Well, 105 games later and 59 days into the playoff run of 2006, it all ends without a payoff. It all ends with a thud that has everyone in the metroplex walking around like zombies today.
I heard Craig and George this morning assure me that before long I will be pleased about what the Mavericks accomplished this season, but right about now, I am anything but pleased.
The Heat came back and won 4 straight games. They are the NBA Champions, and despite the exciting and exhausting run of the 2006 NBA Playoffs, the Mavericks have a silver medal. One that I am guessing that they don’t care to display it.
I wish I could say this a better way, but I can’t. The Mavericks choked. They were the best team in the NBA this post-season (a highly debatable point now), and they demonstrated it several times. The most recent time they demonstrated it was when they beat the Heat senseless in games 1 and 2. Then, they fell in love with their press clippings, parade routes, and past accomplishments and let it all slip away with 6 minutes left in Game 3.
And the cold hard reality in sports is this: Once you let it slip away, there is no promise you will get another chance to grab it again. The Mavericks never recovered from their Game 3 meltdown. Oh, they tried. They left it all on the court. They should not be blamed for effort. But the ability to close the ultimate deal eluded them, and now they have a summer of wondering where it all went wrong.
Choked is a tough way to describe guys you really love. There is no question that we would like to say it a different way, but given how rare it is for a team to take a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals only to lose the series in 6, I see no other alternative.
Game Notes:
• Dwyane Wade is amazing. Yes, he does get every call, and yes, he does get treated as if he already in the Hall of Fame, but please don’t lose sight of what we are looking at. To put that display on for four games in a row with almost nobody having a chance to get in his way is very impressive. You have to wonder how that “window of opportunity” in Dallas is effected by young Wade, young Lebron, young Amare, and even young Yao and Carmelo. The rest of the league will not rest.
• Why, Why, Why did the Mavericks take several 3 pointers in a row in the most crucial moments of the game? At 7:21 to go in the 4th Quarter, Alonzo and Shaq both were on the bench. The Game was tied a few seconds later when Josh Howard hit 2 free throws, 79-79. Then, Jason Terry missed a quick 3, Dirk missed a quick 3, and Marquis missed a 3. Only on the 4th possession did anyone take it near the rim as Stackhouse got a baseline hoop to make it 83-81, Miami. At 4:25, Wade hit a free throw to up the lead to 84-81. and Shaq returned. Soon after Posey hit a 3 which was basically the kill shot, 87-81. That is right: No shot blocker in the game for 3 minutes in the 4th Quarter, and the Mavs jacked 3 3’s, and the game left them. For some reason, they went back to the perimeter game at exactly the wrong time. Is it Avery’s fault? Partially, but Dirk and JET have to recognize who is on the floor.
• Alonzo Mourning killed the Mavs last night. You know it is weird when you would rather see Shaq on the floor than Zo, but where did all of that defense come from? Holy cow, talk about a man on a mission.
• Jason Terry had the worst night he could possibly have when the Mavs needed him most. I believe he was 4-4 in the first quarter, and then went 3-21 the rest of the night. I would never have believed it. And, if you go back to that 1st Quarter, you may recall the amazing rolls he got off the top of the backboard on two of his shots.
• I am not sure how to summarize Dirk’s series. I guess it is similar to how I felt about the team. Moments of brilliance, but overall not enough. It surely wasn’t from a lack of trying, but he could never get rolling like we would like. I am certainly proud of the big fella, but it wasn’t enough. He is much improved, but he was not close to being the best player in this series.
• Yes, I am still annoyed at the City of Dallas. Yes, I am still annoyed at those who declared our parade plans. And yes, I think it is partially to blame for this debacle. Combine it with letting the Cowboys move to Arlington, and I have had enough of this anti-sports local government. Link ...
• If you would have told me that Shaq would average 13 points per game and the Mavs would still lose, I would have laughed at you. I am not laughing this morning.
• Was that the end of Keith Van Horn in Dallas? Yes. Darrell Armstrong? Yes. Marquis Daniels? Possibly. Who else? I will tell you I have already received 3 “how do we get Kevin Garnett” emails.
