One game and everything’s okay?
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Avery Johnson | 13 Comments »I've been hearing from people that are posting in the comments and sending me e-mail that this site is now pointless since the Mavs finally beat a winning team. Since it's been a slow couple of days in Mavs land ...
Mavs extinguish the Suns
Sunday, April 6th, 2008 Posted in Avery Johnson, Game Recap | 11 Comments »What an amazing game and win by the Mavericks today. Down 13 points early in the fourth quarter, the Mavs held the Suns to 9 points in the fourth and showed the league that they may be a threat ...
Yet another disappointment
Saturday, April 5th, 2008 Posted in Avery Johnson, Game Recap | 23 Comments »I really didn't want to have to write a post like this tonight. Maybe I bought into how good this team looked Wednesday night and really didn't take into account the circumstances of that game. But I wanted ...
Back to reality
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Avery Johnson, Mavs Talk | 16 Comments »Now that everyone has had a day to soak in and enjoy the Mavericks first good win in 2 months it’s time to get back to the current reality of this team. They’re still 1-10 against teams over .500. The ...
Will Dampier get to play tonight?
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted in Avery Johnson | 11 Comments »What does Avery have to say about Dampier playing against the Warriors tonight? "Historically, it's been that way," Avery said. "If Damp is not rebounding or he's getting a little confused in transition or he's not making them pay in the ...
Tuesday night stuff
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Avery Johnson, Mavs Talk | 11 Comments »Amazingly Dirk is now listed as day-to-day. If he does come back tomorrow night that has to be the quickest healing of a high-ankle sprain ever. Most guys are out a month at the least. I guess there's ...
Mavs vs Clips
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Avery Johnson, Mavs Talk | 39 Comments »I've got to get to work early in the morning so just putting a post here for any comments on the game tonight. If anything goes terribly wrong I'll post again in the morning. Jason Kidd had a great first ...
Welcome to 8th
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Avery Johnson, Game Recap | 43 Comments »Last year in the first round of the playoffs Avery benched Erick Dampier in game 1 and effectively told the Warriors that the Mavs had to conform to their style of play. This lead to a first round exit ...
Are the excuses beginning?
Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in Avery Johnson | 23 Comments »Could the excuses for the poor performance since the All-Star break be starting? Here's what Avery has to say about having 8 new players this year, 5 since the break. "Had we remained the same, maybe you could see ...
Single Elimination?
Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in Avery Johnson | 8 Comments »Avery had this to say before the Nuggets game about the Mavericks current position in the West. "We're playing single elimination. That's the way we've got to look at it." I guess this season is already over then? Postings on this ...
Well, that sucked
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Avery Johnson, Game Recap | 61 Comments »After the first half I was getting ready to come on here and talk about how good this team looked. They scored 70 points for only the 2nd time this season, Avery mostly stayed on the bench and let ...
Devin Harris is Good
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Avery Johnson | 25 Comments »With Devin Harris going for 22 points and a career high 15 assists last night against the Pacers let's take a look back at the trade. When this trade happened I was all for it. I thought Jason Kidd would ...
My Positioning Statement
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Avery Johnson, Mavs Talk | 15 Comments »Ok, I'm getting tired of hearing the phrase "fair-weather fan" and that I'm not a "real fan," whatever that actually is. So I'm going to go through my Mavericks history and why I started this site. I didn't move to ...
Let’s stay competitive
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Avery Johnson, Game Recap | 7 Comments »Nothing like a visit from the NBA's version of a band-aid to bring people back from a ledge. Of course when you're playing a team that starts Josh freakin' Powell at center you should dominate them, no matter who you ...
Monday Night Quick Hits
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Avery Johnson, Mavs Talk | 17 Comments »It was a busy Monday in Mavericks land so thought I'd just quick hit some of the news of the day. Dirk is an extremely lucky guy who somehow came out of the yesterday's game with only a high-ankle sprain and ...
