21. Mark, I don't actually ave a blog. I do write good old fashioned letters to my friends detailing my observations about sports. I write them long hand and mail them with stamps. I guess what I am asking is: Are you having some kind of ban on the long handed sports letter writers of the world? Why can't we get equal representation? Since I am asking, my niece sends out sports text messages can she come as well? I also have a friend who does sports cave drawings. Is there some way he can get access too? My uncle that does Origami Diorama's only does football so if you can get him tickets to a Cowboys game he would appreciate that.

Posted at 10:06AM on Mar 30th 2008 by Bill Ross

22. This is strange to me. Blogging isn't about picking a fight or witty comments. It's about a story and having a conversation with some readers. Unfortunately it seems that in sports, the conversation is about arm chair quarter backing.

Don't you get tired of people telling you what's wrong with you and your team? That must get old.

I'd be more interested in blogging about the tech business you are involved in. For instance, how is video changing the internet and what do you see will happen in the next decade with high definition video on the net?

Posted at 10:51AM on Mar 30th 2008 by oyun

23. This is strange to me. Blogging isn't about picking a fight or witty comments. It's about a story and having a conversation with some readers. Unfortunately it seems that in sports, the conversation is about arm chair quarter backing.

Don't you get tired of people telling you what's wrong with you and your team? That must get old.

I'd be more interested in blogging about the tech business you are involved in. For instance, how is video changing the internet and what do you see will happen in the next decade with high definition video on the net?

Posted at 10:54AM on Mar 30th 2008 by oyun

24. I'd like to throw my hat in the blogger ring: http://blog.crisatunity.com/2008/03/on-becoming-mavs-fan.html

I have enough imagination, writing skill and chutzpah to creatively blog frequently about th Mavs. With locker room access, I could present a unique and entertaining aspect of Mavs through unique media attention.

I respectfully submit my blog article today as my request for locker room credentials.

In case you don't want to follow the link, here is the article content:

On Becoming a Mavs Fan

In the pre-Cuban days of the late 90s, when the Mavs stunk beyond belief and Nellie (no not him, him) was brought in to turn it around I became an instant, but tepid, follower of the team. After all, I was a Milwaukee-transplant to the Dallas metroplex and Nellie was the only NBA coach I'd ever known growing up. He was just the sort of drunken genius anyone can get behind.

Then Cuban bought the team and what seemed like overnight, the Mavs starting winning like crazy. They frenetically went from love-able losers, to over-achieving underdogs to bonafide contenders. There simply was nothing not to like. The pinnacle of my Mavs fan engorgement was in 2006 when the mighty Spurs were vanquished in seven in the single best NBA playoff series I've ever witnessed.

Truth be told, I always suspected I was just being a bandwagon homer living in the 'burbs. It was a introspective shame that I carefully hid.

Despite the shallow underpinnings of my Mavs fandom, I weathered the Finals collapse. The incredible we-are-the-Globetrotters regular season of 2006-07 was my vindication for keeping the faith. Of course that regular season's greatness evaporated the first game of the first round of the playoffs against the lowly Warriors. Despite that and perhaps through my soft spot for good ol' Nellie and his Miller Lite hijinks, my hope still sprang eternal for 2007-08.

This regular season has been a bizarre dozen or so right turns to try to find the destination of greatness again. Each turn has lead directly back to mediocrity. The last turn I watched was on Thursday in Denver. It become obvious that the season, perhaps the current franchise's constitution was diseased with mediocrity. There would be no playoffs, no greatness, nothing.

There was a dark curtain dropping on the neck of my fair-weather fanaticism like a guillotine. Free of my poisoned beliefs of hoping for what won't be, I discovered with complete surprise . . . I loved the Mavs anyway. I started imagining next season, the draft, what could be - how my Mavs would make it right someday. And, that I would be there all along the way. There with open arms when my little Mavs finally do make it.

Posted at 1:04PM on Mar 30th 2008 by Michael O'Shaughnessy

25. These sad examples are why full post blogging is falling out of style and tublelogs are the new trend. 99% of all blog posts are either poorly written or pointless. You get traffic because you actually have something to say and are in a position to offer some your unique perspective.

Sorry to hear they ended your ban, Mr. Cuban.

