I remember being very nervous back when I was in college.

There was very real discussion about the US losing its station in the world as the worlds most powerful
nation. There were hostages in Iran. The Olympicboycott. The Japanese Stock Market was booming and many
thought it wouldn’t be long before our economy would be second to theirs. The US auto industry was under attack by
imports. Inflation was at record highs.

At Indiana University, our school newspaper had headlines from around the state. I knew that Anderson Indiana had
an unemployment rate of more than 20 percent. Numbers that people were suggesting reflected depression era depths.
Other cities were almost as bad.

My fellow students weren’t quite brimming with optimism. As I got ready to graduate, getting an interview was a
battle.

Fortunately for me and many others, while our manufacturing economy was taking it on the chin, the labs at Xerox
and the garages in Silicon Valley, Seattle, New Mexico and the offices on Rte 128 in Mass and in Armonk NY, among
many others, were working late. The personal computer business was getting ready to explode.

The history of computing and in the particular the microprocessor revolution is well documented. What may not have
been nearly as well understood, and this is purely my opinion, is the role it played in revitalizing not only our
economy here in the US, but how we felt about ourselves.

In a scant 5 years, college kids went from worrying whether they could get jobs, to beingpositioned at the
lead of the new personal computer generation. WhenI graduated from college, I had taken 1 computer class
that required me to punch in a Fortran Program on cards and feed them to a huge computer I never saw.The number
of jobs available in the computerfield were limited to “computer scientists.” It changed in what seemed
like a heartbeat.

The class of ‘85 was having a blast with each successive release of a new computer, new software and applications
their older brothers and sisters didn’t have a clue about. If you knew how to use a spreadsheet, you could get a job.
If you could write batch files in DOS, you could get a job. If you were advanced and could integrate Local Area
Networks, grasp multitasking, program usingrelational databases, you could pick the job of your choice.

The PC revolutionized the job market for college graduates and more importantly, the business of business.
Personal Computing introduced a new era of productivity and the USA was the leader in personal computer technology.
We were back on top again.

It didn’t stop at PCs.Software was developed for every application imaginable. PCs were connected into local
and worldwide networks. Printers went from modified typewriters to laser. Communications went from modems to
broadband. Online services expanded from the thousands to the millions and that was before the internet and America
Online. We went from Moores Law to Metcalf’s Law.

This technologyrevolution was and has been amazing for two reasons.

First , is that the technology has continued to evolve this long. We may be at a point where we aren’t
suprised to read about new technologies, but entrepreneurs continue to generate new ideas that lead to new products
and services. Technology continues to have a significant impact on the US economy and to create jobs.

Second, is that the government managed to stay out of the way for as long as it did. Who knows why, but our
elected officials managed to let the free markets stay free.Untilnow.

Things started to get a little shakey back in 1998.

In October of 1998 the Digital Millenium Copyright Act was passed. The DMCA was basically a law that set a very
un-nerving precedent.That the government would do what it could to protect the interests of content owners at
the expense of technological development.

The DMCA in and of itselfdidnt kill technological innovation. At the time it was passed it was more
nuisance than anything else. Digital content wasnt all that prevelant and there certainly wasn’t much money in it, so
not many people cared that our tax dollars were being spent to make sure that your internet radio station never
played more than 3 songs in a row from the same artist. Or that it becameillegal to have a 24 hours a day
Beatles (or any other artist)station.

In 1998 few people were buying DVDs. It was easy to buy a VHS tape and make a 2nd copy of it for your own
use.The DMCA rarely touched home for many of us.

In 2005, it’s a whole different ballgame.

You know those DVDs you have thatare scratched? How nice it would have been to be able to make a copy of
themfirst, knowing that the kids are going to get their hands on them and ruin them at some point? You can’t.
It’s illegal. It’s illegal to make softwarethat allows you to make backup copies. You paid a lot of money for
your DVDs. Themovie industry has made billions upon billions from DVDs. Many movies make more from DVDs than
from theatrical release. They get your hard earned money, and they make it illegal for you to make a copy to keep
just in case your DVD gets scratched.That’s wrong.

