Superstars Will Carry Your Team...If They Can Get The Ball

In any sport, a team can be as good as its best player.  However, they must get the chance to be that team's focal point in order to carry that team to its mountain top.  In the case of the Dallas Mavericks, their biggest downfall over the past two and a half years has been their inability to get Dirk Nowitzki the ball, and let him carry them on a consistent basis.  Nowitzki has been an NBA MVP in a season in which his stats were slightly down because this process had already begun.  People are quick to point to Nowitzki when the Mavs have underachieved in the playoffs the last 3 years, despite the fact is that he was the sole reason they were there in the first place.  People forget that Dirk was the one who led the Mavs in a 4 game sweep over Memphis, a 7 game series classic against the Spurs in which he single handily saved their season, and a 6 game series victory over the Suns in which he scored 50 points in one game, in rout to the NBA ... (link)