Clark Kent: “I think Wayne can beat Brannigan”.

Trade:
josh howard, jason terry and fillers
get guys like shawn marion and vince carter

jason kidd is still a real good point guard but is very ineffective with the current lineup

they are in desperate need of a real good defender because against the stars they get torched every time (get marion or artest to stop that)
help for jason kidd on the fast break who can throw it down (carter marion)

it would cost the mavs cash wise but the team would be a serious contender

Did anyone see Cuban’s post explaining the Kidd deal?
http://www.blogmaverick.com/2008/05/02/talking-mavs/

Worst case scenario is that they cash him in in a Gasol like deal. Personally, I think that’s the best case scenario.

Their cap situation is awful. Dirk, Terry, Howard and Dampier combine for $50mil a season for the next three years. Terry and Dampier have hardly any trade value. Howard has some but he’s not netting an all-star capable of being a top scorer alongside of Dirk, Josh simply isn’t good enough. Meanwhile Dirk is the best player, trade him and the team likely falls apart and you know you’re not going to get a good deal anyway. So no cap flexibility, no trading flexibility.

Like Sam Smith said “Five of their top six players, including Jerry Stackhouse as sixth man, will be at least 30 for next season. Three are at least 34.”. These players don’t have long enough left in their careers to wait about for reinforcements. Plus nearly all have them have peaked. Damp and Terry have peaked. Kidd and Stackhouse are on the decline. Dirk is in his prime. Howard might develop some. Not a lot of optimism there either.

Carlisle is an excellent coach but he’s an odd choice. I thought they wanted someone who’d open up the offense? In Detroit and Indiana he was the most controlling coach in the league. I thought they wanted a new voice, a new direction? Looks the same to me. Great coach though.

Mavs are in huge trouble

Based on the Knicks record and window they should be sold now? Well their record was terrible, so it would not be selling high on them, it would be selling low.

You were correct in that a team’s value goes up and down based on market and fan base. But the fan base DOES go up and down based on record (trust me, I’m a long time celtics fan and they are not just an anomaly). Record does affect fan base which affects market value. The Mavericks sell out frequently now with a large fan base due to great success over the past several seasons. But since their window of success is suddenly very small, their success should diminish and subsequently so will their fan base and market value. Now is a great time to sell them to someone who thinks there is hope and direction (therefore money to be made) with this franchise.

Sarver paid a record $401 million for the Suns, quite a bit more than the $285 that Cuban paid. D’Antoni’s “7seconds or less” team is history and so is D’Antoni.

The Suns starters must be the oldest in the league next year with Shaq (37) Hill (36) Nash (35), & Bell (33).

The Suns in the last four years have traded Joe Johnson, or sold #7 pick Loul Deng or Andre Igoudala, #21 Rajon Rondo, #24 Rudy Fernanadez, #27 Sergio Rodriquez, #56 Morcin Gortat. Drafted poorly in taking Alando Tucker # 29. Signed Marcus Banks to a terrible $24 million dollar contract while claiming to have sold the above picks to avoid the luxury tax. Signed one-hit wonder Boris Diaw to a horrible $9 million per year over five year contract then found out he couldn’t co-exist with Amare on the floor. Traded away Marion’s cheaper two years, while he threatened to walk away from one of them for Shaq’s remaining $40 million.

Dallas looks like they are in good shape compared to the Suns!

Johnson has preached them a solid defensive game and I don’t think with a change of coach, they will forget how to defend.

Kidd is far from done, he may have been overmatched by Paul but frankly, who hasn’t? Paul is the best PG in the league, but Kidd is still in the top 5 or 6.

Get a quick, defensive minded point guard to backup Kidd and get Diop type player back from free agency, play up-tempo offence, and you’re back in contention.

Forget baseball, its about as exciting as watching re-runs of Little House on the Praire.