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The Dallas Mavericks "Starters That Suck" Watch

Nothing has been more entertaining for me of late than Josh Howard's "injury."  Why?  Because it has spawned the Starters That Suck watch, a study of the Mavericks' incompetent third, fourth, and fifth starters, with frequent contributions by Jason Kidd.  Check out a few box scores and notice a) The occasional lack of playing time, and b) The craptastic scoring numbers.  Here is the Memphis game from November 20th:

Dallas
 Starters Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts 
  J. Kidd G 34:27 7-12 4-6 0-0 +18 3 13 6 5 2 1 0 3 18 
  G. Green G 5:48 0-4 0-1 0-0 -4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 
  E. Dampier C 23:04 0-0 0-0 1-2 +21 0 8 2 2 0 0 0 4 1 
  D. Nowitzki F 35:30 10-20 0-0 5-6 +12 1 10 3 1 0 1 0 1 25 
  J. Singleton F 29:54 1-7 0-1 3-3 +19 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 5

And the November 18th game versus...us:

Dallas
 Starters Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts 
  J. Kidd G 34:31 3-8 2-5 0-0 +6 2 9 7 5 1 0 1 0 8 
  G. Green G 13:30 3-5 0-0 0-1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 3
  E. Dampier C 18:46 1-2 0-0 1-2 +2 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 
  D. Nowitzki F 37:30 7-17 1-3 9-9 +12 0 12 3 1 0 0 0 3 24 
  J. Singleton F 17:37 2-4 0-0 1-2 +3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 5

And finally, the incredible performance in the December 2nd game versus the Clippers, starring Erick Dampier:

Dallas
 Starters Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts 
  J. Kidd G 32:28 0-6 0-4 0-0 -6 2 7 8 3 4 0 1 1 0 
  G. Green G 5:43 2-4 0-1 0-0 -9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 
  E. Dampier C 2:59 0-0 0-0 0-0 -9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 
  D. Nowitzki F 43:15 10-27 2-6 7-7 -2 1 10 2 1 2 2 0 2 29 
  D. George F 22:03 1-3 0-1 1-2 -12 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 3

Reports have stated that Howard is out indefinitely, so hopefully we'll see more of this mass suckiness.  Feel free to search through old box scores yourself, as these are only three examples of a large phenomenon.  

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Update from tonight...

Not a good day to start the STS watch. Everyone else, aside from Kidd, combined for more than 20 points, which is somewhat of a barrier:

Dirk: 23
J-Kidd: 12
D-George: 4
Barea: 8
Dampier: 29 minutes, 4-4 FG, 9 points. Merry Christmas Erick, enjoy the playing time!

by Tom Martin on Dec 11, 2008 9:55 PM CST reply actions  

Dallas

The City of Dallas is awesome.
The Mavericks and Cowboys, however, both suck. And should suffer for their suckiness.

by grungedave on Dec 12, 2008 12:35 PM CST reply actions  

I can't even agree with you about the city

Although I agree about the teams. What I like the best about the Rangers is that they’re quaint losers, like the cubs without the obnoxious fans.

But I can’t really stand Dallas as a city. I’d rather hang out in Ft. Worth if it came down to that.

When I'm on the mic, I'm like global warming, you can't ignore me.

by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 12, 2008 1:24 PM CST up reply actions  

Dallas sucks

It’s pretty simple, really.

by Only_A_Lad on Dec 12, 2008 8:46 PM CST up reply actions  

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