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Oh look the hardass "owned" me. I stand by what I say, your a smug ass Spur fan who knows nothing about the Mavs or the horrors of having to put up with Avery as a coach.
Of those mentioned, only G5 was fishy, but whatever. The Mavs shot themselves in the foot plenty in that series.
Oh look the hardass "owned" me. I stand by what I say, your a smug ass Spur fan who knows nothing about the Mavs or the horrors of having to put up with Avery as a coach.
When Wade dribbled down the sideline, shoving Dirk out of the way and Dirk was called for the foul, I knew something wasn't right. I've never seen someone win an NBA finals game off a non shooting foul, especially not such a blatantly obvious bad call.
Game 3 was almost as bad. Game 4 didn't matter as it was a blowout anyway. Even game 6 had some bad calls. The refs ed up that series big time.
See my other post. I don't think AJ is blameless at all. The AJ situation is very analougous to the Devin Harris situation in that many Mavs fans really like someone until they are gone at which point they are the worst thing that ever happened to the team. Perhaps once everyone cools down this will change, but the revisionist rhetoric about how Devin Harris is a team killer that doesn't deserve any credit for the Mavs' success is still going strong from many of the same people that talked him up since he came back from injury in '06. There's always the way the entire fanbase turned on Michael Finley as well. , there still isn't any evidence to support any other conclusion than that the Kidd trade was a huge mistake, but I don't think anyone is willing to accept it just yet.
Before I go pointing out where you blamed AJ for that free throw, do you realize that my post was in response to someone else blaming AJ's TY ASS COACHING and the officiating? That bull about the officiating still drives me crazy, since Dirk benefitted from the same types of calls against San Antonio but I didn't hear anyone from Dallas expressing concern.
If you don't think it can be rationally or reasonably argued that the Dallas Mavericks' collapse in the series could be a carryover from the way they choked away the fourth quarter of game three, or even the deflation from Dirk missing that freebie, then I don't know how to respond. There are a number of possible reasons for them just suddenly going limp in the playoffs, in my opinion. Usually the players are a larger factor than the head coach, and there's an awful lot of blame being aimed just at the coach. If they don't go belly-up in the playoffs ever again, then the criticism will be a little more justified. Until then, there's still some question, and getting the right answer would be important.
The honeymoon period bought him a pass after the Golden State series. He wasn't going to survive a first round exit this year under any cir stances, and we all pretty much knew that, despite the fact that there was no way the Kidd-led Mavericks were ever going to beat New Orleans. It could reasonably be argued that Avery Johnson got fired because the Kidd trade didn't work out, and the organization needed someone to blame. If not for Golden State, everyone would have realized that you can't re-tool your roster in the middle of the season and expect a championship run.
Then perhaps the gloves will come off if and when he's traded. Maybe it's human nature to suddenly despise a player when he's traded away as the reason for previous failure.
Last edited by Obstructed_View; 05-02-2008 at 05:50 AM.
lame.
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