The fall of Dallas Mavericks

It was really sad to watch the Dallas Mavericks fall to a 1-4 start to a truncated season of NBA.At this rate the Dallas might have to struggle just to make the playoffs with Clippers,Timberwolves and Warriors looking like a far better side than the one that played in the previous season.The main factors that could contribute to the downfall are the following......
Insane deal to let go Tyson Chandler and JJ Barea
How in the world the Mavs thought that the only focal point of their defense of a championship team is not worthy of an extended.Come on Mark Cuban cant you offer more than a year for Tyson Chandler,thats ridiculous the guy helps you get your first ring and then you treat him like a disposable commodity,thats not fair.Looking at the Knicks this year Tyson might be the missing puzzle that the knicks are waiting for.

What does JJ Barea have to do to get an extended deal.He was the only reason why Mavs won that crucial game in the Finals when Dirk fell sick and JJ Barea scored a valuable 20 odd points running circles around the Miami defense.The very fact his current side Timberwolves defeated the Mavs yesterday is sweet justice for him.

Not to mention the trade of Caron Butler who is one their consistent performers.
 
The Replacements

What has the Dallas Mavericks got in return. Lets see that they did receive two All Stars in the form of Vince Carter and Lamar Odom. But both of them are in the fag end of their careers and are probably not starter material but still effective.Vince Carter - the most entertaining player to have ever played the game but rarely has a side ever won a playoff series because of him.He cannot carry sides to victory, the best he can do is to play a support cast to Dirk and score some points and looking at the way he is playing he simply cant dunk anymore either.Lamar Odom looks disoriented in the Dallas team.He probably needs more time to fine tune his setup plays with his team members.It takes time even for veterans to gel like a team and this Nba Lockout has ensured that they have no time whatsoever. With the hectic schedule it is more likely Dallas goes from bad to worse.

The Hopefuls

There might be a chance that Dallas can come back and thats through their marquee player Dirk Nowitzki. He usually heats up at the fag end of the season and lets accept it ...there is absolutely no defense against the Dirk fade away. The veterans Lamar,Kidd and Carter might bring in their experience in crunch games and they can very well cause problems for any defense in the playoff games.But Vince and Dirk has no defensive skills at all.There is also the fact that Beaubois is back and healthy. He is probably their only hope now...

He is probably the smoothest player in the NBA and the only player other than Dirk to have ever scored more than 50 points in a game for the Mavericks.How come he is not a starter is beyond me.......

As of now it looks like Dallas is not even trying for a repeat.