Its the law ofunintended consequences. Few people knew that DVDs would basically replace VHS in our homes.
Few people had any idea that DVDs would get scratched and be useless with regularity. No one had any idea that trying
to make a protective backup of that DVD would be illegal. It was perfectly legal to do it with VHS tapes.

The law of unintended consequences is never repealed. It goes on forever. Next month there is a case that will go
before the Supreme Court of the United States. MGM vs Grokster. If this case goes the wrong way, that law of
unintended consequence could put a hurt on us in the future.

The case is about whether Peer to Peer software that enables the P2P networks most of us read about and few of us
use, should be illegal or not. The big entertainment companies are pushing the argument that because some of
their content gets stolen through the use of this software, that all uses of the software should be illegal.

The are NOT arguing that there aren’t legitimate reasons to use the software. They acknowledge that businesses and
individuals are using the software for purposes other than those that impact their music or movie businesses. They
just feel that because it impacts their business (they still don’t know if its a postiive or negative impact), in a
way they can’t control, it’s better to make it illegal rather than adapt to the new technology.

In reality this case isn’t about whether music or movies are illegally downloaded using Peer to Peer
sotware. This is purely about control. The entertainment industry wants control over technology that could have
an impact on their business.

Technology has advanced and gone further than any of us could have imagined over the last 20 years. Go back
just 15 years and even the best forecasters would be shocked at the number of uswho have cell phones, use
email,have DVD players, spend as much time online as we do watching TV, have MP3 players, replaced
ourfilm cameras with digital camerasand more.

The next 15 years will have just as many new devices that we can’t imagine today.

What if they all became illegal?

We are living in a world where information is becoming 100 pct digital. Of all the digital information across the
world that is being created and exchanged, what percent is music and movies? What percentage of that is owned
by Hollywood and the big music companies?

With all the home movies we are creating and saving on our computers. All the digital pictures of our families and
friends. All the personal music created at home.All the corporate data and presentations. All the books,
software, newsletters, newspapers, discussion forums, blogs, websites and emails that are created and saved
digitally. How big a percentage could music and movies be ?1/10 of 1percent? At most ?

Every single one of these items can benefit from the distribution efficiencies created by Peer to Peer
networks. Every person and company in this country that wants to exchange digital data can benefit from
peer to peer technologies. Just because the uses aren’t prevelant or obvious to sometoday, doesn’t mean they
won’t be in 1, 2, 5 or more years from now.

In the MGM vs Grokster case, the fewer than 50 companies who control less than 1 pct of all digital information
are trying to take control of innovation in the technology industry and pry it away from the rest of us.

Everything our imagination creates and touches that can be made digital is at risk if Grokster loses.

What innovations will be condemned by law before they have a chance to come to market because they could have an
impact on Hollywood and the music industry? We have no idea and that is a very scary prospect

Which brings me back to 1980.

The last 25 years have seen unimaginable increases in productivity, creativity, economic development and American
pride becauseamazing people have been able to take amazing ideas and develop them without fear.
Thatfearlessness ends if Grokster loses and the content industry is able is to take on the role of technology
gatekeeper.

There will be a time, as there was in 1980, when we need a spark. When we hope that something new helps us escape
from something old. Let’s not let the content industry steal that opportunity out from underneath us.

One hundred percent of information this country creates from today going forwardwill be stored digitally.
Peer to Peer software will create new ways for us to exchange that information. Do we want to give priority to movies
and music over every other format of information in this country?

I hope not.

This is a call to action. Call your representative. Call your senator. Let them know that you respect the rights
of the content industry, but that protecting innovation is more important.

Our future could depend on it.

One last line that I can’t resist to use as it relates to the MGM vs Grokster case

Software doesn’t steal content…people do.

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I’m working with some very smart people who are doing some very helpful and smart things. One question that they answered that I had was…What is the difference in shooting percentage by player, team and league between the longer 3 point shot vs the shorter corner 3 point shot.

I’m not going to give up the goods on the Mavs, but feel free to send this information to your favorite team…

As a league, through Jan 27th, we shoot about 37.6 pct from the short corner vs 33.6 pct vs the long.

All but 3 teams shoot better from the short than the long, those 3 are Atlanta, Detroit, Miami. Detroit has the biggest variance, shooting 35.3 pct from the long and 30.9 pct from short.

