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April 20, 2011
Mavericks 101, Blazers 89: My Top 10 Observer-ations
The Game 2 Hero: Peja10. When the Mavs play with emotion and efficiency, they are tough to beat. Last night the intensity was there courtesy of Jason Terry, Tyson Chandler and the spunky J.J. Barea. And so was the execution, to the tune of a franchise-record low six turnovers -- including ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
Miami Heat Would Have Lost to the Dallas Mavericks Without My Hex. They Don't Need My Help To Suck.
The Game 2 Hero: Peja10. When the Mavs play with emotion and efficiency, they are tough to beat. Last night the intensity was there courtesy of Jason Terry, Tyson Chandler and the spunky J.J. Barea. And so was the execution, to the tune of a franchise-record low six turnovers -- including ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
Will the Dallas Mavericks Bore Their Fans To Death With Another Winning Season?
The Game 2 Hero: Peja10. When the Mavs play with emotion and efficiency, they are tough to beat. Last night the intensity was there courtesy of Jason Terry, Tyson Chandler and the spunky J.J. Barea. And so was the execution, to the tune of a franchise-record low six turnovers -- including ... More >>
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July 9, 2010
Whitt's End: 7.9.10
Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Hope last night doesn't come back to haunt the Texas Rangers down the road. Despite leading 4-0 with undefeated pitcher Tommy Hunter on the mound in Arlington, the Rangers imploded late and lost t ... More >>
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July 7, 2010
Mavs Courting O'Neal? Oh Boy?!
Your Dallas Mavericks are pondering an O'Neal, but not that one. Team source told me last night that the Mavs acquiring former Superman center Shaquille O'Neal is "a long longshot," but that Miami Heat center Jermaine O'Neal is a real possibility. Honestly, neither name gets me too ... More >>
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July 1, 2010
Mav's First Round Pick Dominique Jones May Be The Answer, But The Team Must First Deal With Hard Questions Raised By Dirk Nowitzki's Free Agency.
Your Dallas Mavericks are pondering an O'Neal, but not that one. Team source told me last night that the Mavs acquiring former Superman center Shaquille O'Neal is "a long longshot," but that Miami Heat center Jermaine O'Neal is a real possibility. Honestly, neither name gets me too ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
LeBron James Coming To The Mavericks? Dallas Seems Totally Unmoved By The Prospect.
Your Dallas Mavericks are pondering an O'Neal, but not that one. Team source told me last night that the Mavs acquiring former Superman center Shaquille O'Neal is "a long longshot," but that Miami Heat center Jermaine O'Neal is a real possibility. Honestly, neither name gets me too ... More >>
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May 17, 2010
LeBron > Dirk. LeBron = Dirk? LeBron Dirk!
Granted, he's a better player. Better defender. Better passer. Yeah, a better player. But after last week's second-round playoff flameout by the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James isn't a more accomplished player than our own Dirk Nowitzki. Consider: Both have MVPs. Both have led teams to the ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
The Dallas Mavericks Lift Our Hopes Only To Break Our Hearts. Again.
Granted, he's a better player. Better defender. Better passer. Yeah, a better player. But after last week's second-round playoff flameout by the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James isn't a more accomplished player than our own Dirk Nowitzki. Consider: Both have MVPs. Both have led teams to the ... More >>
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April 29, 2010
Mavs-Spurs Game 6 Irrationally Optimistic Game 6 Preview
Dallas Mavericks' guard Jason Terry is guaranteeing a victory in tonight's Game 6 against the Spurs in San Antonio, which would force a dramatic Game 7 Saturday at American Airlines Center. "No question. We're coming back," Terry said. "We have to. It's our mission. Our job is to go down th ... More >>
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April 26, 2010
GAME 4: Spurs 92, Mavs 89. My Top 10 Observations
10. Spurs' rookie DeJuan Blair is a beast. Sunday he had seven points and seven rebounds in 11 minutes and even placed an elbow in Dirk Nowitzki's ear to bait him into a technical foul. Roddy Beaubois may grow into the Mavs' point guard of the future, but some of us (my hand was raised) were ... More >>
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April 22, 2010
Mavs Star Dirk Nowitzki Will Never Change Some Minds Until He Changes The Color Of His Skin
10. Spurs' rookie DeJuan Blair is a beast. Sunday he had seven points and seven rebounds in 11 minutes and even placed an elbow in Dirk Nowitzki's ear to bait him into a technical foul. Roddy Beaubois may grow into the Mavs' point guard of the future, but some of us (my hand was raised) were ... More >>
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February 11, 2010
Dirk Nowitzki Highlights Invitation-Only Opening of NBA All-Star Jam Session, Which GM Donnie Nelson Calls "Basketball Heaven"
Photos by Sam MertenReal Nowitzki with Bobblehead Nowitzki, which features a "freggin' huge" head.While the Mavs haven't given folks a whole lot to get excited about lately with five losses in the team's final seven games heading into Sunday's All-Star Game (capped off by Tuesday night's 36-p ... More >>
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January 15, 2010
Whitt's End: 1.15.10
Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Haven't gotten a chance to ask him about it yet, but did I miss something or is Babe Laufenberg leaving CBS 11? Maybe he was buying CBS 11. Did I get that wrong? UPDATE: Says Laufenberg in a text ... More >>
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November 30, 2009
Will City's Decision to Charge For Parking at Fair Park Cost It Buchanan's Flea Market?
