The Mavericks were eliminated from the playoffs last night, and Avery Johnson was fired as head coach by owner Mark Cuban. The big story coming out of Dallas today though was that forward Josh Howard (who sucked throughout the series) threw a birthday bash on Sunday night after the Mavs' Game 4   more...
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Chris Paul is for real. He lead the New Orleans Hornets from no playoffs the year before to the 2 spot in the highly competitive West. He's extremely dangerous to other teams when it comes to decison making. From pulling up for a jumper, to driving in the lane to dishing it back out to an open   more...

What led Mark Cuban to fire a coach with such a great record? Most would say it's his lack of ability to get it done in the post season. I have to wonder if that is his fault or the fault of the players. Maybe Cuban has something to do with it? When an owner and a coach aren't seeing eye to eye, I   more...

The Dallas Mavericks have fired Avery Johnson, whom I believe to be a very good coach, and replaced him with NBA journeyman Rick Carlisle. I don't know what Carlisle did to earn the trust of every NBA GM, but this guy keeps getting hired and fired but teams continue to take him back. What is he   more...
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It is good to see Jerry Stackhouse's focus is where it needs to be as the Mavericks prepare for Game 3 of their first round playoff series vs the Hornets, a series they trail 2-0. The Mavs forward did not mince words yesterday when expressing his feelings towards Hornets head coach Byron Scott.   more...
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Over the next five weeks, I will go position by position and rank the top 30 players by total value. The NBA is a business, so it doesn't make sense to purely rank the players only by their talent or stats, or by some other qualitative measure (though those factors do matter). We must also look at   more...
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I was watching 1st and 10 and they were debating whether or not Avery Johnson should be fired as the scroller showed "Breaking News: Avery Johnson fired!"Another stellar effort by ESPN.

My take on Josh Howard and his weed smoking....we got bigger issues to deal with.
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Despite the lack of playoff experience, New Orleans tore Dallas a new one in the second half.
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The NBA Playoffs have been a physical matchup all around, with Jason Kidd and Brendan Haywood getting called for a Flagrant 2, but DeShawn Stevenson's foul of LeBron was easily the most flagrant of the bunch. He's clearly not going to get the block, but he swings anyway, with his forearm and hits   more...
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After another first round playoff exit, Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks have decided to fire head coach Avery Johnson. Johnson owns the highest winning percentage in the regular season of any coach with at least 250 games to be fired, but its clear that he has lost this team. I'm not sure if   more...
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A professional athlete being refreshingly honest? How dare he! Why Josh Howard and Jerry Stackhouse are good for the NBA and professional sports.
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DALLAS -- Dallas Mavericks forward Josh Howard brought unexpected and possibly unprecedented attention to himself Friday, just hours before Game 3 of the Mavericks' first-round series with New Orleans, by openly discussing his offseason marijuana use on Dallas' ESPN Radio affiliate.Expounding on   more...
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Dallas Mavericks forward Josh Howard admitted on the Michael Irvin Radio Show that he smokes weed in the off-season. Listen to the link. The best part is "The Playmaker" questioning Howard as if Mike Irvin never freebased coke in a motel room with call girls. Kettle meet   more...

Just hours after the New Orleans Hornets eliminated the Dallas Mavericks from the playoffs, Mavs' owner Mark Cuban has fired head coach Avery Johnson.www.rawsportsblog.com
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