Cuban: Evil Genius, Rich Bastard or Both?

[Calispursfan11]

Mayo has the skills to be a multi-year all star even though he has dropped off somewhat the last couple of years. He could still get there. I've always thought highly of Kaman, especially his ability to hit the mid-range J and decent rebounding.

Collison was giving CP3 a run for his money with the Hornets and still has loads of upside potential because he is still really young. Shawn Marion remains serviceable even in his advanced years. Elton Brand still has a lot of value in that he brings rugged power and an offensive skillset to the power forward/C slot. Teamed with Dirk, this is a more dangerous team than last year. I expect them to place top 3 in the West and also to make some noise in the playoffs.

[Jodelo]

If they all stay healthy (looking at Kaman/Brand) they could be good. How good, don't know.

[Calispursfan11]

If they all stay healthy (looking at Kaman/Brand) they could be good. How good, don't know.

They will be good and there don't seem to be any chemistry headaches waiting to happen with that group either. The moves were impressive.

[ElNono]

TV personality, IMO...

[Calispursfan11]

TV personality, IMO...

He should have his own reality dating show "Who Wants to Date an Eccentric Billionaire" tbh.

[Venti Quattro]

He should have his own reality dating show "Who Wants to Date an Eccentric Billionaire" tbh.

Why would you make that show for a billionaire who's married with two kids?

[Calispursfan11]

Why would you make that show for a billionaire who's married with two kids?

Even more scandalous.

[HarlemHeat37]

The Mavs are more dangerous than last year, but I doubt they'll be a contender, tbh..they'll need Dirk to go on another 2011-type run, just to have a shot..

Their frontcourt is impressive from an offensive standpoint, but Dirk/Kaman/Brand will get destroyed on the boards and on the defensive end of the floor(Brand is good on D, but undersized)..

Their backcourt is nice, especially if they re-sign West, but they'll need Mayo to emerge as a star, and a noticeable upgrade over Terry(which currently isn't the case), to emerge as a top team IMO..

[ChrisRichards]

Quite possibly the best owner in league history tbh. I like the fact where he don't overpay for NBA players just for the sake of signing someone to fill up the seats. Everyone should learn from him.


His offseason haul so far has been amazing!!! All this without breaking the bank like NY and Boston. Mavs will be exciting and will shock a lot of people next year. WCF appearance is not out of the question.

[HeatChamps]

Ah they are just a bunch of scrubs that lacked something last year. That's why they were so easy to get for the Mavs.

[Stalin]

dirk will be a satisfied and a fully certified TOSB next season, and mavs go the way he does, tbh

[TheSanityAnnex]

The Mavs are more dangerous than last year, but I doubt they'll be a contender, tbh..they'll need Dirk to go on another 2011-type run, just to have a shot..

Their frontcourt is impressive from an offensive standpoint, but Dirk/Kaman/Brand will get destroyed on the boards and on the defensive end of the floor(Brand is good on D, but undersized)..

Their backcourt is nice, especially if they re-sign West, but they'll need Mayo to emerge as a star, and a noticeable upgrade over Terry(which currently isn't the case), to emerge as a top team IMO..

:lol i agree..

[Trainwreck2100]

who is their point guard?

[Jodelo]

Darren Collison!

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Darren Collison!

george hill's backup :lol

[DPG21920]

He might be an evil genius since he trolled Mav fans and then didn't show up to a meeting with Deron Williams which Mav fan claims is the reason Dwill didn't join the single D.

[Brazil]

Collison ? the dude who has been not able to keep his PG job against G Hill the SG ?

[tesseractive]

Collison ? the dude who has been not able to keep his PG job against G Hill the SG ?

Anytime you can blow a deal to bring in an All-Star talent to bring in a backup to a backup... well, you just have to do it. :lol

BTW, short of the Turd Towers, is there a worse defensive frontcourt pairing than Dirk/Kaman?

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

Collison ? the dude who has been not able to keep his PG job against G Hill the SG ?

Cool sig bro.... how did that Jackson trade work out? :lol

[racm]

Anytime you can blow a deal to bring in an All-Star talent to bring in a backup to a backup... well, you just have to do it. :lol

BTW, short of the Turd Towers, is there a worse defensive frontcourt pairing than Dirk/Kaman?

Spencer Hawes/Kwame Brown? :lmao

[tesseractive]

Spencer Hawes/Kwame Brown? :lmao

Ouch. :lol

[BRHornet45]

sons I have nothing but love for Cuban, but he is not a genius rather just a rich bastard who got incredibly lucky during the dot.com boom. however he is a passionate sports fan and a great owner. Dallas fans should be thankful for him and stop the bitching.

