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LinNot to take away from the story here, but young, athletic point guards giving the Mavericks fits isn't new news. Shit. That's the buried lead here.
Fact is, for the most part, eight Knicks outplayed nine Mavericks. The Knicks wanted it more. It was pretty clear, even when the Knicks were choking down a third-quarter lead. Hey, Dirk Nowitzki will do that to you. He'll do it some more and he's done it against better teams.
However, when you're on top, folks are gonna gun for you. It's what has been sort of disappointing about the Mavericks starting from the brief off-season: It doesn't seem like defending the title is very important. Lamar Odom could give a shit. Dirk Nowitzki, let's be honest, mailed in his off-season and came in out of shape. Mark Cuban's too wrapped up in making a splash in a couple of months with Deron Williams and Dwight Howard.
No one cares about 2012. And that's sad.
The Mavericks were beat in front of a national audience, a huge TV pull mostly thanks to Lin, and although they're not the lead in most stories, locally we know the Mavericks were show up yesterday morning.
At different times, J.R. Smith, Landry Fields, Lin, Steve Novak and Tyson Chandler all gave the Mavericks fits and trouble. Chandler showed everything that we are missing: Toughness, quick feet, edge. Everything that Brendan Haywood is not.
I didn't think the 2010-11 Mavericks had a title run in them. I don't think the 2011-12 squad is any different. I think last year's Mavericks kills this year's Mavericks. I don't think this can be denied nor is it a state secret.
We trudge on hoping things take shape.
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While we are at it, what are the Mavericks thinking at this point with Lamar Odom?
If we wanted to compartmentalize yesterday's loss and pin it on one guy, it's Odom, right? He was pathetic. He managed a -17 in 19 minutes, which is tough to do. He was somewhere between apathetic and awful. I can take awful. I can't handle uncaring and awful.
At best, he "figures" it out, realizes he's in Dallas for at least three more months and then he can go where he wants.
At worst ... well ... we're there. This is the worst that can happen.
Do you realize you're going to pay him anyway and play him? Do you trade him as an expiring contract? Do you nail him to the end of the bench?
Just an awful situation.
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