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It was a learning year. Patience is a virtue.

Posted on February 13, 2014 at 02:11 AM.

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This year wasn't a good one record wise, 26-56, as we knew it probably wouldn't be. It was a year to evaluate the talent we did have and make preparations for the off-season to come. We did have to preach patience to the fans, and I feel they understood we now had direction and plans on how to get there.

We played with most of our roster intact with some minor injuries along the way. We did decide to move Devin Harris at the trade deadline for the LA Clippers 1st round pick. It will end up in the high 20s or so, but would give us something to get bench talent for next year. After that trade we signed Tyshawn Taylor for one year to be the backup PG. The one major injury we did incur was Raheem Thompson went down with an ACL tear just before the All-Star break. We signed Trey Thompkins on a one year to help with minutes in the front court. Depending on what happens this offseason Thompkins might end up coming back as he provided some good numbers down the stretch.

Ray Ray was as advertised. He did miss some time with an injury and only played 55 games, but with a little bit of work and seasoning I can see him becoming that star I pinned my hopes on. Terrence also provided the numbers he was signed for. Dorian's numbers suffered a little bit, but that was expected as he now didn't have to do it all by himself every night. The good news was he kept his nose clean and was a much better teammate throughout the year. His future in Dallas was looking a little brighter. A nice surprise was the play of Shane Larkin. His turnovers were a little high, but he shot lights out from the three point line and showed that scoring punch he had back in his Miami Hurricane days. I didn't see him as a starter but definitely as that 6th man scorer off the bench.

As for the rest of the league, the Bobcats and Thunder finished as number one seeds. The Bobcats had a better record than even last year (63-29)and led the league for the third year in a row in scoring (113ppg). It was even more frustrating when the Bobcats won their third title in a row in seven games against New Orleans. Kyrie won his third Finals MVP. That was my championship! But I know, I have to move on.

Dallas Mavericks Stats - 2017-18
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FPG
R. Francis	55	31.9	19.0	8.0	4.2	0.5	0.9	1.4
T. Ross	76	33.0	17.1	4.4	1.7	1.5	0.6	2.0
D. Francis	82	32.1	15.5	4.5	3.8	0.6	0.6	1.6
S. Larkin	79	35.0	15.0	3.8	5.1	1.3	0.1	2.5
B. Wright	41	23.9	9.4	6.0	0.3	0.4	1.0	1.1
T. Taylor	26	17.7	9.1	1.8	2.7	0.9	0.0	1.7
R. Thompson	37	26.2	8.6	6.7	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.1
T. Thompkins	40	30.9	8.3	7.9	0.4	0.8	1.5	1.1
J. Reddic	82	20.1	6.6	4.5	0.3	0.1	1.1	0.9
B. Augustin	75	12.1	5.1	1.8	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.7
S. Munoz	76	12.2	4.5	1.6	1.6	0.6	0.3	0.7
N. Houston	80	6.4	2.8	1.0	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.5
M. McCormick	69	6.7	2.6	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.4
D. Blevins	82	8.1	2.2	2.7	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.4
F. Novoselec	42	4.1	1.6	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.2

2017-2018 Season Awards
Award	Player	Pos	Team
Most Valuable Player	Kevin Durant		OKC
Rookie of the Year	Dion Tinsley		DEN
Sixth Man of the Year	Adam Cameron		MEM
Defensive Player of the Year	Larry Sanders		MIL
Most Improved Player	Reggie Russell		CHI
All-NBA 1st Team
All-NBA 1st Team	DeMarcus Cousins		SAC
	Derrick Williams		MEM
	Kevin Durant		OKC
	Chris Paul		LAC
	Kyrie Irving		CHA
All-NBA 2nd Team
All-NBA 2nd Team	Nerlens Noel		PHI
	Derrick Favors		UTAH
	Paul George		IND
	Jrue Holiday		NO
	James Harden		HOU
All-NBA 3rd Team
All-NBA 3rd Team	Brook Lopez		BRK
	Blake Griffin		LAC
	Kevin Love		MIN
	Stephen Curry		GSW
	John Wall		WSH
All-Defensive 1st Team
All-Defensive 1st Team	Larry Sanders		MIL
	Julius Randle		SAC
	Derrick Favors		UTAH
	John Wall		WSH
	Jimmy Butler		CHI
All-Defensive 2nd Team
All-Defensive 2nd Team	Nerlens Noel		PHI
	Kawhi Leonard		SAN
	Aaron Gordon		ATL
	Victor Oladipo		ORL
	Eric Bledsoe		PHO
All-Rookie 1st Team
All-Rookie 1st Team	Che King		PHI
	Darius Johnson-Odom		CLE
	RJ Rideaux		CLE
	Adrei Agopav		ORL
	Dion Tinsley		DEN
All-Rookie 2nd Team
All-Rookie 2nd Team	Darius Spencer		BOS
	Bill Cheadle		GSW
	Cheikna Dembele		UTAH
	Sian Strickland		LAC
	Jabbar Wilson		DEN