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The Dallas Mavericks have suffered through dark periods and celebrated great runs that have counted them among the NBA elite. Without question the greatest season came in 2005 when the team went to its first NBA Finals. The Mavericks came close before with losses in the conference finals in 1988 and 2003, but the Showtime Lakers and Tim Duncan’s Spurs stood in the way. In the 2005-06 season Dallas had built a team around Dirk Nowitzki, the remaining player of the triad of offensive weapons that made the Mavericks so exciting to watch earlier in the century. Nowitzki found help from Jason Terry, Jerry Stackhouse, and Josh Howard. The team swept the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round, beat the Spurs in a close seven game series in the second round, and put down the Suns in the Western Conference Finals. The Mavericks were big favorites with dominating defense and home court advantage at American Airlines Center. Fans with Mavs playoff tickets to the series saw Dwayne Wade perform miracles, Shaq hold his ground in the middle, and Alonzo Mourning providing a spirited defensive effort in the upset that took six games to beat the Mavs.
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About The Dallas Mavericks
After last season, the Jason Kidd Dallas comeback appeared to fail. This season is beginning with a whole new set of circumstances. Kidd is coming off a gold medal finish at the Olympics that may have tired him out, but also could have raised his spirits. Avery Johnson is gone and Rick Carlisle has been brought in as head coach. The offense seemed to flounder at times under Johnson’s direction, but this season a rejuvenated Kidd could jump start the ball movement that was the key to so many of the Mavs points. Kidd’s performance is one of few major factors in the team’s pursuit of playoff tickets for the fans. He still has a major weapon in Nowitzki to use. The big German is able to use his center like size to post up and his guard like quickness and jump shot to be effective outside. He has improved defensively over the years, gaining an understanding of team defense principals.
Dallas has plenty of other talent on the team as well. Josh Howard can be a great player when he is focused, but too often he has succumbed to off the court actions that have brought him negative attention and affected his play. His attitude may be one of the biggest decisive factors in the drive for playoff tickets. Jason Terry and Jerry Stackhouse will remain shooters with an itchy trigger until they retire, but that is a good thing for a team with Eric Dampier and DeSagana Diop being all but irrelevant on offense. They can put a shot back, but do not ask them to make any kind of a move in the post. Jason Kidd is a traditionally bad shot, so having to pure scorers is a plus here. Kidd is old. This is not any news, but over the long regular season schedule his body is going to wear down. How Jose Juan Barea handles himself when he buys time for Kidd is going to be interesting. This entire season is going to be interesting. The postseason is a mystery as is what trade Mark Cuban will pull off at mid-season to try and make that playoff run happen.
