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I'll hate Cuban forever if he gives somebody else Finley's number.
Because that number is taken, or at least it should be blocked from use until it's hanging in the AAC rafters with the name "Finley" on it.
I'll hate Cuban forever if he gives somebody else Finley's number.
Wow you are sensitive about anything Finley.
Aren't you the dip who thinks Finley didn't mean anything to the Mavericks?
suck it, bulls fan.
69 would be a cool number.
No I meant that when past his prime, he didn't contribute to this team much. Thus why he was released.
That's not what you said.
18+ ppg, 5+ RPG, and 40% on 3-pointers are actually a pretty nice contribution.
i love what Fin did for the franchise....but when I see him wearing this uniform, I am speechless.
greatest youtube ever!
I have to admit there's something weird about seeing Finley in a Spurs uniform.
When I think about Cuban cutting the only player that gave his all for that crappy organization I am speechless.
Mr. money bag pulled a Sarver and axed pretty much a career Mav and fan favorite just to save some money.
Now Finley has his le and Cuban, like Sarver, is still searching for his first.
Finley should have his jersey number retired. He was one of the Mavericks all-time greats. I'm not as familiar with the Mavs as some teams, but it seems like the argument could be made that he was the best Mavs player before Dirk, no? I know Blackman was a great, but it seems like Finley was better.
IMO when it comes to talent and ability, Mark Aguirre is the #2 Mav ever behind Dirk. But Aguirre was also a surly asshole who alienated the fans and made nothing but enemies in the Dallas media.
Finley on the other hand was always classy, always great with fans, and played with fire and passion whether the team was good or bad, whether they were up by 30 or down by 30. The team might have only won 20 games a year, but he fought his ass off all 82. So he definitely is the second greatest Maverick ever in my mind.
Cuban did what was best for the franchise. Not for who his favorites are. We should keep Van Exel as well I guess.Finley's contract was crappy.
If Cuban doesn't retire his jersey, I'll definitely have nothing but disgust for him. I understand why other fans hate him, but he's my team's owner and I love his passion. However, if he wrongs Finley yet again, it's the last straw. I don't care if Finley went to the Spurs or not, what he did for Dallas transcends any rivalry or bitterness. After seeing the Mavs go down in flames to GS, it was a great joy for me to see Fin win a ring.
Cuban did what was best for his wallet. Finley being cut did nothing to help our salary cap situation, just the luxury tax.
And years later, we still haven't found a decent option at SG besides the way undersized Terry.
We didn't have it with Finley either. T-Mac was raping him in the playoffs. Finley went cold in the playoffs and we almost lost to the Rockets. Cuban uses his wallet as much as possible to make Dallas the best team he can. Thus he felt he could spend money in other ways to make this team better than by paying Finley's horrible contract.
How did that work out?
that's hilarious coming from a "rox" fan
In games 3 and 4, Finley was great and kept the team ahead to hold on for the win. And a healthy T-Mac rapes everybody, not sure how you can put that on Finley. The whole defensive gameplan of the Mavs that series was to give T-Mac whatever he wanted, and instead to shut down all the secondary players like Barry, Wesley, and Sura. That didn't work out well in games 1 and 2, but I'd say after that it worked out pretty nice.
I can understand why you didn't get what was going on from the Mavs perspective in that series since you were rooting for the Rockets.
Cuban has opened up his wallet on several occasions as a GREAT owner does.
But he decided to get cheap (and stupid) on two very bad occasions:
1) Finley
2) Nash
Mavs probably would have had a ring right now if they didn't let Nash walk.
Mavs would not have traded for Jason Kidd and lose Devin Harris while paying what was it...$5 million to Keith Van Horn?
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