Go Mavs!!!

A really good article on Nowitzki - our "Great White Hope" on MSNBC. The boy has grown up into a man right in front of our eyes, proving his mental toughness in every game that mattered. Remember the Spurs series two seasons ago, when he had his tooth knocked out, but came back to score 40?

Or how about his outplaying Kevin Garnett to sweep his T'Wolves in the first round last season? How about those 40-point games against the TralBlazers this season? And how about his performance and his role in helping his team win two Game 7s in two weeks? Dude rocks!

Spurs series measuring stick for Nowitzki

DALLAS, May 19 - Five years ago, when the Dallas Mavericks engineered a draft-related deal to acquire a German kid named Dirk Nowitzki, it seemed a little strange. Then Don Nelson proclaimed Nowitzki was one of the greatest prospects he had ever seen. Nellie said Nowitzki had the size of a center, the ball-handling ability of a swingman and the shooting range of a guard. And throughout basketball circles, coaches and scouts and players rolled their eyes. Nellie, a great many of them thought, has really lost it this time.