Dwyane Wade Says Pacers 'Celebrated Like The Mavericks'

After the Miami Heat's 78-75 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night, Miami star Dwyane Wade had some choice comments about Indiana's celebration, referencing the Mavericks in the process:

Dwyane Wade: "I heard they wanted to be like the Dallas Mavericks. I saw their celebration after the game."

— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) May 16, 2012

It's hard to even know what to make of these comments. They're clearly meant to be a knock on Indiana celebrating their first victory in a best-of-seven series, but why rope Dallas into this?

For that matter, it's not as if Wade has much room to stand on when it comes to knocking premature celebration.

But while the Pacers victory in Game 2 was nice, it's hard to compare them to the Mavericks since they don't have anyone comparable to Dirk Nowitzki or Tyson Chandler on their roster.

Either way, it's nice to know that Dallas victory last season still stings Miami's stars.

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by Jonathan Tjarks • May 16, 2012 12:43 PM CDT

Rick Carlisle Joins NBA Competition Committee

Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle, fresh off receiving an extension, has joined the NBA's competition committee, which has been drastically restructured:

Previously, the competition committee was comprised of the general managers from each of the league's 30 teams. But last month, the league's Board of Governors voted to change the composition of the committee to include two owners, four general managers, three head coaches and one representative from the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA).

The members of the new Competition Committee are owners Gilbert and Joe Lacob (Golden State); general managers Bryan Colangelo (Toronto Raptors), Mitch Kupchak (L.A. Lakers), Kevin O'Connor (Utah Jazz), and Sam Presti (Oklahoma City); and coaches Rick Carlisle (Dallas Mavericks), Lionel Hollins (Memphis Grizzlies), and Doc Rivers (Boston Celtics). The NBPA will designate one of its members to serve on the committee.

Carlisle is one of the most respected basketball minds in the league, but something tells me he was picked as much for who he wasn't (i.e. Mark Cuban).

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by Jonathan Tjarks • May 16, 2012 11:55 AM CDT

Are The Rangers The Best Team Since The '98 Yankees?

That's what SI.com's Tom Verducci wrote in his latest column:

With Hamilton at the peak of his game, the Rangers, too, have the look of a team that may be historic. Texas is destroying American League competition. This could be the best team since the 1998 Yankees. It has no weakness. The Rangers have scored the most runs and allowed the fewest in the league. In the third year of a run-scoring recession around baseball, the Rangers are hammering teams. They have outscored opponents by 2.2 runs per game. The next closest team in the league, Toronto, has a run differential of only 0.6.

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by Jonathan Tjarks • May 15, 2012 1:16 PM CDT

Danny Duffy Injury Could Really Impact Kansas City

The Texas Rangers are facing the Kansas City Royals just hours after the young team found out their young pitcher Danny Duffy is likely out for the season with a torn ulnar collateral ligament, which will likely require Tommy John surgery.

The 23-year-old Duffy has a 3.90 ERA, 28 strikeouts and 18 walks in 27 2/3 innings for the Royals. Losing such an arm in the rotation is probably going to hurt the team's efforts in whatever they were going to accomplish this season.

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by Brandon K. Scott • May 14, 2012 6:42 PM CDT