The trouble with bigs

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Troubles amid the interior

Yesterday, I had a co-worker tell me that Brendan Haywood hasn't been that "bad" as of "late."

Ha. How many big men in the NBA have to eat the Mavericks up for it to be pretty clear that celebrating the guy getting five rebounds is nothing. That any seven-footer in the NBA should be able to scrounge up five rebounds. Most guards with the mindset can get 10.

Haywood is not the only problem inside. He's just the biggest, most expensive problem. He's also a problem that everyone tries to sugarcoat. This strategy was fine when we had to work with Erick Dampier, Raef LaFrentz, Shawn Bradley and Lorenzen Wright. However, coming off the season when you had the best center in franchise history, it's tough to stomach what's happening.

The Mavs were pounded on the boards last night and Michael Beasley and Kevin Love had their way much like Serge Ibaka, Roy Hibbert and Andy Varejao have in the last several weeks. The Mavs were fortunate last night. Dirk Nowitzki's as hot as they come and it proved true winning 104-97.

Granted, hoping Haywood and Ian Mahinmi start to figure things out is secondary to getting Nowitzki back on track. Possibly figuring out a consistent second scorer would be good. Maybe even one of those crazy third scorers.

Still, the Mavericks rode consistent, disciplined and steadfast interior defense all the way to a world championship. It's never too early to start.

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