Kudos to the NBA for giving us a nice slate of TNT games today to help celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day! (I wonder if Stan Van Gundy is going to bitch about this like he did the Christmas Day games?)
In huge, life-altering, breaking news, Stephon Marbury has found a job! In related news, sales of Vaseline and webcams in China are up 800%. Sales of Starbury shoes remain stagnant.
Worst of the Weekend in Pictures:
Nationally Televised Games:
Frail Blazers at Bullets: Washington this year is just basically a lost cause, but even more so without Agent Zero. Thanks to Gilbert Arenas, I'd say they're season... (puts on sunglasses) is shot. YEEAAAAAH
Suns at Grizzlies: Didn't we just see this game a couple days ago? And we all know how that one went.
Mavericks at Celtics: Both of these teams are in the middle of a nasty funk right now. Count on a close but sloppy game.
Magic at Lakers: When Bawful mentioned the Magic missing Hedo Turkoglu in his WOTW writeup, all I could do was nod my head in agreement.
All The Other Games:
Pistons at Knicks: Detroit lost 13 straight, and now has won 3 straight. Sometimes the NBA just doesn't make any sense. Thnkfully, there are some constants, like the Nyets sucking, to give us some sense of stability and comfort.
Thunder at Hawks: Atlanta is playing really well at the moment, and in the middle of a home stand. Hard to pick against them.
Kings at Bobcats: The Purple Paupers are not a very good basketball team. Kevin Martin does not make them better. End of discussion. (Sorry, Chris)
Bucks at Rockets: Houston has won nine straight at home against Milwaukee. Damn. I don't care if they haven't been playing their best lately -- I can't pick against that.
Spurs at Hornets: It feels like San Antonio should win this game, doesn't it? But then I have to look at a calendar and remind myself it isn't 2005 anymore and the Spurs just don't have "it" anymore. Sigh.
Nyets at Clippers: Basketbawful Game of the Night. By far.
76ers at Timberwolves: ...or maybe not by quite that far. If this game had happened earlier in the day, it'd be considered the undercard to the main Bawful Game of the Night.
Bulls at Warriors: If Gol_en State fans chant "DEFENSE! DEFENSE!" at a game, does Don Nelson laugh?
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Oh god. Someone kill me.
Not to mention the Suns' infamous TNT streak is still going.
"Shanxi last season hired former NBA player Bonzi Wells, who scored as many as 50 points a game. The contract ended after less than two months when Wells went on vacation but failed to return on time."
Don't you just love these two guys?
Imagine The Lord of the Rings cast with NBA players from the last 10 years.
Now imagine Tim Duncan as Frodo, whose awesomeness is greater than that of all others', but who is quiet, unassuming, and let's face it, a little cute but also a little homely.
Now imagine Gandalf falling off the bridge of Khazad-dum with the balrog. This picture is Tim Duncan's portrayal of Frodo's response in this scene. Yes, a bit of an over-reaction given that it's just a layup.
Have fun with other characters. Sauron is obviously David Stern. The lord of the Nazgul is Kobe Bryant, whose skills are transcendent but who at heart is really just a bitch. I'm sure Matt will enjoy filling in the other 8 Nazgul.
Gollum is Allen Iverson: tiny, scrawny, schizophrenic, and eaten inside by evil.
Sam? Ginobili to Duncan's Frodo
Legolas (finesse)? Steve Nash
Gimli (strong and relentless)? LeBron
The cave troll (including man boobs)? Shaq
I'll let others do the rest. Who gets to be Aragorn?
I would trade The Comeback for at least 20-30 more wins a season, easily.
Bosh to LAL for Bynum 'n stuff,
Bosh to OKC for Jeff Green 'n picks,
Bosh to WAS for Jamison and several firearms,
Bosh to walk out the door and into MIA's loving arms
Too bad that loss-that-isn't-as-bad-as-others, like the other six since The Comeback, doesn't count for the positive side of the standings.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/6820805.html
New York: Won despite Duhon being Duhon
Nets: Are the Nets
Chicago: Just got served by D-Leaguers
Houston: Scola 4 MVP
Phoenix: The Great Defensive Draught of 2010
Wince Carter is metastasizing.
I swear Orlando is the dumbest good team in the league. How do you watch Dwight go to town for a half and then keep chucking up 33 threes while freezing him out?
Next up the Celtics continued their recent trend of looking horrible without KG. Man, they absolutely fell apart there late in that third quarter. At his age with his questionable knees, KG can only make so much of a difference. I'm thinking right now Boston's problems run deeper than just missing him.
Then finally my Lakers beat the Magic with some great play from the bench of all places. Maybe LA's second unit isn't that bad after all. Stephanie G is correct though, the Magic are dumb as shit for freezing out Dwight the way that they did (though the Laker defense played a part). Nevertheless, anytime the Lakers get a big win like that with such a horrendous game from Kobe, I'll take it.
All in all a pretty good MLK Day for me :)
I don't have to say anything else, right?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/basketball/nba/01/18/marbury.china.ap/index.html
-- Wang Xingjiang, head of the Shanxi team, called the signing of Marbury "a reward to our fans" to help a struggling team. --
As a long suffering Knicks fan I can state that it would have been less cruel and more humane to infect all those fans with herpes as an award rather than signing the Steph Infection.
Aren't the CSI: Miami references a little too late to be current and a little too early to be retro-cool?
@ Wormboy:
For the LOTR reference to be complete perhaps the Spurs should be the Fellowship...
Duncan as Frodo (sure, why not)
Poppovich as Gandalf
David Robinson as Aragorn
Manu as Legolas
Bruce Bowen as Gimli
Tony Parker as Every Annoying Hobbit Ever
My name is Kobe
This is my shoe
It does not follow,
the Los Angeles Fire Prevention Code
I got fo' rings
So suck my dick
Don't ask to shoot
it in her face (YEAAAAAHHHHH)
Tony parker is going to have to be "fool of a Took." Yes, Peregrin Took himself.
Um, except that Pippin doesn't get laid by an extraordinarily hot woman.
And kudos with Pop. He IS Gandalf.