Let’s stay competitive

March 26th, 2008 Posted in Avery Johnson, Game Recap

Nothing like a visit from the NBA’s version of a band-aid to bring people back from a ledge.  Of course when you’re playing a team that starts Josh freakin’ Powell at center you should dominate them, no matter who you are.  So yeah, Damp went for 19 and 17, Josh for 32 points and 7 boards and Kidd finishing with 10 points, 8 dimes and 6 boards.  Now do that against a team that means something and we’ll talk then.

And even that’s not to say that the Mavs didn’t try to lose this thing.  After getting up to a 12 point lead in the first 6 minutes of the games the Clippers game back and took a lead with 6 minutes left in the 2nd.  And here’s the lineup that was on the floor for the Mavericks when they gave up the lead: Tyronn Lue, Antoine Wright, Devean George, Brandon Bass, Malik Allen.  That’s one thing I really don’t understand that Avery’s been doing these last few games.  In the second quarter he puts out a 2nd unit that doesn’t consist of any starters, and the team gets smoked during those times.  The rotation for this team is in such disarray, even was with Dirk, that it’ll be interesting to see what Avery rolls out there in the playoffs, if they get there.

And here’s our Avery quote of the day:

“We just needed to get a win…  I thought we’ve been very, very competitive — for the most part — during this home stretch. We just haven’t gotten the results we wanted.”

There’s the wonderful “we’ve been competitive” line again.  Avery and I must have different definitions of competitive, because to me it actually involves mixing in a win against a good team.  And this team still needs a win against someone other than the laughing stock Clippers, then maybe they’ll get some credit.


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  1. 7 Responses to “Let’s stay competitive”

  2. By Aubrey on Mar 26, 2008 at 10:09:21 am

    I agree i am glad we got a win but its nothing to brag about, the Cippers are not a good team they are plagued with inury. Show me a win against GS, or Denver next i might get a little more excited.

  3. By WyldMavsFan on Mar 26, 2008 at 10:11:26 am

    I couldn’t agree with you more Greg. I have been saying the same thing about our lineups, lately, it’s like he feels the need to put the entire bench in more and more.

    You would think with Dirk out he would tighten things up a bit, and shorten the rotation, and play his starters more. It’s time to stop messing around with the lineups, and get the startes there minutes, b/c there is no need to rest anyone anymore, it just doesn’t make any sense.

    Kidd or Terry should always be in, but both were out in the 2nd quarter. Stack or Howard should always be in, but again, both not in, and you should never have ALL 4 SITTING during the biggest game of the season.

    If he continues to make this stupid substution moves, we won’t be able to beat the good teams and with our 2 biggest games coming up next, i hope our startes and Terry play 40 min each or more

  4. By Kirk on Mar 26, 2008 at 10:19:42 am

    Listen to Bill Simmons podcast with Marc Stein today. They basically rip Avery for the whole first 10 minutes. Even bg media is starting o jump on the bandwagon saying that Avery needs to learn to adapt, which we all know he won’t. Bye bye Avery!

  5. By T on Mar 26, 2008 at 10:38:04 am

    You could just hear Avery yelling the whole time over the crowd while the Mavs were on offense. Why can’t he just sit himself down and let Kidd run the show on offense. Kidd is being held back from doing what he can do just like the first time he was in Dallas. If he would have let loose maybe the Mavs score 125 on the Clippers. I don’t understand Avery’s 11 man rotation. He needs to go with his best 8 men and let them gel better. Quit trying to make everyone happy with playing time because most of those players will be gone next year. Damp, Bass, Howard, Stack, Kidd , Terry , Wright and Allen should see playing time. When Dirk is back take Allen out of the mix. The rest of the team should be for garbage time only. And another thought….why is Allen allowed to play Dirk’s game and Dirk is not?

  6. By Greg on Mar 26, 2008 at 10:42:17 am

    I was watching Avery last night and meant to put this in the main post. When the Mavs built up their 12 point lead in the first Avery was mostly sitting on the bench just letting the team play. He did the same thing when I was at the AAC watching them play the Pacers and paying close attention to him. Once he got up and started over-coaching the team, along with that crazy lineup, is when the lead started to disappear.

  7. By WyldMavsFan on Mar 26, 2008 at 11:11:48 am

    another good point Greg, however, what i have noticed is that when we are playing awful teams, Avery is a little more calm, when we play the contenders, he over-coaches the entire game and that’s a huge reason why we always end up flat.

    I think if he just relaxes during the so called BIG games, we would do a lot better

  8. By kris on Mar 27, 2008 at 12:46:26 am

    well, just watched highlights of devin harris tonight vs pacers..22 pts 15 assists..looked incredible…i was all four Kidd trade, but now it is painfully obvious that Cuban has blown it…should have made coaching change…Peter Vecsey said that maybe avery should put his jersey on (since avery is the only one who knows what avery wants)… I miss Nellie, love watching his team…i am mav fan since 1st reunion game, season ticket holder since AAC opened…wish we had a do-OVER on kidd trade, and do over on my season ticket renewal..damnit!!

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