After hanging out along the parade route for a while this morning, Nick and I ducked into the convention center for what we’d been told would be a half-hour interview session with the Mavs before they floated their way to the AAC.Little did we know we’d be cooling our heels…
Rick Carlisle just called Dirk Nowitzki “the best basketball player on the planet.” Screw it, let’s go with it. And, for the record, Carlisle did smile. And DeShawn Stevenson did show up, smoking a victory seeegar. Jason Kidd: “We already got this championship. Now we gotta go get that next one.”…
My personal fave: No. 9 from J.J. “Bareeia” — The congratulatory sext from Anthony Weiner…
Early this morning Mavs fans packed the intersection of Griffin and Young, setting up chairs and coolers and settling in behind the barricade along the first block of the parade’s route. And there, amongst the growing throng, was none other than the ubiquitous Robert Crawford — better known, simply, as…
10. It was a simple offensive rebound and putback layup off the glass, but when Shawn Marion produced it at the end of the third quarter on April 25 it gave the Mavericks a 14-point lead over the Blazers in crucial Game 5 of the first round, and it restored…
Last night I finally had the chance to read the new issue of Rolling Stone, which happens to feature a feature by former Observer-er Jesse Hyde, who decamped for his native Utah a couple of years back. The story’s a good one: “America’s Most Twisted Crime Family: Inside a Mormon…
Please don’t take this as a complaint. More of an — as I do from time to time, and always — observation. I love my job(s). Getting paid to attend sporting events is all I ever wanted to do since the day I realized I’d grow up to be too short…
Interviewed Mavericks’ guard DeShawn Stevenson on 105.3 The Fan yesterday afternoon about 2:45. He sounded happy. But not drunk. Listen for yourself. My first question: “Have you gotten over your Finals’ hangover yet?” His answer: “Not really.” In the wake of the Mavericks’ NBA championship he talked about hating the…
10 All-Star Appearances. 1 NBA MVP. 1 Ring. 1 NBA Finals MVP. 4-time All-NBA First Team 3-Point Shootout Champion Soft. Clutch. With Sunday’s victory over the Miami Heat Dirk Nowitzki filled in the final void of his Hall of Fame resume. Only things potentially left that would improve his legacy…
MAVS in 6. from Kiddrae on Vimeo.I’ve been sitting on two videos with which I’d planned to end the day. But Dallas Area Rapid Transit just sent its rather lengthy list o’ travel plans for Thursday morning’s Mavs title parade, so I thought I’d share one — Kiddrae’s gorgeous short…
In a moment we’ll get to Patrick’s account of what city officials had to say about Thursday morning’s Dallas Mavericks championship march through downtown Dallas, which kicks off at 10 a.m. at the Dallas Convention Center and winds up at the American Airlines Center about an hour later. But the…
Tough to tell how serious Mark Cuban is about forgoing championship rings and getting something else to commemorate the franchise’s first title. But he seems pretty committed to changing it up. “Rings are old school,” Cuban said, according to The Dallas Morning News. “Rings are done. It’s time to take…
The Dallas Mavericks’ championship parade — paid for by owner Mark Cuban — will start Thursday at 10 a.m. and travel from City Hall to American Airlines Center. Eff. That. Since Cuban is buds with Jerry Jones (see: 2010 NBA All-Star Game) and seeing that a Mavs’ title parade happens, oh,…
Great. But is it the greatest? When Dirk Nowitzki accessorized his lefty layup in the final minute with private tears of joy and accomplishment last Sunday night in Miami, the Dallas Mavericks symbolically threw Don Carter’s 10-gallon hat in the ring. After years of sheepishly having Brad Davis’ No. 15, A.C…
We had a photographer out at Love Field, where fans met the 2011 National Basketball Association Champion Dallas Mavericks; a slide show, of course, is forthcomingright here. But one good Friend of Unfair Park was out at the airport and moments ago sent this shot, along with this note: “Cuban…
Here, as promised, is the final “mini-movie” from the 2011 NBA Finals, which was just posted by The Association. Near the beginning you will find Ro Blackman, one “Mavericks legend” discussing another — the Mavericks legend now, the German Moses who led his people into the Promised Land. For such…
Mark Cuban was fuming. His team had just blown a 23-point lead in a Game 4 loss to Portland in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The Mavericks were two losses from another early-round exit, the likely firing of head coach Rick Carlisle and yet another in a seemingly…
The Mavericks — those soft lil’ Mav-wrecks — were headed onto their bus and into the Miami night toward South Beach for an unprecedented night of partying with 100 bottles of Rose at famed night club LIV. More important, the Mavericks were headed into a future as NBA champs. “The best thing…
Dallas, it would seem, has a new America’s Team this morning, and so we’ll get to the “news” in a moment. First, though, two Association videos — sneak peeks at the “mini-movie” to come later this afternoon. On this side, Dirk Nowtizki, who “slew the fire-breathing demon of unfulfilled expectations”;…
10. You knew it was going to be an intense game … even before the game. During shootaround at American Airlines Arena this afternoon neither Dwyane Wade nor LeBron James would respond to Dirk Nowitzki calling their mocking video “childish” and “ignorant.” Their response: “We have no comment.” Before the…
If you liked The Association’s Game Four mini-movie, you’ll love the Game Five short film, which was just posted. Come for the in-game footage; stay for the behind-the-scenes stuff. “They’re in the way of our championship,” says LeBron James. Oh, really?…
10. So did he or didn’t he? Rashard Lewis I mean. Did he or didn’t he sleep with LeBron James’ girlfriend? Best guess: Maybe. 9. Remember when I said a faster pace would equal better looks for the Mavs on offense? With J.J. Barea joining the series and Jason Kidd pushing the ball…
