OKAY so the BLACK SPORTS GUY is gonna talk about SPORTS!!!!
Right now, in almost every paper/website you can find, most if not all of the sports writers are bashing Dirk Nowitzki because his Dallas Mavericks are looking as if they are going to lose the opening round series to the Warriors.
WARRIORSSSSS...COME OUT TO PLAY-HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYyyyyy
I think they, the Mavs, will lose, but I dont blame Dirk. The much ballyhooed seven foot German jump shooter can ball. If you ask the Professor he even says Dirk could have played back in the 80s when the NBA talent level just seemed that much greater... and for the Professor to say Dirk could have played back in the day is a HUGE statement because the Prof only feels a handful of people playing today could have played back in the Magic, Bird, Kareem, Barkley, Jordan, Pistons, Lakers, Celtics era.
I also find it crass that writers are jumping all over Dirk claiming he cant come up big in the big game because the Mavricks are losing to the Warriors. Hell, according to the stats, the Mavs hadnt beaten the Warriors in the regular season for TWO YEARS. Their first win against the Warriors was literally during the playoffs, and if you want to bring up all of the 'raise their level of play from the post season mythology' well, there you have it. IN TWO SEASONS the Mavericks couldnt beat the Warriors a single time. Suddenly, with their 'level of play raised' they have managed to win at least one out of 4 games. GIVE THEM CREDIT thats a 'raised level of play' right?
Dont get caught up in the Disney tales given to you by people like Celizic. He jumps all over Dirk calling him soft and pulls on the guys arm, tugging, 'come on Dirky Dirk, raise your level of play, be the 'MVP' you are supposed to be, put the team on your back...'. I dont get it. Dirk has been balling all season and people have been crowning him the best in the league on the best team in the league. So suddenly, when they get unlucky and run into an 8 seed in the playoffs who happen to be the team they simply seem to have trouble beating (again for the sake of repition, TWO YEARS and they were 0 - 6 against them), and suddenly its DIRKS FAULT?
Nah.
Dont let these writers fool you. They bring up 'rasing your game' in the post season as if only the teams that make it to, and win, the finals 'raised their game'. Uhhh hello, this is the NBA, these guys all raise their game in the post season, which means, if you have two teams who played each other really tough during the regular season, when, I guess, they werent playing their hardest and had their 'games lowered', then when both teams RAISE THEIR GAME in the playoffs why is anyone surprised that their contests, somehow, match the regular season.
Truth be told when the series started, at the tip of the first ball for the first game of the series, I thought the Warriors were going to get SMOKED! However, I listened. I listened closey. I listened for FACTS and didnt get caught up in the 'sports mythology' that includes fairy tales about men totally changing into some sort of comic book hero upon the start of the post season. See at the tip off of the first game of this series one of the commentaters announced the facts that I've been spewing: GOLDEN STATE HAS BEATEN THE MAVERICKS FOR TWO STRAIGHT SEASONS... then the guy said the mythology crap: 'but this is the post season so things may be different as the Mavs will be 'raising their game' - FORGET the fact, that like I said, the Warriors will as well. SO, I watched the first game laughing because you could feel an 8 getting ready to beat a one. You could see it. The Warriors just might OWN the Mavs, but writers out there, guys like Celizic do not want you to know this, or he's just dumb enough to believe what he writes.
Sure the Mavs might put together a three game winning streak. Sure.
They may suddenly change into 'the post season Mavs' who must be way better than the 'regular season Mavs' and maybe the Warriors will become the regular season Warriors who literally fell into the post season on the last game of the year. I mean, you have to play the games to determine the winner and at that point, anything can happen.
But this I know, up until the second game of the series, the Warriors were 7 - 0 vs. the Mavs. By the 4th game they were 9 - 1.
Now I'm simply a fan.
Not a sports geek, just a fan, and almost a casual fan of the NBA...however, this I know... in almost every sport I can think of, the team that owns a record like that against a foe, baring injury or murder (Stephen Jackson plays for the Warriors -he has 'gun' issues), I just do not see how they can be beaten. If there is one thing for sure, over 2 seasons the Mavs couldnt figure out the Warriors, and I'm pretty sure Celizic and his buds would agree... the Postseason is NOT the place to suddenly try to figure out how to beat a team.. Its just hard to picture.
So, believe not what you hear from these storied writers. Believe NOT that this is an NBA supernova mega-upset of all time. Believe NOT that if the Warriors win they have accomplished what only two other teams have accomplished in the history of the NBA.
No, no... NO! When you head to your favorite bar, casino, buds house or your couch to watch the Mavs vs. The Warriors, remember if this were any other sport and someone said "hey, that team has a 9 - 1 record against that other team" and you put your money on the table.. remember who you would really vote for if you were voting safe. This will not be an upset. The Warriors beating the Mavs is just another day in the NBA...
BUT WATCH CUZ THESE GAMES HAVE BEEN FUN.
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