• I was truly amazed that Mavericks fans left so early last night. There were still 2 minutes left and the fans were leaving. I am sure those fans have seen lots NBA Finals decided on a shot with 8 seconds to go, but I kind of wanted to see how it ended. I guess traffic was bad, but come on.
• Not sure if any of this made much sense this morning, but it was the best I could come up with. Training camp begins in a few weeks, I guess.
• This sucks.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
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F Laura Miller!
Thanks Bob.
I know "this is a difficult thing", but we are almost through F-ing JUNE!!! What a ride.
It is time for Cowboys, Cowboys, all Cowboys.
Anyone heard from Luis? I think he may have swam back over after what we saw last night.
Dear God, I need a Parcell's press conference.
I feel like someone has shot my dog and my grandmother....ouch!
Good run. Bad finish. I cared about basketball well into June. And for that I am thankful. Thanks Mavs.
I just hope we don't have to wait another 19 years for the franchise to make the next step forward (87-06).
My favorite referee calls of the Finals were the random "palming" calls on Jet. He palms every time he has the ball, so call it every time or not at all. Jason Williams, too. But it never got called on him. Hmmmmm...
I think this is the definition of "So close, yet so far away."
^ If I hear Micky I will die! Failure
Finally this Mavs mania crap is over. Now we can go back to hearing more on the "tied for first place" Texas Rangers, the beginnings of training camp, you know, important stuff. Now maybe Bob can catch up on those other sports, like what he thought about the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Rangers getting prison-raped by the umps last night, what he thinks that US's chances are advancing in the World Cup, you know, stuff like that.
So, that being said, the 2007 NBA season starts today, Go Spurs Go!
I think the reason that this loss hurt so much was that this might be the only chance that I have in my lifetime to see the Mavs win a Championship, and I am only 26 years old. The Suns didn't have Amare, the Spurs were oft injured, Detroit choked, What happened it seemed like the stars were aligned. I can take solice in the fact that this is the longest that I have ever gotten to watch my Mavs and I enjoyed every heartbreaking minute. If they had lost in the second round I never would have gotten the ability to hate Dwayne Wade, which luckily now I do. Pat Riley deserved another Championship ring like I deserve to win the lottery, to hear that come from the mouths of the Heat is sickening. Riley is lucky that someone hasn't killed him yet, because he may be the most hated coach in basketball. The Association really let me down this year, a focus on the TEAM seemed to be the in thing, but now it looks like we are back to one superstar and a bunch of dudes.
I don't know if the NBA "rigged" the series or not, but I am officially done with basketball viewing and I don't mean until Winter. The last three games were so poorly officiated in favor of the Heat that I can't help but think that the refs were negatively influenced by Cuban's rants. They got him back one call at a time. The Mavs literally got no calls while the Heat, particularly Wade, got a call any time the Mavs so much as breathed on him. One call stuck out to me last night when Daniels didn't even touch Wade just inside the foul line and was called for a foul. If you look at the FTA splits from the San Antonio series through Game 6 last night, the stats tell you either the Mavs completely changed their style of play or the refs blatantly stopped giving them the same calls. There, my rant is over. Now, I can focus my time on the Rangers. BTW, last night Tex got screwed on a call in the bottom of the 9th if anyone was flipping channels. I guess bad calls against the home team do happen on occasion in any sport, but only against my teams.
Shaq and Wade were being interveiwed by Stephen A. Whip and they talked about looking on the internet at the story of Dallas planning a parade after game 2.
Nice job Mayor!
I am glad I live in the suburbs.
Hey Sports Expert, the baseball season is approaching halfway, and the local team is in first. Let's not hear about camp for a season that's still months away. Oh wait, I forgot who's buttering the Ticket's bread these days.
When did I know it was over? When my wife (who had never watched an entire NBA game until the finals), screamed at the TV "Why are you shooting 3 pointers!!!"
If my wife can figure it out, why can't Avery tell them that they're not allowed to shoot 'em?
Someone get Ben Wallace's agent on the phone. Use the words "Van Horn Type Money."
Well Bob, something Norm once said stayed in my mind the last couple of games that still rings true. Fouls are usually not called at the three-point line; they are called at the foul line and in. The Mavs have no one to blame but their selves.
