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Yahoo NBA Tue, 01/20/2009 1:51 AM

Mavericks Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Has Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle finally settled on a starter at shooting guard? It sure looks like it. Antoine Wright made his eighth consecutive start Monday at Philadelphia. The fourth-year swingman has achieved a level of consistency to apparently lock it up. "He's been very good. At both ends of the court he gives us something that's tangible," Carlisle said. "He gives us strong defense, can play on the ball or off, and offensively he gets the ball places that he can make passes and make plays, and his shooting is getting better every day. He's got to continue with his progress and this is what we had hoped that he could do." Wright, Jerry Stackhouse, Jason Terry, Devean George, J.J. Read more...