Spurs Steal Jefferson, Shaq Joins LeBron, Vince Is A Magic - And Yeah, The NBA Draft
Filed in Uncategorized, June 25, 2009, 11:46 pmSure, everyone wants to know how the #1 pick of the 2009 NBA draft Blake Griffin will do playing for Frankie Muniz’s…er…Donald Sterling’s Clippers.
I have one advice for the Clippers: Get rid of Zach Randolph. Don’t let him near Blake. I’m warning you now.
I honestly can’t believe Ricky Rubio drops to #5 in the draft. [...]
Sasha Vujacic on Sports Science & Waiting on the Draft
Filed in Uncategorized, June 21, 2009, 3:31 pmAn interesting Sports Science episode, where Sasha Vujacic was brought in to look at his free-throw percentage in the face of visual distraction.
After that, the Sports Science team molds Sasha giant hands and gives him stilts to make him 7′1. He’s FrankenShaq! The scary part is, they blindfold Sasha as well, and he still makes [...]
The Parade
Filed in Uncategorized, June 17, 2009, 10:09 pmI’m not a huge fan of parade. Yes, Mark Madsen dancing was hilarious over 7 years ago, but the only parade I’ve watched that really mattered to me was the series finale of The Wonder Years.
That’s where Kevin Arnold’s voice-over tells us his father dies of a heart-attack in a year, and the next time [...]
Lakers Win It All
Filed in Uncategorized, June 15, 2009, 12:20 amThe Lakers are the 2008-2009 NBA Champions. It still feels surreal as I type that. Were Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol really celebrating with those newly minted Laker hats? Was ultimate champion Bill Russell really handing over the Finals MVP trophy to Kobe and then having a chat with Pau Gasol and Phil Jackson on [...]
Phil Jackson’s 10th Championship Will Be Won Fooling Them All
Filed in Uncategorized, June 11, 2009, 8:56 pmAs Derek Fisher hit his 2nd 3-point dagger in overtime of Game 4 of the NBA Finals (the first one tying the game in the final seconds of regulation), it occurred to me:
Phil Jackson is going to win his 10th championship ring by fooling them all. Red Auerbach challenged him to build a team from [...]
Magic Shoot, Magic Score
Filed in Uncategorized, June 9, 2009, 10:01 pmThe Orlando Magic made 62.5% of their field goals in Game 3 of the Finals. How historic is that? No team has ever shot that well in the Finals. Not Bird’s Celtics, not Jordan’s Bulls, not Magic’s Lakers. The strange part is, the Lakers defense wasn’t horrible.
Mickael Pietrus goes 7-11, including a spinning, high-arc long [...]
Lakers Somehow Win Game 2
Filed in Uncategorized, June 7, 2009, 11:12 pmI’ve witnessed a lot of tough playoff losses for these Lakers, and they usually follow certain patterns:
A) Someone on the other team (Rashard Lewis in this case) will get super-hot. Somehow, the Lakers will lose track of him multiple times and leave him open. Rashard had 24 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists. On one [...]
Kobe’s 40 Delivered With a Scowl
Filed in Uncategorized, June 4, 2009, 8:53 pmPut away the math books, at least for Game 1 of the Finals. After every NBA expert attempted to solve this series’ algorithm (most eventually giving the Lakers the edge), I think we all forgot one key detail.
Kobe’s scowl. I didn’t think his killer instinct and game had another gear. Ladies and gentlemen, introducing gear [...]
