re: Breaking up the Big 3

Disagree.

There's a team that tried exactly this. Dallas after the 2011 title. I'm a Mavs fans, and I agreed with Cuban at the time that it was the smart thing to do. Cuban had to make a decision: do you sign back nearly everyone from the finals team including free agents that are commanding more salaries than ever, and do you commit yourself to a full roster for the next four or five years, Even as the new bargaining agreement and salary cap were put in place?

do you start trading off everyone, and try to land a big fish for the future. Well, they did not get Darren Williams, they did not get Dwight Howard, it sure looks like they are not getting Chris Paul, and I doubt they get Howard again. In the meantime they fell to eighth in the West and ninth in the west. Was it worth it?

I don't really fault Cuban because the financial reality is a big one, but I think every Dallas fan would have said just re-sign Tyson, and re-sign Terry, and re-sign Kidd, and berea, and just let them see if they can repeat.

Hindsight is 20/20, but I doubt Dallas gets a big fish this summer, so they have another year or even two, before they have all the salary cap space. And in the meantime, Dirk is getting older.