A cold, rainy Sunday a month before Christmas seemed like the perfect opportunity to make it out to Fair Park's Automotive Building for the monthly Buchanan Antiques and Collectibles Market, which has been setting up shop out there since '95. That's where I found my prized Mercantile National Ban ... More >>
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October 28, 2009
Wizards 102, Mavwrecks 91: My Top 10 Observations
10. There was some good news out of the Dallas Mavericks' hideous 102-91 loss to the Washington Wizards last night at American Airlines Center. Bruce Hornsby - a long-time buddy of head coach Rick Carlisle - played a stirring National Anthem on the piano. (But, dude, he has the limpest/wimpi ... More >>
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October 27, 2009
Happy Basketball! Do You Believe in These Dallas Mavericks?
Dirk looks excited about the season. You?Last time we saw our Dallas Mavericks it wasn't pretty was ugly. Jason Terry was flopping (only 15 points per game), the defense was floundering (surrendering 115 per game) and owner Mark Cuban was flapping (his gums at Kenyon Martin's mom) in ... More >>
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July 27, 2009
Mavericks Land Themselves a Gooden
And the consolation prize is ... Drew Gooden. To which I say, not bad. Not bad at all. He's no Marcin Gortat or Carlos Boozer or Emeka Okafor, but the 6-foot-10, 250-pound 27-year old journeyman can be a nice fit on a nice team. Gooden seemingly has the size and skills and athleticism to be ... More >>
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July 6, 2009
Mavericks' Free Agency: Kidd Returning, Polish Hammer Looming
The Mavs are Pole dancing. Got your $1s ready? We can no longer confuse the Dallas Mavericks' silence with inactivity. Let's hope we never confuse Marcin Gortat with the franchise's legacy of Great White Nopes. The Mavericks last night agreed to re-sign 36-year-old point guard Jason Kidd ... More >>
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May 13, 2009
Mavs-Nuggets: Irrationally Optimistic Game 5 Preview
Stay classy, Kenyon Martin's girlfriend. Stay classy.Let's keep this short and sweet, as I'm scurrying off to Las Vegas this morning to accept a CLIO Award. (No, check that, they're whispering in my ear that my schedule actually calls for an Observer staff meeting in Uptown.) Guess the a ... More >>
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May 12, 2009
Nowitzkis 119, Carmelos 117
Better late than never, a happy tune.Now that, my friends, was a basketball game. A playoff basketball game, with everything on it. Delicious. Considering they still won't win this series, the Mavericks had every reason to fold. And after the week he's had, Dirk Nowitzki had every reason ... More >>
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May 7, 2009
The Mild-Mannered Mavericks Are Infected Again By Chronic Case of Whine Flu
Better late than never, a happy tune.Now that, my friends, was a basketball game. A playoff basketball game, with everything on it. Delicious. Considering they still won't win this series, the Mavericks had every reason to fold. And after the week he's had, Dirk Nowitzki had every reason ... More >>
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May 5, 2009
Nuggets-Mavs: Irrationally Optimistic Game 2 Preview
Danny Bollinger Dirk Nowitzki has a case of the old-school Bird Flu. Certain that my prediction of Thuggets in 5 is spot on, my head is bursting with pride. But desperately wanting my Mavericks to pull the upset, my heart is breaking with pain. Before tonight's pivotal Game 2 at De ... More >>
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May 1, 2009
Dallas v. Denver: Nuggets in 5
Mavs' fans, prepare to be nauseated.I sincerely hope I'm wrong about this, but I have a feeling we're all about to get really pissed. Watching the most athletic - and by far the most animated and arrogant - team in the NBA knock the Dallas Mavericks out of the playoffs could be very ... More >>
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April 27, 2009
Mavericks 3, Spurs 1. The End is Near.
