Check out this tweet, that may have sparked the, now, running joke on Twitter:

It’s gonna be a tough year for the Dallas Bobcats.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayliss) July 5, 2012

Skip certainly has beef with the Mavericks, after owner Mark Cuban tore him apart and sewed him back together inside-out on ESPN’s First Take. But, there are plenty of other people on Twitter who Cuban hasn’t publically skewered, and they agree with Bayliss’s sentiment.

How bad are things for Mavs in Dallas? The Bobcats just sent a condolence letter and asked if there was any way they could help.

— Jennifer Floyd Engel (@engeljen) July 5, 2012

Dallas gonna end up like the bobcats if we keep lettin all these key players go

— Lil Engine Dat Did (@ShaneDaTrackMan) July 6, 2012

The mavericks and the bobcats would be a good match-up now. ahahaha.. #poordirk

— John White (@J_White0) July 6, 2012

In the past, if the Bobcats were mentioned in the same regard as the Mavericks, Charlotte fans would’ve rejoiced… Now they just laugh with the rest of the nation at the seemingly endless joke that has become the Dallas Mavericks this off season.

Poor Dirk indeed.