NBA Comix: Blog Maverick, Where Are You?
An open letter to Mr. Mark Cuban (feel free to sign your name in the comments):
Dear Mark,
We the undersigned may be fans of the NBA, your Dallas Mavericks or even (shudder) the Miami Heat. One thing that brings us together is that we are bloggers and readers of blogs – we believe that the common woman and man have something to say about sports, life or Angelina Jolie that can not or will not be said by the mass media. We see the internet and we want to fill it with words, photos, links and miles and miles of glorious banter.
Thus is was with great hope and pride that we greeted your announcement that you would blog the NBA Finals. You, who have resources and options far beyond the common person, chose to step forward and declare that you were one of us. Willing to sit before a keyboard and spill the contents of your head for the world to see.
Game one was impressive, you taunted Shaq, shared your excitement at being able to take some shots on the NBA Finals floor, and took us inside the maelstrom of the locker room. Game 2 was an equally strong outing.
Then in Miami you just gave up. "Dang its humid". I could have written that … of course it's humid. It's Miami in the summer for cryin' out loud!!
Mark, you have a PHONE WITH A KEYBOARD. You have BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. If you wanted to blog the NBA finals like they've never been blogged before, YOU COULD DO IT.
You stepped forward and said I AM A BLOGGER. You put my vocation and the passion of countless others on the NBA stage. Mark Cuban sounded off and the world took notice. "Yes these Mavs can!" you shouted in the faces of the unbelievers. You made yourself a target and now it looks like you're hiding from the Heat.
So, Mr. Mark Cuban, shirt-sleeve billionaire and the most entertaining owner the NBA has ever had, I'm calling you out:
Get out there and blog like a man, or publically apologize for having the temerity to call yourself a blogger.
quelquechose said,
June 16, 2006 at 3:37 pm
Amen.
Nels said,
June 17, 2006 at 5:08 pm
The fact that everyone knows Cuban is bringing his Sidekick 3 to the games with him is what gets to me. I agree that he could at least pound out a “10:11 – That was a bad call.”
I can’t even get to his web site right now. What’s up with that?
Gloria said,
June 17, 2006 at 7:40 pm
I personally think intimidation is a factor, now that he’s in Miami. His team is losing, he’s receiving more hate mail then ever, and even Maverick fans are turning against him. Yet, amongst all this turmoil, he has the audacity to write about the weather’s humidity after an excruciating loss in Game 3. This man really is unpredictable. But I agree with this 100%. I’m glad someone finally has the balls to tell him off.
farlane said,
June 18, 2006 at 7:45 am
Thanks Q.
Agreed Nels. I think one of his issues is that he thinks he needs to mash the keys himself to make it real. I’m not going to Cuban’s blog to see how well he types. He types WRETCHEDLY. I want to know what he THINKS. Can he dictate to someone at halftime and postgame??
Miami would certainly intimidate me, Gloria. Cuban’s totally in a sea of white. He’s Blog Maverick though – he should be able to face down any number of white clad minions. I really appreciate your kind words too!
tiptoe said,
June 18, 2006 at 7:16 pm
Avery circled the wagons and I think Mark’s doing that too, for the time being.
Let them regroup.
tt
farlane said,
June 19, 2006 at 8:43 am
It’s looking like they’ll have plenty of time to regroup at the fishin’ hole, TT. I don’t think you throw down the gauntlet and then hide when things go south.
Dave said,
June 19, 2006 at 11:52 am
I’m not sure if Mark Cuban is still in this plane of existence.
All his negative energy, all of his one-sided Heat-hating, NBA-baiting, official-taunting, Mav-mating has created such a disparity in CHI that he himself became a singularity, a black hole in which nothing could escape.
For a while, it was only Mav-positive energy, but now, nothing..
So his Sidekick 3 can’t transmit through a wormhole. Maybe the Sidekick 4 will be able to.
farlane said,
June 19, 2006 at 1:57 pm
Heh. The S4 is probably early enough in development that they could add “wormhole uplink” to the specs.
Got a shout out from From the Scene, the blog of the Dallas Morning News who have also noticed that Cuban has gone AWOL.
evolvingtrends said,
June 25, 2006 at 5:34 am
I lived in south Florida.
When you get there the world seems to move much slower and the thought of being on your laptop or Blackberry when you can chill by the beach is not that appealing.
It’s just lazy down there. That’s all.
Having said that, I don’t understand people who sit on a huge pile of money and not spend every minute of their lives trying to figure out how to inspire others and make the world a better place. I really don’t. At some point, after your first $50M
, you ought to just stop feeding your ego (no matter how humongous it is) and start feeding your spirit.
Marc
Sophocles said,
May 18, 2007 at 5:29 pm
Interesting…