Mike Fisher - DallasBasketball.comLet's say that before tip-off of Game 1 I gave you these crystal ball visions about the Spurs-Mavs series: *San Antonio's Tony Parker will skip down Dallas' lane at will, averaging 29 points including games of 38 and 43. *Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki will be h ... More >>
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April 23, 2009
Mavs Have an Old Deamon to Exorcise
The Mavs better find a way to exorcise their old demon after suffering a Game 2 playoff loss against the Spurs
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April 20, 2009
Dear Jose Juan Barea: I'm Sorry
Suddenly everyone wants to talk to J.J. BareaConsider this my public apology to one J.J. Barea. Dude, I was dead wrong. You are not, in fact, a 5-foot-2 pick-up game liability whose shot I could block. Not a novely act nuisance; the obtuse opposite of Shawn Bradley. Not some twisted Criss Ang ... More >>
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April 17, 2009
2009 NBA Playoff Preview: Spurs vs. Mavs
The good news: When the Mavs and Spurs begin their first-round playoff series this weekend it will be a renewal of a rivalry featuring talented, tested teams. The bad news: When the Mavs and Spurs finish their first-round playoff series, the loser will go home and the winner won't be far b ... More >>
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March 5, 2009
The Dallas Mavericks Go for Broke, But Where Is it Getting Them?
The good news: When the Mavs and Spurs begin their first-round playoff series this weekend it will be a renewal of a rivalry featuring talented, tested teams. The bad news: When the Mavs and Spurs finish their first-round playoff series, the loser will go home and the winner won't be far b ... More >>
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January 19, 2009
Mr. Hollins' Opus
Let's don't call Laura Miller and her parade plans just yet, but the Mavericks may have found something. A luxury they haven't enjoyed since, oh, forever. Or at least since Roy Tarpley. A mobile, athletic big man. It was - who else? - Dirk Nowitizki's calm, fadeaway 18-footer that beat the Phi ... More >>
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November 12, 2008
Oh and Three
Let's don't call Laura Miller and her parade plans just yet, but the Mavericks may have found something. A luxury they haven't enjoyed since, oh, forever. Or at least since Roy Tarpley. A mobile, athletic big man. It was - who else? - Dirk Nowitizki's calm, fadeaway 18-footer that beat the Phi ... More >>
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October 30, 2008
Your ’08-09 Dallas Mavericks: Still Good. Still Not Good Enough.
Let's don't call Laura Miller and her parade plans just yet, but the Mavericks may have found something. A luxury they haven't enjoyed since, oh, forever. Or at least since Roy Tarpley. A mobile, athletic big man. It was - who else? - Dirk Nowitizki's calm, fadeaway 18-footer that beat the Phi ... More >>
News
October 9, 2008
The Mavericks' Faith In Jason Kidd
For better or worse, the Mavs trust in the power of Bas-Kidd-Ball
Blogs
July 1, 2008
The Mavs and the Mav-Nots
For better or worse, the Mavs trust in the power of Bas-Kidd-Ball
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May 8, 2008
After the Season Is Torched and the Coach Fired, Mavericks Begin an Overhaul
For better or worse, the Mavs trust in the power of Bas-Kidd-Ball
Blogs
April 29, 2008
Yo, Mavs, The End's Not Near
For better or worse, the Mavs trust in the power of Bas-Kidd-Ball
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April 17, 2008
The Big Easier: The Mavericks Have the Playoffs Just Where They Want 'Em
For better or worse, the Mavs trust in the power of Bas-Kidd-Ball
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February 29, 2008
Damn, Jason Kidd Makes One Expensive Cheerleader
For better or worse, the Mavs trust in the power of Bas-Kidd-Ball
Blogs
February 25, 2008
The Return of the Kidd
For better or worse, the Mavs trust in the power of Bas-Kidd-Ball
News
January 17, 2008
Giant Disgust with Dallas Cowboys
Tony Romo and the Cowboys piss away a Super opportunity
Blogs
January 14, 2008
Are You Shittin’ Me?
Tony Romo and the Cowboys piss away a Super opportunity
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May 1, 2007
May Day! May Day!
Tony Romo and the Cowboys piss away a Super opportunity
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June 8, 2006
Chumps to Champs
Remarkable journey takes Mavs from worst to--finally--first
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May 16, 2006
As Good As It Gets
Remarkable journey takes Mavs from worst to--finally--first

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