10-27-2009, 12:06 PM
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Ahhhhh-The wonderful opening day when all fans of all teams are happy & optimistic
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Washington @ Dallas--Ron Garretson, Michael Smith, Haywoode Workman
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10-27-2009, 12:15 PM
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#42
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BRING IT OOON
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10-27-2009, 12:24 PM
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I pray that the gme will be on FSSW.
edit: it is. woot!!
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10-27-2009, 12:26 PM
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The Preacha
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Originally Posted by TripleDipping
I pray that the gme will be on FSSW.
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yup
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ok, we've talked about the problem of evil, and the extent of the atonement's application, but my real question to you is, "Could Jesus dunk?"
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10-27-2009, 12:28 PM
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Geez, this regular season seems to take longer and longer to get here every year. This is the Year of the Maverick!
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10-27-2009, 12:34 PM
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I'm back
back for more Ortegal fun
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10-27-2009, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by bernardos70
It's officially HERE! LET'S GET READY FOR THIS BITCH!!!!!!!!!!
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lol @ you.
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10-27-2009, 01:09 PM
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lets go mavs!
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10-27-2009, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by TripleDipping
I pray that the gme will be on FSSW.
edit: it is. woot!!
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no lie man i just moved to OKC so i should be getting a lot of damn thunder games. guess watching durant will be a descent consolation prize. if anyone has a way to get games not showing here(outside of NBA season pass) please let me know
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10-27-2009, 01:36 PM
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Getcha popcorn ready?
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10-27-2009, 01:45 PM
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Thread police ruining the fun.
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10-27-2009, 01:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 12 Tone Melodies
Ahhhhh-The wonderful opening day when all fans of all teams are happy & optimistic
Referee Assignments
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Haywoode Workman? Man, how time flies.
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Ex-guard making comeback as ref
Former NBA guard Haywoode Workman's playing career is over. But don't be surprised to see him back in the NBA.
By David Aldridge
He was in Israel when the truth caught up to him.
"I played over there for a month," Haywoode Workman recalled. "Just to see if I could play. We got to the finals, but I just couldn't do what I wanted to do. I thought I let the team down, because they'd counted on me a lot. The guys that were there were American guys, and I was like, they're going at me because I played in the league, and I wished I could do what I wanted to do. But I just couldn't."
It was the end of a solid, if unspectacular, playing career that over the course of a decade had taken him from Atlanta to Washington to Indiana to Milwaukee. Workman was the quintessential backup point guard who probably had another four or five years in him, but a knee injury he suffered in 1996 never really came around. At 36, he needed another gig.
That's when he recalled a conversation he had in Florida in the summer of 2001. While working out, he ran into NBA referee Bob Delaney.
"He was like, 'you ever think about reffing,?'" Workman said. "And last summer I just said I'll try it out."
Two years later, Workman is still at it as an official, trying to follow in the footsteps of other ex-players Bernie Fryer and Leon Wood. It's highly unlikely he'll be an NBA ref this season, or next season, for that matter. But he's in the pipeline, and he's determined to work wherever he needs to improve.
"I wanted to be an all-star as a player, one of those upper-eschelon players, but I never reached that," Workman says. "But now, I can contribute to the game another way. Just being an ex-player stepping on the court, you've got credibility. I might even enhance the game a little bit, because I played at that level. The way it's happening so fast, I don't know. I know it won't happen this year. I understand that. Because I'm not ready."
He started in California in 2002, working the pro-am leagues -- Venice Beach, West Los Angeles -- out of his own pocket. Encouraged, he responded quickly when he heard the CBA was looking for new officials. He sent the league his résumé, and worked 15 games last season. Then, he worked the pre-draft camp in Chicago. In July, he worked the NBA summer league in Boston.
"He handled himself pretty well," said Ronnie Nunn, the NBA's new supervisor of officials. "He has the decorum, he has a sense of ease, a sense of poise, a sense of making sure he makes the calls and what those calls look like and when the whistle should be blown. He's got a good foundation from a refereeing standpoint."
You normally think of referees as finished products, because you see them when they reach the NBA. But like players, it takes thousands of hours in hundreds of gyms to be considered ready for prime time. Workman is at the beginning of that journey. He doesn't think of himself as a player any more -- ending all associations with former teammates was hard, but necessary. Still, he's not fully formed as an official.
