They can. In fact anyone can. But the more pressing question is, will they?
If Cuban doesnt believe then why whould the fans? I like Cuban as an owner he is no Jerry Buss ...but he cares and he is willing to take a loss onythis team, for them to win. He appears to be an annoying prick (anyone see him on Entourage?) but I would take him over 90% of owners ...
Yeah, it was the right mentality for the owner to say. I don't expect him to say anything less. He might be viewed as a prick on and off the court but I'd love to have Mark Cuban on the Lakers. His passion is unmatched and his pocket unabated.
The Lakers are one of only 3 Western Conference teams the Mavs haven't played since Cuban bought the team. I find that to be amazing considering how good both have been all decade, and the amount of times Dallas has matched up with SA and Phoenix in the similar timeframe.
The only other two teams are the Clippers and Thunder/Sonics.
Like I said, since Cuban bought the team in 2000, Dallas has faced every team in the WC in the playoffs with the exception of the Clippers, Thunder/Sonics, and shockingly the Lakers.
Here's the list
-Utah once in 2001, Cuban's first full season
-Denver once in 2009
-Timberwolves once in 2002
-Blazers once in 2003, Dallas almost choked a 3-0 lead
-Sacramento 3 years in a row 2002-04
-Golden State (lol 8th seed)
-Phoenix two years in a row 2005-06
-San Antonio many times
-Houston once in 2005
-Memphis once in 2006
-New Orleans in 2008
That Dallas-Portland series was epic..Sabonis seemed to spark them all series, until he fouled out in game 7 IIRC, then they were done..IIRC, he had one of the best passes I've ever seen too..
He's a waste of space.
Yes because he bought a dead lame ass franchise and turned it into a one of the better franchises.
He practically invented no guaranteed contracts as trade chips
He was never too shy to face Bull Stern or the NBA, of course in the expense that the Mavs are now the team with the most ridiculous suspensions....
& yes, if for no other reason than playing grab ass with the Nelsons. For that reason alone he's a f'ing idiot.
Not to mention he was on the receiving end when Wade shoveled it off to an unimploded Payton in game 3. The fat lady had all but sang after that one.
Yer adorable.
All this new Heat kiddies are so annoying, they not even know how do a quality bashing
That is really strange. It's the main reason why it hasn't really felt like a full-on rivalry -- I think that requires playoff matchups. How these two teams have dodged one another is uncanny given how deep both have gone in the playoffs so many times.
I'd love to see a Mavs/Lakers series this year.
lmcontrollinao!
About the only thing I can fault in Cuban is his courtside antics. But even that I can forgive as he's at heart just a really high profile fan of his own team. Everything else about the guy is pretty much what you'd want in an owner and he turned around a dead-end franchise and made it into a perennial contender.
^He's been around umpteen years, and has never rung. WTF makes him so special?
F'k him.
Let Buss try that stunt and the rank & file hereabouts would frog march his ass to the Woe Tree.
"Umpteen" years? Try 10.
In that time, only 5 owners have won les. Of the ones who have not, his team is head and shoulders above, easily the best team during that time. Which is no mean feat because this franchise historically was terrible.
No owner can just wave a magic wand to win a le. Great owners put their teams in position to win again and again. That's what makes Buss great and Cuban definitely fits that bill, too.
You should remember that its pretty "easy" to run the Lakers and attract players.
Put Buss as owner of the Bucks and no way in Shaq leaves Orlando to play there. Kobe would tell him before the draft that playing in Milwaukee was an "impossibility". Ron Artest wouldnt sign for the MLE.
Ok, 10. Aside from running after Stern like a crazed dog, making an ass of himself, he's accomplished nothing.
This with the Nelsons is extremely disturbing. C'mon, sure it's avant garde & quaint, but, it's reckless, needless and wrong-headed. He should act like somebody, gd it.
This last contract for Nowitski was personal. Had nothing to do with business.
And the Dallas franchise had a heyday as well (mid '80s). They gave us fits on more than one occasion.
Everybody seemed to forget that, cept Kobe. Only after he took off after Buss with hammer & tong did he finally get his remember on.
I'm going to find you and kill you in your sleep. crofl jk
^My father in-a-law said words to that affect as well. He now lives with Jesus full-time and I'm still gettin' some from his daughter--Katie-girl. Well, I'd be getting some if my f'in prostate wasn't the size of a grapefruit. But, at least the intention is still palpable.
The players for the Mavs and the coach are good enough to win a championship. The problem as in the past remains with the philosophy. When things go wrong, championship teams hold each other accountable. With Dallas, Cuban continues to enable the players to make excuses rather than being held accountable.
The coach, yes.
The players, no. They remain mentally wounded from the Miami Fiasco.
Dirk has crested & started down the other side. His lift has shortened. That's lethal for a player of his machinations.
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