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While this is not the type of title defense they were likely envisioning at the start of the season, it should have been expected after Mark Cuban sacrificed much of the roster to clear maximum cap space for this offseason.

I'm not sure what these "voters" were watching. Maybe just passing through their TV and caught a few SportsCenter highlights.

Warriors David Lee attempts to shoot the ball over Dirk Nowitzki and Ian Mahinmi of the Dallas Mavericks on April 12, 2012 at Oracle Arena in Oakland.

The summer of 2012 promises to be like no other offseason the Dallas Mavericks have experienced during the 12-year ownership of Mark Cuban.

It was the moment we've all been waiting for. A moment anyone with a working set of eyes could see should have played out long ago.

It was a short stay in the 2012 playoffs for Dirk Nowitzki and the defending champion Dallas Mavericks .

This article was initially posted two weeks ago. We're re-publishing it as a relevant guide to the coming off-season. One thing has been clear throughout 2012: the Dallas Mavericks have one eye on fielding a competitive team and one eye on the the prospect of adding big name free agents in the 2012 summer.

Congratulations to the Dallas Mavericks for a lovely season, just wished that it didn't have to end as it did.

When each Dallas Mavericks player headed home Saturday night and prepared for bed, he didn't cry himself to sleep because he just was swept by a better team.

It didn't work. They were swept in the first round by the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night, the Mavericks go into the offseason with a lot of questions marks and roster spots opening.

Rick Carlisle decided to insert last season's Sixth Man of the Year into the starting lineup in order to provide an offensive spark they sorely lacked in Game 3. While he has not scored proficiently thus far, he has given Dallas that extra offensive threat where Oklahoma City must recognize on the court.

The Mavericks played more than 16 minutes of Thursday's Game 3 loss to Oklahoma City without a true center on the floor.

Dallas Mavericks center Brendan Haywood , Dallas Mavericks power forward Dirk Nowitzki and Dallas Mavericks center Ian Mahinmi sit dejected on the bench as they play the Oklahoma City Thunder during the second half of play in Game 3 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals in the 2012 NBA Playoffs on May 3, 2012 at the American Airlines Center in ... (more)

Ian Mahinmi knows jerks on the court when he sees them. He also knows that one team's jerk is another team's asset.

Center Tyson Chandler, the former Maverick who went to the New York Knicks after last season, won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award in voting conducted among writers and broadcasters.

Russell Westbrook has been the offensive catalyst for the Thunder during OKC's first two wins against the Mavericks .

Dirk Nowitzki and Kendrick Perkins got into a bit of a scuffle early in Game 2 of the Mavericks-Thunder series Tuesday night, sparked in part by Perkins shoving his forearm into Nowitzki's lower back while fighting for position under the rim.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Russell Westbrook scored 29 points, Kevin Durant added 26 in an off-shooting performance and the Oklahoma City Thunder clawed out a 102-99 victory over defending champion Dallas on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round playoff series.

The best game of the first day of the 2012 NBA playoffs left play-by-play announcers Mike Tirico of ESPN and Brian Davis of Fox Sports Oklahoma screaming as Kevin Durant 's jump shot gave the Thunder the 99-98 victory.

The Mavericks team that beat the Thunder in five games last May en route to the NBA title is not the same Maverick team that comes to Oklahoma City on Saturday for a first-round playoff series.