I've been thinking that maybe the Mavericks never had as much of a chance as people thought. I picked Houston in 7 but now its looking like it will be a short series. The Mavs problems are:
1) They dont play defense. Houston is averaging 105.5 pts in this series. McGrady has been unstoppable.
2) They can't match up with Yao. He didn't do much in game one which also happened to be a blowout but was unstoppable in game 2. Did I mention he shot 13-14?
3) I think most importantly Dallas has a rookie coach. I like Avery Johnson and one day he will probably be a great coach. But right now hes going up against Jeff Van Gundy who is a playoff veteran. Including these past two games Van Gundy is 54-43 all time in the playoffs including an NBA Finals appearance. Hes been in countless close games and know how to handle a team.
Brian Grant deserves $15 mil more than almost any player in the NBA. Hes far from the most talented, but he is by far one of the nicest, classiest players in the league.
I really don't understand this. Browner's a tall, athletic CB. At one point he was a first round prospect. Im really surprised no one picked him up. A 6-4 corner is pretty rare. I bet he wishes he stayed in school.
The Steelers might be more inclined to throw to the TE now. They haven't reall had one with Miller's abilities.
As for the trade Im guessing the Lions saw Cody on the board and decided it was too good an opportunity to pass up.
Wow, Erick Dampier is a joke. Im pretty sure the best center in the West doesnt avg 9 pts and 8 reb. Yao and Brad Miller are leaps and bounds better than him.
I think Detroit pretty much had to draft Mike Williams. He was by far the best player still on the board and if Charles Rodgers gets injured again they have some nice depth.