Josh Howard Ladies and Gents!

Josh Howard is in the news again, again its not with good reason, this time at a Flag Football game held for Charity by Nuggets star Allen Iverson, Howard was caught on camera phone during the singing of the national anthem saying,
'The Star-Spangled Banner' is going on. I don't celebrate this [expletive]. I'm black."

Unfortunately this video has became an overnight debate all across the internet, even following Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to his personal blog page
http://blogmaverick.com/

Cuban has been receiving some not so kind words from hundreds of fans, and non fans complaining about Howard's latest antics, and Cuban's inability to keep Howard under his thumb, what many have failed to realize is that while Josh Howard does work for Mark Cuban, he is still a human being, without the nice cars, and large contracts, and professional sports jerseys, Josh Howard is a lot like you and I, and a lot like you and I, Josh says and does things that can be taken either way, some will agree, some will disagree, it doesn't help that Josh's public displays have been so close together like a long thread that's being unraveled from a sweater, the sweater being his performance in the playoffs . to make matters worse, Howard went on to say something about Barack Obama later on in the video, which unfortunately doesn't shine too greatly on Obama.

The video has created an uproar of responses, many of which are racial slurs and arguements, on Cuban's blog and even on youtube.
Mark Cuban and Mavericks Head Coach Rick Carlisle have both stated that Josh will be confronted and disciplined outside of the media's eye, which is definitely the last place Howard should be at the moment.


-B

Ike ruins the beach party.

Due to Hurricane Ike, The Brandon Bass Beach Volleyball Tournament for charity has been postponed indefinitely, the event has been re-scheduled for Fri. September 26th, same place, same time, see you there!

Brandon Bass Charity Event This Weekend!

See Ya There!

Olympic run is over for Dirk and Team Germany.

It was a blowout, normally when this happens and I blog about it, Dirk is on the good side, unfortunately today that is not the case, Dirk who managed 14 points in the 106-57 loss to Team USA sending Dirk, Newest German Chris Kaman and the rest of Team Germany home with a 1-4 Olympic run, after sweeping Angola 95-66, Germany lost it's last three games.


After the loss Nowitzki said he's "Ready to focus on winning a championship now." hopefully that's a goal he can accomplish sooner than later.

The Big Bang!!

I'd rather not get MFFLers riled up by telling them about the journalists who thinks that the Mavericks are "declining" and have "Fallen from Championship status" those opinions do not matter to a real Maverick, nor a true Maverick
fan, and so they do not belong in this blog, in this blog, what we will talk about the Olympics, Dirk's new haircut, Foster going to Europe, Josh Smith going to the Grizz and of course as always trade rumors.


I have been getting tons of emails about Dirk's new hair cut, I decided to see it for myself, and... it's NOT THAT BAD!! of course, it's not that good either, but it's hair, it grows back, let Dirk and team Germany have some fun looking like Ron Artest!




In an unsurprising and unmotivating move the Dallas Mavericks have sent their 2008 draft pick over to Europe, so uh,... why didn't we trade up for a higher spot in the draft, oh.. that's right!
because Foster was a steal at 58, well I guess not.

I guess Shan Foster wasn't all he was cracked up to be, at least not yet.
"This gives him valuable playing experience in one of the top leagues in Europe," Nelson said. "He performed well in summer league but ... this gives him a chance to improve. His future is very bright, and we're excited about him rejoining us next summer. This also gives the Mavs roster flexibility, which may prove valuable in the current free-agent market."
(which the Mavericks have been completely inactive in.)
well if anything hopefully this leaves the door open for Reyshawn Terry to join the team this year, he has showed a lot during the Summer League and could prove to be very impressive.

Kiss your Josh Smith to Dallas dreams away, Smith had been signed to a $58 million dollar deal with the Grizzlies until Atlanta matched the offer, they played it the smart way, they wanted to see how much Smith would go for in the market so they wouldn't over pay him, and by matching the offer they show Smith that they are "dedicated" to keeping him, win-win for Atlanta.

For the time being it seems as if the Mavericks camp are quite content with their team, although Andre Iguodala trades were drawn up and argued about across many websites and chat rooms, no such name has come out of the mouth with the money, Mavs Owner Mark Cuban, so this looks like another big N.O. for all of the guys that spent their day configuring sweet deals in ESPN's trade machine, sorry guys, no big bang trades yet.

-Bathory

Chris Kaman to Dallas rumors are dead, Josh Smith to Dallas rumors are fizzing out, Andre Iguodala to Dallas rumors are piping hot!!

That's right, Big Iggy to Dallas is a possibility, an unlikely one with Donnie Nelson in China, but a possibility all the same.

What we're being led to believe is that Iguodala and the 76ers can't seem to get it together and
a trade is imminent, something along the lines of Howard for Iguodala and SG Willie Green, I say if this is true, and I were in office (Mavs HQ that is) this many days wouldn't have gone by without the deal getting done.

This of course is not so much of a rumor as it is an idea purposed by Kelly Dwyer who writes for Yahoo Sports, I say "Hey Kelly go take a vacation or something and stop making me have a heart attack thinking of how great of a trade this would be will ya?"

J-Ho makes himself look bad again.. is that possible?

Oh yes my friend, yes it is possible, in a time when seventy-five percent of Dallas is egging on a trade for Josh Smith or Andre Iguodala to get rid of Josh Howard, Josh gets himself arrested for drag racing in his hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina...

Taken from MYFOXDFW.COM

Last Edited: Friday, 01 Aug 2008, 2:53 PM CDT

Created: Friday, 01 Aug 2008, 2:31 PM CDT

Josh Howard Josh Howard's NBA Page Mavericks guard Josh Howard was arrested in Winston-Salem, N.C. Thursday night for street racing, according to police. Howard is facing charges of speeding, reckless driving, and speed competition, according to myFOXdfw's sister station myFOXwghp.com. The website says an officer spotted Howard driving a black Lexus with a passenger on the city's west side. Howard was taken to the Forsyth County magistrate's office and released on a written promise to appear in court on Sept. 23. Howard graduated from Wake Forest and is a Winston-Salem native. He was selected by the Mavericks in the first round of the 2003 draft.

The only word that comes to mind for me is.. "Wow"