Posted at 1:10PM on Mar 30th 2008 by Steve

26. Hi Mark.
Give a blogger a chance.
Chris Webber was always under appreciated.
http://thebiglead.com/?p=5147
Derrick Coleman, the collected works.
http://thebiglead.com/?p=5135

We also have a few years of "pros" journalism experience (a few in newspapers, a couple in magazines, and freelance work, too!), although I'm still unsure if this makes me any more qualified to be in a locker room than a Mavericks blogger who has watched every Dallas game over the last three seasons.

And while we're at it, can I have a plus 1? My 10th grade cousin is a huge Jason Terry fan. It would mean the world to him. No need to open up the media buffet to him - kid eats like a bird.

If you grow tired of being a "pro" and become a "joe" ... does that help or hurt your chances of making the cut?

Posted at 1:16PM on Mar 30th 2008 by The Big Lead

27. Mark,

I'd love credentials.

Here is an article that I wrote for my Mavelo.us site back after the Golden State series. I now write for the mavsmoneyball.com site.

It’s been over two weeks since the Golden State Warriors eliminated the Dallas Mavericks from the 2007 NBA playoffs, and the question remains: How the heck did a number eight seed defeat a number one seed in an NBA playoff series? Most pundits see this as a Dallas collapse, pure and simple. Dirk didn’t play like an MVP, and the rest of the team choked. Meanwhile, coach Avery Johnson was sucked into playing Golden State’s style in game one, which was a major mistake. But is this the case? Could we have witnessed something that was more like a “perfect storm” of events that combined to make this unprecedented eighth seed victory happen? Let’s take a look.

Better than an eighth seed

The first indication that the storm of an upset was coming would be the nature of Golden State’s chaotic season, which made the team enter the post-season as an eighth seed when they were playing much stronger than that. For Golden State, it isn’t the story of team playing like a borderline lottery team all year long, it was almost like a tale of three seasons, with them getting stronger at each stage.

The first stage was the first half of the season, where the team did play like a lottery team. But then they pulled off a major trade mid-season, which made their poor performance at the beginning of the season relatively worthless in assessing their strength heading into the playoffs. Secondly, after the trade they immediately were hit with two key injuries–Jason Richardson and Baron Davis–that left them shy of a full complement of players for a good part of the second half of the season. The key stage was the third, when the full team was finally together. When that happened, they played extremely well, pulling off a very strong stretch run, including victories over strong teams like Phoenix, Utah, Houston, and Dallas. So the first indication that an upset was possible was that Golden State entered the playoffs as an eight seed, while they were playing more like a four or a five seed.

Golden State had the Mav’s number

Perhaps the biggest indication that an upset was possible was simply the fact that Golden State has had remarkable success against Dallas in the past two years. You often hear the phrase that “one team has another team’s number,” and nowhere has that been more true than with Golden State and Dallas.The results are simply astounding: Over the past two seasons where Dallas has won over 120 games in the regular season, they have gone 1-6 against Golden State.

In the case of Dallas and Golden State, it is clear there appears to be something there, but what is it? It’s hard to blame it on individual match-ups or coaching since last season Dallas went 1-3 against a Golden State with a very different team and a different coach than this year, where they have gone 0-3. That said, while the players have changed, the overall type of players hasn’t changed that much. Golden State has a team of large guards and shooters without an impact center, which has been mostly conistent from last year. So perhaps it is the match-ups.

Match-ups

If the top two things don’t collectively indicate the possibility of an upset, adding the player match-ups in the series certainly does. As I mentioned earlier, one of the reasons Golden State appears to have Dallas’ number is the make-up of their team, which is comprised of big guards who can shoot and an undersize but quick front line. It is distinctly possible that this is the absolute worst defensive matchup for the Mavericks. Let’s look at the details. Golden State has very strong and long guards, which causes major problems for Dallas’ small back court of Jason Terry and Devin Harris. And with no real center on the court for Golden State, Dallas was constantly in danger of having Diop or Dampier beaten on the perimeter. It turns out that Dampier didn’t play at all, and while Diop did well, he was often overwhelmed by the guards penetrating or posting up from all angles.

On the other side of the ball, the small line-up from Golden State was difficult for Dallas to take advantage of. Golden State’s “small ball” line-up was actually bigger than Dallas on the guard side. The only way to take advantage of this was by feeding Dirk to shoot over the smaller defender or to hit Diop inside. We’ll get to Dirk later, but while Diop did well in the series, he is far from the kind of center who will abuse a small defense on the offensive end.

