Danny Bollinger's Blog – February 2009 Archive (11)

You wouldn’t really call it a cheat sheet or even a crib note. Semantically, that doesn’t sit well with many people these days. It’s more like an internet playbook for all the places on the web that are dedicated to covering the Dallas Mavericks. The following information actually wouldn’t be enough to fill a three-ring binder. Naturally, your friends would think you were weird if you taped it to your wrist like a football quarterback. So maybe… Continue

Last week I told you about the ManiAACs stoping by the studio for a poster photoshoot.



Remember I posted the photo of Bam jumping into the air? If you didn't see it...scroll down my blog entries.



If you would like to see more outtakes from that shoot you can check my photos later this afternoon. I am posting 80 or so green screen photos from those two days of shooting. A lot of them are probably already posted. It might… Continue

Dear Mister NBA Powers-That-Be,



Can you please invite Mavericks player Gerald Green to be in the NBA Slam Dunk contest next year in Dallas?



Pretty Please. Pretty please, cherry-on-top?



Top Five reasons you should invite him:



1. He plays in Dallas. You can save on airfare for one of the contestants.

2. He has two extra bedrooms at his place for other contestants who may need a place to sleep… Continue

One fall day 9 years ago the Dallas Mavericks held a "TeamUp" day to renovate an old house. The players converted the old house into a community center. This picture was taken with a Sony Mavica digital camera. The camera recorded the image to a 3.5 floppy disk. Remember those days?



Pictured from left to right in the photograph Courtney Alexander, Coach Rolando Blackman, Greg Buckner, Coach Don Nelson, Evan Eschmeyer, Etan Thomas,… Continue

Photo on left: January 19th, 2008 Seattle Super Sonics



One of his last home games as a Mavericks and ironicially one of the last games that the Sonics played as Seattle's basketball team.



Photo on right: March 8th, 2008



First time Devin Harris returned to Dallas after being traded last season.



What will happen tonight?



Mavs vs Nets… Continue

The Dallas Mavericks ManiAACS have spent the last two nights getting their pictures made for the new team poster that will be coming out next month.



All the ManiAACs came up with fun poses and where shot on a green screen.



Above: Giant Mavs ManiAAC Bam shows his… Continue

Your grandfather is a pretty famous basketball coach in your home state. Did you have any choice but to become a basketball player?

Yes, he was a basketball player too but he was mostly known as a basketball coach. He coached basketball for 51 years at North Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. But the answer to the question is yes, and no. I had a choice, but it was one of those things that when you grow up in and… Continue

With the "Jet" grounded for repairs Antoine Wright stepped into the friendly skies with a new flight plan.



His line last night against the Sacramento Kings: 24 minutes, 23 points on 8-14 shooting, and 6 for 6 from the line.



I think he is now free to… Continue

Brandon Bass spent last evening hanging out with shoppers at Valentino Boutique in NorthPark Mall.



The two hour evening of shopping kicked off a week of shopping in which Valentino will donate 10% of the sales to the Brandon Bass Reach Back Foundation. So technically the week started last night (February 8) and runs through Valentine's Day, Saturday February 14, 2009.



Valentino Boutique carries a full line of ready to wear… Continue

Don Nelson sits in the coaches office at the American Airlines Center during NBA draft night 2003. Although the picture only shows "Nellie" the entire office is full of coaches, scouts, and even player Marquis Daniels. Everyone is glued to the television coverage of the live draft.



More interesting, is the framed photograph of Nelson going up for a lay-up during his days as a Boston Celtic. As a player Don Nelson Nelson played for the… Continue

Tiger Woods sat courtside at the Magic versus Mavericks game in Orlando on Monday night.



Before the game Mark Cuban and Woods met for the first time at Tiger's courtside seats.



The cordial pre-game chat revolved mostly around their mutual friend Michael Jordan.



After the chat, pre-game optimism/hope/doubt of both men made way to the clarity of Cuban's Mavericks throttling Tiger's Magic.



No word on… Continue