Most Annoying Thing About Mavs Home Games

[monosylab1k]

Anybody who has been to the AAC and endured the beating of multiple stupid bits that entertain the mindless masses while a select few watch the basketball game, well you know how bad the extra "entertainment" is at Mavs games.

My questions is, which is the worst?

1. Humble Billy Hayes - always hated the "twooooooooooooo shots" bit, and now he beats us to death with "The JET is ON THE RUNWAY!" when Terry gets into the game.

2. Stupid Videos - a few are okay (Dirk dancing like Mick Jagger) but most are just retarded ("Mama don't let your babies grow up to be -insert opposing team- fans", Singing "DeSagana Diop" to the Muppet Show theme, most anything where they photoshop the players faces into a music video)

3. J-Ho chant - Not only cuz he doesn't deserve one, but it's just stupid "JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY-HO" "jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay-ho". Kill me.

4. The incredibly overdone bit of fat guys dancing - It was a funny bit the first time I saw it. But after 1,203,318 viewings of the Mavs ManiAACS, I'm ready to knife each and every one of those fat fucks.

5. The paper noisemakers at every seat - First time I saw it, I thought maybe the air conditioning was out so they decided to give everyone something to fan themselves off. Come to find out I'm supposed to bang it against my hand to cheer my team to victory.

6. Chris Arnold - no explanation needed.

I've never been to any other arena besides Reunion and the AAC, so does this sort of crap happen everywhere, or is it just a Dallas thing?

[sribb43]

6. Chris Arnold - no explanation needed.

While the others you listed are annoying....Chris Arnold is by far the worst of all. I still say he has to have something on Cubes to have been able to keep his job this long

[phyzik]

2. Stupid Videos - a few are okay (Dirk dancing like Mick Jagger) but most are just retarded ("Mama don't let your babies grow up to be -insert opposing team- fans", Signing "DeSagana Diop" to the Muppet Show theme, most anything where they photoshop the players faces into a music video)

I think this is just a Dallas thing (as far as I know). Its childish, but what do you expect from a childish owner.

[Shank]

Desagana Diop...doo doo de doo doo...Desagana Diop - doo do de doo

[monosylab1k]

Desagana Diop...doo doo de doo doo...Desagana Diop - doo do de doo

The only good thing about that video is Stackhouse with that shit-eating grin on his face and a "this is fucking stupid" look in his eyes.

[sribb43]

"Mama dont let you babies grow up to be ______(insert Spurs or Suns)"....because this land belongs to the Mavs, yehawww!!!!"

This is also annoying in itself...what adds to it being annoying is some of the stupid mavs fans that actually sing it and clap and cheer for it when its over

[Shank]

The most annoying thing about Mavs home games is the bullshit applause and fake excitement when DickBreath is announced in the starting lineup.

[Dex]

Mark Cuban wasn't on the list.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Chris Arnold. I think he's whiter than jim carrey. He should at least hand out some wine to go with all of his cheese.

That and the cheesy drumline. I actually went to college with one of the dudes and his playing definitely hasn't advanced.

[Humble Billy Hayes]

You know what Mono, why don't you take a step back and literally FUCK YOUR OWN FACE!

You MOTHERFUCKER!!!!! I'm here to hype up Mavericks Nation and if you don't like it you can go SUCK A HOBO'S COCK!!!!! BITCH!!!!!

Dirk Nowitzki, twoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 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THE JET IS ON THE RUNWAY!

The fans LOVE MY SHIT, they EAT IT UP! So why don't you just go EAT A DICK!

[Humble Billy Hayes]

p.s. Chris Arnold is a homo.

[Obstructed_View]

Singing "DeSagana Diop" to the Muppet Show theme

"Why do we always come here? I guess we'll never know. It's like a kind of torture, to have to watch the show. And now let's get things started on DeSagana Diop tonight."

[Armando]

Fat Guy Dancers

[FromWayDowntown]

All of the above.

[Findog]

Ushers who give you crap about seat-jumping into the lower bowl

[scanry]

All the above and the commentators are horrible.

BTW who's this guy? http://www.nba.com/media/mavericks/biobob.jpg




The fans are also a little fake in the arena. Why do they let the lame ass fans in instead of the real Mavs fans (are the tickets that expensive?)

I think the Golden State - Dallas series a couple of years ago showed how supportive the fans were of their team. In contrast the Golden state fans were amazing, now that is Home court advantage.

[sribb43]

Sorry but when your a #1 seed, made it to the finals the previous year, made the playoffs for 8 straight years, the crowd reaction to a 1st round series isnt going to be as intense as it would be a franchise that hadnt made the playoffs since 1993. Fans expected them to win that series much like the previous year against the Grizz, thus the AAC was dead.

[monosylab1k]

All the above and the commentators are horrible.

BTW who's this guy? http://www.nba.com/media/mavericks/biobob.jpg

I think Mark Followill and Bob Ortegal are great at calling games. Better than anybody on ESPN or TNT.


The fans are also a little fake in the arena. Why do they let the lame ass fans in instead of the real Mavs fans (are the tickets that expensive?)

