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Just typical blind fandom. Nothing new.
I've been listening the last couple days to hear the crazy stuff going out there, and all I'm hearing is a bunch of people trying to convince themselves that the mavs will win - a sign of pure insecurity. One host this morning was going on and on about how the Spurs were the 3 seed and the mavs 6 last year but mav won, and this year mav is 2 and Spurs are 7 so that means mav got better while Spurs got worse so mav should win easily. WTF is up with these people? Why so insecure and worried?
Just typical blind fandom. Nothing new.
Wouldnt you be insecure if you were a fan of that ty team?
They are the favorites, that makes losing that much more scary.
Especially if you have never won anything......^
please dont tell me you were listenin to the fan. that is the worst sports station ever created. The discussion on thurs was "pop wanted the mavs, so what do you think about that, mavs fans?"
the smart fans in dallas listen to the ticket. There may be a lot of screwing around on that station that has nothing to do with sports but you arent gonna get those stupid discussions that do nothing but try to fire up listeners. There has been a decent amount of respect for the spurs as far as the ticket discussions have been concerned.
Isn't that like calling the kettle black?
Secondly, Radio personalities don't really know basketball well... the guy who actually calls the games sees enough basketball to know what he's talking about, but the other people are just drumming up ratings.
Lastly, comparing last year's spurs team and trying to draw a correlation is just ignorant of the facts.
Spurs 09-10 (vs 08-09 in order of importance)
+ Manu healthy
+ Faster team
+ Duncan healthy
- Team Defense not what it was
+ Better rebounding
- Parker not 100%
+ younger supporting cast (ie. better bench)
Just take a look at game 5 of last years playoffs:
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=290428024
Maybe it will renew some of your memories of last year. Both Bowen and Finley were taking minutes and not producing ANYTHING. Big men not named Duncan took a combined 9 shot attempts. Spurs shot 3 of 16 from behind the arc, while the mavs were 10 of 20! Spurs were out rebounded and shot only 63% from the FT line(mainly Duncan's poor ft shooting).
Spurs were living and dying by the 3 last year.
The big differences is having Manu to break down defenses, a big man that can roll to the basket (read: improved team speed ....ie. Blair) opposite Duncan and most importantly someone who can grab an offensive board!
Which gets to the heart of the matter:
Spurs this year > Mavs this year ?
They are scared because we have a bear in a man suit playing power forward off the bench and he's hungry.
Playing in a series as the favorite is a totally different monster..Has the mavs ever been the higher seed when these 2 have played?
is that supposed to be confusing?Lastly, comparing last year's spurs team and trying to draw a correlation is just ignorant of the facts.
Spurs 09-10 (vs 08-09 in order of importance)
+ Manu healthy
+ Faster team
+ Duncan healthy
- Team Defense not what it was
+ Better rebounding
- Parker not 100%
+ younger supporting cast (ie. better bench)
Only if you're kinda slow
+ = good, - = bad.
They're are known for choking n Pop ed with their heads.
30 hours and 27 minutes til go time...
I think way more Mavs fans are blindly over confident than scared.
Most Mavs fans are truly horrible at knowing how basketball works. They just see what has happened recently and think this series will be a direct continuation of it.
"why is Dallas radio predicting that the Mavs win"
Maybe because that is their opinion? The Mavs are favored to win the series.
Why are you listening to Dallas radio anyway? Oh, I forgot the only good radio stations in San Antonio are "102.8 el rancho"
Yep, I like it as much as you do.
"why is Dallas radio predicting that the Mavs win
Maybe because that is their opinion? The Mavs are favored to win the series.
Why are you listening to Dallas radio anyway? Oh, I forgot the only good radio stations in San Antonio are "102.8 el rancho"
Worst generalization ever.
scared.
yeah, just because stations in dallas predict dallas to win doesn't make them blind or stupid, they're just biased. It's not like San Antonio stations would do differently if the situation were reversed. I want to see them lose too, but unjustly bashing them just makes more trolls come out of the woodwork.
It is called 'appropriate fear'. If the roles were reversed, I would be worried about my team not coming out with a sense of urgency.
They know this series could be tight and every game matters. Nothing wrong with a little negative influence to piss off your team and stick to the opposition.
Because I live in Dallas, moron.
"why is Dallas radio predicting that the Mavs win
Maybe because that is their opinion? The Mavs are favored to win the series.
Why are you listening to Dallas radio anyway? Oh, I forgot the only good radio stations in San Antonio are "102.8 el rancho"
woah Magic just picked the Mavs to beat the Spurs in the ABC pregame show.
What an insecure mav fanboy.
Than don't cry when you hear some Mav-biased takes.
Plus the Ticket has been saying Mavs in 7 and giving the Spurs a lot of credit. Most of them anyway.
The one I quoted was from the fan and it cracked me up. I've been flipping between all 3 and it's been pretty similar. A couple of ticket guys picked the Spurs, but several others including that annoying guy with the little boy voice in the afternoons were saying just as dumb as the fan guy. It's like they don't realize Manu, the most important Spurs player in the series, didn't play last year. It's been entertaining, and I can't wait til the Spurs wax these es so I can hear the meltdowns.
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