Posted by EnySpree:

Posted by SlimPack:

Dallas I guess since they are the better team. even though obviously what happened tonight was a collasal let down.

Its the situation.

What hurts more?

Personally, I'm glad I'm not a Dallas fan. They made it to the finals last year but THIS year the bow down to a team that almost didn't make it to the playoffs.

I'm glad I'm in a situation where we suck, yet we have some fighters and are on the come up.

It just makes me feel good cuz it just proves that there is only one true winner and they only need 16 wins to do it.

If you go undefeated in the season and don't win a championship, you are just as bad as a lottery team.

Of course the Mavs situation hurts more but that comes with the high expectations that only come from a team that expects to contend for a championship. I'd much rather have the hurt, than the numbness that comes with low expectations and knowing that your team can only hope to contend for the 8th seed, if everything breaks their way.

Every Knick fan who lived through the 90's should appreciate that. Did you enjoy those playoff years, even though they never won the championship and endured some very painful losses, or are you enjoying the last 6-7 years more?

Posted by EnySpree:

Dallas was everyones prince. Mike breen probably cried like a bitch when Dallas lost. Those guys were posers. They are a team of losers that made a good team. They were over confident and then got beat at their own game. Not just beat but totally gang raped.

I agree man. The Dallas management will have to seriously consider breaking it down and starting with 1 or 2 players. This was the most embarrassing thing that could happen to a team. Its one thing for a team like the Knicks to show progress (some would call this little or no progress but nonetheless, we won more games etc etc so we showed progress) but not get in the playoffs. Its completely worse for a team to rollover teams in the regular season and look like the biggest juggernaut in the league and then do NOTHING when the time comes for them to show up. I mean, they had 3 15-game winning streaks in the regular season!!! WTF!!??

Oh, and what the **** is going on with Dirk? He is one of my favorite players. I still think he is a top 10 PF but I don't think he is an all time top 10 PF. I think Dallas needs to find another franchise player. 2-13 in a must win game is the ultimate choke from a franchise player.

The better team won, in case you didn't watch the series

Posted by EnySpree:

It just makes me feel good cuz it just proves that there is only one true winner and they only need 16 wins to do it.

If you go undefeated in the season and don't win a championship, you are just as bad as a lottery team.

dude gotta disagree on that. wins are fun. 69 > 33. championships are the ultimate, but if they're all that matters, why watch the regular season at all? anyway, championships come down to luck to a huge degree - matchups, injuries, and just hot and cold games. outside of that, the mavs have a lot of the pieces. we have hardly any. no question in my mind that on rational and emotional levels there's a difference between losing teams and unfulfilled contenders.

bottom line is, any team aside from the warriors the mavs play, they have to be the favorite. sure it sucks that there's a team out there that owns them. half the league owns us. our division - some of the worst teams in the league - owns us.

also, if i were a mavs fan i'd like this incarnation of the team more than years past, where they took the highest paid player available. now, a lot of their key players are home-grown talent, drafted and developed in front of their fans' eyes - dirk, devin harris, josh howard. that's always nice as a fan, even if the team's results are disappointing you stick with those guys. i'm sure you feel the same way about the knicks young guys.

basically, two weeks ago, anyone thinking they would rather be a knicks than mavs fan would be committed to a mental institution. i don't think fans should be that fickle as to change based on even those dreadful games.

The warriors won 7/9 games this year, and they handed game the Mavs game five. They blew them out of the building in golden state. They are the better team matching up head to head, debating it is still plain stupid.

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by EnySpree:

Posted by SlimPack:

Dallas I guess since they are the better team. even though obviously what happened tonight was a collasal let down.

Its the situation.

What hurts more?

Personally, I'm glad I'm not a Dallas fan. They made it to the finals last year but THIS year the bow down to a team that almost didn't make it to the playoffs.

I'm glad I'm in a situation where we suck, yet we have some fighters and are on the come up.

It just makes me feel good cuz it just proves that there is only one true winner and they only need 16 wins to do it.

If you go undefeated in the season and don't win a championship, you are just as bad as a lottery team.

Of course the Mavs situation hurts more but that comes with the high expectations that only come from a team that expects to contend for a championship. I'd much rather have the hurt, than the numbness that comes with low expectations and knowing that your team can only hope to contend for the 8th seed, if everything breaks their way.

Every Knick fan who lived through the 90's should appreciate that. Did you enjoy those playoff years, even though they never won the championship and endured some very painful losses, or are you enjoying the last 6-7 years more?

good point, but as a knick fan i will always choose them win or lose. thats my team. I can see your point with dallas and the ny team from the 90s. However NY never didn't choke like Dallas did, 94 they lost to a Rockets team that went on to win back to back. 95 Ewing went for the finger roll instead of the dunk and 96-98 Jordan came back.

They have Dirk and Josh we have Eddy and Steph I will take the misery.....

And we had a much better team than the Rockets, if not for some braindead decisions down the stretch we were taking it in 5

Silliness.

Ok, yes, Dallas lost, but...

would you rather be a fan of a good team or a bad one.

Pure silliness.

Marbury = Dirk.

How about this why don't you save those comparsions for when Marbury makes the NBA Finals or is a leading candidate for regular season MVP.

Silliness.
Ok, yes, Dallas lost, but...

would you rather be a fan of a good team or a bad one.

Pure silliness.

^^^^ Thank you a voice of reason why not just throw hey instead of being a Mavs fan lets be a fan of a garbage team that isn't even capable of changing their garbage status through the draft or free-agency.