LOS ANGELES - Rare is the NBA possession when somebody’s relative or a body part is not referenced.
That’s just the way the game is.
Hard-core competitors - and that’s what NBA athletes all are - will use every mental edge they can get on top of whatever physical advantage they feel they have.
So that’s why the Mavericks now are in a little bit of uncharted territory. While Dirk Nowitzki has been a top-shelf trash talker for years, they actually now have a few players who are legitimately “nasty.”
Andrew Bogut, Wesley Matthews - they take guff from no one.