I think the Golden State - Dallas series a couple of years ago showed how supportive the fans were of their team. In contrast the Golden state fans were amazing, now that is Home court advantage.

:lol yeah all those hardcore Warriors fans are really giving their team an advantage this year! They were nowhere to be found for a decade, then showed up for 3 playoff games one season and promptly disappeared for probably another decade. Those guys are even bigger frontrunning douches than the average Mavs crowd.

[shelshor]

Substitute the cheesey drum line for paper noise makers and I vote for All Of The Above

[sribb43]

Substitute the cheesey drum line for paper noise makers and I vote for All Of The Above

Thats why I never sit in sections 110-113 to get away from the awful drumline

[monosylab1k]

Thats why I never sit in sections 110-113 to get away from the awful drumline

Well now they've taken to walking around the entire arena and into the upper decks to whip your ass no matter where you sit.

[Spurminator]

The best thing about Avery getting fired is we don't have to see the stupid "Avery Bunch" video.

[Spurminator]

"The Wave" and "The Dot Race" have had a love child using very strong fertility drugs, and its name is The American Airlines Center of Dallas, TX.

Is there a worse venue for a basketball fan to watch a live game? (Well, a fan over the age of 12 that is...)

From the mic'd rims to the plastic clappers given free with every seat, watching a Mavs game live is the equivalent of watching basketball on television while someone pokes your forehead with their finger repeatedly for 2 and a half hours. Known as the AAC, it seems to be a laboratory for ADD. It's as though they set it up to distract as many people from the actual game as possible, which is curious since the Mavs are actually a good team and entertaining in their own right. You have movie clips (sponsored, of course, by Blockbuster) during the game, sound effects, and the most obnoxious PA announcer in the history of human competition (imagine a Texas A&M Yell Leader with a microphone). The only time he stops talking long enough to take a breath is when he announces a player on the opposing team... I'm convinced he is actually inhaling as he reads their name when they make a basket or substitution.

Fans lucky enough to arrive early enough are treated to the emcee stylings of Chris Arnold, who is basically Stuart Scott without the journalistic talent. Once he's done pimping the latest Mavs gear, fans can look out for one of the 800 carnies throwing frisbees, slinging T-shirts, tossing basketballs or hyping up the crowd. It's enough to make you wish they would just show the commercials from the TV broadcast during timeouts. The costumed stunt dunker (MavsMan) seems like a welcome return to classic basketball normalsy by comparison. They have a drum line. They have dancing fat guys.

But maybe the fans deserve it.

Watching a game with Mavericks fans is like sitting in a calculus lecture with 20,000 emotionally unstable (often schitzophrenic) people talking themselves through each problem, trying desperately to understand how it works. They booed a goaltending call that had clearly occurred after the ball hit the backboard. One fan behind me uttered the phrase, "Knock him down harder next time" seven times during the first three quarters (seriously, I counted). This same fan could be heard before the game bemoaning what a dirty player Bruce Bowen is. The same fans who were gone 2 1/2 quarters through the last game the Spurs played in Dallas could be seen taunting Spurs fans as they left the arena with 6 minutes to go in the game.

And then there is the whining. It's normal for fans to boo calls against their teams, but I've been to many arenas and stadiums in my life and no fans (except for perhaps Sacramento fans, but I've never been to Arco) whine as loudly as Mavs fans. Mark Cuban, for everything he has done for the Mavs team, has created a "Culture of Bitching" at Mavericks games. Every semi-controversial call is replayed on the jumbotron. Every foul is either a flop or a mugging, depending on the recipient's team. A movie clip was shown from "A Christmas Story" where Scott Farcas badgers Ralphie with the taunt of "What, are you gonna CRY now? Come on, baby, CRYYYYYY..." and not five seconds later, fans were hysterical over an offensive foul call.

I believe a lot of this stems from the Don Nelson era... perhaps Avery will provide some levity. Or he'll be lambasted for failing to stick up for his team. For all the rampant homerdom present among Mavericks fans, they are also irrationally critical of their own players. Michael Finley deserves better. Hell, Shawn Bradley deserves better.

Fortunately, about 40% of the fans at any given Mavs/Spurs game in Dallas are Spurs fans, so the overwhelming fatuity is diluted somewhat.

Perhaps this rant stems from sour grapes... I can't lie, the fact that the Spurs lost by 70 points only enhanced the annoyance of the experience. Like having to listen to a ten year old take drumming lessons while you're already hungover. But next time I visit the AAC for a game, I may prefer to stand outside by the concessions and watch it on the monitor... only to return to my seat when the Mavs are down by 20 and all of their fans have left the arena, and the PA announcer has quieted to a constant whisper. I'll still have to watch my head for T-shirts parachuting from the rafters, but I suppose I could live with that.

[monosylab1k]

:lol never knew this existed http://firehumblebilly.com/

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Substitute the cheesey drum line for paper noise makers and I vote for All Of The Above


Thats why I never sit in sections 110-113 to get away from the awful drumline
i'm glad i wasn't the only one.

