Ten Reasons I Hate The Dallas Mavericks

1. They have the worst fans in the NBA. Spoiled rich kids all around. Did you see the planned "green out" last night? It was a miserable failure. Nobody wore the shirts because they didn't want to change out of their collared polos or sports coats. And it was supposed to support the troops. Embarrassing.

2. I hate everything about the wannabe-pot-smoking-thug Josh Howard. Way to punch someone in the back of the head during preseason, by the way.

3. Jason Terry punched Michael Finley in the man parts. I knew not to do that by middle school.

4. I hate everything about cocky-rat-boy Devin Harris.

5. The fans actually have the audacity to boo Finley after all the years he put in there. He was released by the organization, he didn't ask for a trade or Marbury his way out of town. Yet they boo him. Amazing. Watch Spurs fans cheer for Avery Johnson when his number is retired this December, and you'll learn something about loyalty.

6. They are, collectively, the ugliest team in basketball, and the camera continues to zoom in on free throw attempts. Jason Terry looks like a rodent, Stackhouse looks like he should be in Geico commercials, and Howard needs a lot more than braces to fix that mess.

7. Dirk Nowitzki just kills the Spurs. He's pretty damn good, and it pisses me off.

8. They could only win with a Spur as their head coach.

9. The whole "muddy River Walk" thing. You know, it is an actual river. It's on mud. It also generates millions in tourism for the city. As opposed to Dallas, which has...uh....banks. Nice going, Cuban.

10. They are the image of the "new" NBA...tons of finesse play, isolation plays, and high scores. They are the embodiment of how the league has become wimpier.


Anyways, now that I've vented, I'll try to sum up the game in a paragraph or so. Devin Harris looks like an All-Star when he plays against the Spurs, probably because he's compared to Tony Parker every day. Parker, in case nobody noticed, single-handedly blew the first quarter for the Spurs with a sequence of turnovers. He looked banged up, too. Not good. Manu, Duncan, Vaughn and Barry (both of whom returned from injury) were the only Spurs that came to play. Oh well, it's November. Hopefully they figure the Mavs out by playoff time.