Monta Ellis Agrees To Three-Year, $30M Deal With Mavericks...

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  1. NOVoodoo

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    I posted the Mavericks' depth chart a week or so back, and it was looking really awkward. After this signing, Andrew Bynum going to Cleveland, the Larkin injury, and the Devin Harris deal falling flat, let's check it out -

    PG - Jose Calderon/Gal Mekel/Shane Larkin (Injured)
    SG - Monta Ellis/Vince Carter/Wayne Ellington
    SF - Shawn Marion/(VC and Ellington)
    PF - Dirk Nowitzki/Jae Crowder
    C - ???

    It's looking better, but it's still confusing to try to figure out what direction they're going in. It seems like they keep swinging for the fences in the off-season, but they keep striking out. They tried to get Deron Williams, then they tried to get Dwight Howard. When that fell through, they went for Bynum, and they lost out to Cleveland of all teams on that one.

    What makes Dallas such an unattractive destination for free agents? They have three former All-Star veterans at their core, they have an owner that's willing to spare no expenses to win, they have the best facilities in the league, and they play in a state with great weather and great income and property tax rates. Is it because their core is too old?

    The word on the internet is that their next big signing could be Samuel Dalembert, a center that's well past his prime, who'll be lucky to give you 20 mpg.

    I know that Dirk Nowitzki has been the epitome of cooperative and loyal, but at what point does Cuban just say, "Fuck it, let's blow it up"? All of the signings the Mav's are making are just catapulting them to the middle.
     
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    Dallas always swings for the fence, aiming at Hibbert types. We usually (last summer excepted) build methodically with little chip shots. Dallas gains those big stars as fast as they lose the previous ones to free agency, so the team keeps repeating in cycles. We lose ours to injuries, so we make no headway either.
     
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    Last time the Blazers did swing at the fence like that they ended up in the WCF.
     
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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    well, the last time they "swung for the fences", the team imploded and went from the team considered among the best in the league to getting it's ass handed to them by the Lakers in the first round as the 8th seed.
     
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    Mavs stink
     
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    So ... in your opinion going after Monta Ellis would have been "swinging at the fence?" Christ, that's depressing.
     
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    There was an interesting discussion on a Warriors board I frequent about whether or not Cuban "gets it". It seemed like he did all the way through when they won the champoinship, then he let Chandler go, effectively dismantling a championship team, and sold out for Dwight. That was a big failure, obviously, but we all knew the risk going into it. The question now is what the hell is he thinking with all of these FA signings? There's more FA next year he could try to get, or he could just blow it up altogether. Overpaying for free agents that won't put them over the top just doesn't seem like a Cuban thing to do.

    I do think Cuban gets it, but hes never going to give up Dirk or give up on Dirk. Their relationship is pretty unique, but I think its blinding Cuban a bit. The Mavs appear as though they'll be a middling fringe playoff team for the duration of Dirk's career. Seems like a lose lose situation for the team and the player.
     
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    Last season they swung by offering a max contract to Hibbert. They just missed.
     
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    Who's on the books for Dallas next year? Calderon, monta, And that's it?

    If dirk signs for a discount they might still have enough for two max guys on top of that
     
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    Ya but Dirk is already 35, the idea was to bring in players to put around Diggler. With two years in a row being flushed down die Toilette, how much will be left in his tank?
     
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    No none of those other deals could happen if we got this chucker. No speculation
     
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    I think they save one max for Aldridge the year after.
     
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    Then again every winning team has a chucker.
     
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  14. Further

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    who is the chucker on the Heat? The Spurs?
     
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    Dallas should trade Nowitzki for flexibility at this point. If LMA goes there as a FA, it won't be to win a title.
     
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    Lmao no they don't!
     
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    Memphis, Chicago, or New Jersey?
     
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