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Go Nuggets... there is no Thugs in the classy organisation of the mile high!!..
If I'm not mistaken, how many times has Phillip Rivers been basically verbally burned at the stake? How many lives of players families have you made miserable by verbally berating them at Broncos' games?
Seriously, think before you speak. Your fans are just as bad as everybody else.
However, Cuban has no right to involve a player's mother and family. They have nothing to do with Kenyon's game on the court.
This just shows how Mark Cuban is a disease to the Dallas franchise and needs to stop and think about how he affects his team.
LOSER!
Martin is a low class jerk!
The worst part is that it is perpetuated by the team and the arena, with their taunting on the scoreboard and an PA annoucer who goes beyond calling the game and being a cheerleader.
Secondly, this incident goes way further than just the words of Mark Cuban or the actions of fans. I think that it tells a lot about race in Dallas, Tx. My three children and I relatively new to Dallas, but I can say that prior to moving here, I had never seen such blatant racism or hatred in my life. People here in Dallas are very "comfortable" with making racist and/or inappropriate remarks or comments to ethnic or "different" groups of people. So, the real question is not why Mark Cuban made such an ignorant comment to K-Mart's mother, but why did he feel so "comfortable" with making the remark. I mean, this guy is the owner of the Mavericks and at one point he may have been a well respected member of Dallas society. But again - people here in Dallas have gotten "comfortable" with making such comments until it has "almost" become acceptable. I am not making any excuses for Mr. Cuban either, but this kind of talk for him may just be the "norm". In fact, I believe that Mr. Cuban has a habit of walking around thinking that he can say or do whatever he wants to whomever he wants. Everybody except for Kenyon Martin's mother!
After I heard about Mr. Cuban's comment(s) and the actions of the Maverick's fans - I was both sick and upset! The initial call was made(or not made) by the officials. To get angry with Denver fans and family members was uncalled for. Then, to have Maverick's players and the owner run out on the floor and act like a bunch of "thugs" was pathetic!!! Yes - I did use the term "thug". To add insult in injury, Mark Cuban gets on the Maverick's blog and gives an apology to K-Mart's mother!!!! He didn't make his initial comment(s) over a blog, so why would he apologize over a blog!!!!! That was stupid!!! I did admire K-Mart's response and I think that he has intentions to address this incident after the playoffs. I don't believe that K-Mart will go out and shoot up some stuff("thug "style), but I do believe that he will request that he and Mr. Cuban sit down and talk it over face to face - the way real men handle things.
This incident also says a lot about Kenyon Martin as both a player and a man. He is maturing and his game could not be better.
It was Game 4.
If we lose this series Houston or Los Angeles will beat the $#@# out of you Nuggets. Martin you suck and same with the rest of the nuggets thugs!
Denver sucks and you are all LOSERS!
Nuggets are going to end it in game 5 anyway. Good luck to the Cowgirls this year too, especially without TO
It is only a matter of time that cuban gets a "pj carlissimo" from a player.
Comment by Anonymous
They may not be edumocated, oops sorry that's how we uneducated people spell at times, but those "punk thugs" sure know how to play basketball don't they? Now you know the Denver fans can't wait for the Mavs to come to town wednesday night.
What I can say for certain is that they ran their mouths the entire game and that Lala eventually turned around and threw two entire drinks at a middle aged woman seated directly behind her. I can say with 99% certainty the woman she attacked had not thrown a drink at her and was not running her mouth, in fact she looked disinterested in the game up to that point. Security was directly next to the Martin's party the entire game and the only person ejected was Lala. Today they are calling it a relocation, which it may have been, but she was ejected from her seat and unhappy about leaving.
I don't really know where this started but I do know that the AAC and Dallas fans in general have a reputation for being mild mannered. It certainly was not that way last night. There is absolutely no excuse for any objects being thrown at anyone, but on the other hand it is completely hypocritical for the Nuggets to complain about the crowd when they themselves were largely responsible for agitating the crowd by yelling obscenities towards fans. I have been to the great majority of Maverick games the past several years and this was the first time I have ever seen the opposing teams relatives, friends and players directly harass and taunt fans. The outcome was not pretty. I hope for the sake of the game if the series is to return to Dallas (which I doubt) tempers will cool and the families and friends of the Nuggets will take up Cuban on his offer to sit in a suite. Hopefully this will provide a better atmosphere for them and maverick fans as well.
What I can say for certain is that they ran their mouths the entire game and that Lala eventually turned around and threw two entire drinks at a middle aged woman seated directly behind her. I can say with 99% certainty the woman she attacked had not thrown a drink at her and was not running her mouth, in fact she looked disinterested in the game up to that point. Security was directly next to the Martin's party the entire game and the only person ejected was Lala. Today they are calling it a relocation, which it may have been, but she was ejected from her seat and unhappy about leaving.
