The Daily Nickel

1. Not the Key to the Mavs Success-  We don't usually link to premium articles, but this one was too blatantly wrong to pass up.  Kevin Sherrington, who's total actual basketball experience is an incredible record in h-o-r-s-e against his 8-year old daughter, claims that Tyson Chandler is the Mavs key to victory.  He reaches that conclusion because all the other parts are the same that they've been in the past.  That's one way to look at it... the wrong way.

2. The REAL Key to the Mavs Success-  The problem with the Mavs has been the largest drop-off from Star Player #1 to Star Player #2 of any of the "contenders" in the league.  What Tim McMahon, who grew up with a Super Bowl champion brother and knows a little bit about winning, correctly asserts is that Jason Terry is the key to their success.  We've tried to make up for the lack of a wingman for Dirk by surrounding him with a number of players who excel in one particular area and cumulitively add up to a worthy right-hand man.  Terry can shoot, Marion can defend, Kidd can pass... who knows, maybe Caron would have made the cumulitive plan work, but to win this team needs Terry to do his part, because...

3. This is a Ridiculous Plan- I know, I know, another premium article... but, Dallas News has got to know that they can't get away with guys like Eddie Sefko, who most closely relates with Billy Elliot, writing crappy articles and hiding them behind the premium label.  I don't care if Jason Kidd said he was ready to step up his scoring, it was a terrible question.  He won't, and we don't want to see Marion try to shoot, so our only shot is for Jason Terry to play over his head.  He doesn't have to do it every game, the peanut gallery will contribute enough to let him off the hook once or maybe twice a series, but there has to be a combination of 25 pts from Terry and 30 pts from Dirk two or three games of any series we hope to win.

4. The Blame Poll-  Obviously "freakish accident" is running away witht his thing... they didn't even make Julio Borbon an option.  Which reminds me, please visit our sister site htt://firejulioborbon.con

5. Its Friday