Mavericks Embarassed by Spurs

Last night's game was just embarassing. The San Antonio Spurs played without Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili and still beat the Mavs 93-76. The Mavs only made 34% of their shots. Jason Kidd had 2 points and 4 assists. Tony Parker had 37, and dished out 12 assists. Any question that Kidd isn't an elite point guard any more? Can't help on offense, and laying out the welcome mat on defense. Let's just bench Kidd and let J.J. Barea start so he can begin to develope into the PG of the future. Kidd is clearly the PG of the past.

Let's also get some help in the paint. Dampier scored 2 pts and grabed 1 board. Did I mention that Tim Duncan didn't play? Spurs' center Matt Bonner scored 11 and power forward Kurt Thomas scored 10 with 15! rebounds. Where's the Mavs' center!? We need a center that's also somewhat of a scoring threat, and plays some D.

The trading deadline has come and gone, and Mark Cuban sat on his butt and did nothing to help the team. Your "sharp shooter" Carroll ain't shooting (0-1 in the game). Your backup center Hollins doesn't even get to play. You traded the only player that plays defense in Diop and got 2 players that don't do anything for the team. Then you didn't get any players before the trade deadline when there were plenty of players available that could have helped (i.e. Brad Miller, Amare). There are some players that could still be available off waivers such as Mikki Moore and Sam Cassel. Is it too late to pick up Antonio McDyess? You need something to shake up the team. Otherwise, you're going to end up being an 8th seed in the playoffs, get swept by the Lakers in the 1st round, and Cuban will go bonkers and wonder what went wrong.