The Beaver Face

[Ben Rogers @BenRogers]

Incredibly happy for Casey Smith to win another NBA Championship last night. His first with the Knicks, and 2nd overall after being an important part of the Mavs’ 2011 run.

He's one of the most respected sports medicine gurus in the league, who was unimaginably fired in one of the biggest mistakes in Mavs history by the man who would eventually drive the entire franchise directly into an iceberg.

According to a report by @BannedMacMahon, Nico parted ways Smith over a video conference call while he was tending to his ailing mother, no less.

Let that sink in.

And after almost two decades with the organization doing work that was universally recognized as being best in class.

Words can’t begin to describe what a shitburger decision that was by Nico, who appeared to be dead set on playing cold-blooded corporate chess, removing anybody that could stand in his way or threaten his growing power.

Hmm, I wonder if removing anyone with veto power would end up mattering. 🤔

But back to 2011… Smith was instrumental in keeping the great Tyson Chandler healthy enough to be the anchor of their championship D. A man who won multiple gold medals representing his country with USA hoops, an extremely high honor. And a Basketball Hall of Famer.

Immediately scooped up by the Knicks, Casey led a staff that won NBATA Training Staff of the Year and finished first in the entire league in fewest games missed to injury.

The Luka trade gets all the attention, understandably. But the day that Nico parted ways with Casey Smith is also on the short list of worst days in team history.

Some things just feel like a karma boomerang. This is one of those things.

Good piece here by @tomhaberstroh

https://t.co/6HnWyVwuCA

[Casey Smith @CaseyRySmith]

Shout out to my real ones. @jalenbrunson1 @PJPatton52 @heathaaamau They said we weren’t a good fit for their culture. Said we weren’t good enough in our roles. Peter Patton, Heather Mau, Jalen. We did and will continue to do the work.

[NBA @NBA]

Drafted 33rd overall out of Villanova in 2018 and now NBA CHAMPION in Year 8.

First-time NBA Finals MVP... Jalen Brunson!

[The Beaver Face @TheBeaverFace]

@DakMuse4 C. All day everyday

[The Beaver Face @TheBeaverFace]

@NFL_DovKleiman Julius Jones.

[Dallas Texas TV @DallasTexasTV]

15 years ago today, the Dallas Mavs completed the greatest championship run in NBA history

[Matej Sportinfo @MatejSportinfo]

Listening to Windhorst making excuses for Wemby's bad game, saying he was just tired cause he played too many minutes. When Luka was in the finals leading the playoffs in minutes, points, rebounds, assists and steals, he trashed him and called him a loser. Such blatant bias!

[Tom @TAizenberg]

Luka averaged 28-8-8 at 20

[MavsNation @MavsNationYo]

Goodluck in the NBA Finals Jalen Brunson! I speak for all Mavs fans when I say that we are cheering you on #MFFL

[el @eleesalw]

Luka trade so bad they’re throwing out the building

[Anthony F. Irwin @AnthonyIrwinLA]

What an incredible series of tweets lol

[Coach Rome @Rome_Beast]

shit says ever

as in nba history

as in this has never happened before

[Cj @LakerCj]

I truly believe in my heart of hearts Luka Doncic is the best player in the NBA.

[MindofLuka @Mind_of_Luka]

I genuinely believe Luka Doncic is the most disrespected generational superstar + talent ever in the NBA

[billboard charts @billboardcharts]

.@Drake charts a record 42 songs on this week's #Hot100:

No. 1, “Janice STFU”
No. 2, “Ran to Atlanta,” feat. Future & Molly Santana
No. 3, “Whisper My Name”
No. 4, “Shabang”
No. 6, “National Treasures”
No. 7, “Make Them Cry”
No. 8, “Dust”
No. 9, “2 Hard 4 the Radio”
No. 10, “Make Them Pay”
No. 11, “Plot Twist”
No. 12, “B’s on the Table,” feat. 21 Savage
No. 13, “Burning Bridges”
No. 15, “What Did I Miss?” (reentry; debuted at its No. 2 peak last July)
No. 18, “Little Birdie”
No. 19, “Make Them Remember”
No. 21, “Make Them Know”
No. 22, “Hoe Phase”
No. 23, “Don’t Worry”
No. 28, “WNBA”
No. 31, “Firm Friends”
No. 34, “I’m Spent,” feat. Loe Shimmy
No. 35, “Classic”
No. 36, “Fortworth,” feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR
No. 39, “Slap the City,” with Qendresa
No. 41, “Cheetah Print,” with Sexyy Red
No. 42, “Road Trips”
No. 43, “High Fives”
No. 56, “Gen 5”
No. 57, “White Bone”
No. 61, “Hurrr Nor Thurrr,” feat. Sexyy Red
No. 63, “Which One,” with Central Cee (reentry; debuted at its No. 23 peak last August)
No. 65, “Outside Tweaking,” with Stunna Sandy
No. 67, “True Bestie,” with Iconic Savvy
No. 71, “Rusty Intro”
No. 72, “New Bestie”
No. 74, “BBW”
No. 76, “Amazing Shape,” with Popcaan
No. 82, “Prioritizing”
No. 85, “Q&A”
No. 88, “Goose and the Juice”
No. 92, “Princess”
No. 93, “Stuck”

[RJ Ochoa @rjochoa]

Osi Umenyiora played against the Tony Romo Dallas Cowboys, so I was curious for his thoughts on Romo overall.

He called him the best quarterback that they ever faced in that time. He was very specific that he was the best.

Some high praise.

[Hater Report @HaterReport]

Nico Harrison really let Jalen Brunson AND Luka Doncic go lmaoo

Brunson walked in free agency then Dallas traded Luka after he took them to the NBA Finals.

Generational fumbling 😭

[Evan Sidery @esidery]

The Mavericks received the following for Jalen Brunson and Luka Doncic leaving:

Brunson: Nothing

Doncic: Anthony Davis, Max Christie, 2029 unprotected 1st (via Lakers)

Two colossal mistakes that will haunt the franchise for years to come.

[Jason Gallagher @jga41agher]

Future generations are going to think this is AI because surely no organization would be dumb enough to screw this up…

[Onyx @OnyxOdds]

Most PPG + RPG + APG in Conference Finals history:

48.7 - Luka Doncic
47.8 - Victor Wembanyama
45.1 - LeBron James
45.1 - Hakeem Olajuwon