Bella Swam FTW!

Nice preview, Go Kings!

Bella dies, at which point Edward and Jakob admit their love for one another.

rec’d again if I could for the write-up.

Also, thanks for the HP ref. I’ve been waiting patiently.

Go Kings!

I was hoping we could pick him up with the 31 when we had it, but he really climbed the draft boards. Good for him.

That waive looks worse all the time.

I think Nowitzki has 30+ points for sure. There’s really nobody on the Kings that can stop him. On offense, Tyreke and Beno need to have a great game. Kidd can’t guard either of them, and Ross might have to guard Greene because Beaubois won’t be able to. ‘Reke is bigger and stronger than any of their guards, and they don’t have Antoine “Kevin Martin stopper” Wright on their team any more. We’ll see. It’ll be an interesting game for sure, still think we lose.

Thorpe has a new Sophomore rankings up on ESPN, someone with insider should go and check out where JT is ranked.

someone needs to blow that up and put it on a poster for the next home game

I’d like to see PW matchup Tyreke on Kidd, Beno on Terry, & Sergio on Barea.

The best way to defend Dirk is to keep him from getting the ball. And, the best way to do that is to crowd Kidd and don’t let him pass. Tyreke is long enough and quick enough to stay close to Kidd and make it tough to get off a good pass. Tyreke also doesn’t fall for fakes, and Kidd isn’t quick enough to get around Tyreke. So, Tyreke should be able to cut down on Kidds assists and 3pt shots.

Dallas and the Kings are shooting the ball equally well (45%) and both rebound well. Dallas steals the ball as often, but they do defend well. Limit their 3pt shooting and don’t make bad passes, and we should be able to stay in the game. Keep Dirk off the FT line,but foul Gooden everytime he gets the ball in close.

If Dampier isn’t playing, the Mavs have Dirk (7ft), Gooden (6’10") & Thomas (6’10), so they don’t outsize us and don’t have any energy guys to challenge JT. And, Dampier is by far their best shot blocker, so we should be able to score inside. I don’t think we’re ready to win this game, but the Mavs can be challenged inside

No one can stop Nowitzki on our team. But will they be able to stop Tyreke?

Beno has been playing well, but he needs to step it up as well. Hopefully he can get at least 20 points.

JT needs to recover from the Bull’s game. Gooden isn’t as big as Noah, but he is a similar type of player. Thompson needs to make his shots when he gets them. I think that will be better for him this game.

Casspi also didn’t play well, but I look for him to really come out and play big this game. No way he shames his people 2 games in a row.

Greene needs to not be overconfident after having his best game of his career, but he needs to continue to be aggressive, and use his size inside.

Sergio and K9 need to do what they do. Udoka needs to make some 3s!

I think this will be a really fun game to watch, until Dirk blows up in the 3rd quarter. It will be a true test, this is the best team the Kings have faced all season. I can’t say that I expect a win though. Dirk is MVP so far. And they have good fans in Dallas. I just hope it isn’t a blowout.

We’d really have to take care of the ball (they’ll kill us if we don’t) and play our very best both defensively and offensively.
In addition, 1 or 2 Mavs would have to have not so good games.

I don’t think they can really guard Casspi or Tyreke if they could get hot. Seems like all the other matchups are even or in Dallas’ favor.

Keep Dirk under 40, stop them from raining 3s – and we’ve got a shot.

I am still stuck on disagreeing with Paul Westphal’s top 5 Bob Dylan songs. (he left out It ain’t me babe? – really? hard rain ? c’mon PW)

As for the JerryJones of Basketball and his squad:
Dirk is the early MVP in my book – no one can stop the pride of Wurzburg right now.

I think the PG match up is a good call therefore. Why not bigger, stronger Tyreke on future HoF-er Jason Kidd? Kidd has lost at least a half step and that should help defend him, I don’t think JKidd can stay with Tyreke either.
Fouls will be key. Kidd will get the advantage of the calls and non calls. RoddyB is a tough challenge. He has Westbrook-like athletecism and is a tough cover. Beno can’t cover either Kidd or Beuabois but may have more luck with the slower less aggressive version of 2009-10 Kidd. I would like to see the Kings run Beno around a la Kevin Martin to make either of those two work and run on D to minimize their offensive contribution. Beno is a good catch and shoot shooter.

I see us going with:

• Tyreke on Kidd.
• Beno on Roddy.
• Donte on Ross.
• JT on Gooden.
• Spencer on Dirk.

Yes, Spencer on Dirk isn’t a great fit, so do you put JT on him? Do you have Spencer cover Gooden instead? Do you have Spencer start on the bench? I don’t see Westphal doing that. It probably works OK to start, because Dirk usually tries to get his teammates involved early.

It doesn’t really matter much, because Barea and The Jet will play more than Ross and Roddy. So they have a lot of guards and no small forwards, which probably means Udoka gets a lot of PT and covers Kidd, while Tyreke shifts over and covers Terry and Beno covers Barea.

I really don’t see Sergio playing much. Ditto with Spencer. I agree that Donte and Omri will get to cover Dirk a lot. Spencer will more or less back up JT on Gooden.

I’ve got a feeling, that tonight’s gunna be a good night. The Mavs have chalked this up for a win and they’re already thinking about the midnight showings of new moon that they’ve “Fandango-ed” weeks ago . You know Dirk’s going to watch it. We have them right where we want them.

Tonight’s line:
Mavericks by 10.5
Over/under 202.5

Call your shot!

Playing?

I think the key tonight is Tyreke Evans on both ends. I really think he should be guarding Jason Kidd and really challenging him. Get in his face and don’t let him survey the floor and easily run the offense. On offense Evans will have to take advantage of whoever guards him. If it’s Kidd on him, he should be able to take Kidd into the lane. I am sure they will be really playing off Tyreke though so he is really going to have to hit an outside shot or two tonight. If Terry stays on Evans, the Ty is going to have to post him up on the block. Rodrigue Beaubois can’t guard Evans and only plays about 17 minutes a game so I don’t see that matchup as being that paramount. Beno can guard him on defense and on offense I would be shocked if they put Rodrigue on Evans.

My hi def TV is 0-1 maybe it is a jinx please win tonight so I dont need to smash the curse out of it