Man, this is a bummer...
What happened to all the Dirk is a Top 5 guy talk? Top 5 guys put there team on their back when they need them most and carry them.
Wade put Shaq's fatass on his back and did what he had to do. Who was on Dirk's back?
Glad it's over. It will be nice to walk down the hall without hearing a bunch of clowns discussing "transition defense", and the daily debate of how great or how bad Devin Harris is from people who didn't even know who Devin Harris was until the playoffs started.
It's pretty quiet today. All the playoff basketball experts are going back into hibernation. Good riddance.
I knew it was over when, Mavs down by two, a stationary Dirk got called for putting his chest in front of Wade's moving & extending forearm.
Down 2 becomes down 4, and that was all she wrote.
Incessant 3-point attempts didn't help either.
Oh, well, Go USA! One more opportunity for my sports nuts to get crushed this week.
Wonder how much that last quarter cost JT in his contract negotiations?
Hey Sports Expert, the baseball season is approaching halfway, and the local team is in first. Let's not hear about camp for a season that's still months away. Oh wait, I forgot who's buttering the Ticket's bread these days.
you are the reason why murder should be legal.
Arthur
I was never a fan of basketball. Didn't watch a game. Mr. Simic, I watched your link. I'm reminded why I don't watch basketball.
On the phantom fouls, 4 of them are great. On the 3rd (i think), you can sort of see daniels' elbow against wade's back, but I wouldn't even try to ague that Wade wasn't acting. I'm just saying there was contact on that one.
The other 4 are rediculous.
There he goes (out the door)
The power down
Keith Van Horn
This series shows why Josh was picked 29th and Wade was picked 5th. Josh is a very good player, however Wade is amazing. It will be interesting to see how much difference these guys will have in their new contracts.
This one really hurt. As a thirty something DFW guy I've have enjoyed in my sport consciousness (I was too little for early Cowboy Superbowl losses) 3 Superbowl wins by the Cowboys and a Stanley Cup win by the Stars. However, this is my first finals lost I have experienced. This is a new experience and new emotion for me. Total devastation and disappointment. It was a slow and painful death over the course of 3 games and 6 minutes. I am a lost Maverick fan soul. Oh guide me oh great Sturminator. What am I to do?
Disco.
I think D-Wade is a great player, but it was the refs... not himself that elevated him to Jordanesque levels.
While I respect him as a player, and respect his abilities Ill always remember that he was ushered into stardom by four officiating crews in the 2006 NBA Finals.
There were four straight fouls in the first half called in which D-Wade was not touched. Even the replays show him not being touched.
The one I remember was D-Wade shooting over Jason Terry and falling down. Replay clearly shows JET never touched him.
Then the ridiculous forearm push-off of Dirk that was magically called on Dirk.
But I do want to give the Heat credit. They played a great series and deserved to win.
The first thing everyone's saying is "Oh well, training camp in 5 weeks"...what about the Freakin' Rangers??? We do have a professional baseball team here ya know, and they're playing pretty darn well, and have been ALL SEASON so far. Jeez, freakin' FC Dallas get more attention around here.
I will never forget where I was, who I was with, or how cold the beer was for Game 7 in SA.
"Great for the Mavs" "What a great season" "We'll get 'em next year"... All good phrases, but NO ONE remembers second place. They may as well dropped out in the first round. Get over it people. In this society, second place means dick.
Anonymous said: "...what about the Freakin' Rangers??? We do have a professional baseball team here ya know, and they're playing pretty darn well, and have been ALL SEASON so far."
How can you EVER get excited about what this team does BEFORE the All-Star break? Wake me up if they are still in it in September. Until then, Cowboys, Cowboys, Cowboys!
Spoken like the true fair weather, winners only, sorry ass sports fan that Dallas breeds.
yeah, what JazzHostage said. the Rangers are like that girl in junior high that shows you the goods, gives a little over-the-zipper rub and then tells you she's a good Christian girl and won't do anymore.
Arthur
rangers talk starts...................NOW!!!
chris young v. dillweed. looks like a low scoring ball game to me. your thoughts?
