Wes Cox, Mavs Moneyball.

Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Although if that were true it would be a pretty solid excuse. Almost as good as if I'd been living out of a camper van in the Outback like a certain reigning NBA MVP (sidenote: I was glad that aricle didn't end with Dirk going Richie Tenenbaum on us). As it is, I don't really have one. And it's hard for me to refute much of anything that was said here -- except that I'm "letting the site die". I definitely don't want that to happen.

I do about 85% of my blogging from the office. It works perfectly about ten months a year. For the last month I've either been at work, actually working, or at home wanting to do anything but sit in front of a computer some more. The time has rushed by and if I'd been asked, I probably would have guessed that I hadn't posted in two weeks. Still pretty lame.

I have no idea why I didn't take the time some Sunday weeks ago to post an explanation, or why I didn't get someone to post in my absence. I'm lazy, I'm a procrastinator, and or the time those traits seeped their way into this site, and I feel like shit about it. I still don't expect to have time at work to post during f= that day for another week, but I'm going to start posting when I get home at night. If that's not working, I'll be happy to field some volunteer applications.

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How about some links?

Don Nelson is still holding out for more money.

Don Nelson leaving might just be the best the news for a Mavs fan of the offseason. I don't expect it to happen.

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Mark Cuban is going dacing, but I still won't be watching...

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Doug Christie just won't go away!

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Pops Mensah-Bonsu has signed with Benneton Treviso in Italy. Best of luck Pops!

Babelfish is always good for a laugh. Spectacular bounces indeed.

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Dirk scored 28 points in a loss to France yesterday. Germany will advance to the quarterfinals if they win their final two games against Slovenia and Italy. They probably won't be favored in either game.

If you're needing a Dirk fix, here are some highlights of Germany in action this summer.

• vs Czech Republic -- Dirk had 35 pts and 11 reb.
• vs Turkey -- Dirk had 24 pts, 6 reb
• vs China

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Reyshawn Terry has signed with Aris BC in Greece. He joins another player with Dallas ties -- Bracey Wright who played his high school basketball in The Colony.

The Mavs still hold Terry's rights.

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Darko is crazy.

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Dampier definitely wasn't healthy at the end of the season. He hasn't run at all this offseason? Expect a slow start for Dampier...