"Hey! That's not a chair I'm posting up! Aaaah!Make sure you block out some time tomorrow to pay us a visit. We've got a special treat planned to help celebrate the All-Star weekend. In the meantime, it's Thursday TNT Night BAD.
Odds are he's lying through his teeth again, but
Rick Pitino claims the rumor that he's contacted the Nyets about coaching them is false. Now, my question: if Rick Pitino isn't walking through that door to the IZOD Center, where do I put in my application? I mean, what qualifications could they possibly have for the next Nyets coach? (Wait, you mean I would have to spend a significant amount of time in Jersey? Screw that!)
Bawful Trade of the Day:(Sorry, a little short on time today, can't really give the details or analysis of these trades)
darkcoupon continues a tradition I always enjoy -- making fun of how traditionally white the Pacers are.
Bawful trade while waiting for the Super Bowl kickoff...I wanted to fix the Jazz's "dumb European white guy" problem, but in the process I may have made Indiana the whitest team in the league.
Stockton brings us a trade involving Darko Milicic AND Kwame Brown. What's not to love?
Trade details
The Knicks get the defense of Amare, the youth of wallace and the technique of Kwame. That will for sure lure Lebron!
Pistons get Darko (he should have never left) and another sharpshooter, in the person Mobley (does he even play?)
Suns get Villanueva and Lee... hey, this could work for them... it WOULD be an upgrade! well, can't win them all.
Worst of the Night in Pictures: For the last time, Peja, this is NOT soccer! And you wonder why we call him the Pumaman... OM NOM NOM NOM Sasha Vujacic - Professional Basketball Player Why is it that every single picture of Don Nelson includes him either looking disheveled, looking confused, looking overweight, and/or greeting one of his former players? Poor Marcus Camby "Hey, didn't I tell you to go order me some more collarless black shirts and gray suits?! I'm on my fourth one of the week!Nationally Televised Games:Magic at Crabs: Cleveland can tie its franchise record of 13 consecutive wins tonight. If the Illusionist aren't hitting the three, the Crabs got a good shot of building that winning streak. Shaq may not be able to do much anymore beyond wrapping himself in Icy Hot patches and waddling around like a mummy, but he
can shut down the Pumaman fairly well.
Spurs at Nuggets: This Spurs team is a mess. Watching Richard Jefferson play makes me want to break something. It's a good thing they've got a few days off thanks to the All Star break. Several of the team members will be exhausted from flipping through their latest AARP magazine.
Labels: Bawful After Dark, Bawful Trade of the Day, Dwight Howard, Yi Jianlian's chair
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90cZPm4TpRs
The background music makes a ho hum video awesome. Wonder why ESPN doesn't start doing the same with its highlight reels.
Don't laugh, this was a team that went to the Finals!
Oh, and Shaq goes to the Bricks for Eddy "I wonder if the ball is edible" Curry and Darko "I'm Better than Melo" Milicic.
Somehow this only costs the Cavs one win.
Amar'e, get out.
Plus the Nets get some added help, but not according to Hollinger
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ykpq6ml
Steve Nash oneups Lamar Odom with a ridiculous commercial of his own. Put in tommorows post tia.
http://raptorsrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/reggie.jpg
http://www.sbnation.com/2010/2/10/1304723/have-you-been-dreaming-of-coaching
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yfrsyrm
In time for All-Star weekend. Enjoy.
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yhccjq2
AnacondaHL -- Dude. You should have just gone ahead and edited my post to include that video. But yes, I have to put it up tomorrow.
Isaiah reportedly phoned James Dolan to issue the threat this morning, telling Mr Dolan that the Knicks' plan to lure Lebron James away from Cleveland was "fool's gold" and that cap space was "worthless if you can't fill it".
Isaiah claims to have already brokered a trade that he believes "will make the Knicks relevant again, effective immediately, by acquiring a dominant post threat and an elite point guard."
Our sources indicate that this is the trade:
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yfdd8bs
Knicks get: Elton Brand (dominant post threat), Gilbert Arenas (elite point guard)
Wizards get: Larry Hughes (Welcome back Larry!!)
Philadelphia gets: Nate Robinson (Iverson 2.0?) and Eddy Curry (a fantastic replacement for Brand)
Solid win by the Cavs, although it did come on the second night of a back-to-back for the Magic. The Cavs were also without Mo Williams, but Delonte West was solid in his first game back. So take all that for what you will.
I'd give a worst-of to Lewis and Carter for their play down the stretch, but I don't have the time to break it down now. I believe it included Lewis jacking up a 30-foot 3-point attempt with 15 seconds or so left in the shot clock once, though.
Some ridiculous hyperbole by the TNT crew. As Ginobili brings his bald spot to the FT line, one of them exclaims, "Very good move by Ginobili to create the contact, one of the best free throw shooters of all time!" Wait, an 82% career FT shooter is one of the best of all time? Steve Nash must be a free throw God then.
He did have two blocks against, though.
http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/.element/swf/1.1/cvp/nba_embed_container.swf?context=nba&videoId=games/cavaliers/2010/02/11/0020900779_orl_cle_play6.nba
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yk44mlh
The most ridiculous thing is that the Nets are computed to do the best out of this. Really? Losing 2 starters for a big contract for an ordinary player will make the nets 7 games better. How bad are they???
In regards to Orlando on the 2nd night of a back-to-back, that Chicago game wasn't a contest after Rose went down in the 1st. No one played more than 28 minutes so lets not make this an "Orlando is gassed" excuse for last nights performance. They had energy, came ready to play, and shat the bed in the 4th quarter.