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No roster shake-up, but Mavs are tweaking approach

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Let's make the safe assumption here. Let's operate under the conservative premise suggesting that the Dallas Mavericks, despite Kobe Bryant's increasing desire to join them, are not going to be able to make the ultimate change and swing a trade for the game's most fearsome individual talent. So what happens if they can't come close to getting Kobe? Avery Johnson would forcefully contend, in that unmistakable voice, that the Mavs have changed as much as they need to change after a 67-win seaso ...

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