<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> AUBURN HILLS, Mich. ? The NBA will announce today that it will send four or five teams to Europe for training camp in 2006 and 2007, but don't expect the Mavericks to be on the traveling list. Owner Mark Cuban said Monday that the Mavericks have been asked to be part of the initiative, but he doesn't think the timing is right for his team. "I won't do it," he said. "While I understand and appreciate the value to international marketing goals of the NBA, I don't think it would be good for the Mavs. "Training camp is only about 30 days. That's not enough time as it is. Anything that takes away from our time together, particularly our first camp with AJ [Avery Johnson] as coach, would be a mistake." The NBA has not announced which teams will fill out the European training camp roster for each year; that decision could come soon. </div> Source
Im surprised I thought they would, they could do a little recruting when they are there a get a different perspective on how the game is played.
Yeah, it is pretty suprising, but I think its a good idea, because if Nelson was still the head coach I think they would have gone, but since it's Avery now, its probably a good idea to stay in Dallas for his first full season as Head Coach
Well considering that Dallas has no draft pick this year, this makes a little bit of sense to me. You also have to consider that the top prospect in the Eurocamp was Roko Ukic, a Point Guard, and Dallas is pretty set at Point Guard with Devin Harris and Jason Terry.