[Latarian Milton]

they're better than last year and their finance is healthier than they've ever been the past many years. they built up a competitive squad while keeping flexibility for the future plan, as much as you hate mark cuban you can't argue but admit the mavs have the finest FO of the world

[Stabula]

The finest FO in the world dissected their championship team and thus paved the way for the sweep in the first round of the playoffs. Mark Cuban is a very very very fortunate rich bastard. That's it.

[HarlemHeat37]

Cool sig bro.... how did that Jackson trade work out? :lol

:lmao my nigga 41 going in on that French pussy, tbh..

[Brazil]

:lmao my nigga 41 going in on that French pussy, tbh..

:lol half black half Lebanese
:lol being proud of receiving the Luva treatment by ST
:lol not capable to act with a minimum of decency
:lol basketballgirl chosen victim
:lol speaking of pussy

[Brazil]

Cool sig bro.... how did that Jackson trade work out? :lol

trade worked out great if you consider that RJ is playin' for Golden State

[TheRealCB]

:lol half black half Lebanese
:lol being proud of receiving the Luva treatment by ST
:lol not capable to act with a minimum of decency
:lol basketballgirl chosen victim
:lol speaking of pussy
:lolFrance
:lolWWII
:lolSoft pussies

[Brazil]

:lolFrance
:lolWWII
:lolSoft pussies

:lol USA
:lol Vietnam
:lol Fat
:lol more blacks in prison than in college
:lol death penalty
:lol being able to buy a gun at 16 y/o

[Lincoln]

It's 18 to buy a rifle/ 21 for a handgun and CB is from Greece IIRC lol

[TheRealCB]

:lol USA
:lol Vietnam
:lol Fat
:lol more blacks in prison than in college
:lol death penalty
:lol being able to buy a gun at 16 y/o

I am Greek you retard.Now go on and :lolpoor Greece

[pass1st]

Greece is too easy. Goatfucking, bankruptcy, hairy, shit at basketball, taken down by the Nigerian walla walla woolie tribe, etc.

[Brazil]

I am Greek you retard.Now go on and :lolpoor Greece

:lmao a Greek talking shit to anybody :lmao ww2

[Brazil]

It's 18 to buy a rifle/ 21 for a handgun and CB is from Greece IIRC lol

true dat

:lmao can buy a rifle at 18 without a permit :lmao

retard country

18 y/o you can't buy a beer but you can buy a rifle without permit :lmao

[mavs>spurs]

true dat

:lmao can buy a rifle at 18 without a permit :lmao

retard country

18 y/o you can't buy a beer but you can buy a rifle without permit :lmao

ummmm so you can have one and use it to fight and risk your life serving your country, but you think you're going to turn around and tell that same person he can't own a gun of his own?

good luck justifying that one.

[tesseractive]

true dat

:lmao can buy a rifle at 18 without a permit :lmao

retard country

18 y/o you can't buy a beer but you can buy a rifle without permit :lmao

Of course the French don't like guns. It's way easier to surrender if you don't let anyone have guns. :lmao

[Brazil]

you guys are priceless acting like the mass shooting plague in the US has nothing to do with the fact you can buy assault rifles like candies

[Brazil]

everybody should carry a gun to go to see a movie I'm sure it's going to help

[Stabula]

ummmm so you can have one and use it to fight and risk your life serving your country, but you think you're going to turn around and tell that same person he can't own a gun of his own?

good luck justifying that one.

There's a difference between being a civilian and a professional soldier. If you're a professional soldier you need a gun no matter how old you are because your job is to kill other people. If you're a civilian chances are you don't have a job murdering people and thus having a rifle is quite unjustified. Just because you drive a tank into the battlefield doesn't mean you need one for personal use.

[Brazil]

I am Greek you retard.Now go on and :lolpoor Greece

oh and :lol at me being a retard because I don't know the nationality of a 300 posts member of ST

[Wild Cobra Kai]

Mayo's always had the talent, he's just never realized it.

His numbers now are worse and less efficient than they were in his first year or two. I thought they would take a bump the year Gay went out. They didn't. He's a coaster, and happy with what he is now. He's making millions to ball, and he DGAF about anything else.

[TheRealCB]

oh and :lol at me being a retard because I don't know the nationality of a 300 posts member of ST
:lolNazis captured Paris in 9 days
:lolGreece was pushing Italy's shit in while you were bending over

[mavs>spurs]

you guys are priceless acting like the mass shooting plague in the US has nothing to do with the fact you can buy assault rifles like candies

Yeah I don't need some uninformed Frenchie to tell me about my country whenever you got your own bullshit you should be dealing with.

