Gilbert's starting & the Mavs should consider a mascot change...OR why girls make more interesting sports fans.

You'd be hard-pressed to find any fan, male or female, more dedicated to a sports team than my friend Kristin is to the Dallas Mavericks. Their win/loss record determines her demeanor until the next game. Her mood of fury continued into the summer since the Mavs lost in the NBA finals this past season to a team that will go unmentioned (I don't want to rekindle any rage by mentioning the [cough]Heat[cough, cough]). She refused to speak to me after the Wizards ended the Mavs 12-game winning streak back in December.

That said, somehow I think that male and female sports fans have very different conversations about their favorite teams:

Kristin: Have you read your Wizzies boyfriend's blog on nba.com? He's either really funny or a huge a-hole

me: Yes. He's really funny. They interviewed him on the news last night . He was so cute . Cause he's gonna be a starter in the All Star game .

Kristin: I hate him. Because Dirk should be a starter .
By the way we lost last night and now the stinky suns have the best record in the NBA.

me: aw man. I HATE THE SUNS!!!!

me: That's OK, now Washington is #2 in the East. Behind the Pistons . Phoenix=sucky city, Detroit=sucky city

Kristin: Ya now we're behind the suns. But we beat them both times this year

me: good

Kristin: I HATE that new Nike commercial. With like 12 players . And there is not one Maverick . But there are 3 Suns . Dirk should be a starter .

me: I agree

Kristin: The Sun is a gay mascot

me: It's not even a planet!

Kristin: Nope. It's a ball of gay fire.

me: That a wizard on a horse would magically extinguish!

Kristin: exactly

me: I think your mascot needs a horn though. So it can join the land of mystical mascots .

Kristin: haha

me: A unicorn and a wizard would get along swimmingly. And if we played each other in the finals, it would be like "Magic: the Gathering."

me: Unicorns are more dangerous than real horses cause they have weapons attached to their heads. Tell Mark Cuban to THINK ABOUT THAT .

Kristin: haha. On one of those "super sweet 16" shows , this girl had a horn made to put on her white horse for her pictures , and it hit her in the face with it . Unicorns are not nice animals .

me: I know! Remember that time I rescued you from the unicorn attack? I mean, he did stab me in the leg, and I still can’t walk right, but that was a close call.

Kristin: I will never forget it.