The Mavs M*A*S*H Unit

The injury woes continue. Erick Dampier came down with something real sudden-like before the Pistons game a couple weeks ago and is just now coming back to play limited minutes.

If the opportunity came, I'd ask if he has a family history of adult onset diabetes. Sudden feelings of faintness are a symptom of hypoglycemia and adjusting to medication or a radical change in diet could account for his extended absence. If it were food poisioning or dehydration he wouldn't've been out for so long and the press was assured after a few days that the doctors had ruled out anything health or career threatening.

That's just a guess. H1N1 was ruled out immediately but that's not the only virus that can knock you on your ass and leave you there awhile.

J-Ho's been shelved . . . again. Once again, not enough information to make judgement calls. Fisher says it was a minor ankle repair; I'd like that confirmed. Saying it was an arthroscopic surgery doesn't tell me the extent of the repairs, nor the rehab needed, nor the recovery time. Turns out there's a lot that can go wrong with ankle joints.

I don't want to believe that Josh -- after rolling on two bad legs in the playoffs last year -- would do anything to jepordize his ability to get back on the floor and play. I really don't want to believe that.

The Matrix -- after a slow start to the season, frankly, I was hoping for more -- came down onto some moron's foot at the Milwaukee game and twisted an ankle. He's back in the lineup but hurting. Tim Thomas turned in an I Am Man And You Will Fear Me game against the Rockets, but tweaked his back and sat out yesterday. Quinton Ross, our Plan B starting two guard's been in and out with back problems. And Drew Gooden sat a few games with a chest muscle injury. When will the fun ever stop?

And with all that . . . 13-5 as of December 1. Actions speak louder, so here's some good stuff:

Kris Humphries's atom smasher:


Assist #10,335, along with some other awesomeness (that T was bogus, by the way):


And . . .:


I could watch that forever.
-BJ