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Spurs shut his blog down too.
Is Cuban's blog still at blogmaverick.com? I can't access it today for some reason.
Spurs shut his blog down too.
Off-topic:
Holy crap Kori has a sig!
On-topic:
I don't know...Google search?
Blame Bowen.
yeah that junk was timing out on me as well Kori
Bowen/Dirk matchup is something sig-worthy to me. If you notice the 3rd pic, Dirk already lost the ball and he doesn't realize it yet.Off-topic:
Holy crap Kori has a sig!
must be that BEAR HUG bandwidth they have over there .....
It's working fine for me, why does he bring in the phrase "money product," if that was true the NBA would have LA-Miami finals this year, and LA-Lebron next year.
Definitly still @ http://www.blogmaverick.com/
I just tried it, and it works fine for me. Last article was Cuban ing about the refs. *shock*
It never loads for me. Maybe my IP is banned *shrug*
I wonder if Cuban would be that petty to ban your ip address because you host a Spurs site
Maybe. But probably just some weird Time Warner issue. If I restart my modem, it will probably work fine. That happens sometimes with some sites for some reason.
So many Mavs homers posting comments on that blog abouts the refs...which conveniently is posted after today's loss to the Spurs.
I was able to load his site. Upon further review, after seeing the whiney ass article about the refs and several derivations of the phrase:
in the posting immediately prior to his last, I wish I hadn't done so.You is a corporate ho.
For all the Mavs fans wanting to know when was the last time Cueball whined about officiating, try yesterday. Right after a loss to SA, how typical!
Maybe he should put his arms around the refs and talk about the fouls, or better yet - lose the ball on your own and flail around screaming AND STILL have the nerve to complain. Would that work better for him?
You guys act like he's some fan on the sideline. He's an owner. He is in constant communication with the league office. They know what he writes on his blog and I'm sure there are emails and memos that he sends to the league that are far more critical. If he wants to, he can call David Stern and talk to him directly. If anything he does or says is considered threatening by the league office, then they talk to him and settle it.
This is also the guy that brought the Mavericks out of the dumps and into annual 50-60+ win seasons. He reshaped the NBA in Dallas and brought the city the AAC and now, Victory Plaza. And I'm sure the next narrow-minded response will be something about how he hasn't brought a championship to Dallas, but that's on the way with the way he manages things. Mark Cuban does not like to lose and will do everything little thing in his power to eventually get that ring.
I await your smartass responses.
The fact of the matter is that he es more in public about the officiating than the other 29 owners combined. Period. Nobody likes a whiney-assed . This is a Spurs board and we are going to call him on it, if you don't like it you canand take YOUR whiney ass back to a Mavs board.
Typical. Right to the namecalling and "get out of there" retort.
And you don't know that the other owners don't say anything. They're just not as transparent with their thinking as Cuban is.
Including acting like a whiny little ? Alright there's my smart ass response.
Now for a real response. Marc Cuban has been doing this "critiquing" of NBA officiating for years, but I'm just curious if it has really gotten him anywhere.
How to improve NBA Playoff Officiating
Posted May 7, 2006, 5:30 PM ET
Refs miss calls. Its part of the game. Better refs that approach the game objectively miss fewer calls.
During the regular season new refs will come into the league and as might be expected, there will be ups and downs that come with new officials.
The playoffs are different. THe playoffs are where teams and the NBA itself earn their money. Its where team profits are made, its where TV ratings are made and when TV ratings are good, the league makes more money.
In other words, the playoffs are our money product. As with every business, the best people should be on the job with the money products. Thats not the way the NBA does it when it comes to officials.
In the first round, the NBA reduces the number of officials elgible to officiate games from about 60 to 33 (give or take a couple). The first question is how did they arrive at that number ? I dont know, but I can calculate how many officials are actually needed.
In the first round, there 4 series in each conference or 8 series in total.
But the thing about the first round is that the games are spread out. There rarely if ever are 4 games in a single night. ( it hasnt happened since i have been here). The most I have seen is 3 games in a night. 3 games in a night is 9 officials.
But when you look at the schedule further, you realize that because of time zones and TV needs, you never get more than 2 games in the same time zone. Which means that its not unreasonable to ask officials to work games on back to back nights in the first round of the playoffs. THey can travel to the next assigned game in the same or at worst adjoining time zone. Because of the spread out schedule, its unlikely they would work back to backs more than twice in the first round.
So in the first round alone, the number of officials that should be assigned could be as few as 9, plus 3 alternates.
Would the officiating improve if the top 12 officials worked the games instead of the top 33 or so. There is absolutely no question about it.
Would it strain the officials more to possibly work a back to back ? Yes. So pay them a bigger bonus for being selected for the playoffs. Its certainly no more a strain on the officals than it is the players and we have no problem asking players to work back to back.
The numbers get better for the 2nd round. 4 series. 2 games in a day. Sometimes 1 game in a day. Thats 6 officials plus alternates. If the league was absolutely convinced we have 12 finals quality officials, then use 12
But the NBA has a huge problem. It doesnt view the playoffs as a place where the very best of the best of officials go to work. It views the playoffs as part of a reward system for officials. YOu get promoted to the playoffs. Its not unusual to see an official work a single playoff game in the first round . In fact, if the info i have is correct, there are officials who havent even been promoted to full time crew cheif who get playoff assignments. How crazy is that ?
Thats also a huge, huge, huge business mistake. The playoffs are our most important, most visible product. They should never be used as a stepping stone for promotion.
Instead, the NBA should rank its officials, seed them if you will. Top 12 get playoff assignments. Thats it. If an official does a great job and rises to the top 12, he or she gets the reward. If not, not.
Giving less qualified officials an opportunity to officiate playoff games as a reward gives the official a nice attaboy, but it risks the quality of our product.
It makes absolutely no sense to do it the way it is currently done. If the league wants the best officiating in every game, only use the best officials. Anything less cheats us all.
Several people at the game observed Cuban, during time outs, on the floor near the foul line, haranguing referees. I've never seen Holt doing that. McCombs didn't even use to sit on the floor. Cuban should have been escorted out of the building for being on the floor interfering.
Gotten HIM anywhere or gotten the league anywhere? He's not in it for personal gain. He wants the game to always be referreed fairly, be it for his team or another. He wants it to be consistent - if a foul is called one way on one guy, then it needs to be called the same way on another.
Frankly, a lot of Mavs fans like it that our owner has become a character of sorts and holds celebrity status. It's good to know he's at almost every game, cheering his guys on. I'd much rather have an owner like that than some stuffy business man that only pokes his head out to announce the sale of the team. Cuban and the Maloofs have done good things for their respective teams.
cuban should be banned from the games if he was on the court
HE IS NOT THE COACH
ONLY PLAYERS,REFS AND COACHES SHOULD BE ON COURT NO OWNER OR FANS.
THEY SHOULD HAVE EJECTED HIM. I THINK SPURS SHOULD HAVE CALLED THE SECURITY GUARDS. Money should not buy you the right to act like that. He is not entiled to break the rules. He should be banned from the next game. Waiting for Stern to make the announcement.
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