A strong team like Dallas expects to impose its will on weaker opponents, but it has never been able to do that with Golden State–they are just too athletic and shoot too well at key positions where Dallas is weak, and, with the exception of Dirk, Dallas doesn’t have the offensive system and weapons to abuse Golden State’s match-up problems on the defensive side. With a line-up perfectly designed to wreak havoc on Dallas, another indication that an upset in the first round was added to the mix.

Defense on Dirk

Much has been made of Dirk’s performance in the series. While people like John Hollinger have pointed out that his play really wasn’t that bad, the reality is that it was quite a bit worse than his season average, and–more to the point–against a smaller team like Golden State, he really should have significantly abused the defense. But that didn’t happen. Some of the fault has to be laid at the feet of Dirk, but we are doing a disservice to Don Nelson and the Warriors by simply stating that Dirk collapsed under the pressure of the series.To put it bluntly, I’ve never seen Dirk better defended, and this includes the job the Heat did on him in the finals last year. Dirk was fronted constantly, making it very difficult to get him the ball in his sweet spot at the elbow. When he did get the ball near his sweet spot, the double teams came at him at the perfect angles to cut off his attempts to post up the smaller defenders.

This is what would often happen: Rather than get the ball directly at the elbow via a pass, Dirk would hold out his left hand from behind the fronting defender, and the guards would toss the ball just beyond the defender’s reach. Dirk would then move out to grab it, landing him about five feet further from the basket than he normally would be. With the double team coming to stop his penetration, Dirk had two options–look for an open man to pass the ball to or shoot a contested shot from five feet beyond his normal comfort zone. Take a loot at this shot chart from the critical game 6. With the entire season on the line, only one, possibly two, shots were made from his preferred spot at one of the elbows:

[flash http://community.mavelo.us/kickapps/flash/media_drop_photo.swf?b=1&widgetHost=community.mavelo.us&mediaType=PHOTO&mediaId=61486&as=4294 o={align=”left” hspace=”5″ w=325}]Dirk received a lot of criticism for passing when he did get the ball, and it is a legitimate complaint. Someone with Dirk’s shooting ability and height should be able to be a weapon further away from the hoop. At the same time, Dirk’s passing has improved to the point where he is good at finding the open man. The trouble was that these players weren’t converting. Another option for beating this defense is for Dirk to rush the basket for an over-the-top pass with a finish at the rim. This would be difficult to make work against Miami, as they had Mourning and Shaq patrolling the paint, but Dirk towering over the Warrior defense, it could have been a nasty weapon. The trouble was that this play was either not in Johnson’s offensive system or adjustments or the point guards were unwilling or too afraid to make the pass, which requires excellent judgement and timing.

So another element leading to the impending upset was due to Don Nelson’s knowledge of Dirk’s tendencies, and his excellent plan for making Dirk uncomfortable. What Nellie couldn’t predict was what happened: Dirk didn’t raise his game to overcome it.

Shots fell for them, but not for us

The final piece of the high pressure system that led to the upset is simple yet completely unpredictable, and such are how perfect storms are created. This piece was that the Warriors shot much better than expected, and the Mavericks shot much worse. Mike on the APBRmetrics board at Sonics Central did the analysis, and it was interesting but not unexpected: The Mavericks entire team, with the exception of Josh Howard, shot worse than would have been expected, much worse in some cases. The Warriors shot better than expected as a team.

Mike implies via an open-ended question that this couldn’t be due to defense, since it would be practically impossible to shut every player on a team down over a six game series, especially with Dirk often being doubled and passing well. Over a six game series, the odds of a team of players with one mere exception shooting worse than expected has to be astoundingly low. Conversely, the Warriors made shots from all over the floor, off balance, half court, and all points in between. They shot much better than expected over six games, and against a strong defensive team like Dallas in the playoffs, this is also rare.

The perfect storm

So we have the rare convergence of one team shooting poorly over six full games and another team shooting well over six full games. When combined with all the other elements above, you have that perfect storm of defeat that swirled around Dallas in the first round. I don’t mean to imply that there is nothing Dallas could have done to win the series, but the impact of all of the above made for a challenging series, certainly a dramatically more challenging series that you would expect from an eighth seed.

It was, for all intents and purposes, the ideal set-up for an upset, a perfect storm if you will. The good news for the Mavericks is that perfect storms come about rarely. The other good news is that some of the key elements of the storm are temporary (shooting poorly) or fixable (Dirk’s approach to a fronted/quick double team defense). The final bit of good news is that the Mavericks have a lot of time to work on improving, but that is small consolation to Mavs fans.

