Mavs One-liners

Yeah, so I haven't posted in nearly two years. Wow! Ok, so I'm sitting here watching Dallas @ Indiana...still feeling the adrenaline from the Mavs' insane thumping of the Houston Rockets on Wednesday.

There are so many new members of the Mavericks squad this year. I'm still trying to figure who's who...and still missing a few of the players past (Diop, of course). With that being said, here are a few one-liners about each of the Mavs...

Kris Humphries: Cute with a mean block!
JJ Barea: Did someone say buzzer beater?!
Dirk Nowitzki: Nowitzness never dies.
Tim Thomas: I had surgery in the off-season and look at me go!
Jason Kidd: Not blowing kisses at the basket anymore!
Shawn Marion: Lean, mean, and extreme.
Josh Howard: This flippin' ankle is putting a kink in my playing time...
Erick Dampier: Don't count me out, yet.
Jason Terry: Flying off the bench and down Broadway.
Rodrigo Beaubois: Fancy last name, mad court skills.
Matt Carroll: zzzzzzz (sleeping on the bench)
Drew Gooden: All Gooden things come in big packages?!
Quinton Ross: Dressed in his best on the bench
James Singleton: Crazy court jester.
Shawne Williams: No clue, man.

Dirk Serves as Grand Marshal at Dickies 500

NBA MVP Dirk Nowitzki delivered the command, "Gentleman, Start Your Engines!" to the 43 drivers at the Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon. This was his first Nascar event and first trip to the TMS.

You May Now Shut Up, Critics!

Photo courtesy of NBAE/Getty Images

(they're THE best)


Ha ha ha! Sit and spin, all you haters.

Temporary Shift of Focus...

Since the Mavericks' shocking and untimely exit from the NBA playoffs, I have been in mourning. However, I have decided to root for the Detroit Pistons. I can not and will not cheer for the Phoenix Suns, San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz, or the 'dirty' Golden State Warriors.

I'm tired of everyone dissing Dirk. So is he.

"That's the kind of person I am. I always take things very, very hard on myself," Dirk said. "I don't need media people to tell me that I did bad. I know I didn't play my best in the playoffs.

And can I hear an "Amen Brother!" for the non-traitor Nelson, Donnie?

"You can't put it on one guy's shoulders," Nelson said. "We won 67 games this year. That's no fluke. We didn't all of a sudden become stupid and poor performers overnight. I think the easy thing to do in this is pile it on Dirk or Avery. But you can't do that. If you actually open up the hood and look into things, you'll see there's a lot more reasons."

Work on that MVP acceptance speech, Dirk! :)

Hail to the Chief!

ESPN and the great Marcel Mutoni are reporting that Dirk Nowitzki will accept the MVP award next week - Tuesday to be exact. The League has delayed the trophy presentation to put some distance between the award and the shocking way in which the Dallas Mavericks exited stage left courtesy of the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the Playoffs.

The MVP-to-be said, "I'm sure 20 years from now or whatever, to see that in the [record] books, it's an amazing achievement. But right now, it's hard. Obviously, you can't feel good about the way our season ended."

"I thought this was such an incredible year. We won 67 games and then to lose in the first round, it just feels so empty right now," he adds.

Dirk will be the first European-born player to win the NBA's Most Valuable Player award.

He averaged 24.6 points, 8.9 rebounds, and shot over 50% from the field during the regular season.

As for the disappearing act in the playoffs, I hope the big German gets the help of a sports psychologist in the off-season.

Congratulations on the award, Dirk. I never stopped believing.

Dirk Earns All-NBA First Team Honors

The NBA has announced that Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki was named All-NBA First Team. It is the seventh consecutive season Nowitzki has been named All-NBA and third consecutive year he has garnered First Team honors.

Nowitzki is joined on the First Team by his pal Steve Nash (Phoenix Suns), Kobe Bryant (L.A. Lakers), Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs) and Amaré Stoudemire (Phoenix Suns).

He is the only Maverick in franchise history to be named to the All-NBA First Team. Congrats Dirk!

Enough Already...

