06-19-2022, 03:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-19-2022, 05:59 PM by KillerLeft.)
@"ItsGoTime", your posts have seemed increasingly concerned with proving that you’re somehow more of a pure basketball fan or even smarter than the rest of us because you’re able to keep from “falling for” the “fake” or “fluke” success the team has achieved.
We ALL wish the team was better in some ways. Maybe the wish list differs from fan to fan, and debating that stuff is kind of what we do here, but NONE of us think this team is the Shaq/Kobe Lakers.
I think most of us are HAPPY that the team has done well and willing to embrace the optimism for the near future that comes with this level of success. I think we all understand that the success came, in part, because of some favorable random happenings…good shooting at the right time, injuries in the West, etc, etc. But honestly, that’s just how “sports” works. And, there are also a great many achievement/improvement-based factors for which the Mavs deserve credit.
No, of course success in the near future isn’t guaranteed. But, as we’ve seen, it’s not guaranteed for any team. I would imagine Clippers and Nets fans are pretty disappointed right now, despite having teams that I suspect we would’ve unanimously voted were better than the Mavs going into the last off season. Nothing will ever be a lock.
What’s rubbing people the wrong way about your posts, I suspect, is that for the past two years, the BETTER the team has gotten, the more NEGATIVE your opinion of them seems to have grown. You seem to believe it’s somehow your job to balance out some type of opinion imbalance that you perceive. Personally, I don’t think any such imbalance exists.
There are plenty of people here who don’t agree with everything the Mavs are doing. Even the most core principles around which the team is being built are challenged aggressively on a daily basis, and in ways that promote fun, engaging conversation.
There are frequently stated opinions of yours with which I agree. But, more and more often, your stuff is starting to read like you’re upset that the team is winning. Again, I don’t think you mean it that way, but it kind of comes across like, “because I don’t agree with how the team is being constructed, I have decided to do everything I can to keep others from enjoying this.”
This is already at least the third best era of Mavs basketball ever, and the needle is pointed up (for now). I don’t really think that’s opinion. Sure, they might not get to where we hope next year, or the year after, and sure, the entire team might look drastically different in a few seasons, but this is the team we have now, and they’re GOOD! Honestly, how many times do you get to experience a top/4 finish as the fan of a pro sports team!?
We ALL wish the team was better in some ways. Maybe the wish list differs from fan to fan, and debating that stuff is kind of what we do here, but NONE of us think this team is the Shaq/Kobe Lakers.
I think most of us are HAPPY that the team has done well and willing to embrace the optimism for the near future that comes with this level of success. I think we all understand that the success came, in part, because of some favorable random happenings…good shooting at the right time, injuries in the West, etc, etc. But honestly, that’s just how “sports” works. And, there are also a great many achievement/improvement-based factors for which the Mavs deserve credit.
No, of course success in the near future isn’t guaranteed. But, as we’ve seen, it’s not guaranteed for any team. I would imagine Clippers and Nets fans are pretty disappointed right now, despite having teams that I suspect we would’ve unanimously voted were better than the Mavs going into the last off season. Nothing will ever be a lock.
What’s rubbing people the wrong way about your posts, I suspect, is that for the past two years, the BETTER the team has gotten, the more NEGATIVE your opinion of them seems to have grown. You seem to believe it’s somehow your job to balance out some type of opinion imbalance that you perceive. Personally, I don’t think any such imbalance exists.
There are plenty of people here who don’t agree with everything the Mavs are doing. Even the most core principles around which the team is being built are challenged aggressively on a daily basis, and in ways that promote fun, engaging conversation.
There are frequently stated opinions of yours with which I agree. But, more and more often, your stuff is starting to read like you’re upset that the team is winning. Again, I don’t think you mean it that way, but it kind of comes across like, “because I don’t agree with how the team is being constructed, I have decided to do everything I can to keep others from enjoying this.”
This is already at least the third best era of Mavs basketball ever, and the needle is pointed up (for now). I don’t really think that’s opinion. Sure, they might not get to where we hope next year, or the year after, and sure, the entire team might look drastically different in a few seasons, but this is the team we have now, and they’re GOOD! Honestly, how many times do you get to experience a top/4 finish as the fan of a pro sports team!?
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