Dallas and its soulless population ?

[oldeagle]

Here is an article from a San Antonio paper. I think the writer is taking the game a little personal. And the best he could do was an old pic of when Nash was here. I guess Cuban calling the riverwalk filthy, hit a cord.


March 24, 2008
It sucks to be Dallas

This is a real picture.
The Spurs beat the Mavericks Sunday 88-81. Not only was it fun to watch, but it reminds "At Large" that professional basketball serves as a good metaphor for the difference between the two cities.

The Alamo City: Gary Cooper of the NBA

In San Antonio, Peter Holt heads an ownership group that remains behind the scenes, letting R.C. Buford and Gregg Popovich pull the strings without interference. Operating below the league's salary cap, they have assembled a group of stars, role players and cast-offs to build the league's premiere dynasty. The Spurs behave on and off the court. The fans adore them and ride the emotional rollercoaster with them.

Dallas fans can't talk about the Spurs without making ethnic slurs. Check sports message boards if you don't believe me. That's Dallas.


Dallas: credit-card idiocracy

The Mavericks reflect the shallow insecurity that is the Metroplex, the land of $30K millionaires and McMansions.

The team is owned by a crass billionaire, who shouts obscenities courtside, bans the press from his locker room and overspends to get players. He's best known for whining constantly about the world's plot against him.

Head Coach Avery Johnson, while a good player here, is clearly in over his head. Many have misinterpreted his anger and control issues as evil genius, but it's clear things are spiraling out of control. Avery inherited a good team and things have deteriorated on his watch.


The fickle middle fingers of fandom

That's because his best player, Dirk NoGameSki, is soft. Two other big players, Jason "Nads" Terry and Jerry Crackhouse, are thugs. His big personnel move, bringing in an over-the-hill legacy, has been an unmitigated disaster. The Mavs are 9-9 since they landed former wife-beater Jason Kidd.

And the fans are, of course, are worthless. They booed the Miami Heat when D.Wade undressed their team in the 2006 Finals. They regularly boo the Mavs when they trail. Even with all of the previously mentioned problems, the team is only a few games out first place. And yet there's Fire Avery, a Web site that has placed blamed on the Little General. This is one year, by the way, after Avery coached the team to 67 wins.

Stay classy, Big D! "At Large," during this "Spring of Living Dangerously," salutes you.

http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/atlarge/

[dirkforpres]

"Waaah. My team isnt getting credit for the win because Dirk was injured!"

This blog has so many ridiculous points that I dont even know where to start. Ill say first of all, how can you talk about thuggish players on the Mavs when you have Bruce Bowen sliding his foot under players when they shoot jumpers and Robert Horry throwing a much smaller player in Steve Nash to the floor in the playoffs? Next, saying Cuban is whiny? You have the whiniest player in the league in Tim Duncan. STFU.

[catalyst]

The best advice that I can give it let a braying ass bray. responding only makes him more effective and bray more.

[sosafan70]

I don't respect a franchise who's dynasty is solely based on tanking one season after their star player was "injured".



Now, Mr. Blogger man, show me in that sentence where I used any derogatory remarks

[sosafan70]

Avery should post this article in the Mavs locker room

[your_dallas_mavericks]

Oops, I replied to the braying idiot...

On posting this in the locker room, what good would it do? We won't play San Antone again unless in the playoffs...

[your_dallas_mavericks]

I don't respect a franchise who's dynasty is solely based on tanking one season after their star player was "injured".

It's tactical...

The person I don't respect is Stern who made sure that San Antonio got the top pick, not Boston. He did it to insure the franchise wouldn't falter and to prevent relocation.

How many franchises have relocated under Stern's watch?

Lots!

[studcrackers]

what a douche that guy is, also id love to see where we're calling spurs and there fans a bunch of euros and there fans full of mexicans

[Magz50]

As a Spurs fan i find that blog pretty lame.

[MainEv3nt]

just gives me another reason to hate spurs

[NuclearPalsy]

San Antonio has to take it to that level to make up for not having a football team.

[ppp000]

Who cares, honestly somepeople are not only unclassy, juvenile, but they clearly have too much misplaced anger and time on their hands.

[pro2020]

pathetic.

[sweet daddy]

This sort of stuff shows up all the time. No big deal. Somebody still harboring hatred for us knocking them out of the playoffs 2 years ago.

Usually, the more they hate you, the better you are playing. I wish we were getting more of this kind of stuff right now, frankly.

[sweet daddy]

[Teddy KGB]

Dear Braying Idiot,

You suck.

Your Truly,

All Mavs fans

[D-ROCK70]

[your_dallas_mavericks]

I posted again, I couldn't help it. I have JES12 disease or something where you just have to reply no matter what

[JES12]

I posted again, I couldn't help it. I have JES12 disease or something where you just have to reply no matter what

Oddly enough, this is my 1st post on this thread.

[your_dallas_mavericks]

Yet, you had to post! You're all right kid!