Heard It Through the Grapevine

Posted by Rob Mahoney on October 29, 2009 under xOther |

• Just in case you’ve forgotten what they look like, here’s an example of starting off the season on the right foot. Not great news for the Mavs.
• J.J. Barea, on Rick Carlisle’s plan of attack during Howard’s absence (via Eddie Sefko): “Coach is going to try everything until Josh gets back,” Barea said. “Some guys [have] got to step up. There are going to be some weird lineups out there. He’s going to try different stuff until we get comfortable.” Jason Kidd affirms (”We’re going to have some funky lineups out there at times.”)
• Overlooked on opening night: Shawn Marion probably had a better game than Caron Butler.
• A screenshot analysis of the Mavs’ inability to guard Randy Foye (I’m looking at you, JET).
  
• @MrMichaelLee (of the Washington Post): “Mark Cuban on Agent Zero Words’ self marketing[:] ‘The best way to get media attention is to have gone from talking a lot to not saying a word[.]‘”
• A fun, photo-captioned recap of Mavs-Wizards.