eh. But Melo is still worth it. That's just a team that is one bad contract too many.
Dirk will retire a Maverick. He's the only guy that has been with the franchise for so long. He will retire before playing for another team, I'm pretty confident in that. He got his ring. He got a little lazy after last year. He'll keep playing, he may still fight, but at the end of the day, he will look back at all the great players that don't have rings and rest easily knowing he made it to the top. Cuban loves Dirk too much to trade him. Back in 07? Maybe. Not anymore.
Until Dirk retires? Cuban will continue to play his cards the same he has. Wait. He'll get one year deals until he finds something.
If you want my honest opinion, I think Cuban, Carlisle, and Nelson all see a little of Steve Nash/DIrk Nowitzki in Darren Collison and OJ Mayo. Both guys are unproven, haven't lived up to their potential, but know that the foundation is there to be a great player. They want to give DC and OJ a chance to try to develop some chemistry in the way that Dirk and Steve did. It's a pipedream, but there's no other option out there right now. Cuban is committed to keeping his dollars close to that luxury tax line, staying away from large contracts until someone is fruitful for the Mavericks. Before, he saw Dampier put up 10/10 for GSW, so he signed him to a fat deal. Not anymore. Bring in OJ, give him the ball, see if it works. If not? ****, another year gone, but we weren't getting Deron/Dwight, so it's not like we're that much worse off.
It's all about finding that magic formula. We found it in 2011, and it probably wouldn't have lasted in 2012. Jason Kidd was terrible last year. Tyson was gone, and even if he was there, Russell Westbrook would've still torched the Mavericks.
Maybe we are a first-round exit again this year. But there's no formula out there right now that would put us as a contender. The players aren't there. We don't have the assets. Cuban will sit on Dirk until he retires, but continue to try and tweak to find the formula like we did in 2011. 2011 was basically a fluke. Jason Kidd was old. A lot of guys were old. None of the young guys on that team are pivotal pieces for the future.
Darren Collison and OJ Mayo? Like I said, Steve Nash. Before Steve got to Dallas, he was a 9/3 guy. Collison? 10/5. I'm not saying Collison will be better, not at all. All I'm saying is that the Mavericks don't have the luxury of obtaining Pau Gasol's, Dwight Howard's, Shaq's, KG's, or Ray Allen's. They develop players, similar function to how the Spurs do. They'll give them the same opportunity that Nash and Dirk got.
At least that's what I hope, and not give Chris Kaman 15 shots a night..
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