Mavericks Outsider Report

The big news in Mavs land is obvious this week - Dirk being shut down temporarily to work on strength and conditioning for a bothersome knee as the Mavs wrapped up their first major road trip of the year.

ESPN's Marc Stein joins us this week, giving his thoughts on Dirk, the outstanding play on Shawn Marion, and the requisite commentary on the Mavs potential pursuit(s) of Dwight Howard and/or Deron Williams.

With Vince Carter nursing a sprained foot, two new topics of import have arisen - more court time for Roddy Beaubois, and more three-guard lineups from Mavs' coach Rick Carlisle.

Intro - Game Recaps: @LAC, @UTA
19:03 - Shutting Down Dirk
27:42 - Game Recaps: @NO, PHX
53:18 - Marc Stein of ESPN.com Discusses Dirk, Shawn Marion, and the Dwight/D-Will Sweepstakes
1:10:14 - How Roddy B?
1:19:38 - Three Guard Lineup
1:25:23 - NBA Nuggets (Bosh Prefers Wade, JaVale McGee is "Unnecessary")
1:31:45 - NBA Nuggets (Wizards Fire Flip, Mayo on the Block, Kevin Love Extension)
1:40:55 - Break Banter and Game Previews: MIN, UTA, SA, @PHX

This week finds the Mavs having taken advantage of weaker teams on the schedule, gutting up for a tough win in Boston, and beginning to form a more cohesive defensive identity.

Jeff "Skin" Wade of ESPN 103.3 FM and the Mavs TV broadcast joins us to break down the role development of Lamar Odom and Vince Carter, and discuss a potential turning point for Dirk.

We break down the Mavs' 3 point loss versus the Lakers in detail, take an abbreviated turn at NBA Nuggets, and preview the four games on the Mavs' schedule for the upcoming week.

Intro - Game Recaps: @DET, @BOS
19:17 - Science w/ Jeff "Skin" Wade (Lamar Odom, Carter's Role, Dirk's Energy)
46:32 - Game Recaps: MIL, SAC, @LAL
1:18:47 - NBA Nuggets: Intro Re-Rack, Hack-A-Dwight, & A Rift Between Dwight and Fegan?
1:26:25 - NBA Nuggets: Self Proclaimed King-of-PF Kevin Love, Curry & Team USA
1:31:32 - Previews: @LAC, @UTA, @NO, PHX

The Mavericks bring their record up to 4-5 with two wins since we last talked, and one stinker in San Antonio. We break down the games, what we've seen from the bench, and how injuries and rest needs will continue to affect the bench situation throughout the remainder of the year.

It's a heavy week for NBA Nuggets, as players around the league drop like flies and bad situations start to make themselves apparent. And as always, we talk about what to expect in the upcoming week, as the Mavs hit another 5-games-in-7-days stretch.

Intro - Game Recaps: PHX, @SA, NO
26:46 - Mavs Bench Play
38:23 - Are You Feeling Roddy?
44:55 - Injury Concerns (and an aside on NBA 101 for Women)
58:50 - NBA Nuggets: Z-Bo, Maynor, and Curry Injuries
1:06:54 - NBA Nuggets: John Wall's Bad Situation, Wall vs. Rubio, Paul Westphal's Bad Situation
1:14:35 - NBA Nuggets: Warriors Suitors for Dwight Howard? and Your Weekly D12/D-Will Update
1:25:19 - NBA Nuggets: NBA's Worst Shooter
1:28:24 - Game Previews: @DET, @BOS, MIL, SAC, @LAL

Six games into 2011-2012, and it's starting to feel like a real NBA season. The Mavs just wrapped up a stretch of four games in five nights, so there is plenty of basketball to break down.

In addition to the usual recaps and nuggets, we take a closer look at the issues surrounding Lamar Odom, and dig into the encouraging play of Mavericks centers over the last week.

Intro - Game Recaps: @OKC, TOR
23:42 - Game Recaps: @MIN, OKC
44:14 - The Curious Case of Lamar Odom
1:01:00 - Enter the Center: The Fives Come Alive
1:15:40 - NBA Nuggets: Ginobili Injury
1:19:03 - NBA Nuggets: Looking Back at the Summer of '99
1:25:46 - NBA Nuggets: Indiana Fools' Gold, Minny Rising
1:31:30 - NBA Nuggets: Yi Arrives, DeMarcus Cousins
1:37:12 - Game Previews: PHX, @SA, NO

The Championship Banner has been hung, and two games are in the books for the 2011-2012 season. The MOR boys are back to usual weekly installments to recap games, cover the most timely topics, and look ahead to the next week's slate of games.