Stop with the Dirk bashing!

Yes, he's been off kilter. Yes, he hasn't been his MVP self lately. There are 14 other members of the Dallas Mavericks squad that were signed for reasons other than benchwarming. If Dirk is off, the others should step it up.

But...answer me this....

Name 1 NBA player (past or present) that is 24/7/365 hot and NEVER has a cold spell. One that never misses a shot. One that is never mishandling the ball. One that never makes a mistake.

And one last thing to say: At your job, do you perform 110% 24/7/365 with extreme flawlessness? I think N-O-T. So, get off your @$$ and play NBA bball and see what it's like to get knocked around. Then perhaps you'll stop your whining, b!tching, and complaining about #41.

Rise and Shine Dirk!

Game 4 was a wake-up call for the Dallas Mavericks....win or stay home. They came, they fought, they conquered. In Golden State fashion, it was a fight to the end. Baron Davis fouled out in the last minute. Stephen Jackson got his 5th foul and was happy to clap it out. He was T'ed for the 2nd time in the game - sending him to the shower before the others.

The Mavs were down 112-103. They went on a 15-0 run, including Dirk raining down 2 very important 3-pointers. Devin Harris contributed a 3-pointer and the Warriors helped by fouling. It was Golden State that went scoreless in the last 3:14 of the game. The final score: 118-112.

Perhaps Dirk's self-bashing was all a mind game (ala Nellie-style) to get him into game-mode. It worked.

Rise and Shine Dirk! You played like an MVP.

My Interpretation of the BFFL

It looks like Pixie Nash is throwing Dirk out of his way. Or maybe he's tickling him. Playing leap frog? Peek-a-boo with Amare? Either way, he better look out - or the Jolly Dirk Giant is going to squash him and his little pixie powers. Don't piss off the 7-foot German - he'll snap your fairy orb to pieces.

I'm not sure if I like this or the kissy-face picture (below) better. Hmmm.

Sacramento is the Capital of Toxic

This has happened before on more than one occasion. I'm talking about Dirk being stricken with food poisoning, while on the road. If my memory serves me correctly, it happened in the same city or area as before. Perhaps Dirk should NEVER order room service. There's something about Sacramento and it's food. Kind of like Mexico and it's water. Toxic!

The BFFL Showdown

Such a beautiful disaster is the game that went down in Phoenix on Sunday afternoon. The Mavericks dazzled beyond the arc in the first half. They went absolutely frigid after that period - and couldn't make their shots fall in the basket. The Suns put on a shot party and Steve Nash was totally amazing with his non-selfish passes. Phenomenal, but no pixie dust.

The WWE would be proud - Jet's knee whacked Stoudamire in the arm, J-Ho got b-slapped in the left eye, and Dirk re-tweaked his left ankle. We didn't get much out of the Gingerbread Man (Devin Harris) either. It was a very physical, tense game. Suns won 126 - 104.

This game meant more to the Suns - with the surging Spurs on their heels. They want to stay atop S.A.

Don't forget - the playoffs are best of 7.

In the Knick of Time...

Dirk Nowitzki scored 30 points to become the fourth European-born player in NBA history to surpass 15,000 points. The Mavericks survived the visiting Knicks, 105-103, on Friday. Josh Howard, who blocked a shot attempt in the final seconds, had 20 points.

Mavs buck the Bucks

The Mavericks notched win #60 with about 29 seconds left and without Dirk Nowitzki, who injured his ankle at the end of the first half. His injury was described as "two bone spurs rubbing together."

He left one point shy of 15,000 for his career.

"I don't check stuff like that," Nowitzki said. "That's something you think about when your career is over."

Thanks Mutoni!

I would like to thank Marcel Mutoni for this blog posting on the FanHouse. We should all take this into consideration: NOBODY IS PERFECT!

