ESPN’s Rick Reilly thinks you should pull for the Mavs. He writes:
Pull for Dallas because Mark Cuban hasn’t opened his mouth once.
Pull for Dallas because Dirk Nowitzki deserves this title more than anybody else on the floor, more than LeBron James, more than Dwyane Wade.
Pull for Dallas because Nowitzki stayed with his team, never took his talents anywhere but to the damn gym every day.
Here’s the rest.
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