October 8, 2009 10:30 am  |  23 Comments

Cuban: ‘10 Mavs Better Than ‘06 Mavs


Mark says that this season’s Dallas team is a better group that the one who went to the Finals four years ago: “Dallas owner Mark Cuban is expressing and catchphrasing again this week, pronouncing the 2009-10 Dallas Mavericks ‘a better team’ than the club that went to the Finals in 2006. “Not even close,’ he says. ‘Trust me, Mavs fans: If we stay healthy, this is a good, good, team. I never make predictions. But our top 12 guys are off-the-charts compared to where we’ve been in the past.’’’

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  • niQ Posted: Oct.8 at 10:34 am
    It’s true based on names. But really, I’d rather have Devin Harris than Kidd at this point in time.

  • vtrobot Posted: Oct.8 at 10:40 am
    ‘10 Damp can’t be any worse then ‘06 Damp. niQ, i’d take harris over kidd too. mavs might be interesting this year.

  • Ben Osborne Posted: Oct.8 at 10:45 am
    Well, so are the other teams.

  • Ken Posted: Oct.8 at 10:51 am
    Can you imagine if the ‘10 replacement refs were calling the ‘06 Finals? How many FTs do you think Wade would have shot?

  • Jacqueline Mitchell Posted: Oct.8 at 11:39 am
    I like Mark Cuban I really do, but sometimes he runs his mouth a little too much. Don’t jinx your team Mr. Cuban,predictions are not always what they’re made out to be.

  • niQ Posted: Oct.8 at 11:49 am
    Ken: Wade would’ve probably gone to the line 50 times. Lol. And the would’ve taken forever to watch. It would’ve been more boring than watching the Spurs that season.

  • Orlando Green Posted: Oct.8 at 11:50 am
    The lakers are going to leave sneaker prints on their faces!

  • Bryan Posted: Oct.8 at 12:24 pm
    Co sign ben.

  • LB Posted: Oct.8 at 1:13 pm
    Obviously, he is excited and optimistic about the team, which is fantastic. Ask the NY Yankees how many teams they had “on paper” that looked unbeatable though. Hopefully they have no major injuries, they have great chemistry and Dirk comes up big in the playoffs and doesn’t disappear faster then his ex-girlfriend did when she saw a Dallas Police car.

  • chiqo Posted: Oct.8 at 2:40 pm
    @ken: i don’t know how many foul shots they would have given wade, but i bet they would have called that backcourt violation.

  • JD Posted: Oct.8 at 2:51 pm
    This could be true, but the ‘10 Lakers r better than the ‘06 Lakers, and the ‘10 Spurs r better tan the ‘06 Spurs etc

  • knock knock Posted: Oct.8 at 2:55 pm
    If replacements called the game, Wade receives about 2 free throws and miami loses by 26. Shaq is still garbage, wade with no ring. My god, those finals were unbelievably boring. I can’t watch a grown man shoot freethrows for 48 mins straight. I’ll lose my mind.

  • The D Train Posted: Oct.8 at 5:39 pm
    @LB: Dirk’s 36 and 16 against Denver was quite the disappearing act, eh?

  • Hi! Posted: Oct.8 at 6:31 pm
    KRIS HUMPHRIES!!!!!!

  • Dave Posted: Oct.8 at 8:21 pm
    Cuban, who to all intents and purposes is the general manager of the Mavs if popular opinion (and his own) is to be believed, is not a good evaluator of top shelf talent. Rather, he excels at finding guys who are underpaid and putting them in situations where they overachieve for good money. That’s why people love playing for him.
    Overachievers don’t make it in crunchtime.

  • Dru Ha Posted: Oct.8 at 10:24 pm
    LOLOLOL not a chance. If this roster was assembled in 06, with these guys at their level back then, sure, he’d have a case. His squad is a spent force, even with the new additions. Marion’s washed up, not to mention the others. Hot. Garbage.

  • Gambit Posted: Oct.9 at 12:04 am
    How can u go wrong with Kidd, Dirk, Matrix, J-Howard, JET & Drew

  • Pardeep Posted: Oct.9 at 2:08 am
    10 Lakers better than 09,08,07,06 Lakers. 10′ Spurs better than 09,08,07,06 Spurs. 10′ Celtics better than 09,08,07,06 Celtics, 10 Cavs better than 09,08,07,06 Cavs.10 Magic better than 09,08,07,06 Magic. LOL Cuban all these teams that were already better than Dallas are much better than before aswell. Lakers 2010 Champs Dallas second round exit.

  • Randy Brown Posted: Oct.9 at 6:47 am
    Mark Cuban in attention-seeking foray again

  • Justin Posted: Oct.9 at 1:56 pm
    As was said before, too bad the Spurs and Lakers still exist.

  • ClydeSays Posted: Oct.9 at 4:30 pm
    Anyone else think that Cuban cried himself to sleep for about 3 seasons after Nash walked?

  • Yesse Posted: Oct.10 at 4:22 am
    Might be, but other teams are also better than the ‘10 Mavs.

  • Jay-G Posted: Oct.10 at 1:53 pm
    Man Cuban was like a used car salesman on the radio the other day. He was telling people to buy tickets over and over. I agree that the MAvs are better, but like everyone else said most of the field is better than it was in 06′. The only teams that were good in 06 were Mavs, Heat, Spurs, Suns and Pistons.

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