With Roddy back and Peja shooting like the old Peja, the Mavs finally have scorers,, besides Dirk and Terry ,for the end of close games.That, and the emergence of Barea, may be the key to winning the title this year.

Although the Spurs have the best record, the Mavs have to be the favorite if they stay healthy. Hard to believe the starting five and the first two subs of the bench on the Spurs have not missed a game this season.

Thoughts............

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Although the Spurs have the best record, the Mavs have to be the favorite if they stay healthy.

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The Mavs whipped the Spurs ass the one time this season that Dirk played. Oh and BTW that was in San Mexico.

Remind me how the spurs-mavs series went last year?

The favorite to win it, really? I mean come on, the mavs are good, but that has to be a troll.

Weak troll. Played the Barea card way too early. Ignored the Lakers. Try better next time. Needs less words, more arrogance.

I'm being completely serious. The depth of the Mavs is second to none. They have the players to play lock down defense, score over 100 any time they please and will be able to rest the starters quite a bit the last 26 games.

Obvious Ribby Paultz sock. Nobody else is quite this dumb.

whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa...


puddy this is not my batman glass.

I like the Mavs... but I would hesitate to say that we can score 100 at will. We are averaging around 98 ppg, these arent your Run and Gun Mavs of the early 2000s.

Spurs still have the edge, but they aren't 6 games better than the Mavs like the record currently shows. Mavs got the injury bug hard for that 12 game stretch in early January, which set them back 4 or 5 unreasonable losses.

It would be another great series if they were able to meet up.

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Only if they don't give a flip about home court advantage in the playoffs.

I have to agree that the Mavs have been playing AS WELL AS the Spurs when Dirk is in the lineup. So home court is going to be huge, and the Spurs will likely have it. In that case, and given the playoffs last year and the fact that the Spurs are a BETTER TEAM this year, I don't really see how the Mavs can be considered the favorite.

As a realistic mavs fan I will not call us the favorite over the spurs until we actually get past them in the playoffs. Regular season be damned. Even if we do though stern will probably butt**** us again in the finals.

Mavs fans seriously think they're favored over LA?

or is it more of a pipe dream.

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Fellow mavs fans need to temper expectations.

Until Roddy and Peja came.....I had the Mavericks going out in the 1st round...again.

This team hasnt proven anything.....and I love the Mavericks.

Well, the Mavs have won 14 of the last 15. Only two of those games did they score under 100 (99 and 87: both wins).
I'm not saying they'd be favored against LA or SA, but they have a decent chance to beat either.

What do you want the Mavs to prove in the regular season?

Finley has been gone for 6 years and the mavs STILL need a decent 3.

I blame Caron's knee bones.

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There's nothing wrong with thinking we have a valid chance at a title, but to say we are favored it retarded.

Right on course.

Dude jumping up and down cracks me up.

Damn. If this thread were on rivalries some guys would be going down in flames.

It's mostly the usual suspects hating.

Then again, at the time this thread was created it was extremely bullish to consider the Mavs favorites over SA/LA. An SA choke and an LA sleepwalk later, and OP lucked into a correct prediction.

Also, it's very likely that the Danny Vermin sock is Ribby.

Silly Spurs fans

Lolz at lots of the typical posters

These thread bumps make me laugh.

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The favorite to win it, really? I mean come on, the mavs are good, but that has to be a troll.

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