Opening Preseason Game Vs Orlando Magic
Tonight the Mavericks host the Orlando Magic for their pre-season opener at home. This will be an interesting game. Both teams had some overhauls of their rosters. The Mavs lost Bass to the Magic who will now be playing against us possibly in this opener. We’ve added Shawn Marion to our lineup and the Magic are now without Turkoglu who was a big part of their winning season and getting to the finals this past year.
Although they’ve added Vince Carter to their lineup and lost a few other players, I don’t think they’re going to live up to last years team, although the Magic will be a good team, I think the shake-up will take some time to readjust for their remaining players.
As for the Mavs, I think they got better despite losing Bass and now with Tim Thomas who would have helped us off the bench, the Mavs have 3 (4 if Josh Howard actually stays healthy and lives up to his potential) All-Stars in their starting lineup with Terry coming off the bench.
It will be interesting game nonetheless and I’m actually predicting the Mavs will win this opener.