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Someone should tell him that the insults those Spurs fans were throwing at his wife were meant to " improve the rivalry between the two teams and draw national interest"
Apologies if this has been posted before. I hate Cuban with a passion and I haven't been to a Spurs game in years (live on the east coast), but I really hope he is wrong and we are not that coarse and profane. His wife was heckled? Someone please tell me he is full of .
Spurs-Mavs notebook: Cuban ranks S.A.'s faithful at bottom
Web Posted: 05/21/2006 12:00 AM CDT
Johnny Ludden
Express-News Staff Writer
Dallas owner Mark Cuban, who has accomplished his goal of inflaming the rivalry between the Spurs and Mavericks, called San Antonio fans the NBA's "rudest" in his Web blog Saturday.
"Some cities are great and heckle with style and humor," Cuban wrote on blogmaverick.com. "Then there are cities with zero sense of humor. ... The worst? San Antonio.
"There isn't even a close (second). The bleacher bums have filtered down to the lower bowl, and they are living up to their past."
Cuban said his pregnant wife was "verbally abused" at the AT&T Center last week.
"It didn't represent the city or Spurs fans," he wrote. "But that doesn't change the fact that they are the rudest and curse the most."
Cuban expects to hear more of the same when he returns to the AT&T Center on Monday for Game 7. He said the heckling doesn't bother him. His recent comments describing the city's River Walk as an "ugly-ass, muddy-watered thing" and calling Tim Duncan a "crybaby," he said, were intended to improve the rivalry between the two teams and draw national interest.
"The River Walk river is nasty," Cuban wrote Saturday. "I know it. Everyone who lives in San Antonio knows it. I said it. I just know that on crowded nights, everyone who walks that thing is afraid to death that some drunk is going to stumble by and knock them into the water. It's that nasty.
"I mean come on folks. They can clean up Lake Erie, but not the River Walk?"
"Fighting words, right?" Cuban continued. "Of course not. It's meaningless. Unless it comes from a rival."
Cuban answers Pop: Even though Cuban doesn't think much of the River Walk, that doesn't mean he isn't willing to pay it another visit.
After Cuban's comments on a radio show Thursday, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich suggested the Mavericks owner come back to San Antonio for a margarita so "he could look at life a little more maturely."
Responding to an e-mail sent Saturday, Cuban said he's open to the idea.
"Tell Pop I will take him up on the margarita this summer if he wants," Cuban wrote. "I would love to get his ideas about marketing the NBA and making the Spurs and Mavs a series that no one in America can live without watching. 's Last Resort is my spot on the River Walk, and I'm happy to let him buy!"
Centers without attention: Popovich said he hasn't played Nazr Mohammed and Rasho Nesterovic because of the matchup problems Dallas presents. And, to a lesser degree, because neither center contributed much in the limited time he was on the floor in the series' first 1 1/2 games.
"When they have gotten time, it hasn't been enough for them to really produce," Popovich said. "This particular series, it's difficult for big guys to guard Dallas' perimeter. It's tough to put a big guy on Dirk (Nowitzki).
"The way the rules are, offense really has an advantage, obviously. He has a huge advantage when big guys try to stay with him, so I can't afford to get somebody like Tim Duncan in foul trouble, and the other big guys don't have a shot with that."
Man bites dog: In a series characterized by complaints about official decisions, referee and otherwise, Cuban actually praised the job the referees did in Game 6 on Friday.
That did not mean he did not suggest to the NBA that it look at an offensive tactic employed by Duncan that Cuban claims gives him an illegal advantage.
"The officials did a good job (Friday)," Cuban wrote in an e-mail. "The only thing we are having them look at is the fact Tim Duncan slaps away the hand of his defender in the post, and that's supposed to be an automatic foul. When he does it, I think he scores or gets fouled like 70 percent of the time; and when he doesn't, it's like 30 percent of the time.
"It's a brilliant move on his part, seriously. (The) defender is leaning against him and just the quick slap of the hand away or into the body of the defender has the defender lean forward with his chest, and Duncan is so quick, he is already there to get the contact before the defender can respond and get the foul, or to get ahead of him and get space for a better shot. It's impressive.
"If the league agrees it's a foul, great. If not. Not. Either way, we go to battle Monday night, ready to go."
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Staff writers Mike Finger and Mike Monroe contributed to this report.
Someone should tell him that the insults those Spurs fans were throwing at his wife were meant to " improve the rivalry between the two teams and draw national interest"
Yawn. It would be funny if the ATT center broke into raucous laghter every time they showed him on the Jumbotron.
The devil cannot abide being mocked.
if he wants to build a rivalry, he should win b4 gloating about the city. what has he proven anyway?