On the baseline foul (#4) where Wade flies out of bounds while Daniels is looking at the rim, you could clearly hear his yell during the broadcast. Rewind the Tivo. I looked up from my beer at the startling noise and saw Wade lying on the ground. I thought Oswald had risen from the grave and cracked off another shot. But no, it was just another dive. And that should not fly when the league has access to the same instant replay they used to suspend Stack. Diving is always poor sportsmanship. Makine it a part of your game is a disgrace. The kid in the Mighty Ducks wouldn't even resort to those tactics.
Oh well, I'm glad I can stop my drink-every-time-Wade-hits-the floor-game. 2 friends of mine died in Game 5.
Now if we can just work on our flops in the offseason...
The visual evidence of the no-calls and no-fouls in favor of the Heat is indeed sickening. But I don't watch the HBA for precisely these reasons, so I wasn't too surprised to see the Mavs lose last night, especially after the scorched-earth reactions from the owner, team and coach after Game 5.
So complain about it a little longer Mavs fans, but start putting it behind you fast. Because the perception of this team and its fans as a bunch of whiners is not a way to be a champion in the long run.
Not only that, but you'll start to sound like the Sabres fans who still complain about Hull's skate being in the crease. Sad and pathetic.
Hey Disco,
The Stars lost Game 6 at home in the Finals the very next year.
GOOD GAWD AHMIGHTY.
To Spurs fans "happy" we lost: Guess you were happy about Pearl Harbor too? Remember, San Antonio = Mexico City North...wait, guess that's Dallas too. Never mind.
Ranger Homers: Come on, be realistic. How many playoff games have we won? It looks like we'd get the Yankees again anyways.
Soccer talk: Look, put the gun down and go take a nap.
What I'm REALLY upset about is DaD Radio.....Donovan....Yellow or Blue?
To JY:
Suck it and see.
(yes...rangers talk makes its return)
the rangers didn't have jon daniels back in the '98 and '99 era. the world series is so close i can taste it!
on second thought...it looks like yall rooting for a team is the kiss of death. so if the rangers make the postseason, please stay away.
Hull's skate was in the crease and all Stars fans know it. We also know whose names are on the cup. But the Stars put themselves in the position to win it all that night. If I was a Sabre's fan, I would have complained about that too. By now, I would have moved on though.
The Red Sox still had another game to win after Buckner's booted ball. It was still easy to point at that mistake. And who knows if he had picked up the ball and ran to first and got a tie goes to the runner call...
To avoid the "whiner" label, perhaps we should be all smiles and take whatever is given to us. In fact we could carry that over to the rest of our lives. Gas at $3 a gallon? Cool with me! And then when it hits 6? Awesome! And when the drunk plows his van into the family of 5? Whatever man!
We point out the inequities in sport because sport is a game played by humans and officiated by humans. It is fallible. And we can discuss the good and the bad, or we can talk about global warming or Hillary Clinton or war and death and the truly unfair global violence. So let us have our break and complain, before we have to go back to much more important concerns.
Those Heat fans are a bunch of celebrators...Geez, get over it already. You won. Ok. We get it...
At 11:06 AM, Jay Clendenin said...
"rangers talk starts...................NOW!!!"
Jay Clendendeninsen, even though baseball is the talkin' sport, and this here's a talkin' sportz station, er blog, even I know not to turn to the Ticket or Sports Sturm for Rangers coverage.
But since I've recently found soccer religion in a "come to eurofootballjesus" meeting, I'm hoping Sports Sturm will soon start some World Cup coverage. Lay your soccer hands upon me Sturm, in apostolic succession. I need some churchin' up.
I don't see how anyone can be suprised by Wade's abilities. According to a documentary I saw recently, he's been able to dominate Kevin Garnett since he was a bulbous headed little kid.
Uncle Muuuu
Did someone actually compare people who root for the Spurs as people who were happy about Pearl Harbor? Mexico-City-North? What the hell do Mexicans have to do with Pearl Harbor? I am going to need a map and Tom Tom to find the way to get from Pearl Harbor to Spurs fans.....
