Cuban for Cubs in 07!!!!

PHX will be a much more difficult hurdle than the Spurs. The matchups are not good for Dallas.

3. True or false: It would be a good thing if Mark Cuban were to win an NBA title.

Broussard: True. Mark Cuban is a terrific owner. He’s done everything possible to better his team and franchise, and he carries himself like your average fan. This is clearly not just an investment to him, but a passion.

Bucher: False, if other owners see self-promotion and complaining, loud and long, about every last aspect of NBA operations as the secret to winning a ring. True, if they see thinking out of the box and being passionate about a team’s success as the key ingredients.

Jackson: Yes. Because we all need a little “opposite of George Steinbrenner” in our lives.

Shanoff: True. He’s the best owner in sports. If his brand of fan-centric (and eccentric) ownership was rewarded with a championship, maybe more owners would act more like him.

Sheridan: True. Why wouldn’t it be? The guy may wear thin on some people, but he cares about his product and his reputation, he isn’t afraid to offer his opinion, and if more owners were as hands-on as he has been there would be a lot more buzz about the NBA among casual fans and non-fans than there is right now. The league needs to broaden its fan base.

Stein: True. Dallas and Cuban winning the championship would, once and for all, hush conspiracy theorists forever. It would have to, right? Who could ever again accuse the NBA of rigging anything if David Stern allowed the scourge of the league office — his Lex Luthor — to take possession of the Lawrence O’Brien Trophy? (Wait … who am I kidding? This is the NBA. The blasted conspiracy theorists are never going away, are they? We resume our original programming: Every game my team loses is the refs’ or Stern’s fault.)

Here is the “Avery Grab Bag” video: Priceless, I have easily watched it a dozen times today.

Go Mavs!!! Terry, Dirk, Jerry, Marquis, and Josh – YOU ROCK!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUHIfOicCbU

This is not a stream video so no worries

I was pulling for the Mavericks all year because I want to see a Dallas/Detroit NBA finals.

You know what makes the Mavericks appealing to me the most? It’s because of you, Mark. Aside from having a great team, no other owner is as involved as you. That’s the kind of owner I’d want to be and the kind of owner I would want to work for. Dallas doesn’t need a Jack Nicholson or Billy Crystal at their games, they have Mark Cuban.

See you in Detroit on June 8th…

Here is proof of the foul. Scrol down and look for yourself. It is clearly a foul.
http://sturminator.blogspot.com/

I gotta say, it’s good to be the underdogs. Enjoy this time Mav Fans, because once you win the Championship, there’s a huge target on your head, and everybody comes after you. You’l be playing the Atlanta Hawks, and they’ll be playing super ball that haven’t played all year, just for you.

That said, I think the Mavs have a great chance to win this year, especially with Detroit floundering. Oh, and to those Spurs fans above me: Get over it! We lost, give the Mavs credit, and move on.

Congratulations! Biggest win in Mavs history for the best owner in pro sports.

An email I sent to Mr. Buck Harvey of the San Antonio News Express after game 4:

Mr. Harvey,

With all of the media attention focused on the Kobe-Shaq divorce and two-time MVP Steve Nash’s impact on Phoenix, lost is the fact that Dallas will (eventually) get a ring because of Mark Cuban’s foresight. An eventual two-time MVP’s former team gets better after he leaves? That’s the only point you’ll need to make when Nash’s dual MVP worthiness is still being debated ten years from now. I still think San Antonio can win this particular series with a 40 minute per infusion of Manu… but,last night we saw San Antonio’s true successors to the throne. Detroit is about to implode…and Phoenix? Can you say “microfracture?” Dirk has grown leaps and bounds in the leadership and toughness departments; see his efficiency in the first half to blunt the impact of Parker’s early barrage…This
inspired his team’s performance for the rest of the game ala Willis Reed. That was as good a basketball game as I’ve seen since Barkley tried to wrest the trophy from the utlimate pit
bull, MJ.

Mr. Cuban, I don’t know what Avery has planned for Steve Nash, but one thing I will say is this: If they don’t trap him, you lose. He also needs to look at San Antonio’s approach offensively to Phoenix: Rebounds and easy baskets will decide this series. Dirk must dominate the backboard and you must run on long rebounds and turnovers. This is how you beat the Suns…Devin Harris must channel Tony Parker and push the ball back at the Suns for lay ups. If not, their traps in the half court on your key people (see Suns-Lakers/Clippers)will leave you wondering how you lost to them again. Slowing the game down at all costs plays right into their zone defense–beat them down the court before they can get set. Otherwise, the dam will eventually burst on the other end (see game 7 of Sun-Clippers)–you can’t defend their shooters for an entire game. You would be playing the Clippers tonight if they would have pushed the ball after Phoenix misses in that series.

Take care

Danny Collins