Houston , Philly and The Spurs have the biggest variance the otherway. Each shoots at least 8 percentage points better from the corner.

The Sonics shoot the best in the NBA from the corner, 42.7pct. Given thats an effective fieldgoal percentage of 64 pct, it’s no wonder they are near the top in corner 3 attempts. They have better results from the corner than they do shots closer than 5 feet!

The Spurs take the greatest percentage of their 3 pointers from the corner. 56.7 pct of their 3s are corner bound and they hit 40 pct of them for an effective field goal rate of 60 pct ! Given they shoot 8 points better from the corner, and their effective field goal rate is higher from the corner than anywhere else on the court other than 5 feet and in, could this be the key to the Spurs offense?

The only team in fact that takes more corner 3 point shots than the Spurs, is the Suns. They have taken 534 to the Spurs 501. The Suns have hit 41.1%, for an effective FG rate of 61.7% Maybe they have figured out something the rest of us havent. Or maybe now that we know, this is a way to slow down both offenses.

On the flipside, the Clips have taken the fewest corner shots..135.

In terms of players, Bruce Bowen has attempted the most corner 3s in the NBA, 137 of them, hitting 37.9 percent for an effective FG pct of 57%.

Joe Johnson has made the most from the corner. He has hit 51 pct of his 112 attempts for an Effective FG (EFF FG) pct of 77.68 %! Cutino Mobley and Mike Miller both have EFF FG of greater than 80 pct from the corner. But they all pale compared to the Mayor in Minny. Freddy Hoiberg has taken 31 corner 3s, and hit 21 of them. Thats an EFF FG of greater than 100 pct ! Shaq for a dunk or the Mayor from the corner… The Mayor gets you more!

In the 70 pct or greater EFF FG Pct category add Battier, Jimmy Jackson, Beano Udrich and Kyle Korver. In the 60 pct or greater EFF FG add JRich, Ray Allen, TMac, Wally, DStoudamire, Ginobli and Barry from the Spurs, Tinsley, Lewis and Radmonovic from the Sonics, Redd, Marshall, Murray and Rose from the Raps, Arenas and Jeff Mcinnis, Gordon from Chi, and more.

Guys who can’t hit the shot, but take it. Rasheed Wallace is 4 for 31, Antoine Walker is is 14 for 71, Doug Christie is 4 for 24, Troy Hudson is 6 for 28 In terms of short 3 pct vs long 3 percentage (reg pct, not EFF pct). Antonio Daniels drops of 26 pct, Joe Johnson shoots 40 pct from straight away, Beano Udrich drops off 25 pct, Willie Green drops off 31 pct, Korver drops 15 pct, Shane 15pct, Jimmy Jackson 21 pct, JRich 22 pct, TMac 14 pct, Ray Allen 9 pct, BRuss 18pct, Tayshan Prince 22 pct, Raja Bell 18 pct, Wally 12 pct. That’s from a quick look down the list. There are some guys that shoot better from the long 3. Reggie Miller shoots 10 pct better, Chauncy Billups 13pct, same with Allan Houston, Rasheed Walker and Antoine Walker who each shoot 15 pct or more better from straight away One last fun fact. There are more than 100 players who have an effective FG rate of 50 pct or better from the corner…

What does it all mean? You decide.

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One of the amazing things about owning a TV network, is that I get to take chances. For those who don’t know, I own HDNet. It’s the first all high definition TV network, and includes 2 channels, HDNet and HDNet Movies.

As the first all HDTV network, we have had to take the lead in many areas of technology. Oneis byhaving the first high definition fly away pack. A fly away pack is basically a TV studio in a box that we can send anywhere in the world and broadcast live.

We decided to send it to Iraq to cover the elections.

It took about 2 weeks to get there. It took armored escorts, alittle bit of hook and crook, and a lot of luck, but it made it to the roof of a building in a key location in Baghdad. Once we made it to this location (whichI can’t disclose given we have been told by the US Military,Iraqi Police and more than a few of the bad guys on the other side, that if anyone finds out where we are, or if they can see it from the street, they will shoot it down first, and ask questions later) it took us another 3 days to mount the uplink so that it could make a continuous connection with our satellite.

