Dirk To Be Named Nba Mvp

NT80 · May 11, 2007

Dirk Nowitzki is chosen NBA's MVP

By JAIME ARON, AP Sports Writer

DALLAS - Dirk Nowitzki has been chosen as the NBA's MVP for leading the Dallas Mavericks to one of the best regular seasons in league history, a team official told The Associated Press on Friday. The formal announcement will come Tuesday at a news conference, said the team official, who requested anonymity because the announcement is pending.

Nowitzki and the Mavericks went from a league-best 67 wins to a stunning first-round elimination by eighth-seeded Golden State, with the big German quite un-MVP-like for most of the series.

Voting was completed before the playoffs.

The story was first reported late Thursday by ESPN.com.

Nowitzki becomes the first MVP in 25 years not to win a single playoff series; it last happened to Houston's Moses Malone in 1981-82. That failure is likely to be remembered more than the fact he's the first European honoree, and the first not to have attended a U.S. high school or college.

Nowitzki's victory also ends the two-year reign of his good friend and former teammate Steve Nash of Phoenix. After blossoming into star players together in Dallas, one of them has been the MVP all three seasons since they've been separated.

Nowitzki earned it this time by being the best player on the best team, leading the Mavericks in scoring (24.6 points per game) and rebounding (8.9 per game).

He was an All-Star for the sixth straight year and started the game for the first time. That was a first for a Dallas player — as is this honor. On Thursday, he was chosen to the all-NBA first-team for a third straight year.

While Nowitzki's ninth season wasn't his highest-scoring, it was his most accurate. He set career-highs in shooting percentage on field goals (50.2), 3-pointers (41.6) and free throws (90.4); no other player in the league topped 50, 40 and 90 percent.

NorthTexasFan · May 11, 2007

Big whoopdie-doo...there's still a bitter taste in our mouths.

Quoner · May 11, 2007

Big whoopdie-doo...there's still a bitter taste in our mouths.

Which brings me to my next point:

Most Dallas sports fans are a bunch of front running, good-time Charley, what-have-you-done-for-me-lately homer douches who don't live and die by their team for more than a week or two at a time. You can call it "being a winner's town" but it just reeks of a $30k millionaire false sense of entitlement. That's why everything fails here - nothing can be built.

Look at the Rangers - lost to one of the greatest baseball teams ever assembled a few years - blow it up and start again and run off Doug Melvin.

Look at the Stars - Ran off Hitch during rough 2001 season - brought it a bunch of offense first non-system players and have been playing catchup ever since because people stopped going when the team was 6 games above .500.

Look at the Cowboys - No one wanted to claim them when they went back from Super Bowl to dealing with the cap again.

Look at the Mavs - Best decade the franchise has ever seen with two crushing disappointments and no one wants to even acknolwedge their home team anymore.

Maybe that's why our school's fanbase sucks too.

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Edited May 11, 2007 by Quoner

GoMeanGreen1999 · May 12, 2007

Which brings me to my next point:
Most Dallas sports fans are a bunch of front running, good-time Charley, what-have-you-done-for-me-lately homer douches who don't live and die by their team for more than a week or two at a time. You can call it "being a winner's town" but it just reeks of a $30k millionaire false sense of entitlement. That's why everything fails here - nothing can be built.
Look at the Rangers - lost to one of the greatest baseball teams ever assembled a few years - blow it up and start again and run off Doug Melvin.
Look at the Stars - Ran off Hitch during rough 2001 season - brought it a bunch of offense first non-system players and have been playing catchup ever since because people stopped going when the team was 6 games above .500.
Look at the Cowboys - No one wanted to claim them when they went back from Super Bowl to dealing with the cap again.
Look at the Mavs - Best decade the franchise has ever seen with two crushing disappointments and no one wants to even acknolwedge their home team anymore.
Maybe that's why our school's fanbase sucks too.
Hot. Sports. Opinions.

Well the Stars and the Rangers have a lame duck owner, who really only cares about selling tickets, but doesn't care enough to spend enough money to actually make serious runs, therefore he has to make a change at the leadership every 4 - 5 years so that he will keep the fan base that is there, coming back.

As for the Cowboys, I don't think this argument you are making, holds water. The Cowboy fan, although it has been hard as of late, is a pretty loyal fan around here. There isn't game I don't watch.

As for the Mavs, they have done well, but to say because an entire city is seriously disappointed and that makes fans bad fans, I will disagree.

Our school's fanbase sucks because we (in general) decide to not put more into it.

Coach · May 13, 2007

Most Dallas sports fans are a bunch of front running, good-time Charley, what-have-you-done-for-me-lately homer douches who don't live and die by their team for more than a week or two at a time. You can call it "being a winner's town" but it just reeks of a $30k millionaire false sense of entitlement.

I agree completely.

LongJim · May 14, 2007

Most Dallas sports fans are a bunch of front running, good-time Charley, what-have-you-done-for-me-lately homer douches who don't live and die by their team for more than a week or two at a time. You can call it "being a winner's town" but it just reeks of a $30k millionaire false sense of entitlement. That's why everything fails here - nothing can be built.

I think that statement is hyperbole. The days of supporting your team through thick and thin (at least as far as attendance goes) went out the window when ticket prices increased 7 and 8 fold, players jumped from bed to bed like Paris Hilton and Tara Reid in a ho-bagging contest, and parking went up to $10. Ridiculous. How many years do the Rangers get to acquire/develop/keep starting pitching? When does being a 'good fan' turn to becoming a dumb@ss who keeps demanding 'Thank you sir, may I have ANOTHER!?"

Hey, don't get me wrong: I grew up during the late 70's--when you KNEW who was going to be on "your" team year after year, and could actually AFFORD to attend more than 1 or 2 games a year with your family. Now? Please.

Why should the fans show any loyalty to a team, players, and owners who rub their nose in it year after year?

Look at the Stars - Ran off Hitch during rough 2001 season - brought it a bunch of offense first non-system players and have been playing catchup ever since because people stopped going when the team was 6 games above .500.

Another team that you have to take a second mortgage to go see more than 2-3 times a year. Don't blame the lack of attendance on Joe Schmoe fan. Like Texas Ranger and Dallas Cowboy fan, he was priced out of the game a long time ago.

Thank God for the corporations and suite sales.