First of all, you can't buy "assault rifles like candies." The gun used wasn't even an assault rifle. It was a replica made to look like one which actually fires just like a hunting rifle. It wasn't an automatic weapon. You should really know what you're talking about if you're going to talk shit.

[tesseractive]

Yeah I don't need some uninformed Frenchie to tell me about my country whenever you got your own bullshit you should be dealing with.

Like the idea that they can get businesses to hire more lazy French people by simply shortening the number of hours they work and dividing the hours among more lazy people? :lmao

:lol lazy socialists
:lol businesses there are fucked
:lol trying to fix the economy by hiring everyone to work for the government
:lol can only compete in the world economy by selling fancy cheese to rich people

[Brazil]

Yeah I don't need some uninformed Frenchie to tell me about my country whenever you got your own bullshit you should be dealing with.

First of all, you can't buy "assault rifles like candies." The gun used wasn't even an assault rifle. It was a replica made to look like one which actually fires just like a hunting rifle. It wasn't an automatic weapon. You should really know what you're talking about if you're going to talk shit.

Like there are only uninformed Frenchies who question that, read the newspaper.

Compared to other countries, you can buy assault rifles like candies because it is freaking prohibited to buy assault rifles in most civilized other countries. Oh and BTW I wasn't talking specifically about the movie theater tragedy, I didn't follow this whole story.

Right now I'm living here with my two kids and paying tax like you do therefore I'm entitled to have an opinion and my opinion is that it is way too easy to buy a gun in this country and carry a gun should be prohibited.

and I'm sorry but the idea of a kid of 18 y/o can buy a gun but not a beer is :lmao I wish somebody could explain the logic here

[Brazil]

Like the idea that they can get businesses to hire more lazy French people by simply shortening the number of hours they work and dividing the hours among more lazy people? :lmao

:lol lazy socialists
:lol businesses there are fucked
:lol trying to fix the economy by hiring everyone to work for the government
:lol can only compete in the world economy by selling fancy cheese to rich people

:lol at least I'm not obliged to see my 70 y/o grand mother selling some freaking hamburgers to be able to have a decent life after retiring

[tesseractive]

:lol at least I'm not obliged to see my 70 y/o grand mother selling some freaking hamburgers to be able to have a decent life after retiring

My grandparents retired just fine, because they worked for a living and saved money.

:lol Socialist government paying people to not work

BTW, if France is so awesome, why did you come to the US? Let me guess -- better job opportunities? :lol

[pass1st]

:lolNazis captured Paris in 9 days
:lolGreece was pushing Italy's shit in while you were bending over

Italy's soldiers were worse than the Soviet's :lol

[tesseractive]

and I'm sorry but the idea of a kid of 18 y/o can buy a gun but not a beer is :lmao I wish somebody could explain the logic here

A shitload more 18 year olds kill people drunk driving than with guns.

[Brazil]

My grandparents retired just fine, because they worked for a living and saved money.

:lol Socialist government paying people to not work

BTW, if France is so awesome, why did you come to the US? Let me guess -- better job opportunities? :lol

making your own personal experience a generality is bit of a stretch tbh. I'm happy your grandparents retired just fine, some other people don't have this chance because they were lazy or life has been hard for them (illness, handicap...).

Where did I say that France was awesome ? France has a lot to deal with like the US.

Let me guess you think I was unemployed in France and applied for a green card to work here ? :lol sorry but no I'm here because my company sent me here for a 3 years expatriation.

[Brazil]

A shitload more 18 year olds kill people drunk driving than with guns.

great and convincing explanation

in all seriousness if you are not responsible enough to buy a beer there is a small chance you are responsible enough to carry a gun

What's wrong with allowing people to buy a gun for instance at 25 y/o with a permit ?

[tesseractive]

making your own personal experience a generality is bit of a stretch tbh. I'm happy your grandparents retired just fine, some other people don't have this chance because they were lazy or life has been hard for them (illness, handicap...).

"at least I'm not obliged to see my 70 y/o grand mother"

It sounded like you were trying to compare personal experiences, tbh.

People in the U.S. who are unable to work qualify for disability. People who are simply lazy are generally thought to get what they deserve -- why should the rest of us pay good money to support freeloaders?


Where did I say that France was awesome ? France has a lot to deal with like the US.

Then I'm not sure why you're throwing stones from your glass house.


Let me guess you think I was unemployed in France and applied for a green card to work here ? :lol sorry but no I'm here because my company sent me here for a 3 years expatriation.

Actually, my guess was an H1B Visa for skilled labor -- I work in tech, so I see a lot of people who come in on those. Many more from Asia than Europe obviously, but there are definitely Europeans who come over here to work in the tech industry.

