Dallas @ Chicago GameDay Thread

[Max Power]

Originally posted by: NoHeartIncluded

Do you EVER post anything positive? With a name like NoHeartIncluded you are obviously a hater.

[FilthyFinMavs]

Originally posted by: NoHeartIncluded
one game means jack squat to me, he's lost us about 3 this season

No one man can lose a game for you.

[Max Power]

Originally posted by: FilthyFinMavs

No one man can lose a game for you.

I want to see his list. The Mavs have only lost 8 games with Finley in the lineup.

1) We lost by 10 to Orlando - Finley was 2 of 8. Obviously Finley was the culprit because he didn't shoot enough. It was bad of Finley to hold Dirk to 5 of 16 shooting and Finley caused Stackhouse to shoot 4 of 14. Bad Finley.

2) We lost by 5 to Seattle - Finley shot 41%. Hmm, I guess this was Finley's fault because the team was outrebounded by 12.

3) We lost by 4 to the Warriors - Finley shot 47%. He should have shot much better - bad job Finley. And Finley was responsible for Cliff-freaking ROBINSON going off for a season high 25 points on 9 of 14 shooting.

4) We lost by 13 to the Hawks - Finley was 4 of 13. Finley had a bad game, he should have been perfect from the field. Then we would have won the game. It was Finley's fault because the team was outrebounded by 8. Plus Finley caused Stackhouse to miss the game with a sore hand. And if he hadn't had the 3 turnovers, then the team would have only had 21 instead of 24.

5) We lost by 10 to the Rockets - Finley was 4 of 14. Finley had another bad game. Again if he would have been perfect from the field then we would have won the game. And Finley was responsible for Juwan-freaking HOWARD going off for a season high 29 points on 14 of 19 shooting. Plus Finley made Josh miss a game with a upper respiratory infection. And Finley only had 5 rebounds, he should have had 16 so we wouldn't have been outrebounded by 11 like we were.

6) We lost by 3 to the Spurs - Finley shot 46%. Again, he should have shot much better - bad job Finley. And somehow it was Finley's fault that Dampier and Howard missed the game. And again Finley only had 5 rebounds, he should have had 15 so we wouldn't have been outrebounded by 10 like we were.

7) We lost by 10 to the Clippers - Finley was 4 of 13. Finley had another bad game. Again if he would have been perfect from the field then we would have won the game. And somehow it was Finley's fault that Dampier was 4 of 10 and Terry was 4 of 12. Plus I wish Finley wouldn't have caused Josh to have back spasms.

8) We lost last night by 4 to the 76ers - Finley stunk.

[FilthyFinMavs]

See that's the problem I have with Fin-haters. They say things like Fin is the reason we lose games but he first of all hasn't even played every game this season. Out of those 8 games he shot bad in 4 of them but even if he would've shot 50% we still would've lost. We can complain about Finley all we want but he isn't what stands in the way of this team winning a championship.


It's funny because when Finley was hurt everyone was crying we need him back. Now that he's here he's back we are sick of him. Now that Josh is hurt we miss him. I wonder what is it gonna take for us to want to get rid of him also.

[kg_veteran]

I want to see his list. The Mavs have only lost 8 games with Finley in the lineup.

19-8 with him, 9-6 without him.

Yeah, Finley's definitely the obstacle for this team's title aspirations.

BTW, when the entire regular starting lineup plays (Terry, Finley, Howard, Nowitzki, and Dampier), this team is 17-4. When they don't, the team is 11-10.

Perhaps the team just needs to get healthy.

Nah, that couldn't be it.

[NoHeartIncluded]

Originally posted by: Max Power

Do you EVER post anything positive? With a name like NoHeartIncluded you are obviously a hater.

No I'm not a hater. I've backed this team since the disappointments of Loren Meyer, Tony Dumas and Donald Hodge. I don't want to come across as a guy that just wants Fin out of here at all costs. I think, and probably everyone agrees, that his role HAS to change. It's so obvious now. You can list all the games you wants with impressive stats but when it comes down to it he's officially now a liabilit on D. I'm not going to go into his offense because we all now what he does and what he lacks. Someone brought up the point that he should now get Reggie-type minutes and that was the perfect idea. But my concern is who is going to tell him that. I want to fit on this board with all you great fans. That's what makes these boards so great is that we can vent out frustration and express our joy. I just want to see them team succeed and it was my opnion.

[dude1394]

Blaming any one player for a loss is really stu....(edit)....silly. Mike is what mike is, dirk/josh/damp/terry/devin/quis are the future of this team long term. Mike is a great leader and role model for the young'uns. Strong, works hard, loyal.

I also hate to put a loss on a coach, but I thought avery didn't do a very good job of going away from dirk with his rotten shot. I didn't look at the game-thread last night, was murphy whining about dirk not getting enough shots? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

[bo319]

I agree that Finley's minutes should go down...but right now who is gonna get them? With Josh and Quis both out we have only 2 guys to play the 2-3 spots. If both of the young guys can come back soon then Fin's minutes will decrease some and he will be more effective.

[capitalcity]

Perhaps the team just needs to get healthy.

Stop making sense KG.