This is a site about basketball cards. And it's a bit heavy handed on the side of the Blazers at times. But it's hard to find a site writer who doesn't inject his team a bit more often into their articles.
But today, I have to give credit, as much as it hurts, to the Dallas Mavericks. This team is for real. In fact, after having watched Denver and Dallas, I'm leaning more towards Dallas now as the team to beat the Lakers.
Dallas has won 12 straight, moved a game ahead of Denver for 2nd in the West and only trail the Lakers by 2.5 games. It's actually a real possibility that the Lakers don't go in as the top seed at this point. When the margin is only 2.5 games, the first team to blink is taking the lower seed.
Nowitzki, sweaty hair and all, is just an incredible player. Kidd doesn't seem to realize that he shouldn't be playing that well this late in his career. And the trade catapulted them to the next level. And there's a certain French player, Beaubois, that's just showing a great overall talent.
Damnit, I should just learn French already. All my favorite players are French. How does that happen to a small town kid like myself? I just don't know.
So there. I said it. Dallas is great this year. And they're looking to be great next year too. I hate the Lakers, I hate them enough to hope that Dallas can take them out.
But what does Dallas' success mean for the Blazers? It means that the Blazers need to move past a couple of teams to try for the 5th or 6th seed to avoid them first round. And would somebody please tell Mark Cuban to sit the hell down already. Really, they have a camera trained on him at all times for his reactions. Someday they'll have TV's that go both ways. Then he'll be able to see my reactions. Less than flattering that they are.
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I think Dallas is an easier matchup for the Blazers this year than, say, Utah. Last year was a different story, of course.
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