After a lot of hard work from our crew, we now have a continous feed of Baghdad, in glorious 1080i high definition.Since it’s my network, and this is something I think is amazing and compelling, we are going to broadcast the feed continuously on HDNet during daylight and twilight hours in Baghdad. No talking heads. No interruptions for commentary. Just the sights and sounds of Baghdad, uninterrupted and unedited. What you see, and in High Definition you see and hear a lot, is what you get.

We will have our HDNet World Report crew out covering the elections for their show, but from 2am to 10am EST the next several days, what transpires in Baghdad, that is visible from this rooftop, HDNet viewers are going to see as if they are sitting on that rooftop themselves.

It’s technology. It’s access. Its choice. We have absolutely no idea what will happen. But its the first taste of democracy in Iraq, ever. HDNet viewers will have a clearer view of what happens than most Iraqis.

If you don’t have HDNet, get up in the morning and get to a Home Theater Store, or consumer electroncs store and check it out. There is a list of places to watch it on our website, www.hd.net. If you have a high def set and don’t get HDNet yet, call your cable or satellite company and get it turned on asap.

This is history in the making. Who knows what will happen. Who knows if it will be in camera range. But if it does and it is, you will see it as if you were there.

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One of the amazing things about owning a TV network, is that I get to take chances. For those who don’t know, I own HDNet. It’s the first all high definition TV network, and includes 2 channels, HDNet and HDNet Movies.

As the first all HDTV network, we have had to take the lead in many areas of technology. Oneis byhaving the first high definition fly away pack. A fly away pack is basically a TV studio in a box that we can send anywhere in the world and broadcast live.

We decided to send it to Iraq to cover the elections.

It took about 2 weeks to get there. It took armored escorts, alittle bit of hook and crook, and a lot of luck, but it made it to the roof of a building in a key location in Baghdad. Once we made it to this location (whichI can’t disclose given we have been told by the US Military,Iraqi Police and more than a few of the bad guys on the other side, that if anyone finds out where we are, or if they can see it from the street, they will shoot it down first, and ask questions later) it took us another 3 days to mount the uplink so that it could make a continuous connection with our satellite.

After a lot of hard work from our crew, we now have a continous feed of Baghdad, in glorious 1080i high definition.Since it’s my network, and this is something I think is amazing and compelling, we are going to broadcast the feed continuously on HDNet during daylight and twilight hours in Baghdad. No talking heads. No interruptions for commentary. Just the sights and sounds of Baghdad, uninterrupted and unedited. What you see, and in High Definition you see and hear a lot, is what you get.

We will have our HDNet World Report crew out covering the elections for their show, but from 2am to 10am EST the next several days, what transpires in Baghdad, that is visible from this rooftop, HDNet viewers are going to see as if they are sitting on that rooftop themselves.

It’s technology. It’s access. Its choice. We have absolutely no idea what will happen. But its the first taste of democracy in Iraq, ever. HDNet viewers will have a clearer view of what happens than most Iraqis.

If you don’t have HDNet, get up in the morning and get to a Home Theater Store, or consumer electroncs store and check it out. There is a list of places to watch it on our website, www.hd.net. If you have a high def set and don’t get HDNet yet, call your cable or satellite company and get it turned on asap.

This is history in the making. Who knows what will happen. Who knows if it will be in camera range. But if it does and it is, you will see it as if you were there.

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One of the amazing things about owning a TV network, is that I get to take chances. For those who don’t know, I own HDNet. It’s the first all high definition TV network, and includes 2 channels, HDNet and HDNet Movies.

As the first all HDTV network, we have had to take the lead in many areas of technology. Oneis byhaving the first high definition fly away pack. A fly away pack is basically a TV studio in a box that we can send anywhere in the world and broadcast live.

We decided to send it to Iraq to cover the elections.

It took about 2 weeks to get there. It took armored escorts, alittle bit of hook and crook, and a lot of luck, but it made it to the roof of a building in a key location in Baghdad. Once we made it to this location (whichI can’t disclose given we have been told by the US Military,Iraqi Police and more than a few of the bad guys on the other side, that if anyone finds out where we are, or if they can see it from the street, they will shoot it down first, and ask questions later) it took us another 3 days to mount the uplink so that it could make a continuous connection with our satellite.

