Dallas Mavericks

When Mark Cuban told Lydia Moore that her son, the Nuggets' Kenyon Martin, was a "thug" after Game 3 of the Nuggets-Mavs series, he crossed a line. I thought I'd point out the Top 10 Things he MEANT TO SAY to Ms. Moore:

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owen's days of "Kobe stopping" (which he never really did anyway) are far behind him.

5-Dallas Mavericks; 29-20, 7th in the West

They may be seventh in the West, but the Mavs are surging having won their last four, including victories over formidable opponents like the Orlando Magic, to name one. Dallas appears to be putting it together under underrated head coach Rick Carlisle, and Josh Howard and Brandon Bass are back in the swing of things offensively.

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The Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics have indeed renewed there once coveted rivalry. The Lakers have had a very sour taste in there mouth since last year's NBA finals and this year they have come to play against the Celtics. The Lakers, yet again must learn life without Andrew Bynum. And this year things will be different. They match up so well with the Celtics. Kobe and Gasol against Garnet, Pierce, and Allen. One of the Celtics three will always shoot themselves in the foot. The Lakers bench is devised of quick, nagging, humble assassins who have come to love there role of being Kobe's sidekicks. The Celtics bench is devised of a Big Baby, a Leon Powe and a cold blooded Eddie House. I guess you could throw in an ineffective Tony Allen, as well.

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Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks (25.8, 8.5, 2.4) – Although the fans’ omission of Dirk in favor of Stoudemire wasn’t as egregious as Allen Iverson’s selection over Devin Harris, the fans got this one wrong, also. Dirk has one of the sweetest shots in the game and is having a superb season. His numbers thus far are better than they were when he won the MVP two years ago. Dirk is also one of only five players to appear in the top 20 in both points and rebounds.

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Harris, who was foolishly traded away by the Dallas Mavericks before last season’s deadline (but that’s a blog for another time), is the 11th highest-scorer in the entire league at 21.5 points per game placing him 20 spots higher than AI. And when you look at the numbers, which is the only thing anyone should look at, Harris’ 2008-2009 totals leave little-to-no evidence for his omission.

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Look at the epic Golden State Warriors versus the Dallas Mavericks two years ago. That would have never happened in baseball. While I am looking forward to the upcoming second season, it’

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Today's tangent is inspired by Raymond (shockingly, with me on this one) and Matt Stauffer, who has posed a challenge to me by asserting that the Celtics will lose to either Detroit or the winner of the Western Conference for a few key reasons.  Following the game one victory for Boston, I thought I'd address a few of his concerns (convenient that I waited until a resounding Celtics victory to start talking smack, isn't it?).  Hey, hey, easy now, I'm not fixin' to start a war or anything, in fact I respect the feedback and the fact that somebody is actually reading my posts (anyone else? ...Beuller?).  I'm only out to address the argument and provide as complete a rebuttal as I can, so without further delay, let's get started.

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prospect that I'm most excited for is the possibility that Mike D'Antoni could end up coaching the Dallas Mavericks next year.  It may not happen, especially when you consider that Mark Cuban is looking for a coach to put the Mavs over the top and win a championship which D'Antoni isn't exactly personifying at this moment, but still I think it could happen.

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Now that's more like it.  The Celtics have put the Hawks on the ropes with a resounding and convincing victory in game 5 last night.  Everything that was going wrong for Boston in games 3 and 4 seems to have been solved by playing in front of their home crowd, and similarly, everything that was going right for the Hawks evaporated into thin air as the road team.  I suppose that it just goes to show how huge an advantage a raucous home crowd can be in a playoff series.  That being said, I think that the Celtics are poised to break the cycle in this series and finish the Hawks off in game 6 in Atlanta.

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We have been waiting for this moment for months.  No, I’m not talking about the Jason Kidd trade to go through (which it did today).  I am talking to about the second half of the NBA season to begin.  The first three and a half months can be such a drag, and usually are but in the second half, everything picks up.  It is a two-month stretch run to the playoffs.  This is the time when teams like San Antonio and Detroit flip their switch on and look to be playing their best when the playoffs begin.  The flurry of trades that have gone on in the last two or three weeks has just made the second half that much more interesting.  The NBA season is about 20 games too long and it kills ratings but now is the time to jump on the bandwagon.  These next couple months of the regular season and the playoffs are going to be some of the best basketball since the ‘80’s.  The NBA, where exciting happens.

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