Plus, Pearl Harbor sucked, had it not been for Kate Beckinsale and Jennifer Garner being in that movie, that movie would have been triple failed.....
What's the sport with the least possibility of the game being determined by an officiating error? The strike zone in baseball is a joke and changes from game to game - sometimes inning to inning, but it isn't really that big of a factor. Football: a penalty could be called on every play. Soccer is all about the dive. Tennis? If we can always use the cameras, then we might have a winner! But tennis is gay.
I don't mean to be insensitive to the Mavs, but I've always wanted them to win an NBA title for one reason-
I wanted to find out how many NBA titles I would trade for one Super Bowl. Well, in game 3 I think I came as close as I will come in my lifetime to that feeling. I always thought it would be 2 titles.
The answer I got during game 3-
3 NBA titles = 1 Super Bowl
Alright, season over. When's the next mini-camp or ranch report.
Big German Vagina!!!
I guess Dirk's still thinks Basketball is a women's sports after watching his son in final.
Dirk is why I hate euro players and think they have no place in the NBA. A 7ft POWER Forward who plays like a 6'3 shooting guard.
But, Dirk is the worst because he has shown us he CAN play big VS a team without a Big Man (ie The Suns). But, after one elbow in Game 1 in the Finals it's Puss Suit back on!!!
Let's get rid of this piece of Euro Garbage
Is it possible to get a question to Avery: Why are you shooting 3s when the shooting percentage, chance to go to the line, and ability to retain the possession ALL increase when driving to the hoop? Are you ignoring the averages as a coach or are the players ignoring you?
Ask him in the offseason. What is the strategy? What do they know that we don't? We complain about it for 4 games and yet every game they continue to do it? What is the strategy in that situation?
Live by the 3 die by the 3 was Mavs ball when Nash was here.
One good thing to come from all this:
There's plenty of leg-room on the badwagon for the real fans now.
To everyone else: See ya the next time the Mavs are in the Finals.
IWAMFBBAMFWC
(I was a Mavs fan before being a Mavs fan was cool.)
"Hull's skate was in the crease and all Stars fans know it."
He had possession of the puck prior to his skate entering the crease. Therefore, he was allowed to have his skate in the crease.
i just hope they hang the Western Conference champs banner in the offseason. if i have to watch that thing go up at the season opener with everyone in the building clapping politely and fakesmiling, i will throw up
Jason,
Crap, my bad.
I stopped watching hockey after I OD'ed on alcohol during the second overtime of the Stars Stanley Cup win.
Disco
MAVS CHOKE!!!! That should be the headlines. Dismantling of this team has begun and the MAvs will never ever be back in the finals. Now that the rest of the nba has seen what the mavs are made of, which is SOFT, NO HEART, and a LACK of MOTIVATION for the ultimate goal, EVERY team next year will come into our house and push around and out muscle and out hustle and just plain out play the mavs knowing that the superstar we are supposed have is not on this team and we have to find 1. Dirk is NOT the man to carry this team, which was just proven to us and the world. So trade dirk and josh for some 1 that can get us 1. Throw in Terry for posterity. Life sucks down here in chokesville, usa.
Hey speaking of the NBA, why is it the offensive player is still allowed to stiff arm the defender. I see it all the time, also in street ball at the local park this is how kids are learning to play..a kid driving to the lane looks more like a football player with his free arm swatting all around. Everyone in the NBA does it, even Dirk.
I realize touching happens in any basketball game, but why allow the offensive player to hand check but not the defense?
it's lame..either let them both beat the crap out of each other or institute a 6 foot rule(NBA thugs love strippers!)
Oh and kids today dont box out or play defense. it's horrible run-and-gun-and-jack-up-the-long-jumper basketball...like the mavs last night. Oh..now it makes sense.
Sad but true..hear me out..
If the Mavs would have kept Nash, and traded straight up for someone like...Garnett....you guys would have a title right now.
But 2 mvps later and you're still hardheaded.
Guess Dirk isn't all that huh?
The thought of next season makes me very weary.
Im tired. Im tiredd of the caring and and the depression and the remote throwing; of the late nights, can't sleep. Turnovers, and 1s, every single freaking posession watched and scrutinized and scrutinized again later.
