Nowitzki is of the opinion that in most of the Mavericks’ 16 losses, they have been their own worst enemy.
“There are not a lot of losses this year where I’d say, ‘Hey, they really earned this one,’ ” Nowitzki said. “Every team in the league always feels like, unless you get blown out, that you’ve given it away. We had our chances [against Phoenix].” (DallasNews)
This guy has a knack for hitting the nail right on the head. In many of the games that the Mavs have lost they gave it away late; sometimes they nearly gave it away in some [...]

I understand that in business it takes big brass ones to be a big success, especially to the extant that a guy like Mark Cuban has succeeded. A small part of me envies the guy; I would love to be so successful and wealthy that I can afford to purchase a professional sports franchise (although I would have no interest in a MLS or NHL one, return on investment too low).
One of the things that I really love is that he is not afraid to go against the grain. When he thought his team had been cheated a few weeks ago [...]

When you are trying to perfect your game you can’t rely on just practice to get it done. However, if you play some really tough competition it makes it kind of hard to work the kinks out or see if a particular idea is one you even want to bother trying.
That’s why college football teams typically schedule really soft non-conference opponents. That’s why homecoming opponents are pushovers. For the NBA, that’s why you have the New Jersey Nets and New York Knicks.
For the last week the Maveicks were 2-2, beatting the tough Celtics and the dangerous Wizards while dropping to [...]

Lots of writers have been talking about the wackiness that surrounds the NBA All-star game lately. Normally I try not to blog about the same thing that a hundred other writers have done a piece on, but the whole spectacle is so absurd that I feel I have to chime in.
I understand that there has to be restrictions on what the players due on the court. The NFL has rules limiting play in the Pro Bowl; those I think are in place for safety as well as competitive purposes. Also teams are together for such little time there is only [...]

First, sports fans, I must apologize to you. As a blogger I should be posting pieces up here daily if not every other day (at a minimum); obviously it has been a little while since I have gotten something up and I am sorry. However, if any of you have had a teething 7 ½ month old with a cold then you will understand why I have been otherwise occupied.
Congratulations to Dirk Nowitzki. The guy has been a class act since entering the league and one of the most dependable players in the game. Crossing the 20,000 point barrier the [...]

Cuban should be glad that most of Dallas and the free world were paying attention to that other professional sports franchise that happened to also be playing a game at the same time his Mavericks were Saturday night. The team lost to the Utah Jazz 93-111.
So far the Mavericks are 3-2 in 2010, having beat the Spurs Thursday night (112-103), the Pistons on Tuesday (98-93), and the Kings to open the year on January 2nd (99-91). The going is not looking to get any easier for the rest of the month.
L.A. spanked Dallas a few days agoon their home court [...]

Normally I wold not write a post on the same topic two days in a row, but when i read about one of the latest exploits of the ballsiest owner in the NBA, well- I just had too.

Cuban has made it pretty well known that he will not bite his tongue when it comes to speaking his mind. I envy the man for that; too often people look to tell someone what they want to hear instead of telling them the truth. If I did a bad job, I want to hear it! Don’t tell me my energy was good, [...]

Love him or hate him, you have to give Mark Cuban some credit. Throughout all his antics, complaining, and tirades he has at least been entertaining himself if the team on the court was not.
When he bough these guys ten years ago yesterday, he had bought the cellar dwellers of the league, constantly in contention for the top pick in the draft and generally just not very good. He knew he was overpaying for these guys when he got them from another guy in Texas that use to love to talk, Ross Perot, and paid a record amount at the [...]

Dirk, maybe there is a reason why the other guys let you do so much.
Two games into the new year and the Mavericks seem to be searching for some form of identity. One decent quarter allowed them to sneak past a sub-par team in the Sacramento Kings Saturday night. Apparently the half hearted play continued the next night when they got to L.A., except this time the other team had talent and it showed.
To say the Lakers gave them a whupping would be an understatement.Kidd forgot how to score and Marion and Gooden did not fare much better. Jason Terry, usually one of the more reliable [...]

The last time these in-state rivals met Dirk Nowitzki ended up going to the hospital with a few of Carl Landry’s teeth stuck in his elbow. That game ended in an overtime loss for the Mavericks- something Cuban is probably still fuming over. New Year’s Eve offered the Mavericks a chance at redemption for the earlier loss less than two weeks ago. What better way to round out the year than by avenging a loss and proving you’re the best team in the state?
That plan may have worked had the Mavericks not lost Nowitzki for the better part of the [...]