Thursday, September 16th, 2010 at 1:05 pm  |  63 responses

Mark Cuban Loves Mavs’ Chances Against Lakers

Cuban thinks the defending champs will be in trouble when they face off against Dallas next season. From SRI (via KRLD in Dallas): “On if the Mavs could beat the Lakers: ‘Hell yes. That’s it. Hell yes. We’ve got the size now. We’ve got the depth. We’ve got a lot more depth than the Lakers. It’s not even close there.’ On expectations on the Mavs after nine straight 50-win seasons: ‘I’m excited about it. We’re going to continue our streak. We’re going to have a great team. I think we have the depth, experience and are younger and more athletic to kind of fill some holes we had last year. We are going to be better. This is a really, really special opportunity for us. We’re going to have the deepest team in the NBA by far. I think our second unit, J.J. (Barea), Jet (Rodigue Beaubois) and probably Shawn Marion or Caron Butler switching back and forth with the second unit with rookie Dominique Jones playing the three, Tyson Chandler playing the four and Brendan (Haywood) or Ian (Mahini) playing the five. Our second unit could beat a lot of first units. We’re going to have so much depth that it’s really going to give us an advantage this year. All our guys are coming in with one focus only and that’s to win a championship. That’s the goal.’”

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  • http://www.stonesthrow.com Michael NZ

    Payton won in ’06.

  • IAMORANGE4EVER

    I wish Cuban said BOOK IT! That would have been perfect.

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    He’s right, you know. Whether you want to admit it or not, the Mavs have one of the deepest teams in the league right now. Of course, they don’t always show it come playoff time–but… If they play together as a cohesive and tough unit they can do it.

  • Quantumphysix

    Well, they`re older … is that a good thing? Marrion, Kidd, Terry, Dirk, Butler etc are all past there prime… Good luck Cube boy!

  • http://jericho_artuz@yahoo.com MARK CUBAN

    i was just kidding!!! we really cant beat the lakers!!! what im saying is just for promotion! LOL!!!

  • Yesse

    Ohh im sorry… What chances is he talking about again?

  • http://www.dontevenreply.com total scrotal implosion

    Spurs, improved jefferson, very fit timmy, rested and healthy tony and manu, add tiago. Champs

  • Anthony

    Cant wait to watch Kobe destroying them. Durant will destroy them also.

  • Morgan

    Any of the top 4/5 teams in the West could comfortably beat the Mavs in a 7 game series so a 50 win season and second round exit is all you should be excited about Cubes. Like the Magic they are stuck until someone other than their Franchise Player takes it up a notch (Butler and VC we’re waiting on you)

  • http://www.fiba.com Darksaber

    Comes down to a few things for Dirk’s team: coaching (Carlysle messing about with Butler/Marion/Haywood/Beaubois minutes in the playoffs was beyond stupid). Jason Kidd, 4th quarter bench player (rather have the undersized but better on Offense Barea/Beaubois combo in late to keep the D honest and less Double teams on Dirk & Butler). Tyson Chandler returning to form as a shotblocker, low post defender and good rebounder. The Chandler/Haywood center combo is admittedly injury prone but more than capable of handling all 5′s in the L right now. And last but not least: JET (get your head outta your ass, Terry. 2 years in a row you’ve bombed in the playoffs!! If Cubes made a mistake this summer, it wasn’t Chandler, it was not finding a way to unload Terry for someone else)

  • dsleepy

    no matter how many good players you have, you can only play 5 at a time. and LA is also the more COMPLETE squard. Not even close. i got nothin’ but love for cubes, but he sounds plain crazy.

  • data187

    The problem with the mavs is that they do not have anyone that can break down a defense 1-on-1 consistently. Dirk spends most of his touches on the elbows, shooting jumpers. This means that it forces the guards to give up the ball and go to the corners. If they double dirk, guards get 3balls. If they don’t double dirk, everyone else struggles.

    Dallas’s guards are also a big problem. The guards are either too small or too slow to d-up opposing guards. Their guards do not pair well together for favorable matchups.

  • http://SLAMONLINE.COM LAKERSLEGACY

    Honestly ever since mavs lost in the finals to heat i doubted the mavs will reach the finals again they just are lacking something to get them to that point

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