How would you feel if Dallas missed the playoffs this year?

[Droid101]

Happy? Sad? Indifferent?

Dallas' remaining schedule:

Tue home Sacto.
Thu away GS.
Fri away Portland.
Sun away Lakers.
Monday away Jazz (this ends a four game road trip, four games in five days)
Wed home Rockets.
Friday home GS.
Sat away Bulls.
Four day rest
Thu away Hawks.



I'd personally laugh my ass off at the worst title defense in history. Yes, worse than the 99 Bulls who lost their top three players. This team is mostly intact (at least, three of the top four playoff performers).

[RaininTwos]

it would devastate dirks legacy in my eyes

i would probably laugh for a good bit though

[creepingdeath]

Happy? Sad? Indifferent?

Dallas' remaining schedule:

Tue home Sacto.
Thu away GS.
Fri away Portland.
Sun away Lakers.
Monday away Jazz (this ends a four game road trip, four games in five days)
Wed home Rockets.
Friday home GS.
Sat away Bulls.
Four day rest
Thu away Hawks.



I'd personally laugh my ass off at the worst title defense in history. Yes, worse than the 99 Bulls who lost their top three players. This team is mostly intact (at least, three of the top four playoff performers).

[Droid101]

So you're saying they lost more than one of Dirk, Terry, Marion, and Chandler?

[JellyBean]

Indifferent. They do not play, nor act, like a defending champion.

[Bigsmoke]

they were looking into the future anyway.

you rather try to repeat with a 39 year old PG or try to rebuild a little bit and maybe get Deron Williams?

[Phiology]

would feel sad.

not that i feel that dallas would make it out of round one anyways (maybe round 2 tops if they get a beatable team (for them) or dirk goes absolutely bananas again), but still i like the team and dirk very much. would feel strange to go to the playoffs without the defending champs.

however, i feel that they will make the 8th or 7th seed if they remain healthy.

[SpecialQue]

I would love it, but it's mostly spite because they swept the Lakers.

[DMV2]

Similar to the 2006 to 2007 Mavs

2007 Mavs, the first #1 team to lost in the 1st Round in a 7-game series.
2012 Mavs, the first defending champions to miss the playoff (if we exclude the 1999 Bulls) ....that's if they miss the playoffs

I'd be happy if it open up a spot for the Jazz in the playoffs. The Suns would probably take it though.

[smush=mvp!]

I have to admit I find Houston, Denver, Phoenix and even Utah more entertaining than Dallas. It was definitely fun to watch Dirk's unbelievable run last year and win it all, but somehow I don't feel he can top that.

[guy]

I just realized yesterday how close they are to missing the playoffs. With that said, it wouldn't surprise me at all if cutting ties with Odom results in them improving dramatically and gaining a bunch of momentum and winning at least a few rounds in the playoffs. I wouldn't write them off at all.

[SCdac]

I'd feel that they (Cuban) shouldn't have dismantled the team for the sake of possibly getting a big name free agent, while Dirk turns 34 later this year and isn't exactly going to get healthier as time goes on. They should have seized the moment, bit the bullet, and resigned some of their key players (imo). I think missing the playoffs would say less about Dirk/Terry, and more about how much Chandler meant to the team, Butler in the RS, and how chemistry is important to a winning team. Doesn't seem like that chemistry is there as much. Chandler essentially lead that team in Rebounds/Blocks/FG% in the regular season and post season.

[Kurosawa0]

I'm sure Deron Williams will be a nice consolation prize.

[swi7ch]

Indifferent.

30 years from now, no one will remember DAL missing the playoffs. All everyone will remember is that Dirk won a title and is now in the HOF. That's it.

[RaininTwos]

lol @ people giving dirk a pass. i cant even remember the last time dirk missed the playoffs, but somehow losing chandler and butler is enough for him to excused.