Mav's 6th in Stein's Rankings: Just how damaged is the psyche of this team?

[lefty]

Those 2 straight playoffs eliminations can make them stronger; remember when the Spurs had all those underachieving postseasons after having great regular seasons?

Mavs can learn from those bad experiences, and become a better playoff team.

[mavsfan1000]

Yeah but it's 82 games of nothing as far as the Mavericks proving anything. They could go 82-0 and nobody would be impressed or think they could win it all.

True but the joy is watching them play and winning. It will only be a boring year if the mavs don't play well.

[Findog]

True but the joy is watching them play and winning. It will only be a boring year if the mavs don't play well.

I second this sentiment. Stop crying over playoff flameouts and enjoy watching a winning team. It's better than being a Grizzlies fan.

[monosylab1k]

Wow.....even our fans have ceased with having le expectations....The Mavericks are officially the new generation Utah Jazz.

With the season coming so close, i should have expected the pom-poms to come out.

[Findog]

Wow.....even our fans have ceased with having le expectations....The Mavericks are officially the new generation Utah Jazz.

With the season coming so close, i should have expected the pom-poms to come out.

Why should one get their hopes up? On an emotional level, on an intellectual level, I can't justify predicting a le over San Antonio or Houston. Can you? You're representative of the hardest to please and the biggest doubters in the Mavs fan base, and you're calling us out for doubting their ability to win a le as well?

Besides, I can't stand to read the preseason previews anyway, what with all of this "Get the Mavericks a wetnurse and an appointment with Dr. Phil..." garbage. It's so cliched and rote. They should just go out there and have fun, and let the chips fall where they may. Don't give the critics the satisfaction of seeing them mope or start saying things like "Yeah, we're 44-16, but when the time comes, we gotta get it done in the playoffs..."

There's 82 games between now and then, nothing can be done about it except win a bunch of games so we're playing past April 20th. I doubt they really even enjoyed going 67-15 last year since they were in such a frenzy to prove everyone wrong.

[monosylab1k]

You're representative of the hardest to please and the biggest doubters in the Mavs fan base, and you're calling us out for doubting their ability to win a le as well?

Hardest to please I agree with.

Biggest doubter, I don't agree with at all.

I have never doubted this team's ability - I'm of the opinion that they were capable of winning a le for the past 3 or 4 years.

I see this current team as good enough to win a championship this year, so why should I want anything less? Why should I expect anything less?

I've enjoyed them winning alot of regular season games for almost a decade now. It's about time to enjoy them doing something more than that, especially when it's well within their capabilities.

I'm just extremely frustrated by the way that they seem to find every way possible to make things difficult for themselves.

[Findog]

Hardest to please I agree with.

Biggest doubter, I don't agree with at all.

I have never doubted this team's ability - I'm of the opinion that they were capable of winning a le for the past 3 or 4 years.

I see this team as good enough to win a championship this year, so why should I want anything less?

I've enjoyed them winning alot of regular season games for almost a decade now. It's about time to enjoy them doing something more than that, especially when it's well within their capabilities.

I'm just extremely frustrated by the way that they seem to find every way possible to make things difficult for themselves.

I think they're talented enough to win a le and they're good enough to win a le. But there are so many variables: injuries, Tim Duncan, seedings, etc. I want to win a le too, but I just have no expecations anymore with this team. There's no ceiling and there's no floor. Another first-round exit? Wouldn't surprise me. Actually winning the damn thing? Wouldn't put it past them either.

I'm just so sick of hacks like Stein that want to pepper the guys constantly with "Wow, that was some meltdown against Golden State, huh? How could you ever recover from that? Don't you think there will be permanent scars and issues from that?" How the are you supposed to answer that kind of line of questioning?

I think their goal is to win a le, but I also want them to play the season with a firm middle finger extended towards their critics. you, we're not going to mope and feel sorry for ourselves and constantly apologize for Golden State, and we're not going to play your bull game of "Well, we're off to a good start, we're 26-8, but we have to do it in the playoffs.."

[Dirk Nowitzki]

I can't wait!

Just like I cant wait when the New York "We dont even have our own stadium and the name of it belongs to the other team" Jets come to Dallas for turkey day and get their lottery bound asses raped by Romo and company!