Depth Chart: Point Guard

Rowdy Roddy

Dallas Mavericks basketball is here!

Yeah, the Mavs have a tough road with relevent baseball and football being played.

It also doesn't help that nobody has any confidence in this team. Nobody cares. I mean, we care. We care in the same way we care about our children. You love them. But do you hug them as if it were the last time you were ever going hug them? No. You kind of take them for granted and, after some time, it all starts to blur and here you are 10 years of playoff appearances and 50-win seasons.

We still love them, but we're not thinking they'll be gone in a week.

To get ready for the start of the NBA season, we look at the Mavericks' training camp depth chart, starting with the point guards.

Jason Kidd
More than 16 years ago, the Mavericks spent the second overall pick on Jason Kidd out of California. Tony Dumas was taken 15 picks later and Deon Thomas in the second round. Those other two aren't doing as well as Kidd. Sixteen years later and he's no more or less important to this organization. As big of superstar as Dirk Nowitzki is, Kidd is probably way less replaceable than our big German. We can find rebounds and points somewhere in this line-up. You can't find what Kidd does. I hate paying him $8 million and I hate giving up on young, good point guards (like Kidd 13 years ago), but he's here, I'm here and we're stuck here together.

Roddy Beaubois
He's apparently bootless, but unable to shoot thanks to that hurt ankle. All of this according to Gina Miller on Twitter. It's hard to believe that last season was his first. It's also hard to believe that he wasn't getting 45 minutes and averaging 40 points a game in France before he made the jump to the States. I mean, who was on that French team?

J.J. Barea
Ugh. Not another season of ill-advised shots, minute after minute of mediocre play broken up with brief moments of circus shots and the worst defense being played in any NBA backcourt! I can't take it. The Mavericks will fail longterm as long as Barea is getting significant minutes in a significant number of games.

Dee Brown
No, not that Dee Brown. Instead, it's the smallish, spunky point out of Illinois. Brown played in 49 games three years ago in Utah before floundering in Washington and Phoenix the last two seasons. He's short, he can't shoot nor can he distribute the ball. Probably some athletic body to put some pressure on Barea and relief for Beaubois as he recovers.