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Redz West is Best said:
yeah lets bring this up when jason terry is playing against some scrubs. how about wait until um... delonte is guarding Terry for that matter.

Besides, again like i said in my post, we get carried away with scoring and being good. And Besides again, he is 2-6 with a steal and turnover... I dunno how to interpret your post.
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Ummm Jason Terry does this night in night out. If he had been doing this just for a losing team like he was in Atlanta, then yeah. But the guy is a freakish scorer/shooter. Defense is the only area I take Delonte. West should be playing the same role. 6th man who plays the scoring role and at times ball handling role.
 
Are the Mavericks really going to start Drew Gooden at C this year?

So nice to Drew elsewhere hurting other teams.

Zydrunas rocking Drew....Drew is absolutely horrible on defense.

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Marion Stay Tuned spot . lol
 
rabman_gold said:
There's a difference between having a 15th man who can't play and a 15th man who just can't do what regular NBA players do due to circumstances. Russell would be an example of the first while a guy like Brevin Knight would be an example of the second.

The attempt at sarcasm was rather stale...

We are at a different level than other teams and need some sort of quality at the end compared to years before. Right now, we can't do much about it, but I expect us to get someone better at some point when the time comes. Especially if players see us constantly without Delonte.

By the way, Andre has been even worse.
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Rab, I respect your opinion and you probably speak for the consensus on Russell. Actually Im sure you do. But I feel differently about him.

Yea there are those guys like Brevin Knight who are smart players who can just flat out play. They have their niche and ideninty in the NBA. Some of those older PGs that are still solid were long time starters that can easily be a backup and produce decently still. But your asking that to be our last spot? The 15th man? I think we are getting a little bit greedy with our already stacked lineup.

Really at this point the options we have is Russell, Coby, and Barrett for guards and no matter how you look at it, none of those guys are stellar. You aren't gonna get a guy that is 20 times better than the other so there isn't much we can do abou it. However we can choose the best possible guy and the guy that is best for this team and will fit in the last roster spot to help our team as much as he can. Notice the word "team".

So Barrett hasn't proven to hit shots, he hasn't been doing much else at all and I think most of us think he is the worst guard option right now. He is small and can't finish at the rim. He has ran the team though to give him credit and that is a quality we are looking for.

Coby is a big guard which is attractive no matter how you look at it. Problem is is that he is more of a SG but his handle is good for his size. He has also gotten to the hole well. But are we really looking for a scorer/SG? Especially one that won't come in and produce consistently and as of late isn't even shooting the ball well and that is his main attribute. To me he wouldn't be a bad pickup but we have plenty of scorers. His defense isn't terrific and the main reason I want Russell is because we don't have any point guards that can straight up guard the point guards(which if we have a guy that can do that, we can have our other players play straight up so we won't have to double).

Russell has shown he can run the team. Your just not gonna see this guy put up huge scoring number no matter how bad you want it. He just isn't gonna do it. He will though always play good defense and be active and causing problems and creating oppurtunities for others. He brings something we could use and don't have at the PG spot.

That is my breakdown and the way I look at it. Everybody has their opinion though.
 
Z feeling it early. Russ actually finding him.
 
finally they give Z the ball when he's open
 
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!

The Mavs are having PA announcer try outs tonight... The guy that's doing it right now definitely won't make the cut.
 
Russell Robinson can't shoot, but he sure can play defense and we know Mike Brown likes defense. It's probably going to be a tough choice between Karl and Robinson. Really won't matter.

Cavs got it within 2.
 
Also people talk about how Coby could come in and replace Delonte if Delonte misses time. But wouldn't Russell do a better job replacing him because he could bring similar defense that we would be missing? I don't think Coby would be quick enough.
 
Robinson gets to the hole and finishes. Nice. Wait did he make that?
 
This isn't a knock but D-Jack is getting schooled by Dirk.
 
DJ00 looks really bad.....he looks like a practice player at best for this team
 
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