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Hey gents, I have upgraded the software to the latest and refreshed our header a little bit. Let me know if you have any problems with that.

And in even more excited news I have launched a "blog" site https://blog.mavsboard.com/ which acts as an aggregator of sorts for our forum content. I had fun making it so I hope you enjoy it. I like it especially on my phone to get the latest hot takes from the forum.

Ten days left in the season, including tonight. Three games of interest for today, Friday, 3 April 2026:

7:00 pm CST - Raps at Grizz. Raps have been pretty shaky going up against weaker teams this year.

7:30 pm CST - Magic at Mavs. As '21 said, a tanking trap game. Kidd had better be pretty slick with his lineups for us to pull this loss out.

9:00 pm CST - Pels at Kings. I know the Pels are segababa, but surely they can beat the lowly Kings...

Hopefully it's a night to keep the 6th-best odds.

As the seasons go on the more the game of basketball is (d)evolving into something we no longer resemble. The game is now simply two to three passes around and then a 3 point shot.  I get the evolution as, strategy-wise, it makes the most sense. But from a basketball purity sense, especially if shots aren't falling, it gets boring. Likewise, from a lineup perspective, too many teams are changing to where all five players are similar (essentially all 3&D players), which is, again, boring. 

Basketball, I believe, is most fun when there are multiple ways to score and with different types of players being integral to the chemistry of a winning squad. Before, a team needed a true, ball handling PG, a sniper SG, a multidimensional SF, a bruiser PF and a true big man to protect the paint and score inside. Now, it's almost considered a "win" if a team only gives up a 2pt shot.  But what if the ultimate in getting a goal (which requires both the ball AND scorer to get to the basket), the dunk, gets a team 3 points?

Suddenly, inside the paint returns to being important. Likewise, bigger players both offensively and defensively become key.

So if they moved the 3 point line back, eliminated wing 3s, and created a 3 point dunk, the game would return to having more nuisance and diverse strategy. 

Now, I know you're probably saying, "Rasheed, that's a LOT of changes!!!"  But, I say, think how much Adam Silver has messed with things already. Could it be any worse?