I feel you, Stan Van Gundy. Whenever I type “Dwight Howard,” I can feel it getting relayed to you in the form of endless questions about the “distractions” facing Dwight and his teammates. I can see you doing a full eye-roll complete with backward head tilt. I can hear you from here: “Would it be possible for us squeeze in our season between rumors about something that may not happen and if it does, won’t happen for months?” I’ve been on the beat. I understand
Mitnick Column: Mavs show smarts with restraint
To the outrage of many Dallas fans, the Mavericks have firmly made the decision to let go of several key pieces of last year’s championship squad. Since Mark Cuban has always been notoriously willing to spend whatever is necessary to field a top notch squad, it seems perplexing that the Mavs wouldn’t be willing to break the bank to keep Tyson Chandler, the defensive anchor of their championship team, let alone be willing to ditch J.J. Barea, Caron Butler and
Hubbard column: Mavericks have a devil of a decision to make
Although Greed holds a prominent position among the Seven Deadly Sins, there are times when it is a virtuous endeavor. Take the desire for multiple championships, for instance. The Celtics have 17. The Lakers franchise has 16. They want more. In those cases, no one can argue – Greed is good. Last year, the Dallas Mavericks played the 31st season in franchise history. They were a little more than a decade removed from residing in the inferno of the ’90s – a period when
Meanwhile, in Mark Cuban’s basement
This comes from Jesse Blanchard of 48 Minutes of Hell, a San Antonio Spurs blog.
Lockout Update: Michael Jordan, Paul Allen in the house
NEW YORK — Michael Jordan and Paul Allen, two megalomaniacs who were only bit players through the first 128 days of the NBA lockout, were in attendance Saturday evening as negotiations between owners and players resumed with federal mediator George Cohen assisting. But it was a mix of hawks and doves, too, as Jordan and Allen were joined by Mickey Arison of the Miami Heat, who was fined $500,000 early in the week after he tweeted a fan was “barking at
Tweet of the Day: Mark Cuban’s brother
This tweet was pointed out in an excellent post by Vishnu Parasuraman on Grantland.com: @bcubanBrian Cuban The owners are publicly not at 51 percent but I suspect they have 1 percent in their back pocket to close this out. 2 Nov via TweetDeck
Cuban had idea for eliminating salary cap
That was the word today from union director Billy Hunter in a podcast with Bill Simmons of Grantland.com. Simmons writes: “My takeaway from the hour: Billy seems convinced that his players are absolutely sticking together (that’s his “leverage,” so to speak); he feels like the league is in a much better place than it’s pretending to be; he’s more than happy to work with the more thoughtful owners on ambitious big-picture solutions; he believes the owners’ side has a built-in advantage
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