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Originally Posted by JapanAir21
I haven't given up on this team because I'm a true homer and I won't admit defeat.Originally Posted by franchise3
Let's face it.
The Devin Harris deal was a bad move, ie, nail in the coffin.
But seriously, in concept, the Kidd deal wasn't a terribly bad idea. Dirk has been great since we got Kidd, and you'd expect that he'd make players like Howard and Bass to excel with Kidd, but... they didn't.
Cuban basically thought that Kidd would push the Mavs over the top, and while it wasn't terribly a bad idea per se, still, you just can't be tradingaway a young blue chip prospect like Devin Harris away like that. Especially considering the aging pieces on that Mavs team. Kidd is one of the all timegreats and all, but a lot of people knew once the trade went down, that Kidd wasn't that much of an upgrade over Devin. To make matters worse, theyincluded Diop in the deal, and his absence showed. Enough so for Cuban to come back and overpay and resign him in the offseason. Fortunately, he duped MJinto taking him on though.
With all that said though, I still wouldn't want to face a Mavs team in the first round. They just need Jet back to maybe make some noise come playofftime.