After a lot of hard work from our crew, we now have a continous feed of Baghdad, in glorious 1080i high definition.Since it’s my network, and this is something I think is amazing and compelling, we are going to broadcast the feed continuously on HDNet during daylight and twilight hours in Baghdad. No talking heads. No interruptions for commentary. Just the sights and sounds of Baghdad, uninterrupted and unedited. What you see, and in High Definition you see and hear a lot, is what you get.

We will have our HDNet World Report crew out covering the elections for their show, but from 2am to 10am EST the next several days, what transpires in Baghdad, that is visible from this rooftop, HDNet viewers are going to see as if they are sitting on that rooftop themselves.

It’s technology. It’s access. Its choice. We have absolutely no idea what will happen. But its the first taste of democracy in Iraq, ever. HDNet viewers will have a clearer view of what happens than most Iraqis.

If you don’t have HDNet, get up in the morning and get to a Home Theater Store, or consumer electroncs store and check it out. There is a list of places to watch it on our website, www.hd.net. If you have a high def set and don’t get HDNet yet, call your cable or satellite company and get it turned on asap.

This is history in the making. Who knows what will happen. Who knows if it will be in camera range. But if it does and it is, you will see it as if you were there.

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We aren’t there yet. Despite the technical advances, my cellphone/PDA won’t allow me to run my life. It does a nice job of helping me manage things. I can do email, which untethers me from my desk. I can take, send, watch and listen to movies and audio. All very nice.

It’s the next generation or two that excite me and make me very, very curious.

Here is what I expected from my next PDA/Phone beyond what I can buy today.

1. At least 1gb of storage via flash memory, or 5gbs through a miniature drive

2. A standard USB port so thatI can copy any standardized files to or from an external storage device

3. The ability to recognize that storage device as a drive accessible to my phone apps.

4. The ability to call a number or us bluetooth to replace my credit or debit cards and automatically record the transaction in a money management program

5. The ability to watch videos in Mpeg4/VC1/Divx format. I’ts going to come in handy when my car manual is in the glove compartment on a USB flashdrive and I can just watch the video on how to fix what breaks. I want to be able to use my phone to watch directions on whatever complex operationsI may come in touch with.

5a. This can also come in handy when I’m looking at buying a present for my wife. Particularly something that works in the kitchen that I don’t fully understand. Let me plug into the USB or via bluetooth, see a demo of it on my phone while imin the store.

5b. Of course, being able to Froogle it for pricing based on the bar code would help as well, as would knowing if they have it in stock without having to get a clerk, placing my order and picking it up or having it shipped to my house.

Naturally, storing all my receipts in the phone in case there is a problem

6. I want to be able to save and store my IMs and Text Messages

7. I want to be able to download tickets to events and just let them scan my phone rather than having a ticket.

I may call it my phone, but in reality, it’s my portable transaction device. Anything I can collect, create, transact or transmit digitally, I want the ability to do through my phone.

It’s a digital world, why not?

Same applies to being able to plug in the USB wire hanging from the ATM terminal with instructions.

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It’s no secret that in the past I have called Peter Vescey and Sam Smith on the carpet for writing things relating to me or the Mavs without ever having talked to me.

Well guess what, in the past months I have talked to both of them. Peter Vescey has found email and now will actually email me and ask me what what’s going on rather than telling me what I’m doing in his column. I won’t always answer him, but at least he will ask and I can tell him when he has some facts wrong.

Sam Smith is still clueless. I got to speak to him face to face when we played in Chicago and told him so. It was a pleasure to do so. He didn’t really argue when I suggested that he misleads people into believing that what he writes is fact rather than his opinion. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. His column just reflectsthe cultures of thecompany and newspaper he works for. You would thinkgiven what they are going through,theChicago Tribune would offer disclaimers around everything he writes.

But I digress.

There is another writer that I don’t correspond with, or talk to, that has taken upon himself to write what he thinks I’m thinking. The new moron in town is Chad Ford of ESPN.com

To think that ESPN let David Aldridge go for this. David Aldridge checked his facts. David Aldridge would email me in the middle of the night asking one last time if he had his facts correct, or if it was something that couldn’t be commented on, to let you know what he was going with to make sure he got it right.

