How low is the basketball IQ of Dallas Mavericks fans? They mercilessly boo Michael Finley. A guy their management tossed aside because they couldn't afford his contract. Finley played his butt off for the Mavs for many many years, was a 2 time all-star, and did much for the Dallas community. Then he gets put on waivers by his team because they no longer want him and/or don't want to pay his salary. He signed a free-agent contract with the Spurs in an attempt to win an NBA championship. A championship that had eluded him in the Dallas organization. It was not his choice to leave. Most Dallas fans must not be privy to this information or they would think twice before booing a guy that didn't want to leave his team. He claimed, after game 6 of the Spurs/Mavs series, that people have been yelling "traitor" and "whiner" at him. How is he a traitor when he was the one let go by his team? And how was he a whiner when he's the one that got punched in the groin by Jason Terry? Any man alive would be upset if that should happen to them. And the most disappointing thing of all is that Finley's family can't even attend his games in Dallas because of the things that are said to them. That's just disgusting.

I guess all I'd like to see is an initial round of applause for Finley when he plays a game in Dallas. That's the least he deserves for all the years he gave them. Boo him like you would any opponent after that, but don't treat him like a traitor when your organization was the one to discard him.