The Daily Nickel

1. RANGERS WIN 3 STRAIGHT-  I remember looking at Boston's roster in the pre-season and thinking they were going to be tough.  Then, when I saw that the Rangers were opening up against them, I thought it was a rough draw.  I mean the Red Sox have David Ortiz and Carl Crawford in the 6 and 7 hole.  Opening Day I looked at the Ranger's roster next to theirs and we had Nellie Cruz and Mike Napoli in the 6 and 7 spot, with the ability to sub in Moreland and Murphy in the 8 and 9 spots... WOW.

2. Kinsler and Cruz Make Early Mark-  They both hit homeruns in each of the first 3 games.  Napoli also hit homeruns in each of the two games he started.  Best shot of the weekend was Nellie Cruz's opposite field upper deck shot on Sunday... the man is a beast.

3. Mavs lose 3 straight- An L in the books against the Lake-show isn't the end of the world, though you'd like to see a slightly smaller margin than 28.  It stings pretty bad to give one up against Golden State's group of shooting midgets.  And it's defintitley not a good sign to continue the skid against our most likely playoff opponent, the Trailblazers.



4. Giving Up and Reminiscing- With the 3 straight losses this weekend the D-Fdub has given up any hope of the Mavs doing anything special this year.  So, we started to think of what will be remembered as "The Best Dynasty That Never Was."  Our playoff roster if we could pick and choose from the 11 straight 50+ win seasons.

1. Steve Nash
2. Caron Butler
3. Josh Howard
4. Dirk Nowitzki
5. Tyson Chandler

Bench
6. Jason Kidd
7. Shawn Marion
8. Brenden Haywood

Still, not sure they would be good enough to get to the finals

5.  How is Gerald Wallace looking now?  - I've never thought a great deal of the Gerald Wallace and apparently neither did the Mavs, who rejected an offer from Charlotte of GW for Butler and RoddyB.  Portland pulled the trigger instead and he looked strong to quite strong last night, scoring a team high 19pts on 8-10 shooting.  Talent evaluation has historically been Donnie and Cubes strong suit, but this one has the potential to come back and bite us....again.....soon.....in the playoffs.