What's Next for Dallas?

[Bahku]

A fishing trip.

[bringbackcousy]

haha bahku

I was going to say a few rounds of golf

[wdleehi]

A fishing trip.

Since we are talking about Dirk...



He is going to follow his favorite rock star tour.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgX-hiQdfFw&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=

[Ersatz]

mark cuban will blow this thing up...and dirk will get traded.  two years in a row of first round misery won't sit well with him.

i'm beginning to believe that dirk is the west coast version of pierce...nice player, but no leadership skills.

I don't see anything wrong with Pierce or Dirk.  There is nothing wrong with not being a leader.  The problem is not them, it's the players around them.  Pierce finally has the right players around him, Dirk doesn't.

...and last i checked these celtics haven't won anything yet and have not advanced to the next round.

let's wait and see what happens before we crown this version of the celtics a success...pierce is surrounded by those "right players" that haven't won anything yet themselves to this point in their respective careers.

Nice logic. First you dog on Pierce, then you say we should withhold judgment, then you judge him anyway for a postseason that he hasn't advanced in, even though the postseason just started and no one has advanced. Huh?

[Ersatz]

In the past, I've been very critical of Dirk's overall game--and I still do think that he will always be less than KG, Duncan, Shaq, and others because of it--but if the Mavs have one bright spot, it's him. He was an absolute animal the last part of the season and in the playoffs, carrying that team to whatever modest heights it reached. The Mavs problems don't include Dirk.

Whoever suggested MIchael Redd is smart. That's exactly who the Mavs need.

[JSD]

I do all of this knowing Jason Kidd is in a contract year (http://hoopshype.com/salaries/dallas.htm) If Dallas still can't make a run after next season simply let Kidd expire and you are now 14 million under the cap for the Summer of 09.

They're still over the cap or right around the cap line in 2009. They have $57mil on the books plus whatever they spend this offseason, likely the MLE so add another $5mil. Stackhouse isn't on the hoopshype salaries page, he has $14mil remaining on his contract, he's not a FA this summer, he signed a $21mil over three years contract this offseason (Spree's contract offer, little irony there? No?). Several of last off-seasons free agent signings haven't been put up properly, only their first year is up like Stackhouse.

Standing pat and hoping you can trade Kidd's expiring deal might be a decent last ditch attempt though, rather than blowing up the team. Their last card in the war chest. It would be a decent card to hold. All or nothing hand. Plus it gives Josh some extra time to try and figure things out on the court which could be a huge gain.difference maker for Dallas.

They have no cap space until two full seasons from now, that's year three from now. And that's only if Dirk and Howard leave which will kill the core of the team anyway. Otherwise they're only about $5mil below the cap (and likely will have spent 1-2 MLE's since then so they'll likely be over the cap). Dirk would be 33 years old at that moment in time.

Ok knowing Stackhouse's situation changes things a little bit... Cubans in a tough situation, as far cap economics go... What a terrible idea trading for Kidd

[Mr October]

As soon as Dallas made the desperate Kidd trade, they were in big trouble. Suddenly they are old and don't have much depth in the roster to make another move.

I had them pegged as the second worst playoff team in the West behind Houston. I thought the Nuggets would at least put up a fight against the Lakers! :-P

A Redd-type of player would be a good move. I don't think Milwaukee want to make a Gasol-esque contract dump in his case though. But even a move like that won't make them a contender. Heck, they need a guy like Dwight Howard. The Dirk-Dallas title run is over.

I think we're going to watch this team continue to fall apart for another year, maybe with another desperate trade, before Cuban pushes the blow-up button.

[Bahku]

A fishing trip.

Since we are talking about Dirk...



He is going to follow his favorite rock star tour.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgX-hiQdfFw&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=

That's a riot, Wdleehi ... thank you, I needed a chuckle! (TP) That's got to be the worst rock video ever made! You do realize that he's a HUGE star overseas? Man ... the 80's were painful! LOL!