[Bob Lanier]

This man seriously calls himself "humble Billy"?

[Anti.Hero]

The constant on-court Geico commercials.

[Shank]

You're all wrong.

$7.50 Bud Lights are annoying as shit. It's seriously $0.50 in materials. Bring that price down, fuckers.

[IronMexican]

7.50? Damn cheap. 10.50 Shen I went this Sunday. And the Clipps did none of this cheesy crap.

[Obstructed_View]

I think Mark Followill and Bob Ortegal are great at calling games. Better than anybody on ESPN or TNT.

I (almost) agree*. They are very rarely homers. Brad Davis and Matt Pinto are horrid, but Followill, Ortegal and Cooperstein are as good as any group in the NBA.

*I love any game with Jeff Van Gundy doing color.

[baseline bum]

All the above and the commentators are horrible.

BTW who's this guy? http://www.nba.com/media/mavericks/biobob.jpg




The fans are also a little fake in the arena. Why do they let the lame ass fans in instead of the real Mavs fans (are the tickets that expensive?)

I think the Golden State - Dallas series a couple of years ago showed how supportive the fans were of their team. In contrast the Golden state fans were amazing, now that is Home court advantage.

LOL... we couldn't even sell out game 1 of the WCF against Utah 2 years ago or have any kind of crowd participation in game 6 of the 05 Finals. Spurs fans live in glass houses with respect to the crowd level in our arena.

[Shank]

7.50? Damn cheap. 10.50 Shen I went this Sunday. And the Clipps did none of this cheesy crap.

There is nothing $10.50 about domestic beer. That's robbery.

[monosylab1k]

last night at the game the AAC had technical issues, meaning almost the entire first half there was no Humble Billy and no stupid videos.

The drumline played a whole lot more instead, but it actually wasn't bad, and it gave the place kind of a college arena feel.

It was the most blissful 30 minutes I've ever had at a Mavs game.

[Many PackYao]

Not being able to tell the difference between J-ho and the horse mascot.:p:

[sribb43]

last night at the game the AAC had technical issues, meaning almost the entire first half there was no Humble Billy and no stupid videos.

The drumline played a whole lot more instead, but it actually wasn't bad, and it gave the place kind of a college arena feel.

It was the most blissful 30 minutes I've ever had at a Mavs game.

Damn, wish I would have gone last night

[de Soto]

The idiots who cheer for the losers.

[BlackBellamy]

Never been to a game there. I am always struck by how cool (futuristic) the place seems to look from the outside, when they do the crowd filing in shots before the game and during commercial breaks. Kinda looks like a Joel Schumacher set that doesn't suck.

[Obstructed_View]

It's a great arena. I wish the Spurs could have built something even close to it. The Toyota center isn't even close.

That said, what's the differnce between AAC during a Mavs game and a porcupine?

[Findog]

It's a great arena. I wish the Spurs could have built something even close to it. The Toyota center isn't even close.

That said, what's the differnce between AAC during a Mavs game and a porcupine?

Yeah, I sat in the lower part of Section 329 last night. Even up in the upper deck, the sight lines are very good.

[BlackBellamy]

It's a great arena. I wish the Spurs could have built something even close to it. The Toyota center isn't even close.

That said, what's the differnce between AAC during a Mavs game and a porcupine?

Yep, if there is one thing Cuban brought to the Mavs it was flash.

I dunno, what is the difference between the AAC during a Mavs game and a porcupine?

[BlackBellamy]

It's a great arena. I wish the Spurs could have built something even close to it. The Toyota center isn't even close.

That said, what's the differnce between AAC during a Mavs game and a porcupine?

Wait wait...a porcupine has less pricks?

[Many PackYao]

It's a great arena. I wish the Spurs could have built something even close to it. The Toyota center isn't even close.

That said, what's the differnce between AAC during a Mavs game and a porcupine?
Nah, I disagree you're closer to the action in the Toyota compared to the the other two arenas.It has a more intimate feel.The other cool thing about the TC is you can walk around 3/4 of the arena and see the action from the upper concourse without being at your seat.

[dirk4mvp]

Nah, I disagree you're closer to the action in the Toyota compared to the the other two arenas.It has a more intimate feel.The other cool thing about the TC is you can walk around 3/4 of the arena and see the action from the upper concourse without being at your seat.


When the consequence of that is having to watch the Rockets play basketball, it's not worth it.

[Many PackYao]

When the consequence of that is having to watch the Rockets play basketball, it's not worth it.
It's worth it when they play well or if you're a visiting Dallas fan because the Mavs always seem to shoot lights out at the TC.:lol

[mavsluva]

I was going to vote for, "They assume victory at home", but that wasn't an option.

[Obstructed_View]

Yep, if there is one thing Cuban brought to the Mavs it was flash.
Cuban didn't build the AAC. It was planned, approved, and paid for before he bought the team.


I dunno, what is the difference between the AAC during a Mavs game and a porcupine?
Someone else was close. A porcupine has the pricks on the outside. It's an old Corvette joke. I just didn't want the Mavs fans to be thrown off by my having been nice for a couple of posts. ;)