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[mvossman]

Me personally, I would have waited.  I believe they are favored to win the series vs OKC. But what happens if they lose it?  Will all the euphoria of having a good season up to that point, carry over into next year?  Things happen from season to season. Key injuries. Losing players to FAgency. Other teams getting better. Some players have career years, then fall off the next one.  The Mavs have been rolling, they dispatched they're arch nemesis. But we all know they can come up with a "stinker" game every now and then.  We'll just have to see.

It doesn't matter if they lose to OKC.  The players love him and the FO loves him.  As much as folks on this board (including me) get frustrated with him, there is no hint of that frustration with the Mavs.  This extension was inevitable.  His name got brought up with the Lakers so they pulled the trigger early to avoid a distraction.  Besides, if things really go sideways its not like they can't can him anyways.