The Mavs Are So Money, and Don't Even Know It

"I'll have the pancakes in the age of enlightenment."

If you have ever seen the movie Swingers, then you know that line. It is an awkward joke that the main character makes in an attempt to flirt with his waitress, and the result is an assumed eye-rolling by an overworked woman who does her job, and doesn’t want anything to do with a random guy who thinks he’s clever by ordering "breakfast anytime," since it is what the menu offers.

It may be a little too easy to fit a basketball team, and a fan base in to a mid-nineties movie scene starring Vince Vaughan, but I am all about doing things the easy way. At first glance, you could assume that we are the dejected-by-life waitress who cannot appreciate the occasional quip by one of her patrons. We have seen every horror that this league has to offer, we have been treated to the highest peaks and lowest valleys that this sport has to offer, and we still follow the Mavs. We go about our business, and think that maybe next year will be different, just like the monotone waitress.

Of course, nothing will be different unless the team looks in the mirror, from an organizational standpoint, and admits the need to make changes. The constantly dynamic nature of this team from a personnel and coaching standpoint is what keeps them interesting to fans. We started the year with ideas that Tim Thomas and Kris Humphries would anchor our bench, and Eduardo Najera, and JJ Barea, respectively, took their places. We do not know where this team will be a year from now, and that is what makes them fun to watch. They do not feel fun to watch right now, after the season, but they kept our attention throughout the season, and they will next year, too.

But while you watching this offseason, and the moves made by the team, keep in mind one thing - we are not the waitress, we are Mikey, the main character who forgot about his predisposition for a split second. We do not want to get hurt, but we will keep trying to find the girl who gets our weird sense of humor, and eventually persistence will pay off. The waitress will turn into Heather Graham, and we will dance to swing music even though it is no longer socially relevant. How long it takes the Mavs to become Heather Graham, I do not know, but the transformation will be worth watching.