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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.

A ton of variables may affect the free agency and trade possibilities for the Dallas Mavericks this offseason.

The free agency period of 2012 is expected to be interesting with big names like Kevin Garnett , Tim Duncan, Ray Allen, Eric Gordon and many others ready to sign with a new team.

Playoff basketball is on every night now, but it's not quite the same as watching the Mavericks play.

We all know Dirk Nowitzki is an outstanding player and he validated his ticket to the Hall of Fame when the Mavericks won the NBA Championship in 2011.

A pretty impressive top of the draft, for sure. But only three other players from the first round of that draft have ever made an All-Star game - Chris Kaman, David West and Josh Howard - and none of them would be considered stars.

It has now been just over a week since the 2011 NBA Champions were swept unceremoniously out of the first round.

Dirk Nowitzki - B - After beginning the season completely out of shape and out of sorts, Dirk played his way back into shape and became the player the Mavericks need every season to have a chance at postseason glory.

Rick Carlisle has agreed to a new contract with the Mavericks, a year after winning the title.

With the release of Tyson Chandler, Caron Butler, DeShawn Stevenson and J.J. Barea prior to the start of the 2011-2012 season, coupled with the acquisition, and later release, of Lamar Odom, it's easy to get confused as to what the intentions of this season were for Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks.

With the second round of the NBA playoffs underway, the majority of teams around the league have already begun planning their moves for the upcoming offseason.

Each could have been better, possibly significantly better and chose not to be for the same reasons - long-term improvement.

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

With the playoff atmosphere added in, the buzzer-beater takes on an even greater meaning.

It's all but official: according to Darnell Mayberry of The Oklahoman , the Thunder's James Harden will be named the Sixth Man of the Year in short order.

It was a foregone conclusion that Oklahoma City's James Harden would win the NBA's sixth-man of the year award.

In the first of our series of looks at how the Toronto Raptors ' compare to this year's playoff teams, the HQ's Scott Campsall looks at how the Dinos match up against the first club that was knocked out of this year's dance, the defending champion Dallas Mavericks .

Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook was a defensive force in the first-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks .