Some "doom and gloom" permeates from the heart break of the past and the standard the Mavs had set 2-3 years ago.
Beloved Mavs had a beautiful year in 2006, until the whistles decided our boys in blue were unworthy of a championship.
And another beautiful year in 2007, until the Warriors hit a bunch of luck ass off balanced halfcourt three's and slayed our season in the 1st round.
Really some peoples' disappointment doesn't stem from this year as much as the past.
The gentle decline the Mavs have faced would be far more tolerable if not for the heartbreaks our boys in blue have endured in the past.
But yes, we're a good team. But considering the past, there's still an empty feeling at times that this team doesn't have a shot to win the elusive ring, the ring that eluded in 2006 not because we weren't good enough, but because the refs decided D-Whistle is worthy of shooting 48 FT's in the final 2 games and 97 for the entire series.
Regardless I still enjoy watching our beloved Mavs, and shall follow them until the ends of time, the ends of the Earth.
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