Comments on: Rivalries Part 2 – Michael said it best

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By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:06:15 +0000

From the passionate remarks that fans are posting here I think you could do well by putting together a fan site and grass roots advertising campaign built around fan generated content. Who better to get the word out to the rest of the country about the quality, focus and rivalry of and between these two teams than those who are already in the know?

By: ben

ben — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:06:15 +0000

Honestly, I really dont think there is anything an owner can do to heat up or create a rivalry other than come out and blast the other team or its fans on public television. In my experiences real rivalries that grab the attention of the nation have either been created by an all out brawl (i.e- Heat/Knicks-a rivalry that didnt last long) or they’re created when a team faces the same team over and over, such as the Sox/Yanks or most college football rivalries but even in those rivalries there has been a fight or comment that helped heat things along, for the Sox/Yanks there’s a whole list of events!
I will say this, I dont consider myself a fan of the Mavs or Spurs, Ive always been a Heat fan, however, I have been watching this series [Mavs/Spurs] just becaue of the high quality of basketball. So even if the series isnt gathering viewers because of a rivalry, it is gatheriving viewers because of the close game and I think these teams are so evenly matched, people will tune in just to see what happens.

By: Champ

Champ — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:06:14 +0000

I remember being at game 6 of the 2003 Western Conference Finals against the Spurs, sitting in section 3billion33 row Y (HA! Take that row Z!)…

and when Pop put in Kerr at the exact right time to rip us a new one & manufacture a comeback that should be ranked among the highest… (sadly our Kerr was suspended, although DA should’ve been in on Tony Parker).

and I remember leaving the stadium, and the majority of the Mavs fans rooting for San Antonio against New Jersey in the Finals… yelling “Spurs in 6!” or “Spurs in 5!”…

and I remember HATING that.

I LOVE THIS CONFERENCE RIVALRY!

I didn’t think anything could make me hate any team more than the Kings, but they lost or traded everyone on that team I hated… we even picked one up (Dallas fans were pissed too, as I’m sure you know.. altho I’d take Bibby … but rather Earl Boykins).

Spurs suck!
REFS ENGINEERED SPURS COMEBACK!

GO MAVS!

By: Alfred Thompson

Alfred Thompson — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:06:14 +0000

At the risk of sounding like a suck up I am interested in the Mavs because of you. Once the Celtics were out of it I started rooting for the Mavs because you make the team interesting. Players come and go but an activist owner can keep my interest for a long time. The fact that you are more than an owner but an actual fan who acts like a lot of us would like to think we would act if we could afford to buy a team goes a long way. Keep it up.

By: Allen

Allen — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:06:14 +0000

I’m a Spurs fan first and foremost. Living in San Antonio most of my life I have watched the Spurs back in the lean days. This has been a great series with very little trash talk from either team except maybe Mark. Mark Cuban is not evil…just very emotional and passionate about his team. He has also spent more time on the floor during this series than the Spurs Centers. I for one enjoy his antics. Spurs fans are the same way. It’s a rivalry and probably the best the NBA has ever seen in a long time. The last great one was Spurs/Rockets. So Mark say what your gonna say and do what your gonna do. Come tuesday whoever wins this one takes it all.
Go Spurs Go.

By: Rick Wilson

Rick Wilson — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:06:14 +0000

The Spurs are the most predictable team that ever came down the pike — with the notable exception of Ginobili — Duncan/Parker so much so that they are light-years beyond the point of being boring. What I find fascinating is not that no one has figured out how to stop them, but that anyone continues to beat his head against a brick wall trying to stop them on their terms. That’s not the answer — at least not the only answer — could Diop learn to time his jump so well, to read Duncan’s fake so well, to strike ball instead of hand so well, in time? Maybe. Maybe it would take years, or maybe when Duncan is hot, only a younger, faster center can do so.

Zone or man-to-man, depending on the kind of offensive night the Spurs are running, or how hot Duncan and/or Parker are, is not the main thing. The main thing is to create an answer on the Mavs offensive end. There is no reason on this earth why Diop and Harris, let’s say, couldn’t be a better, near-unbeatable combo in the paint than Duncan/Parker.

What the Mavs will need to beat the Spurs tomorrow on their court, is nothing short of the kind of this-moment-may-be-my-last-on-Earth kind of deadly hunger that Ginobili, unique in all of basketball, displays.

I’m truly rooting for the Mavs (to beat the Spurs), and would love nothing more than to see them go on and face the Cavs, who will surely be the ones waiting at the end of your tunnel, with one LeBron James in the lead.

Rick in Reno

By: Joe Corey

Joe Corey — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:06:14 +0000

Tim Duncan is the most boring superstar in the history of basketball. At no point do you ever get that snapshot moment where you feel a hardcore motivation from the guy. He plays the game well, but if given a choice of seeing Duncan or that rat bastard Kobe, I’m going to watch Kobe – mostly with the hope that someone is going to punk him on a drive. Duncan is like flavorless Jell-O.

As for the Mavs, imagine how little coverage your team would get if you sat up in a Skybox and counted the parking receipts instead of paying attention to the refs?

By: Dylan

Dylan — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:06:14 +0000

Got to admit Mark, not a big fan of your team, certainly not yourself. Honestly, I don’t appreciate all the whining about the refereeing, especially after watching game 3 where it basically appeared the game was fixed. You should probably give the Spurs a little bit more respect… they’re about to beat your team after being down 3-1, they have the best and most respectful player in the NBA in Tim Duncan, AND none of their players throw punches.

On another note, you got the rivalry thing right on the head. As a Knicks fan, I will always hate the Heat and the Nets, but since Jordan left the Bulls things have never been the same. Not to mention we are now arguably the worst team in the NBA. The huge rivalries that form are great, and they make the games more entertaining.

My favorite rivalry in sports, however, has to be the Packers-Vikings. Yes, I’m a HUGE Packers fan, and going to a Pakcers-Vikings game at Lambeau is probably one of the most exciting experiences ever. It seems like every single fan wants to rip the Vikings’ heads off, and it would be a novel idea, I’ll say that.

That’s all I’ve got, but just PLEASE don’t complain about the refereeing tomorrow when the SPurs dismantle your Mavericks.

By: JR Ewing

JR Ewing — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:06:14 +0000

Oh yeah, and I said in comments before on another blog that the series would go 7 because the games are fixed. Looks like I was right.

You deleted my comment then like you will delete this.