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Dallas Mavericks' task of making playoffs has gotten tougher | Sports News | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas
11:55 AM CDT on Monday, July 7, 2008 By EDDIE SEFKO / The Dallas Morning News esefko@dallasnews.com The Dallas Mavericks' free-agent haul was subtle. Adding Gerald Green and reacquiring DeSagana Diop is nice, but it doesn't answer the tough question. Has yet another team passed the Mavericks, who were good enough only for the seventh playoff seed last season? The Los Angeles Clippers have ...
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First Cup: Monday
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... Eddie Sefko of The Dallas Morning News: "The Mavericks must wonder whether they have legitimately passed any of the teams that finished ahead of them in the West. The LA Lakers, New Orleans, San Antonio, Utah, Houston and Phoenix all appear to be as strong as they were last season, with the possible exceptions of the declining Spurs and Suns. ... the Clippers are in the playoff conversation. So is Portland, a .500 team last season without Greg Oden playing a game. Denver remains a player, as does a suddenly improved Minnesota team. Only Oklahoma City, ...

Depends on what your definition of 'contender' is
Uwe Blog — ... In an article today in the Dallas Morning News, basketball beat writer Eddie Sefko -- with free agency not even started -- has the Los Angeles Clippers painted as contenders. ...

Wolves Updates 7/8
TWolves Blog - Minnesota Timberwolves News and Articles — ... Baron Davis, sources said the Sixers are growing increasingly confident in their ability to create additional salary-cap space by finding a new home via trade for swingman Rodney Carney and then make a sufficiently rich offer to Brand. Dealing away Carney -- with Memphis and Minnesota quickly emerging as possible destinations -- would shed nearly $1.7 million from the Sixers' payroll next season as long as the trade doesn't require new GM Ed Stefanski to take any salary back. From Eddie Sefko/Dallas Morning News: But the Clippers are in the playoff conversation. So is ...

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