I know this is premature but..

[SpursWoman]

I'm just a lurker...but it's funny that the poster "Dirk Nowitzki" keeps getting owned in this forum.

Give it up dude.

Tell me about it ... the Mavs finally get above .500 and somehow we're all supposed to forget about that total annihilation they received in the Finals ... a total, utter humiliation. 4 straight losses after being up 2-0? Gotdamn, that's fugly.

Dude, we all saw it. So don't try to pretend like it didn't happen.

[dg7md]

Please try defending why you ers cant even blow us out while we can. If the best you have to offer is grammer suggestions and what GMs think then it shows you indirectly agree with me. Doesnt it concern you that you need last second mav ups to get wins over them while we can beat you in close games and in blowouts? I am sure that bothers the out of you. Like I said blow us out, then start talking! Next!

A win is a win, a blowout doesn't effect the w/l charts any more than a one point game. Mavs pulled the biggest choke in Finals history and you have no right to go on here and proclaim we have to blow out the Mavs before the Spurs can be contenders.

So far in this league, the only really impressive teams have been Utah, Cleveland, Orlando, Golden State (who expected Baron Davis to play this good?), and San Antonio. New Orleans maybe, but I expected they'd be good. This could and probably will all change, but just my opinion.

[Brutalis.]

stop ur premature ejaculation threads....

Next time I am in San Antonio I will bring 8 of my friends to kick your ass!

[cornbread]

Last year showed how the Spurs needed last second up from the Mavs to pull a win out of their ass.

There was also a last second up by Ginobili that saved Game 7 for your team. Had Ginobili not fouled you, Dirk, your team could have been remembered for a blowing a 3-1 series lead in the conference semis rather than 2-0 (nearly 3-0) lead in the Finals.

You brag about 20 point leads in multiple games but most of these ended up with close scores. Your team built a big lead against the Spurs and allowed the series to go to Game 7 OT. Your team built a big series lead against the Heat and then dropped 4 in a row. Dirk, it's not that I question your resolve, I just think you're a big p*ssy.

[Shank]

Boring. Same-old rehashed bull . None of this is even relevant until after the All-Star break. Give the talk about rings and slow starts and last year's stats a rest until things start to take shape.

But I did like the guy getting called out for using "we" when talking about his team. Only a pussy would try to call someone out for that. Everyone talks about their team like that. Get over it.

Carry on.

[rayray2k8]

Lets not get ahead of ourselves now..

[YoMamaIsCallin]

But I did like the guy getting called out for using "we" when talking about his team. Only a pussy would try to call someone out for that. Everyone talks about their team like that. Get over it. Carry on.

assuming you meant "I did NOT like the guy getting called out..."

It's really a choice. Do you want to identify yourself as part of the team, or do you want to view the team as something separate from you which you can appreciate and enjoy? If you say "we" it means, in my view, that you are essentially pretending that you are part of the team's extended family, and that the team deserves your loyalty and support, almost no matter what happens. It leads to lack of objectivity and inability to see things as they are. On the other hand, it deepens the emotional experience and the feeling of belonging.

This is manifested in posts like the original one that started this sub-thread. The guy is clearly rationalizing his contention that the Mavs are greatly superior, without any real information to back that up. It's like when someone is arrested for a violent crime and his mother defends him, saying, "He's a good boy, he's innocent, I know he wouldn't do something like that."

[SpurYank]

I would strongly recommend we lower our expectations a little. Oh, we'll win it all okay, but we'll still lose at least 20 games before April comes around. You won't have so far to fall when each of these losses occurs. The difference between the posts today versus after the Bobcat loss is humongous.

[ClingingMars]

*bump* This guy sure looks like an idiot now, doesn't he.../sarcasm

-Mars

[ALVAREZ6]

Good call.


I wouldn't have called it.

[td4mvp21]

Still way premature. But good call about Cleveland in the Finals.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

This was a good call. I mean the spurs winning it all. It's funny how spurs fans can see this one coming. This team has fuel for a long time still.

[Brutalis]

I don't wanna toot my own horn but seriously... I have not made a prediction like this before and I stood by it and it just so happens I was right.

Still 2 wins to go though. 3 sorta but.. up 28.. so yeah

[duncan228]

Brutalis: I tip my hat to you.
Incredible prediction.
As a fan I always hope the Spurs are in it, most years they are right in it.
But to say what you said, when you said it, with Cleveland...Nice.

[Brutalis]

thanks guys. would say lucky but.. its the spurs.

[ATX Spur]

Yes, incredible prediction

It was premature then. But it wasn't going out on a limb then, and it definitely isn't now.

We all wanted them to win the le. I think the Spurs win the le in 2008 too. But I wouldn't tout my own genius for saying so if it comes true 12 months and two weeks from now.

[flame]

thanks guys. would say lucky but.. its the spurs.

Lucky nothing - calling the Cavs of all things is what impresses me. At the time - Mavs didnt look great at all (not like they did going into the playoffs). I would have been wary of saying we would beat the Mavs in the playoffs. Of course - going into the playoffs nobody thought they would lose in the first round either.

But man...cavs.......thats impressive.

[makedamnsure]

hey predicting the Cavs in the finals...you deserve a spur for that :]

[~~Ice Man 2000~~]

I don't wanna toot my own horn but seriously... I have not made a prediction like this before and I stood by it and it just so happens I was right.

When will I die?

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

When will I die?

[T Park]

I am convinced we will see Cleveland in the Finals and Dallas in the WCF's.

Wow change Dallas to utah and I'd be begging you for the lottery numbers.

[BeerIsGood!]

The Cleveland call was impressive. They looked pretty good at the beginning of the season, but I still thought Detroit had their number and definitely never saw that the up from UT would actually be something in the playoffs. He's playing like a man now, but played like a giant Boobie last season in the Big XII, wish he would have shown this last year

[~~Ice Man 2000~~]

Call me crazy but I thought the heat would bounce back for the playoffs.

[Brutalis]

When will I die?

When you stop drinking.

[~~Ice Man 2000~~]

That's all I need to hear.