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I have seen enough.  Move me into team tank!  I know it is too late to really tank, but I think it will be organic anyway.  Against any healthy solid to good team, this team doesn't have the roster or bodies to beat these teams.    No matter how hard they fight.    I expect them to be 5 games below .500 by the end of March when there is a chance one of the bigs is ready (I am not confident that they will be ready by this date either).  If that is the case, the season will pretty much be put to bed and no need to bring back a big who may be limited with condititioning and time limits.    They fought for a while, I just don't think there is good vibes right now.  The lack of playable bigs is also a huge concern.    Now, PJ can't seem to string multiple games together and it appears he is going to need some more time off to get fully healthy.

I think I am going to back away for a bit.  Maybe I am wrong and they will prove to be a tougher out and I may post (will definately lurk), but I am expecting a rough next few weeks.  I am not ready to watch that type of performance that we saw last night.

Wow...I knew it would get bad, but this bad?  First, I feel for Kyrie who really was a good soldier and an excellent player.   To think he could withstand this heavy workload even with the bigs healthy was a faulty premise from the beginning.   Get well Ky.

- Mavs Crisis management team....need one.  The season ticket price increase was probably something in the works for a while.  Although, someone needed to look at the messaging and say "lets not do this now".  They have had so many self goals and they can't go more than a few days without a major blunder.   There is no way getting away from the big blunder, but so many of the bad moves should have been simple fixes (Nico laughing and not prepared at press conference, Dumont comments,  The leaks, the raising of ticket prices, etc). Swallow the bullet....Need to talk to the fans.  Even if will be a bloodbath.  Show some compassion.  

-I can't see Mavs winning more than 2 out of 10 games the rest of the season.  That may be too much.  They don't need to tank.  They just don't have the talent and the team appears broken.  They may very well win less than that.   

-I would strongly consider moving AD this offseason.  The 26 draft appears to be 3 studs up top.  Although, I expect they keep everyone though.    I don't think KD happens.  I have thought the trade they would explore is player plus two picks (Deni Avidja type trade from this past offseason).   Question is though, is giving up two picks the right move now?  Because we have not seen this team play healthy, I don't know how you can go more in.   The pairing of Lively/Gaff, AD and PJ may not wok out at all.

Don't even worry about bringing back AD, Lively, or Gafford.   Hardy out for the short term and I would let PJ fully heal.   If we are still above .500 after March, than you can look at these guys.  I don't expect we are close to .500 though.

-I didn't watch the game but saw some highlights.  Kai Jones is such a beautiful run/jump athlete.  Now, I am sure there are reasons why the Hornets and Clippers gave up on him, but a nice first game.   

-Where can I put my money that the Mavs in 1-2 years will pay two seconds to get off Martin's contract? Just want it on record.

-This organization will need to earn me back.    I have thought way too much about this team the last few years.   Heck, my family would be embarrassed how often I thought about the team....and all the hours of watching games.   I am going to take a break from watching and may or may not be engaged this summer.    Not only do I want to see competancy first, but I also want to see compassion.     Both are important.