DALLAS — When it comes to sportscasters and analysts in Dallas-Fort Worth, Brian Dameris may not be a household name but he did drop the single greatest rant in the history of the broadcasts of the Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, Texas Rangers and Dallas Cowboys combined.

With all due respect to the many men and women who have served as analysts for our four major teams here, no one has ever come close to the verbal napalm the Dallas Mavericks team color man dropped this season. It was so full of acidic truth that former WFAA sportscaster Dale Hansen would have done nothing but applaud.

It was so powerful, so potent, and so true the team broadcast had no choice but to run from it.

Because God loves both the NBA and drama, it fits that the Mavs first-round playoff series is against the opponent that now includes the player Dameris torched. The Mavs and Clippers playoff series offers a load of Hall of Fame players, and storylines, including a Brian Dameris reunion with Clippers guard James Harden.

This is too good not to re-visit, even if it’s sad how it all played out.

On Nov. 10, 2023 the Mavs played the Clippers in the NBA’s In-Season Tournament. During the pregame show on Bally Sports Southwest, Dameris authored a beautifully brutal, 2-minute dissection of Harden.

Two weeks prior, the Philadelphia 76ers traded Harden to the L.A. Clippers. Harden had made it clear he would not play for the 76ers, and he is now on his fifth NBA roster since he came into the league in 2009.

Dameris, who is a longtime friend of former Mavericks majority owner Mark Cuban and landed a job with the team in a support role more than 20 years ago, only said what so many NBA people have uttered for a long time about Harden. Dameris didn’t scream, but he was cutting.

Among the many highlights Dameris said: “Listen, James, have you ever had those friends who had bad roommates? Over and over again they complained about their bad roommates. ‘This guy’s terrible.’ They never thought to be self-aware enough that they’re the bad roommate; they’re the problem. Hey, James, YOU’RE the problem.

“If this doesn’t work this year, in this system, with this team, then you’re going to go and point fingers at everybody else and you’re going to go home and start swiping right for another team. There’s not going to be anybody left because James, you’re not The Beard, you’re not the system — you’re the problem.”

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