Posted at 2:09PM on Mar 30th 2008 by Jake Kerr

28. Hey Mark,
How do you feel about the sponsorship that The UPS Stores do at your games? Most of it centers around T4T's campaigns, but I don't see much about it.
Thanks,
Lisa

Posted at 2:27PM on Mar 30th 2008 by OutToLuch

29. Thank you Mr. Cuban for this opportunity to earn a chance to cover your team for a night. I currently live in Seattle, WA and I work Guest Relations for the Seattle Supersonics. I used to live in Texas, and will be returning to finish undergrad May 25th in Lubbock,TX. Go Red Raiders!

gr,
hybride hypotheek

Posted at 2:29PM on Mar 30th 2008 by hybride hypotheek

30. Honestly, I have never been a blog writer, but I do enjoy reading a few blogs here and there. Being from Texas, I am partial so sometimes I do get annoyed with some of the negativity. I cannot understand why we get disrespected time after time; I mean I watch the games and we get jobbed on calls night in, night out. People talk about the Suns being a contender. Please, they have never been farther than us in the playoffs, and from what I can recall we are the last team to beat the Spurs. They label us a "soft" team give me a break TNT has C-Webb in studio and he is spouting off that we have always been looked at as being "soft". Did the Kings ever make the Finals, you win MVP, and finally where is your credibility? Oh, TIMEOUT! DAMN! Sorry, forgot I did not have one! I can handle credible criticism, but it seems many individuals put a suit and mic on and definitely enjoy hearing themselves talk. I understand we will always be judged on precedent, but the season is not over and I do not see any hearses.
I enjoy the blog work of Matt Mosley; he was the original curator of the Boys' blog (DMN) and Hashmarks (ESPN). I enjoy most all sports and try to support my local teams. Sometimes I get agitated with the constant patrolling done by respective league execs. I have watched sports most of my human existence and I do not enjoy having the good natured fun taken out of the games. It ranges from touchdowm celebrations, off court dress codes, to some physical play that is within the confines of the game(the Kirilenko foul). Oh yeah, can I get a favor? BUY THE RANGERS!!!!I AM TIRED OF CALLING THEM THE STRANGERS....

BIO: I will finally be graduating in May with a degree in business mgmt. I am twenty five years old , and I am a quality control inspector for an aerospace wholesale distributor. My residence is here in the DFW area. My favorite teams are The Boys' and The Maverickos, not a typo. I know we have had some disappointments here recently, but I know we will get back on track. I know we have some vets who have too much heart to bow down.

Posted at 2:59PM on Mar 30th 2008 by Keith M. Lomas

31. I have written a couple of columns regarding recent trades in the Dallas sports market. I have expressed an interest in covering the April 2nd game against Golden State and faxed the necessary information to your office. My website is:

http://thecarr.blogspot.com

A direct link to two of the Mavericks articles:

http://thecarr.blogspot.com/2008/02/worst-trades-in-history.html
http://thecarr.blogspot.com/2008/02/mavericks-trades.html

Thank you and I look forward to possibly hearing from you

Bill Carr

Posted at 3:11PM on Mar 30th 2008 by Bill Carr

32. Awesome attitude! I wish I could take you up on your offer, but my blogging niche has nothing to do with sports or basketball at all. Those 13-year old writers always steal the spotlight away from my 17 and 18 year old writing, alas!

Posted at 3:16PM on Mar 30th 2008 by Sam Jackson

33. I would love the opportunity to cover a game for the Mavericks. I think this is a great idea and would only enhance the quality of material available to the public. So I'll share my thoughts on the Kidd deal.

