Game 2: Mavs @ Hornets
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Game 2: Mavs @ Hornets
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Well, I would say that from March 8th to March 27th (B4 his groin injury) he was starting and was fairly sucessful.catalyst wrote:Why is stack starting and terry sitting? I think avery is overthinking again
10 games
27.6 MPG
14.5 PPG (48.8% FG, 41.5% from 3, 83.3% FT)
3.4 APG
2.6 RPG
You can't blame Avery for going back to what worked.
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To advance, the Dallas Mavericks must follow the leader
Dirk Nowitzki has made a career of defying basketball norms. No 7-footer has ever been in the conversation as the best long-range shooter in the game. Germany is not exactly a hotbed of basketball talent. Deferential players seldom make great leaders.
When the Mavericks traded for Jason Kidd, Nowitzki went to Avery Johnson before Kidd's first home game and suggested a change in the way the starting lineup was announced. Kidd was returning to Dallas after being traded in 1996 and Nowitzki thought it would be great for Kidd to be the last player introduced.
As often happens with Nowitzki, however, that gesture was misread. Kidd came to Dallas with a reputation as one of the great leaders of his basketball generation. And here was Nowitzki, some thought, already turning over the keys to the franchise, symbolically saying: "It's your team."
Perhaps Nowitzki's greatest achievement as a player, however, is that some perceived weaknesses are actually strengths.
The fact that he went out of his way to welcome Kidd was not because he was abdicating his role as the team leader, it was precisely because of it.
"He could have made it a lot harder," Kidd said. "There's no doubt. But he's low maintenance. Not knowing who he really is on the other side, you don't know what superstars are like. And then to come over here and see how low maintenance he is, how easy going is just amazing. He just wants to play and win."
That was evident -- again -- on April 2 against Golden State when the starting lineup was announced and Kidd was the first player to come out. Nowitzki had been out for 11 days with a high ankle sprain and mild knee sprain and the normal recuperative period is at least three weeks.
But there he was, in his rightful place as the last player introduced. He played 27 minutes, scored 18 points and led the Mavericks to their first victory over a playoff-caliber team since the Kidd trade. After missing four games and watching the Mavericks struggle, Nowitzki made a resounding statement:
This is my team.
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JES12 wrote:President?
Of the United States? You might have heard of him.
And the President of Mexico? And the Prime Minister of Canada (or whatever the hell Canada has)?
They are having some big summit here. North American Union or some BS.
All I know is there are protesters and its taking me forever to get anywhere.