This episode's intro is a can't miss - New Board Syndrome strikes again and Rhylan leaves his mic turned off for the first four minutes. Then, we spend the better part of an hour breaking down those first two losses, and what we've learned about this team thus far.

We cover tons of activity around the league in NBA Nuggets, and wrap things up with a 20 minute preview of the Mavs' next four games.

Intro - Rhylan Leaves His Mic Off for Four Minutes / Banner Ceremony
10:34 - Game Recap: MIA
27:20 - Game Recap: DEN
44:14 - What Are the Positives?
53:06 - Vince Carter: Savvy Vet, or 3 Gallon Jug of Mustard From Costco?
1:03:49 - Where to Look for Signs of Progress
1:08:55 - Are the Mavs Really That Old, or Just Slow?
1:12:10 - The Reality of One-Year Deals
1:15:45 - Tim Wonders: When Do You Overpay?
1:19:35 - NBA Nuggets: Kenyon Martin's China Situation
1:23:52 - NBA Nuggets: Steve Blake and Matt Barnes, Hype Men for 50 Cent
1:26:52 - NBA Nuggets: Forbes' Most Hated Players List
1:29:45 - NBA Nuggets: Breaking News Rant about D-Wade
1:31:44 - NBA Nuggets: Greg Ostertag's Triumphant Return
1:33:33 - NBA Nuggets: SBNation's Team Watchability Ratings
1:42:51 - NBA Nuggets: T-Mac Gives Advice to Dwight Howard
1:45:37 - NBA Nuggets: Miami - More or Less Pressure This Year?
1:46:50 - NBA Nuggets: BG Goes Rapid-Fire
1:50:52 - Game Previews: @OKC, TOR, MIN, OKC

Basketball is actually happening in the DFW. We're jumping right in to cover the accelerated camp/pre-season happenings. We take time to catch up on the Chris Paul Saga, assess the current state of things with TV voice of the Mavericks, Mark Followill, and finally look ahead to regular season games. Games that count are just around the corner!

Intro - Minor Moves: Rudy F, Brewer, Brandan Wright, Sean Williams, Jerome Randle
21:10 - Coming to Terms: the Mavs' New Cap Strategy
45:36 - Recap: Preseason Opener vs. OKC
1:01:15 - NBA Nuggets: CP3 Soap Opera / Howard Talks Go Dark
1:10:27 - NBA Nuggets: Rodney Stuckey, Fool / Jeff Green & Darrell Arthur
1:14:50 - NBA Nuggets: Rant Against Spurs and Lakers
1:16:43 - NBA Nuggets: Celts Need Kleenex and Diapers
1:21:26 - Mark Followill joins MOR (and Talks Hoops)
1:48:30 - Looking Ahead: OKC, MIA & DEN

The lid is finally off the 2011-2012 NBA season, and MOR is here to break it down. So much to get into, so little time. This episode kicks off the season by catching everyone up on the moves made by the Mavs thus far, reviewing the ins and outs of the new CBA, and getting into the compressed 66-game schedule that the Mavericks will have to navigate in a brief 120-day season. And, we bring back our NBA Nuggets segment, running through our favorite notes from around the NBA.

Bob Sturm of The Ticket joins us to break down acquisitions of Vince Carter and Lamar Odom, and to discuss his new book about the Mavericks' storybook 2011 Championship season: This Year Is Different.

14-year NBA veteran, former Dallas Maverick, and current Mavericks Assistant Coach Darrell Armstrong joins us in the second hour to discuss his tutelage of Rodrigue Beaubois and some of the other younger members of the Mavericks' current roster.

It's a super-sized show that only begins to set the table for what is sure to be a thrilling, fast-paced title defense for the 2011-2012 Dallas Mavericks. Listen, enjoy, and catch us next week as we return to our weekly format and start to break down the Mavericks' new season in detail.

