What's next for the Dallas Mavericks? Well, the obvious answer after last night is: the offseason. But more importantly, the draft and free agency. It was obvious in the Denver series this team needs more athleticism and a little more scoring in the starting lineup. But, what's out there? Here is a list of players that I have put on my wish list:

Raymond Felton - they went after him in the Charlotte trade, would like to see him in a Mavs uniform especially if Kidd is gone
Leon Powe - Celtics won't let him get away, coming off acl surgery, but he would be a huge addition to the bench
Ben Gordon -He is just a younger version of Jet, so I don't think that would happen, but it'd be fun to see him at the 2.
Dahntay Jones - Brings athleticism, defense and as we saw in this series, highlight-reel dunks. He shut down Chris Paul in round 1, He can guards 1s, 2s and 3s
Rasheed Wallace - brings toughness, experience
Jarrett Jack - good young point guard, came on strong at the end of the year, brings athleticism at this postion
Trevor Ariza/Lamar Odom - LA isn't signing both of these guys unless they take less money. Odom/Dirk combo would cause a lot of matchup problems
Chris Wilcox - pure athleticsm, although he's been known as lazy around the league
Marquis Daniels - why not?

Obviously, we don't know what's going to happen to the Mavs roster and you can't sign all of these players. There are questions to if they resign Kidd. If Kidd is resigned, you can take Felton and Jack off this list. These are just a list of players I feel could improve this team. Once again, don't forget, they have a 1st round draft pick.

Also, expect the Mavs to get involved with teams dumping salary in trades. It could be a very busy off-season in Dallas, we'll have to wait and see what happens.

4 Comments

wilback said:

How about waivers on Cuban?
Same for Jerry Jones. Neither owner is fit
to have us support them.

May 14, 2009 4:20 PM

Young said:

What about Shaq? We could use him for a couple of years so he could bring along Hollins.

May 14, 2009 9:01 PM

colby said:

Rasheed Wallace?? C'mon..no way we need a guy like that here... He's done, and now plays very soft and just shoots 3's...

May 15, 2009 11:09 AM

Michael said:

Why does everyone think we need more scoring? We had 110 points in the LOSS to the Nuggets in game 5. If we could play solid defense the ENTIRE game, not just a quarter here and there, 110 would be MORE than enough to win. We will never be a contender until we get a quality center. Damp is ok and I'm really happy with his improvements, but Dirk doesn't have time to wait for him to develop the rest of the way. Damp has no post offense OR defense. He just can't move fast enough.

May 15, 2009 11:51 AM

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