Repost from Sunday. Still relevant.
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Dirk Nowitzki will certainly be a lock for Finals MVP if the Mavericks win. But Jason Terry’s jets will be the image that represents the 2011 NBA Finals.
No one represents American Airlines Arena better than Jason Terry and the jets were in flight tonight.
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Happy Trails Big Diesel!
Uniquely talented and entertaining players are becoming harder to come by in the NBA and Shaquille O’Neal was truly one of a kind.
This man had heart.
Nostalgia. A true icon.
Kevin Durant KILL KILL KILL. In 2007, I did a SLAM feature on Durant when he had yet to find his way in the NBA. Stumbling, I asked if it bothered him that some folks worried he was too low-key. I got an answer that sounded a lot like this one, especially in the tone. He’s been one of my favorite players ever since. Durant, for all his mildness and good manners, is unmistakably real, even abrasive, when he needs to be. And in the end, that KD can be a jerk makes him that much more endearing.
Only in a video game could there be some super-agent with incomparable marketing savvy that pulls off some glorious sales pitch that wooed the Los Angeles Lakers into serious consideration of hiring this man as their new head coach. This clearly has to be an effect of global warming.
Brian Shaw is probably the most deserving of this coveted position. He has certainly paid his dues. If they do take it away from him at least do it with someone that has extensive experience and moderate success (Rick Adelman) to ease Shaw’s pain.
LeBron’s return to the NBA Finals is imminent. So is the sequel to Dallas vs. Miami: The Battle of Arenas Named after American Airlines.
