NBA’s Southwest Division: Off-Season Report Card

August 25th, 2010 by Eitan Rosenberg Leave a reply »
Dallas Mavericks - B

In perhaps the wildest offseason in NBA history, the Dallas Mavericks were able to retain one of the most talented free agents, Dirk Nowitzki, for a reasonable price tag.

The team wisely did not overreact from a poor postseason showing and retained most of last season’s club.

Dallas was also able to unload the nasty contracts of Matt Carroll and Eduardo Najara for an athletic center, Tyson Chandler.

The Mavericks were in the Al Jefferson talks as well, but were unable to net a premier backup big man like they hoped. Tim Thomas is not that.

Still, the acquisition of Tyson Chandler is a big one, and, by retaining the team and handing out more minutes to second-year guard Rodrique Beabois, the Mavs should be on course for next season.

 

Houston Rockets - B

Houston completed a very interesting deal last week which netted the team shooting guard Courtney Lee, but most importantly it kept the Rockets within the dreaded luxury tax.

This was probably a better financial move than basketball move as the departed Trever Ariza did provide Houston with a ...

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