Now getting murdered on the road vs Sac...wtf

WTF is going on.

Just a slump. Happens to everyone. Spurs going through one right now.

I sense something worse. Hope I'm wrong.

Teams going to lose tomorrow too. No way this team wins the 3rd game of a back to back to back.

Losing to Sactown and Phoenix back to back is pretty ugly.

Need Delonte and Haywood back badly.

at this point I'm just hoping we make the playoffs so simpleton is wrong

Mavs fall to the 8th spot tonight

Something is definitely off right now. Remains to be seen whether they can right the ship. Championship is definitely up for grabs this year.

Something is definitely off right now. Remains to be seen whether they can right the ship. Championship is definitely up for grabs this year.

There are 4 teams within 2.5 games trailing the navs.

Expect at lease 2 of these teams to make significant trades

Fortunately for the mavs, the team in 9th place just lost its second best player for the year.

The mavs mightttt be ablo to eek into the playoffs.

Pretty sure only 2 teams are a lock for the playoffs right now.

hmmm, the odds do not reflect that. hollinger says there's a 30% more chance the #3 team makes it over Dallas

http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/playoffodds

if i were the 7, 8, 9, 10 teams i'd be worried. the top 5 seem to be pretty much a lock, barring monumental collapse.

So getting back to the perception of the Mavericks as whiners, Here's a quote tonight from Derek Rose, the guy no one ever has a bad word to say about because he's such a super good guy.

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"I've gotta be the only superstar in the league that's going through what I'm going through right now," the reigning MVP said. "But I can't say too much about it."

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But simplebay's right, only the Mavs EVER complain about officiating.

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Simplebay posted 10:40a
is there a nba record for teams complaining about officiating off the court?

if so, the mavs take it in a landslide

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Simplebay posted 11:32a, 03/06/12
top to bottom, from owner to coach to players....

no one complains more about officials than the mavs organization. and subsequently, their fans.

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But simplebay's right, only the Mavs EVER complain about officiating.

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Please read. Where did I say no one ever complains about officials? In fact, i don't even think the Mavs are the worst team in the nba about complaining about calls in game (Spurs, Heat, Lakers, Celtics)

However, off the court, in postgame, press quotes, practice quotes, etc.... and as a whole (Owner, GM, assistant coaches, head coach, training staff, parking attendant, trainers, players)....

no. one. organization can top the mavs. as Pahdz alluded to earlier, could be victim complex. could be the way the org is structured from the top down.

this isn't really even an argument. you are wrong if you don't think so. statistically, this is a verifiable. The amount of quotes and articles written surrounding the mavs that have to do with officiating is astronomically higher than any other organization.

also, cuban is by far, statistically verifiable, the owner with the highest fines levied against him as a result of complaining about the officials.

all this may be systemic from the 2006 screw job, but more than likely it's the perception the organization gets as a whole, as a result of Cuban not picking his spots to publicly lash out at the officials to his advantage (see: Phil Jackson), and instead cuban spreads a mindset of whining and complaining that permeates amongst the mavs fanbase.


so, in the words of phil jackson...



[This message has been edited by Simplebay (edited 3/13/2012 8:59a).]

Great start vs the hated Spuuuuuurs.

Ginobili the King of Flops.

Spurs came out completely flat. Definitely expected better with a fresh Tiago and Manu.

About time Dallas got the benefit of another team playing their second game in two nights.

Steven Jackson taking the flop baton from Ginobili lol.

if you don't fall over you don't get the call. He can't let Dirk create space like that otherwise he can't guard him. If Dirk lowers his shoulder to create space, he has to fall over to get the call. Officials won't call it unless you fall over. Sucks, but that's the way it is. Every team and every player does it. Some more than others. But everyone does it.

That was pretty clearly an offensive foul.

Luck of the Irish on that 3!

Dirk's looking amazing tonight. Hitting shots akin to last years championship run.

Huge win. Definitely getting back on track.

Great win for the Mavs especially considering no Matrix, Leprechaun, or Haywood. Would love to play those clowns come playoff time... easiest team to beat in the Western top half and really havent been the same since Duncan lost a step on offense.

**** yeah Dallas. **** yeah.

Once a Mav always a Mav?

JJ Barea...what a teammate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IgC4j51ULM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

A) what does this have **** all to do with Mavs?
B) based on track record if someone was being a punk it was probably Love
C) go troll somewhere else

I would guess Love said something *******ish about barea not being the man on this team, and barea, having actually won a championship, probably angered Love with his response.

Kevin Love obviously didn't get the memo. You don't stand up and confront the tiniest dude in the NBA face to face. You cheap shot him while he's defenseless. That's what real men do, right Simple?

Going to the world champs @ Nuggets game tonight.

Row 18...wanted court side but couldn't find anybody that would sell a single e-ticket.

Passing through Denver and the flight was oversold. Was tempted to stay, get the voucher, and go to the game.

Dallas 7 road losses in a row. About to be 8?