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What’s In Store For The Mavs

So there’s been a lot of happenings around Mavland. Lots of player transactions which resulted in a lot of familiar faces sticking around but a lot of new faces we’ll be seeing this coming season.

With the Mavericks already over the grand old luxury tax imposed by the NBA, Stackhouse, George and Bass are just a few of the familiar faces no longer with the team. The newcomers are Shawn Marion, Drew Gooden and Tim Thomas, along with Rodrigue Beaubois, Ahmad Nivins (still unsigned) and Nick Calathes (still unsigned) who were all draft picks.

Gerald Green, Ryan Hollins and James Singleton are all free agents. I honestly hope the Mavs can keep Hollins around, the others really wouldn’t make an impact to the team.

As for the starting lineup, we can probably count that it will be Kidd, Marion, Howard, Nowitzki and Dampier. Jason Terry will continue to come out as the 6th man and Drew Gooden will be a versatile player who can back up Nowitzki and Dampier.

Tim Thomas being a 3 point specialist could come off the bench in hopes to get some easy baskets in little time, as he averaged close to 8 points a game in 20 minutes on average playtime each game.

Little Jose will continue coming off the bench and maybe get some more starts as well to back up Kidd. Hopefully Kidd can continue to mentor Barea to possibly take over the PG role while Kidd deeparts from his playing days in the NBA in the next few years that he has left.

Overall I believe the players we picked up makes the Mavericks a better team than last year and even the year before. If Gooden stays healthy along with Josh Howard staying healthy and Tim Thomas can put up some decent numbers, I can see this team being a threat to the Denver Nuggets and maybe rebounding to be a contender in the tight Western Conference. I’m not even so worried about Denver any longer, everyone should realize that the Lakers just got better picking up Artest and retaining Odom, so that’s the team to beat this year.

Devean George Goes To G.S.

The former Maverick Devean George that was part of the Shawn Marion trade from Toronto has now landed in Golden States hands as another cash and trade deal between the two teams.

The deal included Marco Belinelli from the Warriors for George and cash from Toronto.

Welcome Tim Thomas

The Mavericks signed 12 year veteran forward Tim Thomas. He averaged close to 8 points a game last year only playing 20 minutes a game. A 3 point specialist is Thomas’s skill to help bolst the Mavericks back into the 3 point game they need. He had a 41% from beyond the arc last season. He’s a career 37% three point shooter, making 946 in 806 career games.

I’d imagine Thomas can be that goto guy off the bench to help in games we are trailing to throw up some 3 pointers.

Now with the Mavericks acquiring Marion and Gooden, the idea of adding more guys like Tim Thomas to help off the bench is starting to look good for the Mavericks.

I vision our new starting lineup will consist of Kidd, Howard, Nowitzki, Marion and Dampier with Gooden backing up Dampier. Terry will continue to play the 6th man role and Little Jose will continue to backup Kidd while Kidd molds him into a better PG. Then we’ll likely have Hollins continue to be scuplted and molded and players like Tim Thomas that can come off the bench to do what’s needed to win games.

Mavs Pick Up Gooden

Free agent power forward Drew Gooden agreed to a one year deal worth 4.5 million with the Mavs. He narrowed his choices down to Dallas, Charlotte and Cleveland but ultimately chose the Mavericks.

The Mavericks missed the opportunity to pick up Gortat as the Magic matched their offer, keeping Gortat in Orlando. With Odom out of reach due to salary cap space, Drew Gordon if healthy is a good pickup to play alongside Kidd, Marion, and Nowitzki.  He’ll probably see more playing time as center, especially since most of the bigger big men are all now playing in the Eastern Conference.

Gooden averaged 11.9 points and 7.1 rebounds for 3 teams last season. Let’s just hope he stays healthy so he can contribute such numbers for the Mavericks as they tool around with their lineup this offseason.

Another Suit Against Cuban

Here we go again, right after Mark Cuban gets his SEC suit against him dismissed, Cuban is finding his way back to the courtroom, well, rather his lawyers. I’m sure being a lawyer for Cuban is very prosperous and keeps you busy nowadays.

Cuban has been accused of diverting profits from loans he took from the former owner Perot Jr. who still has a small stake in the Mavericks with his company Hillwood Center Partners.

Cuban was quoted as in saying that Perot Jr. is “trying to find nickels in the sofa cushion”. It’s reported that Perot Jr’s development company gave up its stake in the project to German investors in April, resulting in a reported loss of $100 million from the Victory Project that was established for the development around the arena for retail and office space.

Cuban also noted, “I have to tell you that the biggest mistake I made in buying the Mavs was in not completely buying out (Perot’s) interest.”

I guess we all learn from our mistakes, that’s why they’re made. Good luck Cuban in defending yourself. Hopefully this suit will be dismissed as well. I guess that’s why I’m glad I’m not rich, you’re always a target for lawsuits. If I were rich, I’d just buy an island where only my family and I live, enjoy life without people bothering me or suing me.

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