Its madenning. I dont even know how to go about watching a regular basketball game anymore. If the Mavs lose the opener, I may go ape sh%t and break another remote.
Im tired. Im glad its all over. So sad the Miami Wades had to make off with our trophy.
Apologies Brandon.
He had possession of the puck prior to his skate entering the crease. Therefore, he was allowed to have his skate in the crease.
We also know that was never called that way at any point during the season. Not once did we hear, "The play is under review. Was his skate in the crease before the puck? Now, did he have possession of the puck. Now, if he wasn't skating into the crease with the puck, had he shot the puck and it rebounded of the goalie's pads and then with his skate in the crease he shoots again?"
Never heard that from Ralph. Could have been Razor though. Just insert some gay crap in there.
We all know (minus one) what happened there. Like I said, they put themselves in the position to win. The series are 7 games long, so teams can overcome bad breaks.
OLN has killed hockey.
"If it wasn't for us (Modano), this team would be the f'n Tampa Bay Lighning." -- Brett Hull
it was a tough loss. i'm glad most mav fans are taking it with a touch of class. others, well .. they want to see every possibilty except the one that matters most, miami beat dallas four straight times. you can comment on the "phantom" calls, but truth is if the mavs took it to the rack, they would have gotten the calls also. the nba would have loved to showcase a game 7 in prime-time. they are ALL about rating.
as for next season .. it'll be tough. makes you wonder if this was they're best chance. at least five other teams will have as good of a chance as the mavs to take it next year. starting back at 0-0. could get interesting, but nevertheless, a great season for mavs fans.
ST3...I agree completely.
I would have loved for the Mavs to win it all...but they didn't. However, as a dude who watched them win 24 games back in '96, I'm pretty proud of our little basketball team.
So lets play a game....All teams who finished with a winning record raise your hands (that would be 12 other teams)
All teams that have the coach of the year coming back next year with an entire playoff of experience raise your hands (that would be the Mavericks)
All teams that beat the League MVP in the playoffs raise your hands (that would be the Mavericks)
All teams that beat the sitting NBA champs raise your hands (that would be the Mavericks)
If you made the NBA Finals raise your hands.
If you swept your first round, raise your hands.
If you have a young nucleus of good (maybe great..at least you were all saying great a week ago) players starting next year who have just earned a playoffs worth of experience...raise your hand.
If you have an owner and a GM who are going to bust their asses to make this team better next year raise your hand.
Now...if you're pissed off and bitter because your (new) favorite team didn't end up as the single best team in the league this year, and if you are convinced that the NBA is rigged and David Stern hates you, and if you're ready to go put on your TO jerseys and hope that that no-class-cancer that mocked you a couple years ago will bring you a precious trophy so you can kiss his ass and thank him for giving your life some meaning...raise your hand. Now go get your f-ing shinebox.
So until next year, when the Mavs win 60 games, and when Avery has improved, and when Dirk goes off for 50 points...then you fickle, sorry fans will pull out your Mavs antenna flags, and run out to buy your "Don't Dirk with Texas" t-shirts...until then, us true fans will speak of what a terrific season this was and good riddance to the rest of you.
p1dean
QUIT WHINING! MY GOD! aren't you the same people that said that Mavs fan doesn't whine anymore?
When you look up the 2006 NBA Champs it will say the Miami Heat not the Miami Heat but the refs screwed the Mavs.
I know how everybody feels. I felt this way a month ago when the Spurs lost and it sucks!
But, I have to say, this Spurs fan is laughing his arse off!!!
The best one was "the NBA is turning into the WWE" ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
GOOD NIGHT MAVS FAN!
This ought to get the natives restless!!hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Could the fact that Dirk & jet combined for 2 points (yes, TWO points) in crunch time, coming from two free throws from Dirk. That is not getting it done. As a Spurs fan, even I can see that Dirk is great, he is a star. May not be top 5 still (LeBron, Wade, Kobe, Duncan, Nash) but he is probably #6 or 7 (TMac would have something to say about that).
