I know I'm not in an individual sport. If I were in track and field maybe I would have won...

I know I'm not in an individual sport. If I were in track and field maybe I would have won something big by now. ... Sure it's bitter sometimes when a teammate doesn't invest the necessary time. The best example was Shawn Bradley. He would some times come to training camp and not had a ball in his hands for four months. But what can you do? There is no rule. Everyone needs to figure out for themselves how to stay fit.

Dirk Nowitzki Speaking Candidly - TrueHoop By Henry Abbott - ESPN

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Interesting

Shot at Josh Howard or Jerry Stackhouse or both?

"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract

by octoberty on Feb 25, 2009 12:32 PM CST reply actions

Thank you for sharing that

I found this noteworthy:

Looking down the road, would you be willing to be part of a rebuilding in Dallas in case it doesn’t work out for the playoffs with Jason Kidd?
Not even reaching the playoffs? I am too old for that now. And Mark Cuban and General Manager Donnie Nelson know that. I cannot imagine us making any moves which would cost us a spot in the playoffs. We still have a playoff-caliber team. And even if things absolutely do not work out with Kidd, I cannot imagine that we would drastically make the team younger as long as I’m in Dallas.

Isn’t it also fair to say that by not making any substantial moves, it might just cost us a spot in the playoffs? I think right now we’re eighth, just barely hanging in there. Is Dirk sold on the idea that right now we’re a playoff-caliber team? Or has he seen the light since this interview was done?

"Fun" and "Failure" both start out the same way.

by Marie on Feb 25, 2009 12:38 PM CST reply actions

“The worst thing you can be is a 40-win team. Sometimes, you’ve just got to make a decision that you just want to develop guys for the long term. That’s just the decision teams make.”

- Mark Cuban, speaking about the Knicks (Newsday.com)

by octoberty on Feb 25, 2009 12:50 PM CST up reply actions

I feel a lot better about our future now

Bring on 2010

"Fun" and "Failure" both start out the same way.

by Marie on Feb 25, 2009 12:59 PM CST up reply actions

excruciating

sarcasm. :)

The Charles Barkley Ancestors Count: 16 Grandmothers, 0 Mother

by DOH on Feb 25, 2009 1:17 PM CST up reply actions

heh

you could make the case that being a 50-win team in the West right now is equivalent to being a 40-win team normally

by MeanMr.Mustard on Feb 25, 2009 5:15 PM CST up reply actions

Well ...

Now we have an explanation for his mini-slump. He knows we need some moves, we made none and he looks a little bit less into the game. I don’t know what to make of this team. One time, they start to make have good games like Miami, Orlando and all that … Then we fall apart. We better have a fantastic plan for the next 2 years. www.dallasbasketball.com has a great article with a good plan.
( http://www.dallasbasketball.com/fullColumn.php?id=1367 )

by hugommorais on Feb 25, 2009 5:35 PM CST reply actions

what a weird comment

considering they were minutes away from a championship and the lack of a championship can be directly attributed to Dirk missing key free throws

"To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant."

by ab03 on Feb 25, 2009 8:30 PM CST reply actions

When you look back on the basketball tournament in Beijing and compare it to past successes for Germany, could you tell that the team had gotten older and couldn’t afford to do certain things?
Honestly, I would say all of the other teams have gotten better. I also said that at the 2007 EuroBasket in Spain, where we were a bit lucky to finish fifth. Even then, I had the feeling that all the other teams had taken a step forward. Younger players had been integrated and even the 12th players had earned minutes and were scoring off pick-and-rolls. Everyone can do everything. A year ago I thought: "We didn’t get any worse, but we also didn’t really get any better. We kind of stood still."
And in 2008?
Chris Kaman of course brought us some fresh air. It was important that he was in Athens. Despite an injured foot and him being slightly overweight, he really cleaned up under the basket. I can clearly remember some important rebounds against Brazil and Puerto Rico. That was certainly important. He may not have played a great tournament, mainly because of his injury. But even with him, it was clear to see that we as a team are no longer near the top in the world. We wouldn’t have deserved being in the top eight in the world at the Olympics. The way that Greece and Spain took us a part showed that there are two class levels.

The Charles Barkley Ancestors Count: 16 Grandmothers, 0 Mother

by DOH on Feb 26, 2009 4:38 AM CST reply actions