Via Deadspin, here is a video of Antoine Walker airballing a free throw in his NBA D-League debut last night.
Good ol' Antoine. It's like he never left our lives...
Worst of the Night in Pictures:
"You're weirdin' me out, Durant"
Speaking of awkward...
Keith Smart must have watched his Warriors play
Blake Griffin may be awesome, but this picture still summarizes the Clippers organization
Holy crap, this is almost as bad as yesterday's Yao/Knee-Mac man hug
Nationally Televised Games: Celtics at 76ers, TNT, 8pm: The Sixers have won five in a row at home, but that's a bit of fool's gold. The closest thing to real competition they've seen in that stretch is a low-scoring grind against the Frail Blazers. They're like a poor man's version of the Knicks, and that is just truly sad because the Knicks are already the poor man's version of a mediocre to decent basketball team.
Also, three words (or one big hyphenated word): Shaq-A-Claus.
Magic at Frail Blazers, TNT, 10:30pm: Stat of the day: Vinsanity put up an amazing 2-for-21 shooting performance against the Blazers last season. I dread the day Vinsanity retires -- this blog will be deprived of so much content.
All The Other Games: Nyets at Mavericks, 8:30pm: You know, the Nyets aren't as soul-crushingly horrible as last year. They are still, however, at least soul-bruisingly horrible.
Of course, when I find out a month from now that he has bought the Purple Paupers for $20 to keep the Maloofs from starving inside of their Bentleys, I'll facepalm.
so, *in addition* to the link mentioned above by dick sullivan, here is yet another ridiculous artest article (artesticle? yes. that is the official name of all print coverage of number 37). the title: 16 hours in the mind of ron artest.
Nick - He changed his number again this year, he's now number 15. I forget what his reasoning for that was though (assuming there was some reasoning for it, of course, which with Artest is never a good assumption).
Marc D. I agree both for the humor and for the guy.
Humor because he's Antoine Walker and he plays a hell of a weird game with absurd 3's and crazy drives to the rim. The league needs him back
But seriously, I think he's a good guy at heart who had a shitload of bad stuff happen to him (and Jordan jumpstarted his gambling, people don't mention that). If the guy can be a role player in the league, let him be.
AK Dave - There used to be so many of those photoshop threads of Toine's shimmying out there on the web, but alas, many of them have disappeared :(
Still, my greatest disappointment when it comes to the internet is that there appears to be nowhere online where you can see Rasheed Wallace's full "both teams played hard" press conference, but rather just the excepts for every time Sheed said it. Nobody saved that? Really? I am disappoint.
One day after his first appearance of the year in the lacktion ledger, Jeff Adrien gets waived in Oakland.
Do the movers and shakers of the Association read this blog? ;)
Louisville basketball backers now have a "anonymous billionaire" ready to fund any team purchase!
Of course, when I find out a month from now that he has bought the Purple Paupers for $20 to keep the Maloofs from starving inside of their Bentleys, I'll facepalm.
You're welcome.
Quote:
YES I BUMPED THAT GUY IN THE TIE LAST NIGHT IF ANYONE KNOWS WHO HE IS PLEASE SEND MY APOLOGIES.
http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=5901378
THAT is manna from heaven.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=5902468
gold.
Humor because he's Antoine Walker and he plays a hell of a weird game with absurd 3's and crazy drives to the rim. The league needs him back
But seriously, I think he's a good guy at heart who had a shitload of bad stuff happen to him (and Jordan jumpstarted his gambling, people don't mention that). If the guy can be a role player in the league, let him be.
Especially this picture of the 'Toine Shimmy
That armor's too strong for blasters! Rogue group: use your harpoons and tow cables- GO FOR THE LEGS!
AK Dave - There used to be so many of those photoshop threads of Toine's shimmying out there on the web, but alas, many of them have disappeared :(
Still, my greatest disappointment when it comes to the internet is that there appears to be nowhere online where you can see Rasheed Wallace's full "both teams played hard" press conference, but rather just the excepts for every time Sheed said it. Nobody saved that? Really? I am disappoint.
Vinsanity is 2-28 on the road when taking shots from downtown.
That is all.
Tonight's Celtics game against the Sixers can be summed up easily: Watch Clippers/Lakers the previous night, same thing.
As for Antoine returning, put him on the Cavaliers...they're desperate for star power.
Now.