The biggest adjustment?
"The rules," Workman says. "For me, I think the rules. Second is trying to just manage the game, personalities, players, you've got coaches ... I've got to know all the situations, I've got know the scenarios. Be aware of the clock. An elbow compared to 'he just pushed him off.' Because if I say elbow, now that's a whole different scenario."
That confusion sounds right to Nunn. The young official, traditionally, has a million things going through his or her mind -- besides trying to get the rulebook down cold. Where should I be on the floor with respect to the other two officials? How do I work with them during a game? And being an ex-player brings pluses and minuses. You may have a better appreciation for how players feel, but you have to, frankly, know a lot more than the players do if you're going to have any chance.
Workman finds himself anticipating what players will do while trying to remember where he's supposed to be on the floor. He figures if he's in the right place, and looking in the right place, he won't catch any flak. He's trying to keep from reaching to make calls, or make calls that the other officials are in better position to see.
"Right now, I don't have it," he said. "I'm learning it. I'm getting it real fast, but I don't have it right now. My process has been tremendous, real fast, from last year to now. I was doing men's league; now I'm in the program. I'm moving up fast. But it's just a process, just like playing...
"Playing it, you just get out there and play. Reffing it, there's so much stuff that can go on in the game and there's so many situations you have to be aware of, and that's what makes it tough. Right now, I don't have that. Right now, I can't watch a game and know the clock, watch the game and be aware of the shot clock. I'm getting it, but I don't have it yet. You've got to know that, know the clock, know the rules, know what happened on the play. Then, there's a tech, throw somebody out, and it was a foul. Now you gotta remember all that. Now, where do you take the ball out? Now, if you take it out wrong, when you get back, you'll get an e-mail (saying) 'hey, you took the ball out wrong,' and you might get a pink slip."
In Boston, Workman also had to stare down ex-players who were now coaches and wanted to test the new guy.
"We already had a little confrontation with (Milwaukee's) Sam Mitchell," Workman said. "I was like, 'it's summer league. So don't be watching the game from the outside.' That's how it is now. It's joking now, having fun, but just to let them know I will (eject them) if I have to. But I'm having fun."
Workman doesn't care where he works this coming season. He'd like to work in the Developmental League, and Nunn allows that that could be a possibility.
"I think he can handle it with a good crew," Nunn says. But Workman probably will wind up doing mostly college games as he continues to develop and improve. The NBA wants officials working as much as close to year-round as possible during their formative years, and has arrangements with conferences including the SEC, Ohio Valley and Atlantic Sun to use referees that are taught in camps by NBA officials, using NBA mechanics as much as possible in the college game.
"It can take six, seven years on the long side" to show NBA-level capability, Nunn said. "Short side, four or five. You need to get the experience of seeing plays, seeing situations, dealing with conflict resolutions, and getting the dynamics of the game, when to make calls, make the correct calls. Every play is not a foul. You have to have conclusive evidence."
Workman insists he's in this for the long haul. With his old knee, he can't sprint up and down like he used to. But he'll ref a game in the street if it helps. He watches games on TV, analyzing the styles of other refs. He's watching old tapes of himself as a player, trying to pick up anything that will help him improve faster.
"If I don't make it here, you always have college," he says. "You could make pretty good money and you'd still be in the game. I think I've got a pretty good chance. I'm just trying to make myself (where) opportunity and preparation meet, I want to be right there. I can do this until I can't walk any more. Just to stay in the game. I already have a taste of it from playing. I'd like to still be in it.
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10-27-2009, 02:03 PM
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Que Viva los MAVS!!!!!
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10-27-2009, 02:39 PM
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10-27-2009, 02:48 PM
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Bob and Dan on the ticket are KILLING the Mavs right now.
The bad thing is they haven't a clue and didn't watch a preseason game.
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10-27-2009, 02:48 PM
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The Mavs are do^2med! I am so^4 glo^16y to^256day.
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10-27-2009, 02:52 PM
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Glad to see some Mavs again!!!
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10-27-2009, 03:29 PM
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10-27-2009, 03:41 PM
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Finally this season is starting!!!!!!!!!!!! GO MAVS!!!!!
