<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Nov. 5 -- If you're on this page, you know of the folderol between Dallas Mavericks owner and blogger Mark Cuban and TNT analysts Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley. What? You're haven't been paying attention? Well, NBA.com has. Allow us to help you catch up. Here's the latest: CUBAN'S NOT 'MAD' Posted Saturday, Nov. 5, 2005 at 1 p.m. ET In a Saturday afternoon entry, Cuban only made a passing reference to Kenny and Charles and their "conversation" about ... wait, where did this all begin again? Oh, yeah, Dallas defending the pick-and-roll: "Im not mad at the TNT team. I actually really like Kenny and Charles. They are good guys. I just dont like the way they do their jobs. Thats my opinion. Thats what blogs are for. To write about whats on my mind." Is it over? To be revisited on Thursday? Stay tuned. Oh, by the way, the Mavs' next TNT game is Dec. 1 vs. San Antonio. KENNY TAKES OFFENSE Posted Friday, Nov. 4, 2005 at 7:45 p.m. ET Smith has responded to Cuban's Friday morning entry. The Jet's not happy, but says his brain (the ultimate WiFi) has plenty of computing power: "First, I love Avery Johnson. I don't like him, I love him and I have the utmost respect for the entire coaching staff. However, it wasn't the coaching staff that called us idiots. It was you Mark, you spoke for yourself. Second, in terms of basketball, I don't think there's anything that Charles and myself haven't seen or heard or haven't been a part of in an NBA basketball game. There is nothing that's been done in the game of basketball that I can't comment on, but I don't think you can say the same. To use the term 'idiots' was offensive and I took that personally. I think if you put us in a room and we had to describe the game of basketball people would want to hear what I have to say over what you have to say. If you really understood the game, you would realize that coaches and players have always had different philosophies. That's what makes the game great, that people have different philosophies and some work better than others. It doesn't make the Dallas Mavericks philosophy wrong just because I don't agree with it, and it doesn't make us idiots just because we don't agree with you. I don't need a stat sheet or the Internet to know how a guy shoots or how he plays the game. My brain and eyes are my computer and I log on everyday. " Thus sayeth the Jet. We're guessing this isn't the end of this.</div> NBA.com I enjoyed a good laugh reading this.
This is kinda like the male version of "The View". A bunch of over the hill girls arguing over nothing. BUt it is quite entertaining. So let the bitching continue !
I agree with Cuban in that Kenny and Charles aren't particularly good analysts. Kenny is a little better than Charles, who's just terrible. And I don't like the argument that "we had successful NBA careers, so therefore we're better at analyzing the game than you."
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting michiganave17:</div><div class="quote_post">This is kinda like the male version of "The View". A bunch of over the hill girls arguing over nothing. BUt it is quite entertaining. So let the bitching continue !</div> Girls are never funny, But Barkley and Smith responding to a shot taken at them by a rich white man who dresses up like Craig Sager should be funny.