[tesseractive]

great and convincing explanation

in all seriousness if you are not responsible enough to buy a beer there is a small chance you are responsible enough to carry a gun

What's wrong with allowing people to buy a gun for instance at 25 y/o with a permit ?

This country became a country because citizens took up arms to expel foreign rulers. As a result, guns are part of our culture. I'm sure that from European eyes it's weird and unsafe, but here it's just part of who we are.

[Venti Quattro]

:lol France
:lol getting Africans to play for your national team
:lol rude people
:lol bent and fucked by Germany in less than 2 weeks
:lol Paris
:lol open city

[Stabula]

What does this have to do with Mark Cuban?

[Brazil]

"at least I'm not obliged to see my 70 y/o grand mother"

It sounded like you were trying to compare personal experiences, tbh.

It sounded you consider that French system or protective systems are worthless. I just emphasized some advantages of a protective system its protect people.


People in the U.S. who are unable to work qualify for disability. People who are simply lazy are generally thought to get what they deserve -- why should the rest of us pay good money to support freeloaders?

it's called solidarity but here we are about to enter in a long debate. I know your arguments, you probably know mines and we are not going to change of opinion anyway.



Then I'm not sure why you're throwing stones from your glass house.

I'm throwing stones because I received some to begin with (yeah I know dude is Greek :lol Greece btw), I'm not a republican but I usually retaliate.



Actually, my guess was an H1B Visa for skilled labor -- I work in tech, so I see a lot of people who come in on those. Many more from Asia than Europe obviously, but there are definitely Europeans who come over here to work in the tech industry.

my visa is a L1 I'm no technician I work in Finance, my company needed me here in Michigan and as I'm curious and love to live out of my country I jumped on a new opportunity to discover another culture. FWIW it's a cultural chock so far, unbelievable to think american are European descendant, there is not anymore much of common culture or understanding between the two tbh

I'm not surprised that except for UK, US and Europe are cutting bridges.

[Stabula]

Everyone trying to prove their country has a bigger dick than your country.

All your countries fucking suck in one way or another, get used to it.

[Brazil]

This country became a country because citizens took up arms to expel foreign rulers. As a result, guns are part of our culture. I'm sure that from European eyes it's weird and unsafe, but here it's just part of who we are.

I get the cultural part but a lot of countries took up arms to conquer freedom, they are not obsessed about that hundreds year later but once again I get it, it's a cultural thing and as you pointed out for European eyes it's weird and unsafe like many other things jails obsessions, abortion, death penalty, censorship (:lol at the "bip" vs. fuck on tv, I tried once to watch a Tarantino movie on tv :lmao) etc...

[m>s]

The finest FO in the world dissected their championship team and thus paved the way for the sweep in the first round of the playoffs. Mark Cuban is a very very very fortunate rich bastard. That's it.

it looks to me like they dedicated one year in which they MIGHT have won the NBA championship for the chance of making a Triple D dynasty which would last about 10 years, cuban knew it was a gamble and he decided it was worth taking it.

[mavs>spurs]

sup rogue you're never on aim anymore :cry

[tesseractive]

It sounded you consider that French system or protective systems are worthless. I just emphasized some advantages of a protective system its protect people.
From my point of view, a lot of it looks like a misguided way of running things that gives people incentives to be lazy, but running France is most decidedly not my problem, so whatever works for y'all is fine by me. I only fired in retaliation. :lol


FWIW it's a cultural chock so far, unbelievable to think american are European descendant, there is not anymore much of common culture or understanding between the two tbh

I'm not surprised that except for UK, US and Europe are cutting bridges.
Yeah, there's definitely a wide gulf of difference. Though I'm not sure how much is cutting bridges and how much is simply agreeing to disagree. But we've definitely come a long way from the post-WWII era when both sides had a clear understanding that they needed to work together.


I get the cultural part but a lot of countries took up arms to conquer freedom, they are not obsessed about that hundreds year later but once again I get it, it's a cultural thing and as you pointed out for European eyes it's weird and unsafe like many other things jails obsessions, abortion, death penalty, censorship (:lol at the "bip" vs. fuck on tv, I tried once to watch a Tarantino movie on tv :lmao) etc...
Oh yeah, we're a messed up country alright. :lol

I just don't think there are non-messed-up countries out there with any particular right to criticize. :lol

[TheRealCB]

:loltalking to a French about guns

[TE]

I got nuttin wrong with dem Frenchies.

Seeing as they make up a fourth of my favorite teams roster, one finds the light imho

[Calispursfan11]

WTF happened to my thread? You guys hijacked it. I'm surprised Koolaid hasn't made an appearance yet tbh.