I don't really know where this started but I do know that the AAC and Dallas fans in general have a reputation for being mild mannered. It certainly was not that way last night. There is absolutely no excuse for any objects being thrown at anyone, but on the other hand it is completely hypocritical for the Nuggets to complain about the crowd when they themselves were largely responsible for agitating the crowd by yelling obscenities towards fans. I have been to the great majority of Maverick games the past several years and this was the first time I have ever seen the opposing teams relatives, friends and players directly harass and taunt fans. The outcome was not pretty. I hope for the sake of the game if the series is to return to Dallas (which I doubt) tempers will cool and the families and friends of the Nuggets will take up Cuban on his offer to sit in a suite. Hopefully this will provide a better atmosphere for them and maverick fans as well.
I'm thinking of sending them all a copy of the 'Hukdt onn Fonnix' video as a token of goodwill.
"The Nuggets are a team of punk thugs. Not one has a college degree. They are uneducated in every sence of the word. They do however, have a lot in common with the city they play in. Dirty and classless."
Here's a guy that calls the Nuggets uneducated, and manages to show how educated he is by misspelling a simple word like 'sense'. Thanks for the laugh, Corky. I'll bet you learned a lot riding that short yellow bus to school.
Comment by cd
cd talking trash, taunting and jawing is one thing, but throwing beer is quite another. That is a "physical assault". The league should go after those people responsible just as they went after the fans who threw beer on Ron Artest.
I've been a Mav fan since their inception. I've never seen anything like this. Cuban gets riled up and needs to watch his mouth more. I'd get riled up to with Stern and his "company men" doing what they do to get who they want to win. Cuban will never be allowed to win a title.
The Nuggets are acting like they are the ones being abused. I've never seen such a classless team ever. Dallas needs to stop sinking to the Nuggets' level. If Nugget fans think Martin's mom and girlfriend are innocent in all this, then I guess that should make you feel better.
Too bad Wednesday will be the last we'll hear from you.
I can understand how people will formulate their own opinions of situations, but to create a complete fabrication, petty when other's character is called into question.
A. most pathetic name a sports team can ever have
B. thugs
c. cry babies
d. all of the above
Answer: D: all of the above
The Mavericks just messed up now picking on Lala because if Carmelo tore you guys up in game 4 just wait till game 5 it's so over for you's!!
It is sad that anyone is trying to turn this into a race discussion. Yes, Mavs fans here in Dallas refer to the Nuggets as the "Thuggets," but I don't think I am alone in using that term to describe all of the Nuggets regardless of race. The Birdman? Definitely on that list. You should ask yourself why, in a situation that is so obviously about over-aggressive play, bad refereeing and frustration, you assumed that this was about race.
Cuban was onto something with the inequity of the refs' calls. Beyond that, he's a bufoon of the tallest order. I'm embarrassed he's in the same state and I pity them for resenting the 4-time Champion Spurs for taking the team they left behind and making us the winners we are, on and off the court. Carmelo and KMart are brilliant players and I wish them a resounding success!
LET'S GO NUGGETS!
Then there is Martin's expletives towards Cuban and fans after Game 4. And Melo's girlfriend's insults to Dallas fans around her.
The bottom line is that there are jerks everywhere, not just in Dallas. Those jerks include Martin and Melo's galpal.
Go Thugs, I mean, Nugs
I do not know if the families of the Nuggets were interacting with the crowd or not in an abusive tone but even if that was the case pouring beer on someone because they are for the other team is juvenile and unnecessary. It is never okay for anyone to pour liquor on someone just because they do not agree with or like what the person is saying. If that person is being classless then why stoop to their level? Its amazing that we are speaking about adults interacting with one another and not a group of 8th graders.
As for Mr. Cubans remark to Kmart's mom that was rude and irrational just like Mr. Cuban so I guess you can not blame him for being him. It looks like he took the lead of the crowd and they followed his reaction to their emotional response to his comments to Mrs. Martin. Basically this is a game of monkey see monkey do. Again remarkable we are still talking about adults and not children. Everyone who participated in any inappropriate behavior should be ashamed of themselves whether a Mavs fan or a Nuggets fan. It is absolutely absurd for this type of behavior to be exhibited in any arena or at any point. Hopefully everyone will grow up by the end of the series.
Attacking players' families?? NO CLASS. Beer poured on KMart's Mom?!!? I commend him for not pulling an Artest after that. That is his MOTHER.
I know that when LA plays Denver in the West Finals, no such thing will occur. Chauncey and Kobe are pals, and both organizations are classy and the Best in the West. It will be a well-played, spirited competition, and nobody at Staples would ever pull anything like that (Jack Nicholson won't allow it).
Best of luck, Denver!