Shuffle Clip John Hollinger & Nate Duncan claim Dallas are the favorites to be the third best team in the Western Conference over Nuggets, Jazz, Suns, Blazers, etc
Mark Cuban says that the Mavericks were very close to trading for Kobe Bryant in 2007 with a package of Josh Howard Jason Terry and draft picks so close that he thought the deal was done However Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak was able to talk Kobe out of his trade request