So, going into the 4th, Dirk had scored 10 in the 3rd and Jet had scored 2. So, for 15 minutes, he gets 2 friggin points, that's it. Jet gets nothing. If it wasn't for Daniels in the 3rd and Howard in the 4th, this game would have been a blowout.
The refs did not shut down Jet and Dirk, and although Haslem/Posey are both tall, lanky defenders, you are going to tell me that they shut Dirk down in the 4th when he seemed to be scoring at will in the 3rd? Cmon... Dirk was just not shooting the ball well in this whole series, pointed out by Bob numerous times. The refs can only call fouls when you attack the rim, nobody is going to foul you when you are 25 feet away from the basket all of the time.
Bad coaching (3 point shots, hack a Shaq in overtime for no reason) and bad shooting (37% for the game vs. 44.9% for the game for the Heat)
yeah, what JazzHostage said. the Rangers are like that girl in junior high that shows you the goods, gives a little over-the-zipper rub and then tells you she's a good Christian girl and won't do anymore.
Arthur
My guess, you're still working on junior high girls, and get that reaction.
The fact that San Antonio has no decent sports radio is really evident by the many Spurs fans. I don't tell me that your from Dallas. The river doesn't go this far north. It's amazing that it took me 30 minutes to forget about the Mavs and start my training camp focus. But Spurs fans have had Mavs fans on their minds ever since they lost. Is that what happens when you're a 1 trick fan/town.
The dallas mayor is the sports antichrist. What a freaking idiot.
The Heat had a hungry, experienced coach and 3 very hungry veterans - Alonzo Mourning, Gary Payton and Shaq. After Mourning's health issues that disrupted his career when he was close to a championship, he was so close to a championship he could taste it. The Mavs do not have the same hunger. The most dangerous enemy is an injured one, and the most dangerous sports opponent is a hungry team that can eliminate you.
Mr T,
That is amazing that it took you 30 minutes to forget about the Mavs, you must be a true blue fan then. The true fans are the ones that are on here, arguing about the refs, arguing about the poor shooting and poor coaching.
By the way, I am from Dallas. I am a Cowboys fan, I am a Rangers fan and I am a Stars fan. When I came to like basketball back as a young'n, I was in a mindset that I wanted to join the military, so the basketball player that appealed to me the most was David Robinson. There wasn't a player to identify with on the Mavs at that time, so I chose the Spurs. That was back in 1992, been a fan ever since. You may be right, there probably isn't a good sports station in San Antonio, I don't know, I don't live there and have only been there 3 times in my life.
Quick reply to anonymous @ 2:56:
Where were the Spurs during the Finals? Oh Yeah..watching on TV.
Go get yer shinebox, bitch!
P1 Dean your an idiot.
Yea i was around in those 90s that was probably the worst basketball ever played. Now we get to play one of my games called "Settle".
All teams that "settle" for second best after having a winning record, raise your hand.(Mavericks)
All teams that have a coach who won coach of the year and "settle" for being outcoached, raise your hand.(Mavericks)
All the teams that "settle" for beating the league MVP that was won by some 1 that never should of won it the second time, raise your hand.(Mavericks)
All the teams that "settle" for beating up on an injured(tim duncan) and tired(t.parker) champ that has won 3 titles already, raise your hand.(Mavericks)
All the teams that "settle" for just making it to the Finals to wonder in awe at the media and fanfare, raise your hand.(Mavericks)
All the teams that "settle" for sweeping a first round opponent that could be beat by any high school team, raise your hand.(Mavericks)
All the teams that have a group of young guys that will be dismantled and bought off by other teams, and "settle" for being brought back to mediocrity and square 1, raise your hand.(Mavericks)
All the teams that have an owner and a G.M. that "settle" for placing the whole burden of winning the Finals on a euro player(Dirk), that history has shown has never won a title, raise your hand.(Mavericks)
Now...We are pissed because Dirk turns invisible when most needed,and David Stern has basically come out and said he hates the Mavericks. As for the Cowboys and TO, apparently you didnt like the signing and wanted to inform us of that.We KNOW the cowboys are still a ways off from the super bowl.No need to remind us of that.
