The Dallas Mavericks: A Mediocre under-Manned Messy Meltdown?

 
After losses to the Denver Nuggets and Golden State Warriors, the Mavericks have completed what people thought was very possible.   They now stand with the same record as the Nuggets and Warriors, a feat seemingly impossible a little over the midway mark of the season.   At 31-13, the Mavericks were near the top of the Western Conference.  Since Devin Harris's injury, which occured after that record was attained, the Mavericks have gone 14-15.  The more haunting stat is the following: 10-0, 0-10.  No, folks.  This is not the University of Cornell's record aganist ivy league teams followed by their record aganist top 25 teams.  This is the Dallas Mavericks record aganist below .500 teams and above .500 teams since the Jason Kidd trade.  Why does Jason Kidd bring a losing atmosphere to Dallas? Not even the Antonie Walker trade caused this much agony to the Mavericks.  A 52-30 record after trading for Walker 10 days before the start of the ... [link]

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