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[F Gump]

Still blows my mind we won the title that year.  Compare that roster to this.  This roster is phenomenally better.  Was that the weakest championship roster over the last 30 years?  I think so.

I thought (and still think) it was a GREAT collection of talent.

They had dominant defense with the best centers in the NBA (Chandler, Haywood, Mahinmi), wing defenders (Marion, Stevenson), a dominant guard defender (Kidd), and unstoppable offense in Dirk + JET plus others who could make buckets and chip in. Going forward, they added Vince Carter who wanted to jump on the bandwagon, and had young players to bring along (that they chose to give away instead). I think they would have won another title or two if Cuban hadn't undervalued what he had, and thought he could easily reinvent the NBA.