It's a nice problem to have, too much talent. It's a problem that I dare say the Dallas Mavericks are facing this season.
They've faced it for the past few years, one might argue that the Mavericks have had a habit of unearthing talent at the power forward position.
The problem there is that Dirk Nowitzki is going to get most of the minutes there, so people like Brandon Bass, Kris Humphries, and James Singleton have always been let go to other teams in trades and such.
This year it's become readily apparent that the Mavs do, in fact, have too much talent. They have two All-Star small forwards in Caron Butler and Shawn Marion, and they have two legit NBA centers in Erick Dampier and Brendan Haywood.
Notice anything about those four names above? Yeah, one center and one small forward came over in a trade, meaning the Mavericks (while upgrading the talent of Josh Howard and Drew Gooden), took on more of a logjam.
Those four, combined with Dirk, Jason Terry, and Jason Kidd form the best seven players on the Mavericks. Sure, we all love us some Rodrigue Beaubois and Eduardo Najera, but if the Mavericks a ...
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The Dallas Mavericks Might Have Too Much Talent for Their Own Good
April 12th, 2010 by Alex McVeigh Leave a reply »
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