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Devin Harris, Dallas Mavericks 
Mavs Halfway: Improved Offense, Less Aggressive Defense
It's halfway into the 2007-2008 season, and the key question has nothing to do with the regular season at all: Have the Mavericks improved their players and systems for a more successful playoff run? Of course the answer to this question has much to do with a comparison to the past: Have the Mavs improved in various ways to overcome the strategies that stopped them in 2006 and 2007? That's what I'll look at in my review of games 1-42.
Are we pacing ourselves?
Before we look at offenses and defenses, let's take a look at minute usage. Both Detroit and Phoenix have often been pegged as teams with poor minute distribution. They ride their starters all season long, and by the time the playoffs come around, fatigue becomes a factor in their play. This has some support from the statisticians, with at least one report showing that limiting starter's minutes has a correlation to post-season success. Certainly the Spurs have been lauded for this as a team that paces itself and peaks at the right time. read more »
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The Night Avery Johnson Lost The Season, The Team, And His Job
It was December 6, 2007, and for a Mavs team reeling from its worst stretch of the season it was just one more blow. At home against the Denver Nuggets the Mavs were sliced and diced by Allan Iverson and dropped their second straight game in the process of losing six in nine. Dirk Nowitzki could have been speaking for head coach Avery Johnson when he described the game: "It was a layup drill out there. At no point in the game I thought we could really stop them."
Avery Johnson puts a lot of emphasis on judging his team in 20 game increments, and after what he saw in the previous 19 games, this loss to Denver was more than a symbolic close to the first 20 games of the season: It was the final straw. He had done everything he said he would do coming into the season. He had let young players like Brandon Bass and J.J. Barea get significant playing time. He had unleashed Devin Harris to control the game and the Mavs offense. He had moved Jason Terry to the bench and increased the size of his shooting guard position. For twenty games Avery Johnson had done what everyone else had told him to do, and for what... a thrashing at the hands of the Nuggets? read more »
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Mavericks-Hornets: Tuesday news wrap
It's game day, and with it comes a massive dose of news articles and blog posts. Some highlights...
To start, here's an observation from Elias over a ESPN.com...
- Paul is the first player in league history to have at least 35 points and at least 10 assists in his first NBA playoff game.
Nice.
Mike Freeman of CBSSports.com recalls the Nets firing Byron Scott in 2004, and essentially calls Jason Kidd a damn fool for instigating the whole thing... read more »
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Nowitzki breaks Mavs scoring record, leads Mavs past Nets in 1st meeting since Kidd trade (AP)
Jason Kidd faced the New Jersey Nets for the first time since being traded, Devin Harris returned to Dallas and Brandon Bass scored the most points in his career. Yet the long, loud standing ovation and the confetti shower at game's end wasn't for any of them. It was for the guy Mavericks fans usually come to see -- Dirk Nowitzki. read more »
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Harris' 41 spoil Kidd's return to NJ (AP)
The New Jersey fans who showed up to thank Jason Kidd at the beginning were thanking Mark Cuban by the end. Cuban signed off on the trade that sent Devin Harris to New Jersey -- a deal that looks better for the Nets all the time. Harris dominated his former team with 41 points, helping the Nets ruin Kidd's return with a 121-97 victory over the Mavericks on Friday night. read more »
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Mavs Regretting Harris/Kidd Trade?
The chances are you've had this conversation. I've certainly had it more than a dozen times, both on radio and TV shows as well as with friends in Dallas who love the Mavericks. As we watch Devin Harris go out and score 47 points against Phoenix and hit the 30-point mark more often than not, people want to know what the Mavericks were smoking when they traded him for the "old and tired" Jason Kidd.
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Mavericks Getting on Kidd's Page
Last season the Dallas Mavericks made a gamble. Knowing that they had an up-and-coming point guard in Devin Harris who was being carefully molded and shaped by head coach Avery Johnson, they nonetheless made a blockbuster trade to bring in legendary Jason Kidd.
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Carlisle Shores Up Some Weaknesses
While it is trendy to bash Avery Johnson, there is no doubt he is an excellent young coach. Johnson definitely has weaknesses, however, and, looking ahead, it is important to identify Avery's weaknesses and see if new head coach Rick Carlisle can improve them. The early indications make one cautiously optimistic.
Running A Fluid Offense, Empowering Point Guards
The first issue is if Carlisle has a desire to control the flow of the game on the offensive end as Johnson did. Much has been written about Carlisle's time spent at the Suns training camp, observing how D'Antoni teaches and runs his offense. Jerry Stackhouse has also said that Carlisle is the type of coach that adapts to his players. All of this is in direct cotnrast to Johnson, who held the reigns of the Dallas offense with an iron fist, from talented young point guards like Devin Harris to hall of fame point guards like Jason Kidd. read more »
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Sunday Morning Roundup
The official word right now is that Rick Carlisle has interviewed and met with both Cuban and Donnie Nelson.
“We’ve had a couple of meetings,” Nelson said Saturday. “We’re very impressed by Rick, his basketball IQ and, more important, the kind of person he is. We’re excited about continuing the discussion.”
Of course we all know the unofficial story by now -- the decision has already been made to hire Carlisle. Dallas wanted a proven commodity and apparently acted quickly on Carlisle out of fear that if they waited to see who became available (like Flip Saunders) all the proven options could have been taken. read more »
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