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On the runwayWith the hectic schedule and bombardment of games, Rick Carlisle can no longer ignore the ass-end of his bench. Prolonged absences from Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd (out at least another week) and Delonte West is forcing Carlisle to go young ... a lot.
And its fun, win or lose, as far as I'm concerned. I enjoy seeing Brandan Wright, Dom Jones and Roddy Beaubois, who's been getting the starting nod and starting minutes.
It took nearly losing the season and then panicking into a shortened season for the Mavericks to finally take on a youth movement. I'm sure it's driving Carlisle crazy.
Beaubois -- Dallas' only real young, legit talent -- has started the last two games and is averaging about 18 per in 36 minutes. This doesn't take into account the shitload of blocks he gets, rebounds and assists. And there's nothing accounting for the pure energy he brings. He's an X-factor many teams can't handle.
What's better and more exciting is actually winning games. The Mavericks are leading the Southwest Division after yesterday's ridiculously confusing 101-100 win over San Antonio, which was piggy-backed off a win against Utah at home Friday.
Generally, the Mavericks have been ridiculous. At times, ridiculously good and balanced. Other times they win, but look terrible. Then they look terrible.
Frankly, the Mavs had zero reason to beat San Antone. They had the second-string Spurs mount a huge combat at the American Airlines Center and had that jumped come off Daniel Green's fingers a nanosecond earlier, the Mavs lose a tough one at home and -- no doubt -- there'd be questions with very little answers.
Honestly, it felt that Greg Popovich was chalking that game to the loss column. If they came back with the bench players, fine. If not, he wasn't going to push his aging starters in a seemingly lost game on the road. It's no different than sitting Nowitzki or Kidd. No one's winning 60 games this year and the Western Conference has a soft underbelly this season. Not nearly as strong as in previous years. The Spurs and Mavs can both cruise and still compete in the playoffs.
As for now, let's still the youth -- terrible and consistent as they are -- play.
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