Loading tweets...Yes, I am a Mavs homer, and as such a disciple of Dirk. Over the years, I’ve listened to the critiques of the big German’s game–”he’s too soft,” “he’s not a leader”, “he doesn’t play defense”, etc.–and have tried to beat back as many dissenters as possible. I hoped that after leading the Mavericks to …
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Feb 27
The Dunk is Dead
Two years ago, I had the privilege of attending the NBA All-Star Saturday Night Festivities. It was Dallas’ first time to host the NBA All-Star Game in over 20 years. Even so, the only event I wanted to attend were NBA All-Star Saturday Night festivities. After all, everyone knows the All-Star game itself is only …
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Feb 23
Hey LeBron, This is What a NBA Championship Ring Looks Like
I hate to brag, but yes, this a picture of me modeling one the Dallas Mavericks’ championship rings. The Mavs are my team and, together, we continue to celebrate the 2011 NBA title. For LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, J.R. Smith, and Steve Nash, this is what an NBA Championship ring looks like. For Dwight Howard …
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Jan 31
Ma-Cheese-Mo
By now, I’m sure you have all seen the replays of the Blake Griffin dunk over Kendrick Perkins. Now I like Blake Griffin. I think he’s a tremendous young talent on the court and high character guy off the court. And I’ll admit; it was a very powerful dunk, but I’ll never understand the reaction …
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Jan 15
Mavs Minutia – Games 12 & 13
The Mavericks have posted some rather impressive defensive numbers over the past two games, giving up an average up only 68 points during the home-stand. Last night the Mavs gave a franchise record-low 60 points against the Kings and held them to franchise record-low 25.6% shooting percentage. Neither the Bucks or Kings are championship …
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Jan 12
Mavs Minutia – Game 11
As we’ve come to expect over the past few years, this regular season edition of Mavs/Celtics felt much more like the playoffs, although the home crowd didn’t get into until late in the 4th quarter. There was a defensive intensity, dramatic shots, and of course Dirk hitting the improbable game winner with his tongue hanging …
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Jan 11
Mavs Minutia – Game 10
After arguably two of the worst games of his career, Dirk Nowitzki responded on Tuesday night in typical Dirk fashion, putting up 18 points and 7 rebounds, on 9/10 shooting from the floor and the Mavs were a +42 with Nowitzki on the floor. For the first time really all season, his patented one-legged-fade-away was …
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Jan 08
Mavs Minutia – Game 9
It’s no secret that the Mavericks have struggled with the New Orleans Hornets over the past few seasons. A lot of that had to do with Chris Paul and David West, so with those two players no longer suiting up for the Hornets, I felt the Mavs stood a much better shot entering Saturday night’s …
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Dec 31
Mavs Minutia – Game 4
Ian Mahinmi turned in the game of his career in the Mavs 99-86 victory over the Raptors. You look at his line–19 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks, off the bench–and you might think “solid, but not spectacular.” In order to truly appreciate what Mahinmi did last night, I think you needed to watch the …
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Dec 27
Why Do LeBron James and Dwayne Wade Always Talk to Their Shirts?
We all remember LeBron James and Dwayne Wade mocking Dirk Nowitzki’s illness during the 2011 NBA Finals. Most mature NBA fans found it rather childish. One part of their bit that I still don’t get is the towards the end of this clip where they pull their shirt up over their mouth and appear to …
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