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Let me say this first. I am a sports junkie. I love basketball, football, tennis, and boxing. While I plan to pick up golf, I don’t consider it to be a sport. Sorry Tiger and Rosie Jones. I consider sports to be events where what your opponent does DIRECTLY affects what you do. As comedian “Honest John” said in one of his performances, “take the ball out of golf and it’s just walking!” But my favorite sport is basketball. Mens or Womens basketball, it doesn’t matter. I will talk, watch, and play this sport all day long. And since the NBA is the basketball league in America, that is what I watch. Having said that, I’m not happy about the racism that I see in the league nor do I consider the players to be role models in any way, shape, or form. I have always called the “NBA” the National Bitches Association with stern (lower caps on purpose) being the head BITCH. And now the Dallas Mavericks have taken being “bitches” to a whole new level!

 

In 2006, the Mavericks made it to the NBA finals losing to the Miam Heat in 6 games. This team was not expected to get to the finals. So to see them competing against a team, the Heat, that had the most dominate center in the league, Shaquille Oneal, was inspiring. Most people felt the Mavericks would be around for a while. That the coach, Avery Johnson, was the right fit for that team. A team that was known more for scoring finally had a coach that would preach and demand that his players defend. After getting to the finals, the Mavericks were knocked out of the playoffs in the first round the next season by the Golden State Warriors, even though the Mavericks had the league’s MVP in Dirk Nowitzki. Nowitzki’s game was shown to have major weaknesses that have yet to be fixed. Why would people think that a guy who is almost seven feet tall and shoots jumpshots is impressive? Common sense says that the closer you are to the basket the better. But the MVP got clowned and embarrassed by guys who backed into the playoffs. The following season, the Mavericks were knocked out of the playoffs again by a team they were expected to beat. This time, the blame was placed on the coach, Avery Johnson. He was fired in the off season after seven of the twelve players told the owner, Mark Cuban, that they either wanted to be traded or have Johnson fired. This is the same Avery Johnson who took a Mavericks team to their first and only NBA finals. I’m well aware of the fact that you can’t fire seven players. That when a change needs to be made, the coach is usually the first to go. But in this case, Cuban needed to take a look at the players. Looks like the Mavericks have seven guys who are a bunch of Candy Asses!

To this day, Nowitzki still doesn’t have a post up game. At almost seven feet tall, that is inexcusable. If this is “his team“, and he is supposed to be “the man“, he must be able to post up smaller players and score when the team needs a basket. The Warriors proved that the way to guard Nowitzki is to put a smaller, quicker player on him. For the past two playoffs seasons, that has worked to perfection. And the Mavericks have “gone fishing” early.

 

Cuban made a trade in the middle of last season, sending Devin Harris and two other players to the New Jersey Nets for Jason Kidd and another player. Pure and simple, this was a bad trade. Three years ago, this would have been a great trade. But Jason is not the same player now that he was then. Yes, he can still get you a triple double, but he is a liablity on defense and his outside shooting is iffy at best. Dallas gave up way to much for Jason. And they will be paying for that trade for years to come. Harris is a young guy who will only get better while Jason is on the downside of his career.

 

In Josh Howard, you have a “space case” who can make plays to help you win, or do dumb things like call timeouts when the team doesn’t have one. Will the real Josh Howard please stand up!

 

No players have stepped up like MEN, and admitted to being part of the “Dallas Seven.” They have made comments in private that got a man fired. Guys who would never have gotten to a NBA finals, and gotten that extra paycheck without Johnson’s leadership, helped get that same guy fired. The bottom line is that the Mavericks don’t have a true “number one” and that is the reason they won’t win a championship. Doesn’t matter who the coach is. If the players lack HEART, there is nothing a coach can do about it. The Mavericks have certainly put the BITCH in the National BITCHES Association!