Dirk Admits to Being Nervous In the Clutch
Posted Mar 20th 2007 6:13PM by Marcel Mutoni
Filed under: Mavericks, Western, Dallas

I like Dirk Nowitzki a lot. I don't just like that he's probably the best player to ever come out of Europe, that he can shoot the lights out, or that he'll probably win this year's MVP.More than anything, I love his brutal honesty: He has no qualms about admitting that he loses sleep after really tough losses, and he's one of the few NBA players that will admit to sometimes being nervous at crunch time.

"I think everybody who says they don't get tense, they're lying," Nowitzki said. "It's big games. You got to find ways to stay loose and relax. I've been doing a decent job of not letting the pressure get to me and still enjoying the moment.""I love to have the ball at the end of games. That's what it's all about," Nowitzki said. "We all know if you make it, you're the hero. If you miss it, you're the goat. That's the position you have to be comfortable in. I guess I am."

It's definitely refreshing to hear this sort of thing coming from an elite player in a League where such an admission is often seen as a sign of weakness. Nowitzki and Arenas are probably two of the most honest NBA players, and unsurprisingly, they're also two of the most popular.

When Powerhouses Collide...

Dirk stepped it up Sunday afternoon when his Mavericks battled the Eastern powerhouse Pistons, scoring 28 points (21 in the second half).

"I had good looks, but I had a couple go in and out, so I wanted to stay aggressive," he said. "My team has a lot of confidence in my ability, so I just hung with it."

J-ho, Stack, and the boys came to win - and they fought to the finish. The Mavericks won 92-88, but not without some drama, Pistons-style.

Detroit was without Chauncey Billups who was out due to a groin injury suffered in a win versus Phoenix. (Go Pistons!) They were also without Lindsay Hunter who's serving a drug suspension. This gave Ronald "Flip" Murray the opportunity to shine - and boy did he!

Poor Rip Hamilton. It just wasn't his day or game. He was missing all kinds of shots. He was given a technical, his 12th of the season, for visibly and verbally arguing a charge. Then, he was the recipient of three stitches in the head after his own teammate, C-Webb, elbowed the *@?& out of him. He had to leave the game in the fourth quarter to get the cut tended to - as it was bleeding rather heavily. I hope he mends well.

It was a great game. I'm not going to diss on the Pistons - they are one helluva team. If it weren't for the Mavericks - I'd be a Pistons fan. I cheer them on until they play my boys. MFFL!

Suns win by DE-FAULTy refs...

Stackhouse put on a 3-point parade...Dirk was the dunking machine...Devin got knocked the f* out...and then it was in OT 2x. Somebody needs to step on Nymph Nash. Dirk ran over him a few times, but Nash is like tupperware. Boy got a T for questioning the second sorriest ref-squad for the lack of reffing on the other end. The refs called the game blindfolded. Making shit up. Do they offer ethics courses at REF-U?

And...how about those crazy white boy dance moves Dirk showed off during the halftime bloopers?! Nowitness in effect.

Congrats Dirty Okra!

Congrats to Dirty Okra (aka Dirk Nowitzki and Mehmet Okur) for being chosen to attend the NBA Thug-Fest...er, All-Star game. It's nice to see a German and a Turk thrown into the "mix."

Nowitzki marries

Silke Nowitzki, Dirks sister marries long time boyfriend
ART GARCIA
Star-Telegram Staff Writer

LAS VEGAS -- Dirk Nowitzki's favorite memories of this All-Star weekend won't be his first starting gig or his attempt to defend his 3-point title. It also won't be one of those VIP-only parties.

It'll be a wedding. No, not his. In the city that's seen its share of spontaneous unions, Nowitzki's older sister, Silke, married her longtime fiancé Roland Mayer on Friday night.

The couple decided to tie the knot just a couple of weeks ago and figured Las Vegas would be the place to do it. The intimate ceremony took place at one of those classic small chapels with a few friends and family members in attendance, including dad Joerg.

Dirk played the role of best man, wearing a gray suit with a pink shirt and tie.

"I was looking phenomenal," he quipped.

The wedding party received a taste of home with the reception at German restaurant Hofbräuhaus Las Vegas. Though the wedding had all the trappings of Vegas, it wasn't presided over by an Elvis impersonator.

"We did have a real priest," Nowitzki said.

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