Intro - Losing Butler, Chandler and Barea
16:56 - Adding Carter and Odom (w/ Bob Sturm)
27:30 - This Year Is Different - Bob's Book About the '11 Mavs (w/ Bob Sturm)
44:10 - More on Odom and the 15th Spot
51:34 - Interview with Darrell Armstrong
1:04:15 - Delonte West Signs During the Show
1:11:54 - Nerding Out with the CBA
1:36:15 - NBA Nuggets - Players Trapped Overseas / Stephen Jackson, Knucklehead / Besiktas Retires D-Will's #8
1:47:08 - NBA Nuggets - Hypothetical Blake Griffin & Dwight Howard Pairing / Malaise in Portland / U Mad, Kobe?
1:55:26 - NBA Nuggets - Latest in CP3 Saga / Prokhorov for President?
1:59:19 - A Closer Look at the Mavs Schedule

Hope springs eternal at the Ted Jones Broadcasting Center - all signs point to the end of Lockout Lockdown in very short order.

In the meantime, indulge us with one last spin through the world of sports, unstructured and over-long, before we refocus our thoughts towards the World Champion Dallas Mavericks and the NBA.

0:00 - Intro
4:24 - Black Friday & Christmas Shopping
8:53 - Tim and Rhylan Watched an EPL Game
25:55 - Bobby V Hired in Boston
28:57 - Penn State & Syracuse Stuff
46:15 - UFC's Place Among Major Sports
1:08:20 - Hank Williams Jr's Song was Tired
1:11:40 - NFL Players Vote for Overrated NFL Players
1:22:05 - What's up With Tebow?
1:27:27 - Josh Scobee v. DeSean Jackson
1:30:15 - Will the Houston Texans Survive? (And Why are They Always on Rhylan's TV?)
1:33:47 - Bryan and Tim Look Towards NFL Playoffs
1:38:37 - Bryan's Faux NFL Betting Record & Most Dominant NFL Player
1:44:13 - Lockout Legalese & Patty Mills Twitter Beef
1:46:50 - Avoiding the Void - Hockey, Gambling, Food, and Other Pursuits
2:03:12 - Verlander Winning CYA and MVP
2:08:41 - MLB CBA Wrinkles (International Signings, Additional Wild Card)

Lockout Lockdown continues..

40-plus minutes of World Series & Rangers discussion and catharsis, deep analysis and appreciation for the latest documentary offerings from the Worldwide Leader, some NFL talk, and for the first time ever (and maybe last), MOR gets into MLB grab-baggery.

Dig it.

Intro - Mourning the World Series
13:09 - Rangers/Mavs Comparisons Run Rampant
19:00 - ESPN Hot Button Jinx? Twitter Jinx?
21:26 - Derek Holland's Dugout Bit
24:35 - TLR's Bullpen Phone Shenanigans
29:36 - CJ Wilson's Future in Texas
32:15 - "The Wash," Tim's Leader, Clubhouse Recording
38:05 - Will Mav-itis Surface for Rangers Fans?
44:30 - Sports is a Cruel Mistress
46:15 - Documentaria: Catching Hell
1:03:20 - Documentaria: The Dotted Line
1:17:33 - Throw Me the Statue & Christian Laettner
1:23:23 - What's the Definition of Expectations (Cowboys)
1:38:22 - BG's Raiders Update
1:42:30 - BG's Future Gambling Legend
1:46:04 - Red Sox, Fried Chicken & Beer
1:54:23 - Sweetest Job: Cubs, Cardinals, or Red Sox Manager?
2:02:55 - Mark Cuban as an MLB Owner
2:10:33 - Closing Arguments (BGMD - Bryan Gutierrez Making Dollars)

MOR celebrates it's first anniversary with our third episode in Lockout Lockdown, covering Cowboys being the Cowboys, Rangers heading to the World Series, and contemplating what can drive us to shun our beloved sports franchises.

Mavs' TV Voice Mark Followill jumps on once again to talk Rangers with Rhylan, while Bryan contemplates an August World Series within his own mind.

It's not hoops, but it's still good sportsy sports. Enjoy.

Intro - Happy Birthday MOR/How did Bryan end up a Pats Fan?
7:30 - Talking Cowboys at Patriots
28:23 - Living With Tony Romo (w/ Mark)
35:00 - Living Without Tony Romo (w/ Mark)
40:30 - Impressions From ALCS Game 6 (w/ Mark)
45:15 - Rangers Rotation Talk (w/ Mark)
49:24 - Looking at the Cardinals (w/ Mark)
56:30 - Home-field in the World Series (w/ Mark)
1:01:33 - Mark's Longhorn Network Gig (w/ Mark)
1:12:13 - Temporary Sports Separations
1:31:49 - Tebow on your TiVo / Suck for Luck
1:40:22 - BG's Incubus Concert

The NBA lockout rolls on, and so does the all-sports edition of MOR. Cowboys / NFL talk lead things off, then we get a call from Mavs' TV voice Mark Followill to go in-depth on NCAA conference re-alignment, youthful NFL QBs, and, naturally, burgers.

