"It's Dallas, baby!"

[Kwame Brown]

I lived in Portland for almost a year and I can say it's one of the prettiest cities in the US. I loved it there. Sure, it rains quite a bit, but you have the Pacific beaches for the summer and skiing in the winter. There's a lot of green there, plenty of parks, etc. Nightlife was good enough.

get yo ass outta here with that scenic .

We just care 'bout our money and our green!

[ElNono]

lol Kwame... talk about robbing money...

[ElNono]

Yeah, but for your typical NBA player, it's a lily-white town that rains nonstop in the winter. They don't care about that other stuff.

Hey, I'm just sayin'. Obviously they also have pretty decent weed too if you remember the Jailblazers...

[Findog]

Frisco, Plano, Southlake, Coppell, and Flower Mound are all great places to live. Rich white people, but still.. very nice.

I guess if you like big box retail, chain restaurants and track housing that is exactly the same as everywhere else. I wouldn't even begin to know how to differentiate between them.

[Findog]

Obviously they also have pretty decent weed too if you remember the Jailblazers...

How did an NBA franchise fail in Vancouver? That I'll never understand. It's physically gorgeous and you can go into a hash bar and smoke the most potent, high-quality .

Steve Francis was a ing moron. I know what I'd have chosen if given the choice.

[Findog]

is a native of san antonio uttering these words?

The only things San Antonio have going for it is good Tex-Mex and the fact that it's only 70 miles from Austin.

[ElNono]

The mavs problems with attracting free agents are about the franchise and the guy who owns it, not the city.

1. There's no tradition of winning there. A decade's worth of 50+ win seasons are all overshadowed by embarrassing playoff disappointments.
2. The mavs are constantly shaking up the roster with trades. I'm sure some free agents are leery about making long term commitments to a team that is constantly turning over it's roster. Guys have to be wondering whether a 5 year commitment to the mavs means they'll be stuck spending 3 or 4 of those years playing somewhere else.
3. The maverick alumni club, guys like Nash/Finley/Nellie/Avery, sure aren't going out of their way to say a bunch of nice things about their tenures working for Mark Cuban. One has to wonder if Cuban is one of those guys who is easy to get along with when he likes you, but will stab you in the back once he thinks he doesn't need you any more.

This is spot on. What's the point of relocating in Dallas if you don't know when you're going to end up on Cubes bad side or needing to pack your because of a last minute trade?

[ElNono]

The only things San Antonio have going for it is good Tex-Mex and the fact that it's only 70 miles from Austin.

With SA it always been about playing next to our core and see if you could coattail to a ring. It has nothing to do with the city. As our core gets older and less relevant that's going away. That's why most people think TP is not going to stick around after this season.

[monosylab1k]

What a mesmerizing skyline. Manhattanization of TX tbh

beats turning a Texas monument like the Alamo into a giant ing gift shop.

[Ginobili2Duncan]

The only things San Antonio have going for it is good Tex-Mex and the fact that it's only 70 miles from Austin.

Don't forget a winning tradition and the fans actually cheer for their damn team.

[vy65]

I fail to see your point. Both ing suck.

[Findog]

Don't forget a winning tradition and the fans actually cheer for their damn team.

Fans in the 300 sections in Dallas are just as much the good, supportive fans as the ones in San Antonio.

[dickface]

Don't forget a winning tradition and the fans actually cheer for their damn team.

Yeah they're so dedicated they never have trouble selling out playoff games

[Muser]

Fans in the 300 sections in Dallas are just as much the good, supportive fans as the ones in San Antonio.

Ignore gray named spurs fan, he's probably never been to a live NBA game.

[ElNono]

Coke-snorting lower-level faux fans exist on every city...

[OC Lakerfan]

Humidity sucks.

[Ginobili2Duncan]

Fans in the 300 sections in Dallas are just as much the good, supportive fans as the ones in San Antonio.

I was kidding.

[cd98]

Free agents spurning Dallas is less about the city and more about the owner/franchise.

Mark Cuban has fueded publicly with players, which probably doesn't play well. Plus, Dallas lacks stability. They will turn over their roster on a whim. They try to fast track everything, which leads to an incompatible roster.

Look at their roster right now. They have five 7 footers. Why? You have Chandler going in needing to have a strong season (last year of contract) to get $$$, and yet you have Haywood (just signed) that thinks the starting job belongs to him. I have a bad feeling about their team chemistry this year.

[cd98]

Responding to my last post, look at it this way: Would Haywood have resigned with Dallas if he knew they were going to trade for Chandler?

They seem to do that kind of stuff more than any other team, which means FAs may not trust them. Cuban and Nelson are too fickle, and Cuban has the money to revamp his team every 5 months.

[Findog]

Responding to my last post, look at it this way: Would Haywood have resigned with Dallas if he knew they were going to trade for Chandler?

They seem to do that kind of stuff more than any other team, which means FAs may not trust them. Cuban and Nelson are too fickle, and Cuban has the money to revamp his team every 5 months.

Would Haywood resign for $65 million, knowing that they just took on a $12 million expiring and have a raging hard-on for Chris Paul, who they hold onto hope will go on the trading block at some point? Yeah, I think he would.

[Ginobili2Duncan]

Ignore gray named spurs fan, he's probably never been to a live NBA game.

I went to a lot of Spurs games when I used to live there. Now that I'm in Florida, I sometimes make the 2 hour drive to Amway Arena.

[clambake]

why does anyone think they'll start chandler ahead of haywood? (provided they are both still in dallas)

[easy7]

The only things San Antonio have going for it is good Tex-Mex and the fact that it's only 70 miles from Austin.

You forgot Fiesta...

[dickface]

why does anyone think they'll start chandler ahead of haywood? (provided they are both still in dallas)

a healthy chandler is better than haywood.

lol @ healthy chandler.

[ElNono]

Would Haywood resign for $65 million, knowing that they just took on a $12 million expiring and have a raging hard-on for Chris Paul, who they hold onto hope will go on the trading block at some point? Yeah, I think he would.

The problem is that Haywood might end up being part of a package on a S&T for CP3...