The Musers- rebuilding the Mavs is a tall task
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🗓️ 25 February 2026
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February 24th, 2026
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Sam Slayton, CEO and co-owner of Sante Center for Healing. |
| 0:03.4 | We're celebrating 30 years of transforming lives. |
| 0:06.3 | Every day, families call us in crisis, and every day we show them that recovery is possible. |
| 0:11.6 | If you or someone you love is struggling, Sante is here for you right now. |
| 0:15.3 | Please reach out at santecenter.com. |
| 0:17.6 | All right, let's talk NBA and what's ahead for the Mavericks. And we had a pretty |
| 0:25.1 | awesome matchup last night in the league. Yes, some were calling it an NBA finals preview, |
| 0:32.2 | San Antonio at Detroit. I thought all season both of these teams are a little ahead of schedule. I'm not sure |
| 0:39.2 | either is ready to win an NBA title right now, so I'd be slightly surprised if it was San Antonio |
| 0:45.2 | in Detroit in the NBA finals, but it could be. And I don't know if you've ever heard of this. |
| 0:51.5 | I had not until recently the Phil Jackson 40-20 rule. |
| 0:56.4 | No. |
| 0:57.0 | The legendary Lakers and Bulls coach came up with |
| 1:00.9 | to determine which teams are actual title contenders. |
| 1:05.4 | And it's the Jackson 40-20 rule. |
| 1:08.2 | Teams who win 40 games before losing 20, in his mind, have the best chance to win an |
| 1:16.1 | NBA championship. And when you go back through history, excluding shortened seasons because |
| 1:22.1 | of work stoppage or the pandemic, only three champions have defied the Jackson 40-20 rule, the 06 Miami Heat, the 04 Detroit Pistons, |
| 1:34.3 | and the 95 Houston Rockets. |
| 1:36.7 | Everybody else has fit into the Jackson 40-20 rule. |
| 1:40.9 | So last night, I sat down to watch Detroit, San Antonio, and those are two of the three |
| 1:45.9 | teams that fit the Phil Jackson 40-20 rule. Boston's got a chance. They're 37 and 19, |
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