disagree, Dallas has some nice pieces with Kamen, Collinson, Mayo, and Brand to go along with Dirk. I think its possible they are a top 5 team in the West

Carlisle is one of the 3 best coaches in the NBA behind Pop and Doc Rivers. Few do more with less than that guy.

Just an awful game. Truly awful for the Lakers. Mike Brown is just atrocious.

WTF was that shit? Why is Mike Brown running an offense that doesn't involve Steve Nash doing a pick-and-roll (which is almost a sure basket and has been for over a decade)?

Because he's the basketball version of Romeo Crennel.

Literally makes no ****ing sense to run a Princeton offense when you have a PG like Nash. It's like running the option with Peyton Manning.

Nash should be the prime decision maker in the offense.

He can shove it up his ass about how great this offense will be in January. Any offense that negates your PG is dogshit.

Shaq just challanged Jason Whitlock to a fight

someone upload video to youtube. Happened after Laker/Dallas game.

Now they showed a picture of Whitlock.

Shaq clowned him. Called him fat.

:)

Brown is an idiot. For the life of me I have no idea why they picked that clown.

The Mavs are such a toss up that it's ridiculous. It'll still be a month and a half until Dirk comes back, who knows how long Kaman will stay out, and we have a bunch of 1 year contract guys. The 1 year guys might show up and play hard for a contract or they might mail it in because of lack of team unity from knowing that they won't be here next year. However, if anyone can make it work, it's Carlisle. That guy is a badass coach.

Yep, there's a reason guys like Collison, Mayo, Brand, etc. were allowed to walk by their former teams. However, Carlisle is so damn good he may very well mold this team into a competitive and consistent group. They won't be able to beat the upper echelon teams when those teams play well, but that's still enough to win 40+.

Who should they have hired? Not saying Brown is a good coach by any means, but NBA coaches are really hit or miss. It's extremely difficult to find a good one.

From what I saw last night, the Thunder are still the best team in the West, even without Harden. They have the talent and chemistry.

It's entirely too early to draw any conclusions. When the Heat brought in LeBron and Bosh, they were 7-7 in their first 14 games.

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