FoxPerez
06-09-2011, 02:23 PM
From The Daily Six Shooter (http://bit.ly/ldQI3k) at PlaymakerOnline.com (http://www.playmakeronline.com)
The national support for the Dallas Mavericks has reached epic levels… on both ends of the spectrum. Not only are the Mavs capturing the hearts of sports fans everywhere by coming from behind and outplaying the big, bad Miami Heat as the underdogs, but they’re also getting support and love for their trash talk.
Usually, it doesn’t go both ways but that just goes to show how much people all over the country want to see the Miami Heat lose. Deshawn Stevenson and Jason Terry have gotten away with the kind of talk that is usually lambasted by fans and the national media. Terry called out Lebron James by saying that he wouldn’t be able to keep up with him in a seven games series. Stevenson accused James of checking out in the 4th quarter of Miami’s Game 4 loss. People want to hate the Heat, James in particular, so much that they’re right with the trash talkers.
Even though Stevenson walked back some of his comments about James, Terry is not the kind of guy to back off of anything. But you can’t really blame players for what they say on or off the court because it’s essentially all motivation. They’re building themselves up by tearing their opponents down by not just beating them, but trying to embarrass them. It’s entertaining, but unsportsmanlike. It can be effective, but can also be repulsive. Most people seem to go with the team and players that win and let their play do the talking, which is exactly what Lebron James said when he was asked to respond to what the Dallas players were saying about him and the Miami Heat.
But who are the good guys and who are the bad guys in this series? The Miami Heat are the bad guys. In reality, even though it’s trash talk, Dallas is saying what all the anti-Heat fans want to be true and want to see played out.
Dallas can do no wrong in this series because, with a championship on the line, anything goes.
@PlaymakerJavi (http://twitter.com/playmakerjavi)
The national support for the Dallas Mavericks has reached epic levels… on both ends of the spectrum. Not only are the Mavs capturing the hearts of sports fans everywhere by coming from behind and outplaying the big, bad Miami Heat as the underdogs, but they’re also getting support and love for their trash talk.
Usually, it doesn’t go both ways but that just goes to show how much people all over the country want to see the Miami Heat lose. Deshawn Stevenson and Jason Terry have gotten away with the kind of talk that is usually lambasted by fans and the national media. Terry called out Lebron James by saying that he wouldn’t be able to keep up with him in a seven games series. Stevenson accused James of checking out in the 4th quarter of Miami’s Game 4 loss. People want to hate the Heat, James in particular, so much that they’re right with the trash talkers.
Even though Stevenson walked back some of his comments about James, Terry is not the kind of guy to back off of anything. But you can’t really blame players for what they say on or off the court because it’s essentially all motivation. They’re building themselves up by tearing their opponents down by not just beating them, but trying to embarrass them. It’s entertaining, but unsportsmanlike. It can be effective, but can also be repulsive. Most people seem to go with the team and players that win and let their play do the talking, which is exactly what Lebron James said when he was asked to respond to what the Dallas players were saying about him and the Miami Heat.
But who are the good guys and who are the bad guys in this series? The Miami Heat are the bad guys. In reality, even though it’s trash talk, Dallas is saying what all the anti-Heat fans want to be true and want to see played out.
Dallas can do no wrong in this series because, with a championship on the line, anything goes.
@PlaymakerJavi (http://twitter.com/playmakerjavi)