09-27-2021, 01:27 PM
(09-27-2021, 10:49 AM)fifteenth Wrote: So sorry for the loss of your Dad khaled! My wife had to suffer the loss of her dad and brother over the last decade, so seeing that gives me compassion for going through it.
Thanks man, really appreciate it.
(09-27-2021, 10:49 AM)fifteenth Wrote: Did you like basketball at all before finding Dirk, or did he bring you into the sport?
Before 2008 I only knew little about the NBA, watched FIBA world cup in 20006, FIBA Euro Finals in 2007 (what a game that was) and some Olympics in 2008. Till 2008 I barely watched Dirk or heard about the Mavs, just read a news that a German player was first European to win MVP ever in 2007.
I played "NBA live 2008" around late August and decided to play with Dallas due to Dirk and having a highly rated Howard. I was so NBA illiterate that I thought he was Dwight Howard whom I watched with US team
I then started watching the Mavs games in October, and was fascinated with all the differences in the rules between USA and rest of the world, the trades, the draft etc
(09-27-2021, 10:49 AM)fifteenth Wrote: It's really cool that you found the Mavs and found us! How long after jumping on the bandwagon did you find our message board?
Initially I was into another forum called prosportsdaily that had very active Mavs section between 2008-2012 (now the 1st page has threads with last post is in 2014), I joined the forum around 2009 iirc, I remember very well his coverage for 2009 NBA draft, I would make few posts there tbh, maybe 20-50 posts annually tbh