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Cocaine's one of a drug.
Dallas also had a disadvantage because
1: They were off so long that they could have lost their "groove"
well Tim was coming off playing with his "groove" in place and working
2:The mavs didn't know who to prepare for spurs or kings so they had to either wait to see who won and have less time.. or learn how to comepte with two totoaly differnt tieams wasting time and energy
Cocaine's one of a drug.
A trin I am just saying peoepl have debated for a long time if coming off waiting a long time is a good or a bad thing. Or if getting no rest is a good or bad thing
in the end their are pros and cons of both and they shoudl just negate each other for "anlyasis reasons" unless one week someone recovers from an injury
I think his assessments are based on: (1) a rationalization for allowing himself (or his readers) to believe that the Mavs played better than they really did; and (2) several misunderstandings of the ways in which the Spurs go about their business, particularly the non-quantifiable things that the Spurs rely on.
The notion that the Spurs somehow rely on their center position to provide consistent offense is laughable. Nazr can occasionally score points and Horry (as a center) offers the same possibility. But the signing of Rasho in the summer of 2003 pretty much put to bed any thought that the Spurs intended to build a team around a scoring center. It's all about defense, and mostly about positional defense. Yesterday, Horry played good positional defense all day long.
I don't know that one could say that the Dallas point guards did much to keep Parker from scoring at the rim. Parker was able to get into the middle pretty much at will; he didn't finish a couple of times because bigs got there and deterred the shot. That's good rotation by the Dallas bigs, not good defensive stops by either Terry or Harris.
And the concept that there is anyone on the Dallas roster who flops more than Herr Nowitzki is a remarkable statement to me. Either Dirk is the clumsiest superstar in NBA history or he has a remarkable penchant for exaggerating even slight contact.
ducks, on crystal meth.
"Copro ic"? Oooooh.
*run to look up in dictionary*
Copro ic . . . ewwwwww!
I guess it sucks that they drew such a powerful 5 seed, while we "struggled" with the #8 seed. Too bad they had so much time off. Waaah! in' cry babies.
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Now referees aren't allowed to have personalities, to the point of barring them from talking to the press. It's all corporate … except for Cuban, who has paid more than $1 million in fines and made matching donations to charity to show how much it bothered him.
There's more to Cuban than his enfant terrible act, breathing life into his franchise. Despite an ego struggle with coach Don Nelson, they kept it together for five seasons until Nellie walked away, when Cuban turned to Avery Johnson, whom Nelson had nominated as his successor.
Cuban's willingness to answer e-mails makes him the people's owner of all time. On the other hand, he's a little too down-to-earth, acting like a yahoo on talk radio.
His team, he claims, either wins or has it stolen by referees, supervised by the bumbling league office while the national press, which hates Cuban, the Mavericks and Dallas, makes up lies.
Cuban's May 23 blog, the day after his team eliminated the Spurs, was standard conspiracy theory, noting TNT's website had put up a montage of players from Detroit, Miami and Phoenix, with San Antonio's Tim Duncan where Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki should have been.
"I guess we didn't get the memo," wrote Cuban. "Unbelievable? Not to the Mavs family. We don't care what the national media thinks. We don't care what the NBA thinks. We believe!"
Actually, if it wasn't for Cuban, no one would have anything against the Mavericks, who are low-key guys and indisputably an elite team. Nor is Dallas some burg pining to be major league. The Cowboys once billed themselves as America's Team and had the national TV ratings to back it up.
With Cuban around, America's Team may now be Whoever's Playing the Mavericks.
As great as the Mavericks-Spurs series was, Cuban, not Nowitzki, may have been the MVP for going onto the floor in Game 1. (Ka-ching! This is the league, that'll be $200,000. Do you want to use the credit card on your account?)
Coaches think drawing a technical foul buys a call or two, but 200K buys more than that.
The Mavericks won Game 3 because of a 50-32 edge in free-throw attempts, with Duncan fouling out when Nowitzki came down on his foot. They won Game 4 when the officials put Nowitzki on the line at the end after a little bump by Bruce Bowen. In Game 7, the officials let Nowitzki get away with going over Duncan's shoulder and hacking him to prevent the winning layup.
There are always questionable calls both ways and the Mavericks proved themselves as worthy as the Spurs. Nevertheless, with Cuban's exuberance and Johnson's determination to toughen his team up, Big D now stands for Dizzy.
Dallas fans booed the Spurs' Michael Finley, the fourth-leading scorer in Mavericks history, who left only after being dumped for luxury tax relief.
If that wasn't bad enough on the yahoo scale, several media outlets encouraged fans to boo Nash, whose departure to Phoenix had been lamented locally while he was twice most valuable player for the Suns.
Even Cuban, who suggested Finley was a "crybaby," thought that was a bit much and, as Jerry Stackhouse noted, it might be good to "let sleeping dogs lie."
Bingo!
