Josh Bowe

editor for @mavsmoneyball / mavericks writer at @dmagazine / co-host of pod maverick, a mavericks podcast for @Audacy:

[Josh Bowe @Boweman55]

@whatheballdo yep it was awesome. hell even if there's no one to talk to, just being able to ride the train and rest your eyes/relax beats being stuck in traffic. just a quality of life improvement.

[Josh Bowe @Boweman55]

I will give the benefit of the doubt that five years from now is a long time and things could change, but yes, the mavericks moving from an arena from downtown with easy, affordable public transit to a less coinvent spot that requires more driving and parking is bad.

[Josh Bowe @Boweman55]

@twothumbchum @redditmavericks it's less about affordability and more about convivence, ease. I can afford to drive and park at a mavs game, but I don't want to.

[Josh Bowe @Boweman55]

@twothumbchum @redditmavericks I'm sorry that happened to her

[Josh Bowe @Boweman55]

@misterrana_ in five years every DFW sports team being in a shopping mall away from city centers is like, peak DFW. parking lots, parking lots for all eternity.

[Josh Bowe @Boweman55]

anyway, this is all predictable but still unfortunate. I first went to mavs games as a teenager riding the TRE from trinity station. it felt like a miracle I could just get dropped off right in front of the stadium. I hope the next generation of fans can have that too.

[Josh Bowe @Boweman55]

my advice to mavs people or mavs-adjacent people that will be defending this: let people me mad. you're not going to change people's minds by telling them they're wrong or just haters. absorb the criticism and respond with plans to address it!

[Josh Bowe @Boweman55]

@517to214 what's funny is Nico would have been on the list if he didn't....you know lol

[Josh Bowe @Boweman55]

@arjnmpm @michaeldomps even if you snapped your fingers and solved all tanking you'd still have countless unwatchable regular season games due to injuries and worn out players. to me that's a bigger issue than tanking.

[Josh Bowe @Boweman55]

I don't think tanking is *the* problem in the NBA, but the NBA is making a show of it because it's something they actually feel like changing. to me it's less about tanking and more the quality of the regular season overall is too inconsistent. too many games don't matter.

[Josh Bowe @Boweman55]

@Philhouse84 @ajd9000 yes that goes into "what they feel like changing" and the short term money stuff.

[Josh Bowe @Boweman55]

there will always be bad teams. there will always be teams putting out abhorrent rosters due to injury, draft position, rebuilding. the thing that bothers me the most is turning on a game between two awesome teams in november and seeing 3-6 starters missing. that is the problem.

[Josh Bowe @Boweman55]

if the NBA truly wanted to fix the regular season, they would go to measures way beyond tanking. but they won't because those measures would mess with their short-term money, or it's stuff they can't control (youth sports)

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[Josh Bowe @Boweman55]

truth serum: the older I get, the less patience I have for a lot of stuff that doesn't actually matter in my life. turning on a mavs game for work, seeing kidd decide to punt a november game because he wants to try a lineup that'll never work, just felt bad. don't waste my time!

[Josh Bowe @Boweman55]

I thought kidd was a bad hire at the time, and he slowly proved me wrong during various moments (2022, 2024), but the mavs never finished higher than fourth in the regular season under him, and had some embarrassing seasons (2023, 2025). a fresh start for the org was overdue.

[Josh Bowe @Boweman55]

seeing kidd coach like a maniac in the playoffs, only to treat the regular season like an extended preseason, was wearing thin. good riddance, honestly.