No Suprise there....
"The officials did a good job (Friday)," Cuban wrote in an e-mail. "The only thing we are having them look at is the fact Tim Duncan slaps away the hand of his defender in the post, and that's supposed to be an automatic foul. When he does it, I think he scores or gets fouled like 70 percent of the time; and when he doesn't, it's like 30 percent of the time.
"It's a brilliant move on his part, seriously. (The) defender is leaning against him and just the quick slap of the hand away or into the body of the defender has the defender lean forward with his chest, and Duncan is so quick, he is already there to get the contact before the defender can respond and get the foul, or to get ahead of him and get space for a better shot. It's impressive.
*SIGH*
Hey chief, you forgot to say that he's slapping away one of the two hands Damp has on him every trip into the post, which is a defensive foul 100% of the time."The only thing we are having them look at is the fact Tim Duncan slaps away the hand of his defender in the post, and that's supposed to be an automatic foul. When he does it, I think he scores or gets fouled like 70 percent of the time; and when he doesn't, it's like 30 percent of the time."
This man is the biggest piece of in the league. Why anyone puts any stock in the crap that comes out of his mouth is beyond me. I would like nothing better than the Spurs to win at home with Finley scoring 30pts and hitting a game winning 3 pointer.
We all know better, most of the country knows better (and are learning if they dont already) but we will have to put up with him until the Spurs eliminate his team.
The man knows how to stir the pot.
Doesnt make him a chef
Cuban is just a basketball fan with money. any of us would be the same, if we had the means. who cares what he says, he's like listening to people that call into sports talk radio.
Uh, NO, we wouldnt. At least I wouldnt. I like to think i have some measure of decorum and class. This man has none and shows it everyday. Maybe you would, but I hope not, one Cuban in this world is enough.
Cuban = Mouse?
Give me a break. Dirk is slapping and elbowing the defender away every time he has his back to the basket. He was even doing this at the end of Game 4 when the foul was called on Bowen to bail him out. Cuban is just an amazing hypocrite.
Well, I have a new purpose in life. I am going to make it my personal crusade to show to every forum, fan, sportswriter, grocery bagger and CEO what Cuban is about. Being self employed, I can take a little time away for the more important things in life, and right now, this ranks right up there.
Let me know where to post and I will spread the word about this man, I intend to bring as much shame to his management team as possible.
Good. I thought we were doing something wong.
Cuban runs his team like an Spurs Fan would if they owned the team... his passion an energy is good for the league, even if it means ruffling up a few feathers along the way.
NBA is nothing but show business masquerading as sport, and megalomaniac self-promoting Cuban thinks his jerkoff side-show is the main event.
He is full of . However, it is quite possible his wife was heckled by one of our asshole "fans".
The difference between the Spurs and Mavs organizations is the at udes and actions we see. The Mavs at ACC show demeaning and insulting videos and foster negativity. As opposed to promoting their team in a positive way, they insult the opposing team and portray them in a negative manner.
Cuban has brought this on himself.
Mawrk Cuban just said San Antownio food makes his smell.
"The officials did a good job (Friday)," Cuban wrote in an e-mail. "The only thing we are having them look at is the fact Tim Duncan slaps away the hand of his defender in the post, and that's supposed to be an automatic foul. When he does it, I think he scores or gets fouled like 70 percent of the time; and when he doesn't, it's like 30 percent of the time.
ok so this is not whining? this dude complains about every damn thing. Why doesn't he send the tapes that show boy dirk clearing out every single possesion by hooking his opponents, thats an offensive every time.
Wonder if he did his "send tapes to the league office' routine on Parker before the series started---seems like Tony is getting called a lot more for traveling than he ususally does
Maybe Cuban really does believe that quote from the NY Post a few weeks ago, that for every Billion dollars, his gets 10 inches longer
Cuban only complains after losses, especially after losses to San Antonio. He tries to manufacture a rivalry with his mouth because his team can't do it on the court. It's awesome. Here's hoping Cuban has the entire off season to complain, starting Tuesday.
I feel bad I started a thread calling not to boo this guys! Stupid me! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
WTF? I've seen Duncan knock away hands in this series, but not with the kind of frequency he's talking about. Is he just pulling this out of his ass (70% vs 30%?) or is Timmy doing something really subtle that I'm missing?
Great point, very true. I'd also like to hear Cuban talk about how much Dirk pushes off. Seems like he's extending a forearm quite often to me, but I don't have any stats on how often he scores after doing that...Hey chief, you forgot to say that he's slapping away one of the two hands Damp has on him every trip into the post, which is a defensive foul 100% of the time.
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