Do you think the Dallas Mavericks will make it back to the NBA Finals this year?
918340
Yes they could make it back - they have their core players from last season and are playing really well at the moment. I think the Spurs will also give them a good run for their money because they are playing well right now too.
590663
what about them, not alot to be said. Tim Duncan is geting old and tired, he needs to retire. Tony PArker is fast as hell, Robert horry is good. They have a really good team,but i think the MAvericks are going to win the series, bc Avery Johnson is good, and the MAvericks are talented.
999951
Absolutely. I think they could kick Miami's butts. But, they aren't in the finals, so that sucks. Maybe next year.\n\nLove ya Phoenix!!!\n\nJust a little note to Sonny: Um, did anyone even ask a question that even PARTIALLY pertained to that answer???
597191
yes, they still have to focus on their goal. the championship of course. and nash and the suns have been trouble for the mavs, but i think by beating SA they have gotten over the hump , which is also a HUGE mental hill they were able to surpass. they can do it as long as they stick w/ their plan and work as a team as the only other true 'team' left is detroit. the other teams have only a few players which can hurt dallas, as the spurs did.
204221
Go Knicks!!!!!!!----- better chance of the Devil Ras winning the W.S. than the Knicks doing anything for the next 2 years.\n\nI think the Mavs will take it down this year. Tgey have improved their defense alot and with their scoring, they are nearly unstopable.
1011793
First of all Dallas does not suck, to whoever says that, Dallas is the best team in the NBA.  As were the Sonics of 1996, the Jazz of 1997 and 1998. But these teams never won a championship.  Neither did Barkleys 1993 Suns, or the Blazers of 1992, or the Lakers of 1991.  Those five teams were, by most standards, the best teams in the NBA.  The only thing that stood between them was Michael Jordans will.\n\nThe Mavericks, if they lose, are losing to Dwyane Wade's will.  A player like wade comes along every 25 years, if that.  We might very well be watching the greatest player of all time, winning his historic first ring.  We wont know until his career is up, but several things are for sure.  1.  Wade is a monster, and no one can stop him. 2. The Heat are a veteran club that have been counted out all year, and they are too tough to be pushed around. 3. Refs make bad calls sometimes, and that sucks.\n\nand 4.  The last play of the game, Wades drive..was, indeed a foul. LOOK AT THIS LINK.\n\nhttp://i5.tinypic.com/14vmbte.jpg...\n\nPLEASE,EVERYONE, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS \n"NON FOUL".\n\nAlso, below is a line DIRECTLY from the NBA rule book regarding backcourt violations.\n\nINBOUNDING EXCEPTION: During the last two minutes of the fourth period and/or any overtime period, the ball may be passed anywhere (frontcourt or backcourt) on the court.\n\nGo HEAT!
76707
I hope so. They started out 0-9 last year but then pulled it together and actually won home court advantage for the first round. Maybe they can come back from their slow start and make the playoffs again. If Tyson Chandler can keep playing the way he has the last few games they got a good shot.
1021668
Well sadly, i think i am the most bummed person of them all that my suns are gone. I think the suns made this years playoffs one of the best in a while. And i dont feel the mavs won it fairly in game 6, the refs were horrible in that game and took us out of the 2nd half. Every time 1 of our players got on a role, they would call a foul, and they would have to sit down. But next year the suns are going to be the favorite to win the championship with Amare coming back. \n\nIll tell you 1 thing, the finals would have been a lot more fun to watch if it was the suns vs heat.
22386
No, but don't count them out, they score a lot of points but so do the other teams. They have to get some D from somewhere. Every champ within the last five years have had D, Lakers, Spurs, Detroit, all of them had it. They got to get it.
327129
All the teams listed are very good but i will have to go with Detroit and San Antonio in the finals again and go with the one who has home court. either one of these teams will be hard to beat 4 times and even harder if you are on the road in there house  ps i wouldn't under estimate dallas as a possiblity.
1132108
The Mavericks should win. They are very versatile, and if they play small they can run Shaq right on to the bench.
1046260
Yes,Dallas should take it\n\nAfter watching tonight game in Miami home court, we can see that Miami just win by luck tonight. Even though in home court playing like this, I guess Mavericks will kick them out in Game 5
688762
None of the above.  The cavs need more than just LeBron to win a championship and Larry Hughes is no Scottie Pippen.  With that said, the Pistons are not the same team that they were 2 years ago or last year for that matter.  They just don't have the same people off the bench and arent deep enough to take the West's best.  The Pistons will lose in the Finals to the winner of the Dallas vs. San Antonio series once the Spurs take care of the Kings, and I think Dallas is going all the way this year.  No one can stop Dirk, not even Big Ben Wallace
56153
Only if they get past the Pistons, which I don't think they will. The Western Conference isn't as dominant as it was a couple years ago, so they have a legit shot; provided they get past their toughest opponent, Detroit.
617171
Yeah, the Heat are doing really well, and I believe they are going to win the title.  The Mavericks and Suns look too ambivalent, on one night off the next.  Neither one seems to have the competitive caliber to knock off the Heat.  \n\nI have been impressed with the Heats' lineup: Shaq and Wade your stars, but also Payton, Walker (who is an extremely valuable, all-around player), Mourning, etc.  \n\nAs far as I am concerned, who really cares who wins the West.  Good basketball but nothing above and beyond.
1016667
I think they have been ripped off ever since they entered the finals! when they played at Miami they really got ripped off because in two games, which they could've won, they got cheated by the refs cause in game five Josh did not call a time out he was looking and trying make sure that that was what avery was singnaling him to do and then he got a stupid tech cause they were out of TO's, and in game 3 Dirk would not have had to be at that free throw line if the refs had made the right calls. all in all this should have been dallas' series if they had gotten game 3 and 5 it would have been over with but as you can see they were cheated out of there chance but there is allways next year and without a doubt i believe that the mavs can come back and get what they deserve! GO MAVS!
137908
They are currently 5th in the Western Conference right now, so they have a great shot. It might even be possible for them to pass Phoenix and take over the division, but I doubt that will happen. Of course, the #5 seed in the Western Conference has a really tough road, since they will probably have to play either Dallas or San Antonio in the first round (depending on who wins the Southwest Division). The NBA's playoff structure is really messed up.