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March 7, 2008Let’s Go Vi-kings! (Clap, Clap, Clap-Clap-Clap!)
March 8, 2008While I’m not a Bill Livingston fan, I occasionally envy him only in the fact that he gets to write about things the second he comes up with them. Most of us bloggers that have other things in life to deal with from time to time come up with ideas to write about, but have to put them on the back-burner from time to time as that pesky prioritizing steps in.
When I saw today’s Livingston piece regarding Jason Kidd, I felt like the guys in the movie Knocked Up as they had a solid business model set in place, only to find out right before launch that someone else has the exact same service already up and running. When the Kidd deal went down, it was hard to find anyone outside of Dallas that was excited. Those of us that follow the sport know that Kidd is one of those players who is “beyond the numbers,” and while he may average a triple-double (or close to), it’s on 30 percent shooting and horrid defense.
While Bill chooses to poke at LeBron James a bit, I’m not faulting him in the least. He wanted his team to get better. He wanted a point guard. He wanted someone that he had played with before. Mike Bibby was not the answer to any of those questions, as seen by his play in Atlanta. Thus, Jason Kidd was.
But Bill is spot on when he talks about the inabilities of Kidd’s shooting. Dallas fans will point to the fact that Dirk Nowitzki has averaged something like five more points per game since Kidd’s arrival. That’s great and all, but the Cavaliers didn’t need someone to increase the scoring of others. They needed someone who could score, who could draw attention away from those who wanted to double-team James, but also someone who could drive and kick to open men. Oh, and in Mike Brown’s house, you best be playing defense.
If anything is a telling sign, I mean aside from the fact that Kidd has recently been benched in close games, it’s the fact that the Mavs have given up 113, 116, 108 and 106 points in the last four games, respectively. Thankfully, for them, they mustered up 115 points against the Kings to top their 106-point effort. But yes, the Mavs – a team that has given up only 96 points per game on the season (I say only, as they’ve averaged 100 on their side) – have been giving up triple-figures like they’re the Memphis Grizzlies.
All of that for $20 million per? No thanks.
And don’t think that it is far-fetched for the Mavs to fall out of the playoff picture in the West. Losing three straight has slid them down to the 7-seed. Golden State is a half of a game back, with Denver right on their tale. How bittersweet would that be? I mean, unless you’re Mark Cuban.
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You know who used to do that to me? Rock…that jerk!
Ha…well if it wasn’t for that, we wouldn’t have the Cleveland Voltron
the Cleveland Voltron!!!! That is hilarious! I think I may have peed…
A little joke in the sidebar…delete your cache and take a look!
Not sure I’m seeing anything…
I took it down a little bit ago, I found a picture of Voltron and threw it on there for a while…