I remember one time David and I got into a disagreement about what fans thought about the game, its players and costs. I told him that I thought fans loved the game, and all he had to do was talk to them to find out. He did. He went and sat in the stands and talked to the customers of the NBA and asked them what they thought. When they told him they thought the game was fun and affordable, he wrote just that with quotes from the fans.

So instead of an Aldridge, a reporter with great relationships around the NBA and access to information, they go with a guy, who at least in my case, doesn’t take the time to email me and ask. It’s not like he can’t find my email.

It’s not a suprise. Like Sam Smith, he is just one of the guys who would rather not let facts get in the way.

The irony of it all, is that he writes for the ESPN Insider section of the website. The sad part is that ESPN.com charges for access to what he writes. This guy is so far from the inside of what’s going on, that ESPN should be embarassed to take subscription money from its members.

I wonder if ESPN.com is kicking themselves for the one they let get away?

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I guess I’m not typical.

It’s rare for me to watch a DVD at home anymore. If I’m watching TV, it’s a basketball game, something on HDNet/Movies, or one of the HD channels, or something I Tivo’d. Typically Dave Chappelle or Law& Order.

About the only time I actually place an actual DVD into a DVD player is when it’s for my daughter.

That’s not to say I don’t want to watch DVDs, or I haven’t watched DVD’s. Ido, and I have.

I watched them in hotel rooms on my PC. I’vewatched them on my PC when I’m on a plane. Mostly, and I’m sure this was my fault for not being careful, I watched half ’till the end, the other halfuntil they stopped playing because of a scratch.

Is there anything more irritating than a scratched DVD?

So I thought I would do something about it. I have already written about how I think hard drives will have a significant part to play in how we experience and watch video content. What I hadn’t done personally was take the time to convert DVD’s I had PURCHASED to a format that could be easily stored on my new remote control sized, 80gbs Firelight.

My plan was to take the drive, stuff it with movies, and use it to launch movies I could watch on the road.

What a pain in the ass.

I used 3 different rippers. All pretty much worked in realtime. Slow. Tedius. Didn’t rip correctly every time. My dream of taking 20 or so movies on the road with me died a sad death halfway through the boredom of coming back and checking to see if Dodgeball was done.

Which leads to the “aren’t I the customer here moment,” we all have.

Why isn’t an AVI, DIVX, WMV, MOV or any format of computer usable video put on one of the DVD’s ? Anything but those pain in the ass VOB files. Most DVD’s have the less than 1gbs in space left.

It can be copy protected for those studios with Piraphobia (fear of piracy). I just need the ability to copy it 3 or 4 times (don’t want to be left off when I put it on my new250gbs mobile drive next year ).

I would even pay a premium for it…Put a sticker on the package saying this DVD has a format compatible with PC hard drives.

Better yet, you could put it online. Let me put my DVD in, it checks your website for authenticity, I give you my demographic information, you let me download a file I can put on my hard drive.

You win, the customer wins and guess what? When it comes time to buy a DVD, and it’s a toss up between the movie that makes it easy for me, the customer, vs. the one who doesn’t care about me. Guess which one I pick ?

If no one wants me as their customer, then I do more of what I’m starting to do now. I take the movies and tv shows I record from my computer based PVR and copy them to my little harddrive (in minutes for everything), and watch them on the road instead of buying your DVD’s.

Complications lose customers. Simplification getscustomers.

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In the NBA, most awards on built on reputation. If you can get the media to write it or talk about it. People will believe it.

Most of the stories about players and their abilities have some grain of truth to them when they were attached to the player. Unfortunately, even though the rep has long changed, its rare to find someone who has put the time in to actually find out what the current truth about a player is.

Where am I going with this… straight to Dirk Nowitzki.

For Dirks first few years, he really was not a good defender. Teams would go right at him. He would be overmatched playing against other teams centers, or outquicked playing against small forwards. Dirk got the reputation of not being a good defender.

Those days are gone.

One thing abutDirk, he wants to be a complete player. He wantsto excel at every part of his game. Passing, shooting, decisionmaking and yesdefense. Every summer he has focused on drills that made him quicker, stronger and better able to defend.