I find it comical how Avery and yourself have so vehemently defended the Mav's as "title" worthy for the past couple of years but then made what I feel is a huge "panic" move for a 35 year old guard who is definitely not what he once was. Without getting into the debate as to whether or not this trade will work long term...which it won't...or which team got the short end of the stick...which Dallas did...I want to point out the message it sends to your team. It tells them that you and Avery have lied to them. It tells your fan base that you have lied to them. Have you and Avery not said time and time again that, 'you like your team', and that 'you have all the components you need to win', and that 'you don't want to change anything'? If I am wrong then let me know but this move says to your team that they aren't good enough to win the championship as is and that they still need something else to put them over the top. If that wasn't how you truly felt about your squad, this trade would have never happened. It's not a bad thing that the Mavericks are still not good enough and thus the organization wants to make improvements...it's just got to be deflating to your players. You try to build their confidence and belief in themselves as a contender and then signal to them that something must be very wrong by making this huge move for a player that does not have much gas left in the tank. Why do you now feel such a sense of urgency to fix your team when before you acted like they were so good that the only reason they could ever lose is because the league is rigged? I like Kidd but he's surely not the long term solution for Dallas' leadership woes...he is not even the answer for this year. I know you are aware of the stats but knowing that you are "O"fer against teams over .500 since the trade doesn't bode well for their chances in such a competitive Western conference. I am not so sure that they will miss the post season but it would not surprise me one bit if they did. Would it surprise you? The fact is even with Mrs. Nowitzki healthy your team has holes in it and has very little chance to come out of the West this year. As I write this San Antonio is up 16 on Houston looking for their seventh straight win. Finley is going nuts. I'm glad he got his ring...I guess he's not completely done...huh? Last year's theme for the Mavericks was 'Finish' referencing how poorly they faired in the Heat series after being up basically 2.75 games. All the haters had a great laugh last year during the Golden State series and how Nellie and an inferior team handled your boys and now that you have sounded the alarm that the team is in fact NOT good enough to win it all I think this year's theme should be 'Finished'. Finished with the charade that Dirk is the franchise player you need. Finished with blaming ref's, the commissioner, and planetary orbits for not getting it done in big games. Finished with the current way of doing things in hopes of getting a ring. As much as I like Avery you might need to be finished with him if you fall to the 9th seed and miss the playoffs. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. I think you are a great owner but I wonder...how insane are you? It's time to do things a different way. This team is not going to get it done. I'm sure you won't admit to that, but I know you can see it at this point. You should have dealt Dirk for Kobe before the season if that was even a remote possibility. I won't tell you how to fix your team cause if I knew that answer I would have a different job. But I can tell you as an observer that what you are doing isn't working. You are a no nonsense kind of guy. I like that about you. Don't hang onto your current lineup because of emotional ties. Take care of business. Drop the act that the Mav's have arrived...start rebuilding...and find something that works. Your team is a pretender and that fact should be plain to see after the last two years. Sure you have played some great seasons but when it comes to crunch time there IS something missing. Again I ask you...am I wrong? You missed your boat in 06 and now it is time to stop lying to your players and turn the thing upside down, put together a new regime, and bring about the change necessary to bring home the only success that matters to your franchise...a championship. The sooner the Mavericks move in that direction the sooner they can be a legit title threat. It's very possible that you might have some extra time to think about those possibilities in about 4 weeks.

Obviously I am not a Mavericks fan but I think my blogging skills at least show potential. I would love to hear some feedback as well as a rebuttal to some of my comments. Keep in mind that you're not the only team saying that you aren't good enough...the Suns trade will not work out either. Anyhow I am a Spurs fan and I hope you can pull it together so we can play you 1 vs. 8 in the first round for an easy sweep. That way we can save our energy for the Lakers.

Thanks for reading this.

-dUb

Posted at 3:33PM on Mar 30th 2008 by Warren Davis

34. Mark,

I just started a blog last week on my ESPN.com fan profile. My profile name is "aldclark". Here is my first entry entitled "My First Blog (Not my ideal topic)-Chris Webber...Hall of Fame?"

This is my first time writing my thoughts on the game that I am obsessed with in a public forum. I got tired of talking to myself/my TV (I claim the TV for sanity purposes) about dumb decisions made on all levels of basketball and decided that my voice should be heard. The final straw was when I was debating with myself about why Chris Webber should AND shouldn't be in the hall of fame. I'm not sure who won the debate, Me or Myself. ("I" was tired from last nights debate about how the Dallas Mavericks with never when a championship with Dirk Nowitzki as their leader).

Today, Mayce Edward Christopher Webber III announced that he was FINALLY retiring from the NBA. For us who follow the game closely, this was not a surprise at all. I thought that he should have stayed retired when he did not win a championship with Detroit but obviously C-Webb felt otherwise. As for most household names in the NBA who have had their own signature Nike Shoe, dated supermodels (Tyra Banks for the curious minds) and been the "leader" of a championship contender at one point in their career, the subjective Hall of Fame debate is warranted. Webber has the stats, 17,000+ points, 9,000+ rebounds and career averages of 20+ ppg and 9+ rpg. He has the history, (1991 McDonalds All-American game MVP, #1 overall player in his HS class, two Final Fours, #1 overall pick in the 1993 NBA Draft, 1993 NBA Rookie of the Year). He has the street cred, (Made long shorts an urban fashion must, showed people that black socks were not just for church, indirectly convinced shoe companies that black shoes were marketable and solidified the notion that bald is indeed beautiful). Yet, when you reflect on Chris Webber's career, what comes to mind? Injuries? No championships? Taking money from a booster at Michigan? No. These are secondary thoughts to the one word that has defined Chris Webber's career...timeout.

