Hello Celebritys

After 24 hours of digesting the Mavs 97-87 game 6 loss to the Spurs in San Antonio, I feel like I can finally talk about. I am writing this a lot earlier than expected, but after three first round exits in the last four years, I have come to expect that.

I guess I will start with coaching. I hate blaming things on the coach, but Rick Carlisle was out coached by Greg Popovich in every aspect of the game. From rotations to strategy to anything you want to throw out there. The idea to bench Caron Butler for the 2^nd half of game 3, and not going to Roddy Beaubois earlier in the series will continue to baffle me.

Which brings me to my next point… I was one of those people who have been hesitant on Roddy B. I didn’t think he should get a ton of minutes and I didn’t expect Carlisle to play him, but when you go down 3-1 in the series, you have to change things up. Also, once Coach Carlisle became desperate and did decide to go with Roddy B, why did he sit him for the majority of the 4^th quarter of game 6?

Outside of Dirk, the so called “leaders” and “veterans” of this team were nonexistent. Jason Kidd and Jason Terry were horrendous. I usually defend Jason Kidd all I can, but I can’t say anything good about his performance in this series. This is back to back years where JET has been bad in the postseason.

Erick Dampier…I don’t expect much from you, but you failed to score one single basket the entire series and you are 7 feet tall. Not one! Not an offensive rebound for a put back, you didn’t luckily get open for a pass, you didn’t make one shot from the field. That is terrible.

Dirk was a beast and does what he does. I don’t have anything else to say about him. I hope he doesn’t opt of his contract, and I don’t think he will, but we will have to wait and see.

This was obviously another disappointing season for the Mavs. I thought this team was finally assembled to make a deep post season run, but I was wrong. I’m not really sure what to expect from next season, but it should be a long and interesting offseason.

Any here is a former Maverick fan favorite

Devin Harris

Any here is a former Maverick fan favorite

Devin Harris

Jason Terry thinks so.

When I asked JET after shoot around this morning about the play of Jason Kidd as of late, Terry responded “He is a Hall of Famer. I keep saying it. They should just put him in now. Shouldn’t be a first or second or third ballot. First active player to ever be in the Hall of Fame. Why not?”

I agree, why not? If there ever was a perfect example of a sure thing for the Hall of Fame, Jason Kidd fits the mold. Kidd will definitely be a first ballot hall of famer when the time comes, until then, I just hope he continues to do what he has been doing, because it is fun to watch.

Jason Terry thinks so.

When I asked JET after shoot around this morning about the play of Jason Kidd as of late, Terry responded “He is a Hall of Famer. I keep saying it. They should just put him in now. Shouldn’t be a first or second or third ballot. First active player to ever be in the Hall of Fame. Why not?”

I agree, why not? If there ever was a perfect example of a sure thing for the Hall of Fame, Jason Kidd fits the mold. Kidd will definitely be a first ballot hall of famer when the time comes, until then, I just hope he continues to do what he has been doing, because it is fun to watch.

Jason Kidd was absolutely AMAZING on Friday night versus the Hawks. Kidd finished the game with 19 points, 17 assists, and 16 rebounds, good enough for his 104^th career triple-double. The crafty veteran willed the Mavs to victory by dominating the 4^th quarter and overtime, and picking up an unusual foul.

Here is the video of Mavs PG Jason Kidd running into Hawks Coach Mike Woodson.

Now, some say this was a dirty play, but I think most people would agree that it was just a very slick move by a smart, veteran, basketball player. At least that is how I see it. You can’t fault Kidd for trying to make something happen. The coach isn’t allowed to be on the court and Kidd made sure the referees saw that.

I think you could argue that Jason Kidd has benefitted from the trade better than any other Maverick. The guy is balling out of control right now and I love it.

Jason Kidd was absolutely AMAZING on Friday night versus the Hawks. Kidd finished the game with 19 points, 17 assists, and 16 rebounds, good enough for his 104^th career triple-double. The crafty veteran willed the Mavs to victory by dominating the 4^th quarter and overtime, and picking up an unusual foul.

Here is the video of Mavs PG Jason Kidd running into Hawks Coach Mike Woodson.

Now, some say this was a dirty play, but I think most people would agree that it was just a very slick move by a smart, veteran, basketball player. At least that is how I see it. You can’t fault Kidd for trying to make something happen. The coach isn’t allowed to be on the court and Kidd made sure the referees saw that.

I think you could argue that Jason Kidd has benefitted from the trade better than any other Maverick. The guy is balling out of control right now and I love it.