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Will the *Spurs repeat? Will the Mavericks pick up their broken psyches off the floor? Will the Celtics big 3 put it all together? Will tuq pull a Mark David Chapman on Steve Nash?

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I promise not to murder Steve Nash. I can't promise that TSC won't, though.

You Mavs homers: any concern about the psyche of Dirk specifically? The last three years have all been brutal finishes - the 2005 loss to the Suns was the least of the three, but he still saw the team blow a double-digit fourth quarter lead at home and lose the game and series in OT.

If you guys had gotten KG without giving up too much (JET, picks, etc., basically kept Harris, Jop, and Howard no matter what) I think you'd be a mortal lock for the championship, health permitted. Now I wonder if Dirk isn't heading for Clyde Drexler status, an incredible player who couldn't get it done when it mattered.