Wow, it's getting testy
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Avery: "A lot of things surprised me. You know what one is? Here a team is in an 0-2 hole everyone writing this team off and you don't even hear anything about how the Mavericks won 3 in a row. It's about other stuff. Maybe I need to go crazy. Maybe I need to go crazy then you'll hear about game 6 but prob. not. You will only hear about the coach going crazy"
- that's a blatant diss at Van Gundy
- that's a blatant diss at Van Gundy
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Fillmoe
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lol @ dallas being cry babies! funny stuff, GOTTA LOVE IT!
PixelPusher
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VF21 said:
...or at the very least, his vocal cords need to grow up.
being the Mav fan I have to stand up for Avery, he has a point. Now I don't know about blaming the media about not giving the Mavs attnetion but I do like the jabs @ Van Gundy. Van Gundy's saga PAID OFF TONIGHT for the Rockets. No foul problems at all.
Van Gundy might win this series for the Rockets and it will only cost him $100,000
Van Gundy might win this series for the Rockets and it will only cost him $100,000
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Fillmoe
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LOL @ the van gundy bashing! im kind of sick of it..... its funny coming from a mavs fan whos owner sends in clips to the NBA everytime their in the playoffs! its about time they got a taste of their own medicine
Van Gundy is a great dude
I love the dude!
He's one of the good guys in this sport, and I hate to see any bad stuff happen to him.
I remember when he was with the knicks and they lost to the heat. This guy on the team (I think it was the heat) just found out that his mother died or something and she was in New York and that he was gonna have to try to get a way back there, and Van Gundy insisted that he ride the Knicks team jet back to be with his mother.
He said, "Naw, it wouldn't be right", but Van Gundy and the knicks all insisted he jump on their plane and get back to be with his family.
THAT'S a standup guy and a man to respect.
Van Gundy is a great dude
I love the dude!
He's one of the good guys in this sport, and I hate to see any bad stuff happen to him.
I remember when he was with the knicks and they lost to the heat. This guy on the team (I think it was the heat) just found out that his mother died or something and she was in New York and that he was gonna have to try to get a way back there, and Van Gundy insisted that he ride the Knicks team jet back to be with his mother.
He said, "Naw, it wouldn't be right", but Van Gundy and the knicks all insisted he jump on their plane and get back to be with his family.
THAT'S a standup guy and a man to respect.
atxrocker
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I think Van Gundy has some valid points. I honestly do. Dallas has benifitted from some questionable calls as well. lets not be quick to forget the ending minutes of game 5 and that michael finely no call. could have easily changed the results of that game but no mavs fans on board to discuss that incident
I like JVG but I don't even buy his story. I think it was a case of him trying to use tactics to motivate the team, kind of like a "us vs. the world" mentality. I don't even buy the story in the first place and here's why:
- Stern doesn't tell officials to target certain players and HE'S CERTAINLY not going to do it after Cuban suggests he should. He doesn't like Cuban - everyone in the NBA knows this. They've butted heads so many times you would think Stern wouldn't give Mark Cuban that kind of satisfaction, that kind of ackowledgement that "gee, you know, Mark Cuban was right." David Stern doesn't do that for Cuban now and he will never do that for Cuban.
- It makes absolutely no sense to lose a television audience of 1 billion+ if Yao leaves the playoffs. And David Stern is all about the globalization of the game. IF INDEED HE / STU JACKSON TARGETED YAO MING IT WOULD BE THE DUMBEST BUSINESS DECISION HE COULD MAKE. No one THAT consumed with globalizing the NBA as much as David Stern is, would jeapordize losing that many viewers. More viewers = more $$
I don't know I don't buy the story period. I think it's a bit of Van Gundy trying to rally his troops and it didn't work in game 5. The series isn't over though so we'll see how effective his strategy was.
- Stern doesn't tell officials to target certain players and HE'S CERTAINLY not going to do it after Cuban suggests he should. He doesn't like Cuban - everyone in the NBA knows this. They've butted heads so many times you would think Stern wouldn't give Mark Cuban that kind of satisfaction, that kind of ackowledgement that "gee, you know, Mark Cuban was right." David Stern doesn't do that for Cuban now and he will never do that for Cuban.
- It makes absolutely no sense to lose a television audience of 1 billion+ if Yao leaves the playoffs. And David Stern is all about the globalization of the game. IF INDEED HE / STU JACKSON TARGETED YAO MING IT WOULD BE THE DUMBEST BUSINESS DECISION HE COULD MAKE. No one THAT consumed with globalizing the NBA as much as David Stern is, would jeapordize losing that many viewers. More viewers = more $$
I don't know I don't buy the story period. I think it's a bit of Van Gundy trying to rally his troops and it didn't work in game 5. The series isn't over though so we'll see how effective his strategy was.
PixelPusher
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Mark Cuban. Jeff Van Gundy.
...it's like a cage match between Balki Bartokomus and Herman Munster.
...it's like a cage match between Balki Bartokomus and Herman Munster.
Coach Avery Johnson was angry afterward about the focus of this series having been on Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy and his complaints about the calls against Yao.
"Maybe I need to go crazy," Johnson said. "Then you won't talk about Game 6, you will talk about the coach going crazy. [But] we lost the game. We don't make excuses. The game was called fairly."
"Maybe I need to go crazy," Johnson said. "Then you won't talk about Game 6, you will talk about the coach going crazy. [But] we lost the game. We don't make excuses. The game was called fairly."
Rockmeister
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Something about Avery just annoys me, but I just can't seem to put my finger on it.VF21 said:
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my younger brother, who lives in Houston is a big Yuo Ming fan....Iwish I could see his face right now,he's lovin-it...
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