No matter how successful he was going to be in the NBA, basketball fans (especially in Chapel Hill) were going to remember how Chris Webber cost his Fab Five team a national championship in the 1993 National Championship game. First of all, Webber CLEARLY got away with a travelling violation. Then he called a timeout when UMich did not have any. This major mistake tainted Webber's career before he even entered the NBA. As he became a seasoned veteran in the NBA and a perennial all-star, we all were waiting on him to take a team to the next level. Webber had his opportunity in the 2001-02 season. But when the pressure was on in Game 7 versus the HAPPY Kobe/Shaq Lakers, Webber was no where to be found. Mike Bibby laid his heart on the line, while Webber was still psychologically scarred from clutch basketball situations because of the...timeout.

Webber also has missed over 300 games to injury which is close to missing four full seasons in the NBA. The Basketball Hall of Fame has some sympathy for injured players (MJ missed his entire second season, Larry Bird was in and out his last few years and Sam Bowie suffered from...lol. Corny, I know.) But we all know that C-Webb will not receive the same sympathy as the aforementioned players. Actually, the only player who has missed over 400 games in his career and I feel will seriously be considered for HOF will be Grant Hill (if you disagree, look back a few seasons ago where he came back from 78 ankle surgeries to make the all-star team). One thing that Grant Hill did do in his Final Fours was win a championship and not call a...timeout (Ok, the first two were somewhat dramatic and this last one sucked, no more"...timeouts").

So when you factor in the Michigan Scandal, no NBA Finals appearance, the injuries and the...mistake in the 1993 National Championship Game, Chris Webber will go down as one of the most popular NBA players to not be inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Posted at 7:33PM on Mar 30th 2008 by Alton D. Clark

35. Mark,

Sorry, I just noticed a few typos in the last sentence of my first paragraph. Ironically, the sentence that probably is going to effect you the most out of the entire blog...It is supposed to read

-("I" was tired from last night's debate about how the Dallas Mavericks will never win a championship with Dirk Nowitzki as their leader).

I apologize for the carelessness.

Alton

Posted at 7:45PM on Mar 30th 2008 by Alton D. Clark

36. Some sports selections from my blog:

http://petesdallasplace.blogspot.com/2008/03/pacman-jones-and-dallas-cowboys.html

http://petesdallasplace.blogspot.com/2008/03/startling-statistic.html

http://petesdallasplace.blogspot.com/2008/03/chalk-it-up-to-traditionalist-in-me.html

http://petesdallasplace.blogspot.com/2008/03/mavs-are-better-but.html

http://petesdallasplace.blogspot.com/2008/03/random-thoughts-while-watching-mavs.html

http://petesdallasplace.blogspot.com/2008/02/stuffing-is-back-in-turkey.html

http://petesdallasplace.blogspot.com/2008/02/suns-also-rise-while-mavericks-fortunes.html

http://petesdallasplace.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-happened-to-cowboys.html

Posted at 10:32PM on Mar 30th 2008 by Pete Oppel

37. Equal opportunity blogging eh, really like your cool idea Mark!

Posted at 10:37PM on Mar 30th 2008 by Marsello

38. My three best basketball articles, in my opinion:

http://antwonomous.blogspot.com/2007/11/go-back-to-book-shaq.html
http://antwonomous.blogspot.com/2008/03/talented-mr-beasley.html
http://antwonomous.blogspot.com/2008/03/chris-webber-star-crossed-and-now.html

Posted at 10:55PM on Mar 30th 2008 by Anthony Wilson

39. By the way Mark, I forgot to give you the web link to my blog. Here it is: http://ponyexpressblog.blogspot.com/

Thanks

Posted at 11:10PM on Mar 30th 2008 by LewP

40. Baseball has really blown the whole steroids issue. So far, the NBA has avoided the issue by refusing to talk about it. But it's looming. Someday the accusations will come. Congressional hearings may follow.

Wouldn't it be cool to hear what Mavs players think of Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Jose Canseco? What would they do if they found out a teamate was hittin' the juice? How would they feel about a former teamate who published a tell-all book? This blogger would like to know.

Posted at 12:27AM on Mar 31st 2008 by jonathan bridges