A little old school man love courtesy of Jalen Rose and Mark Jackson (via Andy Gray's SI Vault)
There were only two games last night and there's only two games tomorrow night, but on tonight's slate we've got a real bevy of bawfulness to the tune of 13 games. That's like a giant basketball sandwich! But before we look ahead to all the wonderful things The Association has in store for us tonight, let's first reflect back on what happened last night.
Worst of the Night in Pictures:
Here LeBron accepts the NBA Douche of the Month Award for backing out of the slam dunk contest.
No wonder John Hollinger said Jose Calderon is "probably the worst defensive PG in the league right now."
Wow, that's um, quite some attendance they're getting down there in Miami these days.
Can someone tell me why it looks like the Heat have as many banners hanging in their rafters as the Celtics do?
Nationally Televised Game:
Jazz at Spurs - You know, I'm tempted to dub this tonight's Basketbawful Game of the Night simply because Dick Vitale is calling it, but I think I'll leave that honor to something a little further down the page.
All the Other Games:
Kings at Hawks - Something to keep in mind if you're betting on tonight's winner: Sacramento is 3-16 on the road and Atlanta is 16-5 at home. You do the math.
Pacers at Magic - Tonight the Magicians look to see if their strategy of freezing out Dwight Howard and his newfound bank shot will keep their losing streak alive, but Indiana just got drilled in Miami last night so that might not happen.
Frail Blazers at 76ers - One team is totally inept and the other looks like they just took a car ride with Chris Brown. Ladies and gentlemen, this is your Basketbawful Game of the Night.
Mavs at Wizards Generals Bullets - The last time these teams played was opening night, when Washington beat Dallas badly on their home court and it looked like the Wiz were gonna maybe be championship contenders this year. Boy what a difference three months makes.
Heat at Bobcats - Has anyone noticed the Cats have got the best record of any team in the league in 2010? Miami's on the second night of a back to back in Charlotte and might be in trouble in this one.
Celtics at Pistons - Rasheed makes his first return to Detroit after bolting last summer for greener pastures in Boston. Maybe he'll get a double tech and an ejection just for old time's sake.
Grizzlies at Hornets - Two rather surprisingly good teams of late, but something to keep an eye on: CP3 has fouled out of two of his last three games after only doing so once in the previous 300 or so games.
Craptors at Bucks - Brandon Jennings' Rookie of the Year bid might get a big bump tonight, seeing as how he's squaring off against possibly the worst defensive PG in the league.
Thunder at Timberwolves - Minnesota appears to be a speed bump on Oklahoma's road to the playoffs, but might actually put up a fight if Kevin Love gets over his strep throat and suits up for this one.
Nyets at Suns - With the way Phoenix has been spiraling downward lately, you can guess how desperately happy they are to see New Jersey and their three wins on the schedule for tonight.
Nuggets at Warriors - Nellie's hapless defenders are actually better at home than Denver is on the road, so Gol_en State might actually have a chance in this one.
Bulls at Clippers - The Bulls go for their fifth road win of the season against the Other LA Team tonight in the Clip Joint. Which center looks weirder: Chris Kaman or Joakim Noah? Leave your votes in the comments.
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Kaman is one weird looking dude, but my vote goes to Noah. The tiebreaker? Noah's legendary draft day suit.
Even you guys can't possibly fuck this one up. Please win TIA.
-AnacondaHL
P.S.: LOPEZ VS LOPEZ!
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3175/0120shaq1526.jpg
Sigh.
But how do they compare to Larry Legend, Stache-Era?
1. Lopez on Lopez could open up a whole new man love category, incestual man love.
2. Fuck Lebron. The second he said he was going to be in the dunk contest this year during last years shitfest (read setup in advance to feature howard & robinson) I knew he would puss out. I mean what the hell? He goes around doing all this stupid camera and dancing shit acting like hes better than the NBA and then he pusses out like this. Note to Lebron, Robinson is fucking 5'9" (if that) you are one full foot taller than him, and you won't enter because you don't think you can beat him?
Sorry for the rant I had to get that out.
Yes our attendance is abysmal
I know the Mavs are old.. But really, in black and white?????
By the way, I wanted to answer a question you had about the Celtics yesterday.
You and Dwyer are right: they didn't bring it the other night the way they should have, and used to. But really, KG is the team's conscience. For good or bad. I mean, let's face it, PP and Ray-Ray weren't the "bring it every night" kind of guys until they teamed up with KG. It's just the way it is. That's why most teams need a Alpha Dog to push them. That's what Kobe does for the Lakers, even when he's not shooting well, he intimdates the other guys into playing harder.