Although his rep said otherwise, Dirk really started to raise his defensive game last year. When hewas able to focus on guarding other teams Power Forwards, he was a good defender.

This year , Dirk has become better than just a good defender. Dirk has become a very good defender, on his way to being one of the best defensive PFs in the league. If that comment makes you laugh, you arent watching enough games and paying attention to Dirk on the defensive end.

Go down the list of PFs in the NBA. …. After Garnett and Duncan, who is a better defender ?

Its time to give Dirk his due. If you have a vote for All Defensive Team, and you arent considering Dirk. You arent paying attention.

The 2nd player on the Mavs that should be a no brainer for All Defensive Team is Josh Howard. Particularly with Artest out for the season, Josh is right there with Kobe and Bruce Bowen, and with Doug Christies injuries, he may have passed him by. The only guy I would put ahead of Josh without question is Kirilenko.

Josh always has to guard the supstar guard or small forward . I think he caught some people off guard last year. Not any longer. Scorers know that when they have josh on him, they are in for a long night. Guarding the other teams’ stars mean he gets in some foul trouble, but once Josh gets the respect of the officials, he will be even more of a force on defense than he already is. Hehas a great chance to be the DefensivePlayer of the Year in the NBA.More than once.

Thats two Mavs that deserve strong consideration for for 1st or 2nd team All Defensivehonors. I also dont have a lot of doubt that once Devin Harris gets going, he will be right there as well.

The best part is that all 3 guys work so hard, they all will get better and better.

the best is yet to come

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My goodness Randy. How could you beat me to it? I thought we had an understanding? I guess you just have more flair and better timing than I do.

I can’t believe I did it and no one saw it or said anything.

It was at the one game we talked about doing it at.

It wasn’t going to be easy to do that one thing we talked about. It was going to be even harder to fake doing the one thing we talked about doing instead of actuallydoing that one thing. But there I was. Standing in that one spot, near that one guy, in front of those other fans, next to that one player.

I waited for cameras. Then I did it. I faked doing the thing we talked about faking doing instead of doing it for real.

It was amazing.

No one cared.

Which is exactly what should happen with this latest “Randy Moss Controversy”.

The last 2 days coverage of Randy Moss endzone celebration are going to go down in sports management and journalism school history. The media and people who made an issue about this are going to be embarassed for the rest of their lives with questions from their kids, their grandkids, their friends and their future peers.

We are about to enter an era where kids can do a search on google, icerocket.com, yahoo and other search engines and get all the video they want of TV broadcasts. Put in a topic. Boom. All the video you could ever want. Put in a name. There it is. Video and transcripts to go with it.

How much fun is it going to be to be sitting in a Sports Management or Journalims class starting next year when the Prof discusses “dealing with controversy” or “dealing with players in the spotlight”, or any derivation of the topic.

I can hear it now. “Ok class, I want you to pick a player that you think did or might have created some controversy in the past. Do a search and provide me video of the player and the controversial event.Then provide clips of how the media covered the event and we will discuss it.”

You know EVERY kid is going to pick Randy Moss.

“I picked Randy Moss for my presentation. This is when he faked mooning thefans in Green Bay after scoring a touchdown.” “These are all the media commentators talking about how faking mooning is terrible for theNFL and how RandyMoss is a disgrace”

The kids in the class go wild, laughing hysterically.

“Why in the world would people care if someone fakes mooning?” “IfI stand up right now and fakeda mooning, would I get in trouble?” “Didn’t they have anything better to talk about?”

Much of the media thinks Randy Moss should be embarrased. They have no idea that they are about to be “posterized”.

While Randy Moss will be able to laugh about the response and soon forget about it, those in the media will find their future peers snickering at them. “Hey, you’re the guy/lady that got all bent out of shape when Randy Moss faked mooning the crowd. It was a joke, right? You were kidding?about it. Right? Please tell me you weren’t serious…You were. Really?…that’s interesting. And you are supposed to be one of the better journalists of your time? Good for you. Must have been interesting times.”

We do live in interesting times. We are the first generation to memorialize everything that we do on video. We are entering the first generation that will able to search through all of that video and find what ever they want.

Future generations will thank us for the entertainment we are offering them.

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