The Sports Snob (Part 51)

It was only right that one of the most exhilarating NBA playoffs of recent memory finished with a major upset. As the final seconds ticked off the clock and it became clear that the Dallas Mavericks were finally going to win their first championship, several players were able to add the ever-important final touches to their resumes. From Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd to Shawn Marion and several other Mavericks players, a dream that had eluded them their entire professional careers was about to come at the expense of a super team full of young superstars. It hadn’t been something most saw coming, even though the Mavericks had disposed of the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers along the way. The trio of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh looked too fast, too imposing on their path through the Eastern Conference brackets. They had joined forces in Miami to – in their own words – win not one or two, but several championships and with them reaching the NBA Finals in t...