We Like Our Boys in Blue

[sribb43]

"We Like Our Boys in Blue"....Donnies new slogan:bang

Stack is back too:bang This is the worst deadline day ever:bang


http://mavsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/02/big-news-out-of-the-mavericks.html

No, it's not a trade, but there appears to be a decent chance Jerry Stackhouse will be active for Friday's game in Houston.

President Donnie Nelson said during his post-trade-deadline press briefing that Stackhouse would "be back tomorrow, which will be real important for us.''

That doesn't necessarily mean Stackhouse is ready to play. But if he's active, I'm guessing he'll get a few minutes against the Rockets.

He's definitely on the road trip. That much is certain.

Meanwhile, the trade deadline passed without the Mavericks making a deal. But it wasn't for lack of trying. Nelson said they were active with "lots and lots and lots'' of conversations up until the final minutes before the 2 p.m. deadline.

"We like our boys in blue,'' he said after all the talk produced no action.
--Eddie Sefko

[sribb43]

Hey Donnie :flipoff:flipoff:flipoff:flipoff:flipoff

[sribb43]

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[Pelicans78]

You're my boy blue !!!

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/3623/blue0xl.jpg

[lurker]

Donnie Nelson has a fetish for boys dressed in blue.

[lil_penny]

Hahahhahahahaha

[sribb43]

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[monosylab1k]

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[lurker]

Wow, this must have been a fantasy come true for Donnie.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/99/261652155_9435093011_b.jpg

[Donnie Nelson]

Blue turns me on, what can I say? I love my team!

[lurker]

The NBA is supposed to be where caring happens, not perversion. You disgust me.

[sribb43]

So Donnie, still like your "boys in blue"?
So I guess your big move at the trade deadline was getting back Stack...how has that worked out so far?:bang

[dirk4mvp]

What happened to the p. diddy jerseys? After this one gets worn out, we like our guys in green sounds good :tu

[Ghazi]

Do you expect the front office to say "we HATE our boys in blue?"

Or do you expect them to say "Stack is worthless to us except for his contract" even though they said they want him for the playoffs.

After all, last year when they said "We love our team", 4-5 players were traded for Kidd/Wright lol.

Our FO indeed has its fair share of mistakes, but we shouldn't be so sensitive about what comes out of their mouths. let's not pretend they aren't making deals out of emotional attachment to the team. They were passive at the deadline due to a quiet market, or due to ineptitude, or unwillingness at the time being to take on horrible contracts for marginal players (B Diddy, V C). Not due to emotions.

Anywho, Stackhouse's contract will be very valuable this offseason. And it's not as if our boys in blue weren't shopping it around.

I do hope the "2010 plan" means making moves in the summer of 2009. D Lord wrote a good article about how even if you resign Kidd/Dirk and have them take paycuts, AND allure a free agent, half your roster would have to be rookie FA's and D-league scrubs.

Stackhouse and Howard are very valuable this offseason contractwse IMO, but only if one is willing to take on contract, which would ruin the pipedream of alluring a 2010 free agent. BUt that's all it is, a pipedream

We'll see what happens boys, we'll see what happens.

[sribb43]

What happened to the p. diddy jerseys? After this one gets worn out, we like our guys in green sounds good :tu

Mavs are supposed to dump the diddy's and get a new alternate jersey next season that has the same type lettering on it.

Anyways, isnt the mavs color navy blue so shouldnt it be "We love our boys in navy blue'?

[ElNono]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c1hiqwgKq5c/SBfYvo3LDaI/AAAAAAAAAKs/Lu0N6vEb6-w/s400/Mark+Cuban

[dirk4mvp]

Mavs are supposed to dump the diddy's and get a new alternate jersey next season that has the same type lettering on it.

Anyways, isnt the mavs color navy blue so shouldnt it be "We love our boys in navy blue'?


I hope it's not the men in metallic silver.

http://espn.go.com/i/page2/photos/031111mavericks.jpg

[BUMP]

I hope it's not the men in metallic silver.

http://espn.go.com/i/page2/photos/031111mavericks.jpg

lol i remember we wore those once against the Lakers, i wish theyd bring em back

[sribb43]

lol i remember we wore those once against the Lakers, i wish theyd bring em back

I like them

[sribb43]

Our "Boys in Blue" are still beloved by the Mavs Brain Trust

[Findog]

We love our boys in blue!

[Findog]

How bout incorporating a little bit more green into the equation? I love the P Diddy Jerseys, love the old road greens from the 80's. I hate how the current unis don't have green.

[sribb43]

:cheer

[Ghazi]

We love our boys in blue!

[de Soto]

Whatta bunch of faggots those hapless mavs and their moronin fans! :lmao

[Shank]

Whatta bunch of faggots those hapless mavs and their moronin fans! :lmao

Good one.

[Ghazi]

You guys think there' ANY chance the Mavs will resign kidd next year?