As for us TRUE fans that have mavs blue blood running through us, this one was heartbreaking and when the mavs are rebuilding a whole new team, and kobe goes for another 65 or 80, over dirks so called great 50, and you sit there DEAN and wonder why we wont see the finals again, much less the conference finals, just remember that they "settled", just like you "settled", for second place.
Let's hug it out, you little bitches!
I'd prefer to rub it out.
Quick reply to st3
How many championships do the muffs have? oh yeah, that would be 0.
still laughing my arse off.
I'll get my shinebox when you get a championship bitch!!
as you wrote, they lost in in the 4th, game tied with about 7 min left, they decide to jack three straight 3-pt'ers even though both shaq and zo were sitting AND they were in the penalty AND they had shot the 3 horribly all nite. kill me.
Everyone makes money off the NBA but the fans, so I am now a former fan, having no motivation to continue spending 300+ hrs a season only to have someone give me the finger live via satellite.
I don't mind being called an idiot. It's not the first time...and as long as the anonymity of the internet can protect people, it probably won't be the last.
As for "settling"...you made some valid points...Memphis wasn't great (but the Mavs did beat them), Nash is overrated (but he was the MVP and the Mavs did beat him), and Avery was outcoached (although it was by no brainer hall of fame coach who just picked up his 5th ring in 9 finals appearances). The point is I don't think they "settled"...I think they got beat. That sucks, but it happens.
I just don't/won't/refuse to understand the Championship or Nothing mentality that is so apparent in this community...granted I've only lived her for 20 years...so maybe it just hasn't kicked in yet. I was disappointed last night as the clock ticked down...but I don't understand why we can't extend Congratulations to the Heat and show a little appreciation to a team that extended basketball season by 59 days.
p1dean
btw...As for the TO thing..sorry. I can't get over the hypocrisy of public enemy #1 becoming the Cowboy's savior. But you're right, it was the wrong place to voice it.
If you are a true Mavs fan, you will take 3 things from this playoff run...
--We finally have a legitmate banner to hang in the AAC (Western Conference Champs)
--Dirk, no matter what he did in the Heat series, passes Aguirre, Ro, and Tarpley as the best player to put on a Maverick jersey. (I'm talking about on court accomplishments, not off court meltdowns)
--The franchises best assembled starting lineup a few months ago was arguably the '88 team of
Harper
Blackman
Perkins
Aguirre
Tarpley
This lineup we rolled out throughout the Spurs, Suns, and Heat series may have something to say about that.
All in all, we weren't ready to raise the trophy. Period. Not physically, emotionally, or mentally. Can we come back and be in the Finals again? I hope. I am a true Mavs die-hard (like Luis) and thank you Mavs for bringing the city to life for a little while.
I was impressed by the diverse skill set that Miami brought to turning my Mavs into a girls basketball team. I do think the Mavs are the best team in the WNBA, any arguments on that? Miami has Shaq the tank with the pivoting barrels to turn your nose inside out with incidental contact. 'Zo' will block your shot. Posey will anticpate your attack and position himself so as to draw a charging fowl. It's a team game and if you couldn't or shouldn't get your king, Dirk, or other notables to attack, you need to get your more VC self regarding players, like Marquise, to attack until you have fouled out there defense, worn it down, or lost. Now that's at least an honorable defeat.
buf123 said, You don't play to win by 74 just in case the refs blow it.
How awesome would that be if the Mavs won a game by 74 points? Let's make that happen next year.
Did you guys (and gals?) know that the Cowboys have way more titles than the Seahawks? So suck on that Seattle fans.
What, you mean that was in the past and doesn't really pertain to this year?
Kind of like Anon @ 5:54's reply.
Make sure I can see my face in them when you're done.
Sturm, you remember the brouhaha that your show created when you asked Nick Van Exel what he thought about the Iraq war a couple of years ago? He said he was against it and so was eveybody else in the locker room. Cuban later came on and browbeat you, treating you like a referee; but I digress. So I suppose Dirk and the boys fight like UN Peacekeepers, the blog Gates of Vienna will give a taste of what that is like. On refelcting on it, though I was a Mav's fan, give me a good African American team like the Heat; at least Dirk won't be doing a Maines on us in Germany, 'I'm a champ and f- America's foreign policy.'
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