Turnovers Are A Problem For The Dallas Mavericks

Somehow I feel like I’m in the middle of a “Where’s Waldo” cartoon when I’m watching the Dallas Mavericks as of late. I am and will always be a MFFL, but I have to agree with some of the critics here lately, that the Mavericks are in for a heap of trouble if they don’t clean up their game.

Dallas had gone on a three game winning streak, anxiously awaiting the return of their All-Star, Dirk Nowitzki, and holding their own, well most of the time, but then comes the last three games and even though the first one in Boston was close at the end and we came up just a little short, it should not have been that close. Dallas should have easily won that game.

Then we go to Toronto to face a Raptors team that is struggling as much as we are and dang, we made them look like a championship team. It was just as ugly as the game against Chicago the week before and then come down to Minnesota. Now the Timberwolves were coming off of a good game the night before, but there again, we made them look better than what they might be and we certainly help to fuel the crowd waiting for Ricky Rubio to hit the court since his injury last season.

What is the problem? Well one word can sum it up pretty much, turnovers; plain and simple, not taking care of the ball and the business at hand. We are trying to force things that are not there and trying to be fancy and fun with the ball when it’s not necessary.

Is OJ Mayo Blossoming Into A Star?

The NBA season is almost a quarter of the way over, which means a decent amount of sample size can be looked at and examined. While most of the NBA and its top players are going about their business as usual, one of the biggest surprises this season has been the play of OJ Mayo.

For the first few seasons of his career, Mayo showed signs of star power for the Memphis Grizzlies. He received a lot of attention growing up for his talent, but many felt he was still not fully reaching his potential since entering the NBA.

The Grizzlies, with a solid nucleus and Tony Allen controlling the 2-spot, decided not to keep Mayo this past offseason. That allowed the Dallas Mavericks to snatch him up for a relatively cheap two year, $8.2 million deal.

With Dirk Nowitzki nursing an injury, Dallas needed someone to score in order to stay competitive. Mayo has done just that, averaging over 20 points per game, as well as 4 rebounds and 3.5 assists. All those numbers are career highs for Mayo, bringing him to the attention of many fantasy basketball players, and he’s doing this all while shooting at a much better percentage from the field and the line (.487 FG%, .530 3P%, .841 FT%).

Many have not bought in just yet, and there is reason for concern. For starters, the lack of Nowitzki on the floor means he needs to take more shots. Theoretically though, when Dirk returns to the lineup, Mayo should get more open looks now that defenses can’t focus on him.

Mark Cuban Says David Stern Should Have Fined The Spurs More

The dust has settled on the San Antonio Spurs fine for sending 4 starters home without telling the league.

An owner from a team has stepped in to offer his opinion, and you’d be shocked who’s coming to David Stern’s rescue.

ESPN Dallas is reporting that Mavericks owner Mark Cuban agrees with Sterns $225,000 of the Spurs, and actually thinks it should have been more.

Mark Cuban Says Lakers Fans are Twitter Thugs

In the past fans didn’t have a way to reach out to players, media members, coaches, owners and etc to voice their opinions. Then Twitter came out and everyone became a tough guy while sitting behind their computers.

A lot of it is truly pathetic, I would venture 90% of the threats made on Twitter wouldn’t be made face to face. Lakers fans can be a sensitive fan base, so I can only imagine the type of Tweets that

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban gets.