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10-27-2009, 03:47 PM
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So this game isn't televised nationally? I'm freaking tired of watching games online...
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10-27-2009, 03:47 PM
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My sports pants are tingling uncontrollably.
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You say it in Brazil, you say Dirk, they know Nowitzki. You say it in China,
they know Nowitzki. Kobe, Michael, DIRK." - Jeff Van Gundy
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10-27-2009, 03:47 PM
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The Preacha
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dirkgreatness
Finally this season is starting!!!!!!!!!!!! GO MAVS!!!!!
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a bit premature, Dirkgreatness...its still about 4 hrs away.
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ok, we've talked about the problem of evil, and the extent of the atonement's application, but my real question to you is, "Could Jesus dunk?"
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10-27-2009, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Mav41
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nicely done
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10-27-2009, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Nowitzki4President
So this game isn't televised nationally? I'm freaking tired of watching games online...
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It's not, and I feel your pain. At least Friday against the Lakers will be. This is the first time in 2 years I can't get League Pass, so I need my forum buddies to hooook up the links this season!
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"That (expletive) that Matt Barnes pulled," Odom said, "That ain't never going to happen again."
Wednesday morning, Barnes was home (apparently with his kids) when he read the quote and responded on twitter.
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10-27-2009, 04:47 PM
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Would love a killer game from Marion with plenty of dunks since he allready "lost his legs"
24/12/2/3, something like that
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10-27-2009, 05:30 PM
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a bit premature, Dirkgreatness...its still about 4 hrs away.
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Yeah but im still excited. Seems like time is going by sloooooooow.
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10-27-2009, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Nowitzki4President
So this game isn't televised nationally? I'm freaking tired of watching games online...
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The Mavs only have 13 nationally televised games this year, not including NBATV because nobody has NBATV.
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10-27-2009, 06:11 PM
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wooooooooo season starts in 20 mins !!!
veryy excited to finally see the mavs in action !!!
BEST OF LUCK TO DALLAS!!
HOPE ITS A GREAT YEAR!!!!
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10-27-2009, 06:30 PM
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I have comcast (if that's important info). What would I be able to do to watch Mavs games on tv? What would I have to purchase?
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10-27-2009, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Laotor
wooooooooo season starts in 20 mins !!!
veryy excited to finally see the mavs in action !!!
BEST OF LUCK TO DALLAS!!
HOPE ITS A GREAT YEAR!!!!
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730 central not 730 eastern time
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10-27-2009, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by mavs777
730 central not 730 eastern time
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ya we are still 45 minutes away.
cant wait!
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10-27-2009, 06:55 PM
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Greetings everyone.
About freaking time!
GO MAVS!
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10-27-2009, 06:59 PM
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mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs
breaaattthheeee
mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs
breeeaatttthhhheeee
mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs mavs
Conclusion: I'm so excited!!
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10-27-2009, 07:05 PM
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Woot less than 30 minutes, so happy!!!!!
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10-27-2009, 07:05 PM
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About time. Lets go mavs!
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10-27-2009, 07:07 PM
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WOOOHOOO finally its here lets go MAVS!!!
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*punches my neighbors the F*** OUT!!!!*
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10-27-2009, 07:13 PM
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so the link in this thread lets me watch live? i sooooo hope so, cause FSSW is showing soccer here. WTF i'm pissed. and to make it worse the guide says nba basketball so i've been teased all day thinking i'm getting HD mavs. BS
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10-27-2009, 07:17 PM
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LINK!!!!
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10-27-2009, 07:18 PM
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Game time, Arenas can be scary, can go off for 40. But hopefully a combo of Kidd and Ross can stifle him. With out Jamison, don't know what to think of Dirk, he probably goes for 40 on Jamison, but who knows, they may double him. Hoping for lots of ball movement and moving without the ball.
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10-27-2009, 07:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mavsfan2323
no lie man i just moved to OKC so i should be getting a lot of damn thunder games. guess watching durant will be a descent consolation prize. if anyone has a way to get games not showing here(outside of NBA season pass) please let me know
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Westbrook too, great finisher around the cup. Don't know what to make of Harden. Thabo would have been a great starter alongside westbrook, imagine the length with those two in there.
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