We wrap up the show with Bryan taking over for Bud Selig. He rolls out his list of proposed changes to make the MLB all it can be.

Intro - Cowboys vs. Redskins Post-mortem
7:27 - Romo Rollercoaster
14:53 - Young QBs - Who would you take?
20:24 - NFL Haves and Have-Nots
26:25 - NCAA Re-alignment w/ Mark Followill
51:30 - More Young QBs w/ Mark Followill
56:26 - Burger Roundtable w/ Mark Followill
1:13:04 - New MOR Second Hour Open (30 minutes late)
1:17:55 - Bryan Gutierrez: MLB Commissioner

It's a mid-summer sportsy grab-bag for this month's edition of Lockout MOR.. mostly football talk, with a little extra stuff thrown in. We introduce a new plus-one to the broadcast, Tim Koger, aka the Belligerent Ballfan.

Intro - Transgressions of the U
25:44 - Rap Talk
32:03 - Terrell Pryor
41:30 - NFL Kickoff Changes / Belichick's PAT Idea
48:52 - Bradie James and "America's Team"
58:23 - Michael Vick's New Deal / Tim Tebow
1:09:35 - A&M and the SEC
1:29:22 - BG Adopts a Soccer Team
1:49:04 - Golf Without (and With) Tiger Woods
2:02:54 - BG and the Book

MOR returns in mid-summer form. Think about what mid-summer form truly means. We touch on what little Mavs news is permissible, and bounce around the world of sports and non-sports. Treat yourself to some sportsy fun while basketball takes a nap.

Intro - ESPYs, Mavs Schedule, and Shaq's New Job
23:47 - Jeter & Justin Timberlake
39:19 - BG Asks.. Mav-itis for Rangers Fans?
50:44 - Mike Trout is Only 19
54:43 - Rhylan's Cruise
1:09:27 - Dave Grohl Throws Down
1:13:44 - Women's World Cup
1:22:28 - Mike Leach & Bruce Feldman
1:36:00 - Roy Williams and His Lady
1:45:13 - James Harrison in Men's Journal
1:50:28 - Bart Scott & NFL Practice Wimpification
1:59:18 - Bryan Likes the Patriots?

We're on location from Twisted Root Burger on SMU Blvd in Dallas, celebrating the Mavs' first NBA Championship as only MOR can do - live and loose. Mavs' TV Voice Mark Followill gains plus-one status, jumping on for the first hour and half of the second hour. There's plenty of basking and gloating, but also reflection on how the Mavs managed to run through Portland, LA, OKC and Miami en route to the first title for the franchise. If you're not ready to stop celebrating, put the first four segments on repeat. If you insist on looking forward, we'll oblige you with some discussion on the draft, labor talks, and outlook for the Mavs' free agents.

Intro - Basking in Championship Glory (w/ Mark Followill)
14:54 - What it Means to Beat Miami (w/ Mark Followill)
22:44 - Reflecting on the Playoff Run (w/ Mark Followill)
52:49 - Dirk's Legacy, Bryan & Mark Liv the Life (w/ Mark Followill)
1:08:40 - Draft and CBA Talk (w/ Mark Followill)
1:26:07 - NBA Nuggets (Dwane Casey, Ricky Rubio)
1:32:13 - Mavs Free Agents (w/ Brendan Smith of the Ben & Skin Show)

Smack in the middle of the 2011 NBA Finals, we find the Mavs tied up 2-2 with the hated Miami Heat, coming off of a gutsy Game 4 victory at the AAC. Our first podcast since the beginning of the Finals, we'll break down the most recent Game 4 and look back at key elements of the series thus far. Mavs' TV Voice Mark Followill jumps on for a typically man-sized segment, looking at the historical context of Game 5 and what this series means for Mavs fans. As always, some tasty NBA Nuggets found their way onto the agenda, and we'll close the show looking forward at the few, very important games remaining in the 2010-2011 season.

Intro - Recapping Game 4
19:28 - Finals w/ Followill
56:02 - Nightly Beatings, Guard Play, and Role Players
1:23:45 - NBA Nuggets (Coaching Changes, Pippen & LeBron, Shaq Retires)
1:46:22 - Why Game 4 was Different & Looking Forward

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