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- Erick Dampier was in the starting lineup for the second consecutive game. Oddly enough, Damp only played eight minutes while the loyal employee – Brendan Haywood – was on the court for 35 minutes.
- The Mavs got to the line a mere nine times compared to Portland’s 26 trips.
- Caron Butler broke out of his shooting slump

I was walking around my college campus the other day wearing my Joe Johnson jersey and came to the conclusion of something.  Joe Johnson is one of the most underrated players in the NBA.  Several people asked me who Johnson from Atlanta was and after thinking about it I have come up with my starting [...]

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So now we have this kid named Shawn Marion in a Dallas Mavericks uniform. It’s all going good, but wait, it’s going to get much much better. The Mavericks have also acquired guys like Marcin Gortat, Jason Kidd (in re-signing means), Greg Buckner, Kris Humphries, and Nathan Jawai.

Although John Hollinger of ESPN says that Buckner may not be staying with Dallas, there is a possible chance of Brandon Bass. But hey, he may not be coming at all either, so they mainly just got Humphries, Jawai, Kidd, Gortat, and of course, Marion.

Earlier this season, Tyson Chandler was dealt to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Chris Wilcox, Joe Smith, and DeVon Hardin—only for the trade to be rescinded because Chandler failed to pass a physical.

The biggest reason Chandler was being traded was because of his health, and because the Hornet wanted to shred salary cap. Chandler is owed $25.5 million for the next two years, and the money does not pay for what he is producing—a measly 8.8 PPG and 8.5 RPG in 77 games…