No offense but Wade has Shaq who was doubled consistently. I think Howard can be that strong second option if he continutes to improve his outside shot. Miami is a more has a superstar duo and a shot blocking freak in Mourning so you can say all you want about Dirk choking but too much was asked on him and the players on his team didn't step up as much as they could've. Terry will continue to be a streak shooter but I believe Howard can still take his game to another level. When Harris is able to control the ball more he is one of the fastest players in the nba. He could also get stronger which will help his chances on guarding Wade.
Can you use your return key and space out that essay. No offense or anything, just would be easier for people to read. But I'm guessing one series makes Dirk 2nd fiddle then a superstar right? I find that ridiculous. Terry and Howard put up numbers before the 4th quarter without a doubt. But Terry took some bad shots in regulation that resulted in losses. Dirk hit his shots when it counted in clutch time. As for Howard, don't even bring him up as anything right now but a good player who doesn't show up when it counts. He only scored 2 pts in the 4th quarter combined in the 4 losses. So you bash Dirk but fail to realize no one else really stepped it either. On Dirk, face it, the Heat made other players beat them. Just like we did with Shaq. We did not double Wade much at all, if you watched the games, because once we doubled him, it would free up Shaq or leave a perimeter open for 3. And they connected when we doubled Wade. So we could not double Wade continually. Dirk did not have that freedom of having Shaq and having one on one coverage with his defender. Seriously dude, if your that afraid and in disbelief were not going to be any good next year and have no faith, then get lost. Because you my friend are acting like a bandwagoner fan. A guy who doesn't care when they lose, and only comes back and cheers then they win.
I couldn't agree more with Rok here. How about you credit the Heat with great defense and a better plan - to make the Mavs' other players step up? We came close a few games, but we were only able to do it completely in Game 1 and 2. If the other players hit their shots then this is a different series. Shaq had 6 points in a game and averaged 13 (isn't that 7 less than his norm?) but you don't hear anyone saying he choked. That's because Dwayne Wade exploited the double team on Shaq. In due time the Mavs will develop that second option, who isn't Terry. Terry's too streaky. Either Howard or Harris will get there in a year or two (assuming Harris can develop something resembling a jumper and the ability to make a lay-up).
I guess I'm the only one who thinks this just verifies that we will always be second best. We can beat The Spurs, but not Miami. There are a lot of teams within those two teams that will be stepping up to the plate against us next year. They know we choke, we know we choke, so we are going to choke again. Ill still watch them, but I will also know that it wont matter how good Dirk looks, or any other mavs fan looks, because ultimately it wont matter. I apologize about not adding neat paragraphs and not spell checking. If you are too lazy to read my post, dont bother. Go log off and tend to your rather large wife. I can here her complaining from here.Oh, and Miami is the same team that had troubles with the Bulls. Need I say more?Lets face it, This Dallas organization if kept intact will become the next BoSox of basketball. How many upsets will it take until we luck ourselves a ring. Instead of Curse of the Bambino, its Curse of the Cuban. I see it now, after next year, maybe you will open your eyes.
Cry me a river. This team has suffered heartbreakers before. They're not fourth-graders, they've shown that they learn from their mistakes and become stronger. It'll be hard, but I think they've got a pretty damn good shot. This was supposed to be a year when they were going to rebuild to make a run in 07 and 08, anyway, so I think we did all right.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrokenHeart3441 @ Jun 22 2006, 01:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I guess I'm the only one who thinks this just verifies that we will always be second best. We can beat The Spurs, but not Miami. There are a lot of teams within those two teams that will be stepping up to the plate against us next year. They know we choke, we know we choke, so we are going to choke again. Ill still watch them, but I will also know that it wont matter how good Dirk looks, or any other mavs fan looks, because ultimately it wont matter. I apologize about not adding neat paragraphs and not spell checking. If you are too lazy to read my post, dont bother. Go log off and tend to your rather large wife. I can here her complaining from here.Oh, and Miami is the same team that had troubles with the Bulls. Need I say more?Lets face it, This Dallas organization if kept intact will become the next BoSox of basketball. How many upsets will it take until we luck ourselves a ring. Instead of Curse of the Bambino, its Curse of the Cuban. I see it now, after next year, maybe you will open your eyes.</div>The Bulls are winners, they have a great core of players and will only get better in this years draft. Also, we don't match up well against Chicago and we still beat them. It doesn't matter who we "struggle" against, what matters is we won. Stop trying to discredit us and give us some credit. If you don't win next year then there always the year after that, if you think your in a bad spot you can't imagine what Cubs fans are probably going through.
Good point. The Cubs haven't gone to the playoffs two years in a row since the 40's or something. This is the best Mavs team ever assembled, and it's young, so really I don't see the big fuss. We lost to a veteran Miami team with two superstars. Oh well.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>I guess I'm the only one who thinks this just verifies that we will always be second best. We can beat The Spurs, but not Miami. There are a lot of teams within those two teams that will be stepping up to the plate against us next year. They know we choke, we know we choke, so we are going to choke again. Ill still watch them, but I will also know that it wont matter how good Dirk looks, or any other mavs fan looks, because ultimately it wont matter. I apologize about not adding neat paragraphs and not spell checking. If you are too lazy to read my post, dont bother. Go log off and tend to your rather large wife. I can here her complaining from here.Oh, and Miami is the same team that had troubles with the Bulls. Need I say more?Lets face it, This Dallas organization if kept intact will become the next BoSox of basketball. How many upsets will it take until we luck ourselves a ring. Instead of Curse of the Bambino, its Curse of the Cuban. I see it now, after next year, maybe you will open your eyes.</div> If Mavericks are chokers then we should have never advanced against the Spurs in game 7. And if you don't think it matters then why even watch them play? That makes no sense to me. Why even be a fan? Also, to note if you can't take fucken losing, which the Mavs have done for the past 26 years since they never won a championship, and of all years you complain, it's the year they make it the Finals. Unbelievable. And nice job throwing an insult at me about having a large wife after I nicely asked you to space your paragraphs. I didn't throw any insults about it. If you didn't want to do it, fine, and it was pretty obvious I read your essay despite the spaces. Funny thing is after I asked that, you spaced your paragraphs. Is that Bulls comment supposed to mean something? Teams struggle against certain teams, just like we struggled against the Suns smallball/run and gun. Bottom line both teams beat them because their better. Who gives a sh*t if they struggled. Teams just play differently against certain teams. Heat had more veterans and guys hungry to win a title. Mavs had players who thought "hey were young and we'll have another shot at it". It was basically a good to be here mentality for the Mavs, and a learning experience. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Lets face it, This Dallas organization if kept intact will become the next BoSox of basketball. How many upsets will it take until we luck ourselves a ring. Instead of Curse of the Bambino, its Curse of the Cuban. I see it now, after next year, maybe you will open your eyes.</div>Spare me the curses, without Cubes, you rather go back to the dark ages of the 90's and their crappy management? Our management under Cubes has brung us to the Finals(no other Mavs team has done that) and your talking about their being a curse. That's just wow. And Red Sox didn't luck themselves into a ring, they won 4 in a row to beat the Yanks to get to the championship and won handily. How is that lucking themselves into a ring? Maybe you can open your eyes and see how much improvement we've made, and how many teams would be willing to kill themselves to have our management. All we've done is get better with Cubes. Curse? Brokenheart if you can't take this loss, then don't be a Mavs fan. It's that simple.
