Article: The Dallas Morning News Jean-Jacques Taylor column: For Mavs, it comes down to Dampier.(Column)

Byline: Jean-Jacques Taylor

Nov. 29--Erick Dampier is the Mavericks' whipping boy. That's the way it has been since he arrived from Golden State three seasons ago with a $73 million contract. It's easy to be the whipping boy on a 50-win team -- maybe 60 wins -- that has Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Terry, Josh Howard and Jerry Stackhouse on the roster. Then again, any 7-footer who doesn't produce like Tim Duncan or Shaq is always going to draw criticism because the game is supposed to be easy for them. And it's not like Dampier didn't deserve much of the criticism tossed his way. The Mavs didn't sign him to be a star, but he was supposed to be a significant ...

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