I've never bitched much about the Harris trade but the thought of giving away 2 #1's and a 25 YO PG for 1.5 years of Kidd's services is kinda grinding my gears now.

[Shank]

If he doesn't return, then the Mavs truly pissed away his value by not shopping his expiring contract at this year's deadline.

[monosylab1k]

But being locked in to Baron Davis & Chris Kaman would have been so fucking horrible compared to losing Kidd for nothing, not getting anybody in 2010, and having Dirk leave as well cuz he's so pissed at the incompetence.

Yep.

[Ghazi]

But being locked in to Baron Davis & Chris Kaman would have been so fucking horrible compared to losing Kidd for nothing, not getting anybody in 2010, and having Dirk leave as well cuz he's so pissed at the incompetence.

Yep.


:lol, Kaman and Davis are turrable bro.

[monosylab1k]

:lol, Kaman and Davis are turrable bro.

Yeah they're a serious downgrade from JJ Barea and Ryan Hollins. Can't wait till those guys are starters next season.

[Ghazi]

Barea/Green/Hollins/Williams YOUTH MOVEMENT BABY!

[sribb43]

Barea/Green/Hollins/Williams YOUTH MOVEMENT BABY!

Green, Hollins and Bass are FA in the offseason so screw your youth movement

[Ghazi]

Green, Hollins and Bass are FA in the offseason so screw your youth movement

Shawne Williams!!1

[monosylab1k]

Barea/Green/Hollins/Williams YOUTH MOVEMENT BABY!

Green and Williams are the only guys who are NBA starter material. Barea's a sideshow act who occasionally looks good, Hollins is a solid backup.

Ghazi do you watch Mavs games or are you too busy waving the pom poms to actually pay attention?

[monosylab1k]

Hey it's Ghazi!!!!!!!

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[Texas_Ranger]

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[sribb43]

Hey it's Ghazi!!!!!!!

http://images.paraorkut.com/img/funnypics/images/g/gay_cheerleader-12791.jpg

:rollin

[Ghazi]

Green and Williams are the only guys who are NBA starter material. Barea's a sideshow act who occasionally looks good, Hollins is a solid backup.

Ghazi do you watch Mavs games or are you too busy waving the pom poms to actually pay attention?

Barea's a legit backup PG IMO.

I'm very concerned about our beloved Dirk's decline in shooting. I posted it in another forum and I'll post it here.

Well guys I was bored today and I was looking at stats and they kinda confirmed what my eye balls had been telling me: Dirk's shooting by his lofty standards is not that great this year!

The formula for True shooting % is total points scored * 50 / field goal attempts + (free throw attempts * .44). Using this formula for Dirk his TS % this year is 55.5, which is his worst since his ROOKIE season!

His best TS % year of course was his 90/50/40 year, at 60.5%

The interesting thing last year after the Kidd trade was Dirk was an absolute monster. 25.4 PPG on 17.7 shots. 50% from the field, 89% from the line, and 48% from behind the arc. Damn near close to the 90/50/50 club! His true shooting % was 61.4%, which if it was extrapolated over a whole year would be his career high.

It is a shame that Dirk's monsterous rise in production was offset by J-Ho's significant dip. Who knows how last year turns out if J-Ho didn't mail it in?

But since the ASB this year he's only shooting 45.8% from the field, and has only made 11 of 36 3-pointers. his true shooting % is 52.9% since the ASB.

But this year our beloved Dirk's TS % is down because he takes less threes and only makes them at 36%, gets to the line less frequently, and is "only" shooting 47% from the field.

To put in perspective, Dirk has 12 more points this year than he did all of last year, but it's required 125 more shots!

So what do we make of all this? Is Dirk's shooting down because the surrounding lack of offensive talent is forcing him into a higher volume of lesser quality shots? Is it age? Is he declining? Nursing an injury? Is he sapped of his injury because of the heart break of the refs stealing our beloved 2006 NBA Championship and the Warriors hitting a bunch of fluky shots along with the marginal basketball product of this year? I dunno!

Dirk is far from the problem for the beloved Mavs of course, but he is not playing at the level we need him to. Just my opinion. Not hating on our beloved Dirk, just pointing out that his shooting and efficiency has really dipped this year and maybe has cost us 2-3 games that we would've otherwise won.

Also, Dirk's only shooting 39% over the last 5 games. I'm sure he'll get out of the slump, just saying.

Some more stats:

From the stand point of PER, this is his worst year since 2003-2004, it's also his worst year as far as rebound rate since that year.

Sorry if this post is too "statty" .

But discuss amongst yourselves.

[sribb43]

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that is one of many failed attempts by the mavs in-game promo department. The sad thing is that there are some mavs fans at the game that get off on this type of garbage

[sribb43]

Spurs will get curb stomped by the Boys in Blue :cheer