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by Wes Cox on Feb 6, 2010 2:32 PM CST
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T'Wolves 117, Mavs 108: How Low Can They Go? | DB.com
Nowitzki was supposed to be at a team meeting at 5 p.m. From what I gather, he was in the building but somehow managed to show up 25 minutes late. According to team rules – and rules are rules – the tardiness precluded him from starting the game. Too bad; the last time Dirk played in a game that he did not start was on Dec. 14, 1999, in a loss to the Spurs. His rookie year, he came off the bench 23 times. Since then, just twice – counting Friday.
Nowitzki's at fault, but it's a rare slip-up | DMN
"I was late, so it was my fault and I came off the bench," Nowitzki said. "We all got to be accountable. I got to take it like a man."
Mavs Morning Donuts: Where's Tim Thomas? | DB.com
As Dallas had beaten Minny 13 straight times, and as Dallas just lost to Minny 117-108, the longest active streak of one team kicking another team’s ass is over. The Mavs’ streak that lives on: Really weird losses at home under really weird circumstances.
Dirk doesn't start, Mavericks can't finish in loss to Wolves | DMN
"I think this team has more pride than it's showing," Carlisle said. "We need to dig down and find some pride." ... Nowitzki, by the way, had no desire to get into a discussion about whether the Mavericks have what it takes as the roster stands now. "It's just that right now we're in a little funk, a little hole," he said. "I'm not looking for any help anywhere else but in this locker room."
Mavs fall victim to the Wolves in Beaubois' coming out party | NBA.com
"(Beaubois) was active. We all know he's made progress. Finishing a game like that is something he hasn't quite done...He certainly came up and made some plays. A couple times, he got in tough situations. But his intentions were very good and his effort was good. There were a few rookie mistakes in the fourth quarter that were costly, but he definitely played aggressively," the coach said of the young guard. "It makes me feel comfortable, because he's showing that he is trusting me," Beaubois said of the confidence Carlisle is giving the budding star. "I have to keep working to show him that he's right, and to help the team win games."
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i don't care about losing if it meant the mavs were going somewhere, and had a plan in place that supported an overhaul, but as of right now, the team is in the middle of the league with, at best, hope that they'll upset a team or two in the playoffs.
the frustrating thing is that this team is fooling fans into thinking that their problems can be easily righted when they can’t. i remember the horrible years of <20 win seasons, and i get that cuban wants to put a competitive team on the court, but this thing is going nowhere.
this isn’t an overreaction to last night’s loss, but to years of treading water after losing to the heat in the finals. this team, as of right now, is going to keep on with the same routine of winning 50+ games in the regular season, then bowing out early in the playoffs until management abandons the pipe dream that the team can do anything in the playoffs even with the possibility of a hasty trade or two.
the mavs aren’t a sinking ship at this point. they’ve sunk. several times, but the organization just won’t admit it to themselves or to fans, and so we continue on with the false hope that patching the holes will get us to where we need to be. blow it up already. i say that without exclamation points because i used those after the golden state playoff loss. i use a period now because it should be a given, but apparently it isn’t.
keep rodrigue, and since dirk deserves to get a championship, trade him, and bring in scouts who know what the fuck they’re doing. draft players we can use, who are athletic, and not stiffs who will be in a euroleague “polishing” their respective games.
this team needs rebuilding, but i fear it won’t come until dirk retires. heaven help us (or at least me) if that’s the case.
Cause I cut the brakes! Wildcard bitches! Yeeehaaawww! *jumps out of van*
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go root for the wolves if you want a rebuilding team to cheer for.
Kidd is playing some of the best ball I’ve ever seen out of him, Jet is starting to get out of his funk, and Dirk will come out more aggressive than he has in his whole career in the next game. I have faith, and the last thing we fans need right now is for everybody to just give up on the season.
All that said, last night was a pretty brutal loss, so I feel you.
no thanks, i'll root for the mavs since i have time and love invested into this team. to suggest i root for another team because my view opposes yours is ignorant.
i rooted for the mavs to get better when they sucked, and now i want improvement because i know it’s possible. it’s nice to know that kidd is playing the best ball of his career, but that doesn’t matter when it amounts to losing to inferior teams regularly.
keeping faith is all well and good, and it’s something that i will continue to do, but to let that faith override common sense, and your opinion of the team, is wearing rose-colored glasses when history suggests that you shouldn’t.
Cause I cut the brakes! Wildcard bitches! Yeeehaaawww! *jumps out of van*
I really don't know what to make of this team
I’m pretty sure we were thinking that we’d be okay once JET broke out of his slump. But he has, and the Mavs still struggle to get help behind Dirk. I might even say that Dirk hasn’t really been the same since the teeth incident.
It feels like right now they’re just waiting for a trade. The offense doesn’t execute often enough, the defense has been missing since December. Right now, there’s three guys being connected with Dallas: Iguodala, Butler and Martin and it could end up that we get none of those, because a Josh+Damp package may not be good enough. What happens then?
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
we sit and wait for the inevitable, another heartbreaking playoff series loss.
Cause I cut the brakes! Wildcard bitches! Yeeehaaawww! *jumps out of van*
Or we can hope that we hit it big in the summer with a free agent.
I think we will, but that’s just my endless optimism rearing it’s head. I said this to myself earlier today “Why do I get the feeling that dwayne gayde might be here in Dallas next year.” There is no concrete evidence to support that he will end up here but a lot of bad stuff happens to us. F that guy.
Yeah, I will always hate him.
Sure he’ll improve the team and if we win a championship it’ll be awesome but I’ll always remember the screw job and hold contempt for him. We can be a dynasty and that still won’t take away the pain from ’06, because that shit was ours and it was stolen.
Me on the other hand...
if he comes and gets Dirk his ring(s), all will be forgiven.
If they win after Dirk retires…then, fuck him.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
What frustrates me...
is that we’re supposed to be in “another” season where the pieces have been acquired for Dirk and Co. to go for gold. It’s just a bummer that suddenly it seems we really need to do another trade. Worse, some fans are already pondering about rebuilding and offseason free agency. That goes to show, some people have already given up this season….Sigh…
It seems the pieces are here already. The team’s just fucking inconsistent.
By the way, Deron and Co. has just knocked us off the third spot. Fuck.
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