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04/26/24
04/26/24
July 31, 2002
Mavs sign LaFrentz for 7 years, $69M.: As a Mavs fan, I still have to ask, 'Was anyone else bidding against Cuban?'. Why was a fourth (mostly overlooked) option on a team paid so well?
Do you think this will be the piece that pushes the Mavericks into the Western Conference Finals? If the team assembled can't do it, who else (that's available) could be added that would?
posted by jmevius to basketball at 11:48 AM - 3 comments
The Mavericks? Defense? They don't play defense.
posted by insomnyuk at 01:43 PM on July 31, 2002
That's the point. The Kings/Mavericks series was heartbreaking for me to watch, because the Kings just ran circles around a half-hearted defense.
posted by jmevius at 11:38 AM on August 01, 2002
Could be...depends on the seedings of course because everybody is still inferior to the Lakers...so if the Mavs are a two seed I like their chances to beat the Kings and face the Lakers. Of course the Lakers weren't a one seed last year so who knows? The West is going to be awful tough. I think the kind of player who could make a difference would be an incredible on-the-ball defender to try and slow up Kobe. Who is that guy currently for the Mavs? A guy like Doug Christie (obviously unavailable) or a Pippen of several years ago maybe.