Mavericks Having A Midlife Crisis And Kidd Will Not Bring Them Out Of It

 
The Dallas Mavericks are a team in the Western Conference doing a bit of soul searching right now. They just traded away their future PG in Devin Harris and a good defender in Desagna Diop as for the rest, not even worth the linen cost to make their jerseys got sent in the trade to New Jersey. Granted they got maybe the best PG in the game in Jason Kidd, but he will not help them win a championship. This is no knock whatsoever on Jason Kidd, I love his play, he's from Oakland like me but the fact of the matter is Kidd will not get them to June. Great passing and ball handling only gets you so far. Dallas has not yet learned that good guard play got them nowhere, and that all it leads to down the road is heartbreak, defeat, and agony. They already had 2 good guards in Devin Harris and Jason Terry and they went nowhere, they were demolished in the playoff by teams like San Antonio, Miami, and Sacramento who had time all possessed some of the most talented big men in the league ( Tim Duncan, Shaquille ... [link]

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