Nash scored 10 of his 27 points in the last 3:26 of Game 1 as the Suns came from nine down to steal it. With Raja Bell reportedly out until Game 5, they remain underdogs but as we in the national media like to say, it ain't over till it's over.
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Something else that would take some pressure off referees: A no foul-out rule. It's hard to believe we're still talking about it because it's been discussed at all levels of the game for decades and I've never heard a good argument against it…. Meanwhile in the East: The Detroit and Miami media are busy insulting each other's teams, calling Shaquille O'Neal "old and fat" and the Pistons "smug." Indeed, the every-other-day schedule will be hard for O'Neal, especially with three-hour flights after Games 4, 5 and 6, and Pistons officials say privately their players haven't looked as hungry since four became All-Stars…. The East finals also feature, or are embarrassed by, Detroit's Flip Saunders hacking Shaq and Miami's Pat Riley hacking Ben Wallace, highlighting the need to take all intentional fouling out of the game. Any foul that isn't a play on the ball should be penalized by awarding two free throws and the ball….
Lottery scenario, first of many: 1. Toronto doesn't want to re-sign mouthy free agent Mike James and trades down for Portland's No. 4 pick plus Steve Blake or Jarrett Jack. Portland, which wants to dump Theo Ratliff's salary and isn't sure it can re-sign Joel Przybilla, takes LaMarcus Aldridge. 2. Chicago, happy to take Aldridge or Tyrus Thomas, takes Thomas. 3. Charlotte takes Adam Morrison. 4. Toronto takes seven-footer Andrea Bargnani, a crack three-point shooter, as GM Bryan Colangelo gets set to spread the floor as he did in Phoenix. 5. Atlanta needs a point guard but takes Brandon Roy, who's too good to pass up. 6. Minnesota needs someone who can help now with Kevin Garnett antsy, takes Randy Foye. 7. Boston takes Marcus Williams. 8. Houston does a sign-and-trade for James (let's say Luther Head and Clarence Weatherspoon's expiring contract) and drafts another crack shooter, J.J. Re . 9. Golden State takes seven-footer Patrick O'Bryant, whose stock is rising. 10. Seattle, going young and athletic, takes Rudy Gay….
Even in the Knicks' theater of the absurd, it was a memorable week. Team officials called police, who threatened to arrest media people waiting for Coach Larry Brown in the practice facility parking lot. The media retreated across the road to a grassy strip next to a ditch as traffic whizzed by, including Brown, who waved from his SUV but didn't stop…. Knicks officials maintained their silence on reports they'll buy out Brown and corporate boss James Dolan put off his request for a meeting, letting Brown twist in the wind. However, with Dolan's rock band, JD and the Straight Shot, scheduled to play at a Manhattan club this week, the New York Daily News' Frank Isola wrote, "Can't you just see Brown holding a beer in one hand … rocking his head to the music?" … Just in case, 100 or so media people will be there, holding beers and rocking, too.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/baske...ack=1&cset=true
Page 2 has the Spurs stuff.
Something I don't understand, and if it's been dissected on this forum already, my apologies, but why do the Spurs generate such hate in the blogosphere in general?
I can understand the boring label, especially since Tim Duncan is the an hesis of And-1ism, but it seems to go beyond that to just general dislike. Where does that come from? I mean, the Pistons have been similar to us in the past couple of years in terms of dominance and success and yet they don't seem to cause quite the same reaction.
wow the mavs really won
Lemme check...Mavs play tomorrow....don't see a Spurs game anywhere? I guess the Mavs really did win, so you're right!
took me a while there...thanks for the update!Lemme check...Mavs play tomorrow....don't see a Spurs game anywhere? I guess the Mavs really did win, so you're right!
It's funny -- the "whining" issue that started this thread lo so many weeks ago, was one that the Commissioner admitted was a horrendous decision.
I'm still trying to figure out where the line is between whining and offering fair-minded criticism of things that have been poorly done. For now, that line appears to be one based entirely upon allegiances -- if you root for the Spurs, you must be whining; if you root for the Mavericks, you're just being objectively critical. That must be it.
Yes they did. I have it recorded if you would like a copy. It's great fun to watch them whine and cry. Popa is particularly funny.
why would houston want to trade luther head?
durr durr durr, durr durr durr durr durr?
As a card carrying Mavs fan I feel obligated to point out how much Mike Fisher sucks ass. Most of us have hated him for years. He steals all of his material and usually effs it up making a legit topic turn to . Fisher isn't worth ball sweat. He sucks harder than a 90210 and clutters up the internet with crap and garbage.
So in conclusion.....Mike Fisher can suck a turd. Maybe the turd will rub off its good qualities on Fisher who has none.
I'm relieved to hear someone from the Mavericks side say that. I can't abide Fisher; when I've read his "columns" they lack in any sort of insightful basketball analysis and offer little more than cheerleading and smack talk, neither of which is terribly fresh or entertaining.
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