"Back Like Jordan, Wearin' the 45" Links

by Wes Cox on Jun 20, 2007 9:35 PM CDT in News

Wow. I've got a lot of catching up to do. This post is going to be all over the place, but I'll start with the most important first.

Hey Remember how Erick Dampier only played 7.6mpg (just 2 minutes in game one) in the playoffs even though the Mavs were better with a center on the court. Remember how everyone said he was healthy even though he kept wearing the shoulder brace and it it didn't look like he could grab a rebound with two hands. Well, on June 15th he had surgery to repair a tear in his right rotator cuff. That isn't a real pleasant operation, and it sounds like he will just be getting back to normal as the season begins.

Nelson said the expectation is that Dampier will be cleared for full contact sometime during training camp and that after that it will be a matter of getting his conditioning before he starts playing in games.

It's possible that Dampier could miss a few games in the regular season. But the shoulder should be much better than it was at the end of last season, when he had trouble with range of motion on his right arm.

The good news -- now we know for sure why he didn't look right in the postseason, and it's not just that he sucked. The bad news -- I bet he'll be feeling some pain when he lifts that arm above his head for the early part of the season. If he's not back to start the season, and Mbenga hasn't recovered from his ACL tear back in February than Diop could be the only healthy center on the roster. Oh well, the regular season is meaningless anyway.

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Congratulations Michael Finley.

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That great stalkerish Dirk video was Jamie Mottram's YouTube clip of the week on the Blog Show.

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Congrats to Jason Terry and his wife. She gave birth to their fourth child today.

That should make him forget all about the other reason he's been in the news. Terry's personal chef pleaded guilty to stealing almost $53,000. How did he do that you ask?

Beginning in March 2006, Devereaux stole 21 checks, wrote in amounts and forged Terry's signature, according to court papers. Devereaux also changed two $1,000 checks to read $4,000 each, Ratcliffe said.

Wow, brilliant plan. Can't believe he wasn't to able pull that off without getting caught...

When the wheels were stolen from Terry's car on Thanksgiving day he was pretty awesome about it.

"I'm thankful, and I'm not going to complain over anything little, and definitely not over something that can be replaced," he said. "Hopefully they needed them, and hopefully they fed their family and their kids with them, especially during the holidays."

I kind of doubt he took this as well, but you never know.

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Some video of Mark Cuban reffing a Harlem Globetrotters game -- Ironic, but not all that entertaining.

Video of Mark Cuban pretending to snort cocaine off of his cell phone -- VERY entertaining.

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The Memphis Grizzlies, fellow Southwest Division foes, have hired Boston Celtics GM Chris Wallace to replace Jerry West. That's a downgrade -- just ask Bill Simmons.

They just hired Chris Wallace away from the Celtics, which was like former FEMA director Mike Brown getting hired by France's federal relief agency. I can't even summon an adequate reaction for this move. This was the guy who spent a lottery pick on Kedrick Brown, drafted Joe Forte over Tony Parker, raved about Jerome Moiso's upside potential and said publicly that Shammond Williams was the key to a trade that included the Celtics' picking up an alcoholic forward with a max contract (Vin Baker).

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Gallo Fall, Mavs Scout and humanitarian.

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This Day in Mavs History

2006 The NBA fined Mark Cuban $250,000 for "several acts of misconduct" following Game 5 at Miami, including yelling at the ref after the game ended and cursing while answering reporters' questions."

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okay

i get the jay-z quote in the title but its irrelevant to this discussion how your talking about dampier coming back. please don't put jordan and any mavs player in the same sentence

by Mike Dirkleavy on Jun 21, 2007 1:32 AM CDT reply actions

LOL

You take reading comprehension to a whole 'nother level.

Dirk Nowitzki: Softer than a melted frosty.

by thedirkatron on Jun 21, 2007 9:11 AM CDT up reply actions

And,

I'll compare myself to Jordan all I want!

by Wes Cox on Jun 21, 2007 9:20 AM CDT up reply actions

I think

Wes is talking about himself being back after a long layoff.

Derek S

Signature! I don't need no stinking signature!!

by DerekSTheRed on Jun 21, 2007 8:56 AM CDT reply actions

Correct

by Wes Cox on Jun 21, 2007 9:10 AM CDT up reply actions

hey mike dirkleavy

you are still a retard... glad to know you didn't change

by zkmavz on Jun 21, 2007 10:53 AM CDT reply actions

just remember

you heard it here first.

by BrodyV on Jun 21, 2007 2:25 PM CDT reply actions

Oh

and here too.

Someone needs to hire me to scout. I'll be more than happy to accept the position of "Mavericks Director of Balkan Scouting." All I want is a little apartment in Mostar, Bosnia and season tickets to HKK Zrinjski and KK Velez. Of course, I'd end up weighing 300 pounds due to cevapi (Bosnian sausages), but everyone has to make sacrifices in life.

by BrodyV on Jun 21, 2007 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Wes, I just want you to know...

that I finally signed up for an account so that I could give you props for the Jay-Z reference. For some reason, the baseball sites and a lot of the football sites within SB Nation think that the only type of good music is underground independent rock...or something.

"Yeah, we used to ball like that. Now, we own the ball team, holla back."

by GhettoBear04 on Jun 25, 2007 9:15 PM CDT reply actions