KG does that with the C's, and I'd be really surprised if their intensity doesn't pick up after he gets back. Does that mean the team is fundamentally flawed without him? Sure. The same could be said for the Lakers. Hey, Ron Artest has never behaved himself as well as he has this year, except maybe during the 2003-04 season.
The sad thing is, I don't doubt it. They are, after all, the same franchise that retired the number of a guy who not only didn't play for them, but who tortured them out of the playoffs several times...and that was before they'd retired the numbers of any of their own players!
Also, AHAHAHA on ESPN (Wake at UNC) they just said people used to go to the UConn women's basketball games to study, because it was quieter than the library. I am a horrible person for finding this hilarious, while also wondering why I didn't think of doing this.
Mr. Bawful - This isn't the first time the Celtics have been without KG in the last few years though, and in the past they've played pretty damn well without him. I'm not really making a claim that I know what exactly ails the Celtics, I'm just saying I suspect it might be more than just them missing KG. The way they packed it in on Monday was really startling. It was almost Nyets-esque. I think something's going on there that hasn't yet surfaced.
Speaking of Artest, he behaved himself pretty well last year, didn't he? I don't remember anything he did which really raised eyebrows (other than maybe his run-in with Kobe, although even then it seemed like most people thought he was in the right there). He even seemed downright affable at times, especially in his post game press conferences with Yao.
In any event, I think the Lakers would probably do OK in the short term without Kobe. Kobe is the Alpha Dog, but he also hogs the ball quite a bit (unlike KG). With the talent the Lakers have, they'd probably do OK with the wealth being spread some. The biggest downside might be that Kobe's backup, Sasha Vujacic, is probably an even bigger ball hog than Kobe is, just without any talent whatsoever. I will say, there's been an awful lot of Laker fans calling for Kobe to take some time off and get healthy over the last month or so, so I don't think I'm alone in thinking the Lakers could still be quite good for a bit without #24. They wouldn't be title contenders without him, of course, but I bet they'd still post a decent record if they had to go without him for a month or so.
On a bright note, I found the YouTube of a commercial I saw a while ago on YES, and which I just saw again. MetroPCS's Tech&Talk might be the best thing about watching this channel.
Can someone check if a team has ever won by 30 one game then lost by 40 the next game?
1)This Utah-SAS game is awful. I feel like I'm back in the mid 90s watching Knicks-Heat except for a gross lack of elbowing, Marv Albert announcing, and moderate level of entertainment value.
2)If you live in Cali or are a beer fan in general, grab a magnum of Alesmith Speedway Stout. I'm somewhat of a beer specialist and I say with no hyperbole its one of the top 5 beers I've ever had. Other than that, I got nothing. 14 hour day at the office and I'm tired, grumpy, and yearning for the week to end.
It gets worse though. To start things off, Sheed got what can only be called a mixed reaction at best when he was introduced to the Detroit crowd. Then later, in the second quarter, Glen "Big Baby" Davis lost his cool with a fan after the fan kept calling him "fat boy" and "chubs". Davis apparently used some of the language that typically only KG uses on the bench, which then prompted the fan to file a complaint with the arena's security. Evidently the Celtics TV and radio broadcasts clearly picked the whole tirade up on their mics. After the game Doc Rivers said "Shame on Glen" a few times to the media in regard to the incident. Here's the footage for your viewing pleasure.
Dalembert's trip to Haiti :
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4844504
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A league for white Americans.
""There's nothing hatred about what we're doing," he said. "I don't hate anyone of color. But people of white, American-born citizens are in the minority now. Here's a league for white players to play fundamental basketball, which they like."
Lewis said he wants to emphasize fundamental basketball instead of "street-ball" played by "people of color." "
Shouldn't someone on that team put the kid in his place? If the coach doesn't do it I expected some of the players to do it.
Altough I have a hard time believing the NBA does not want to see James in the contest, there ofcourse is a tiny possibility that somewhere in the secret NBA offices some employee was like 'he's saying no anyway, let's not ask him'. This is all hypothetical ofcourse, but maybe a treatening/asskissing call ('James, participate or get called on all your travels from now on.') from David Stern would have pushed him over the yes-saying edge. Figuratively speaking ofcoure. James falling of an edge would only injure him. Altough it would be pretty funny if Stern really pushed him from an edge.
However. I was just saying. Lebron should not have been saying no in advance while announcing it last year anyway.
WF: ousto. 'Lebron ousto'd himself from the dunkcontest.'
Exaaaaaaactly...d'oh!