First things first: woah David Stern!
Via Deadspin, your random read of the day: Compiling The Absurd Box Score For Space Jam; Or, Shawn Bradley Sucked Against Cartoons, Too. One word: trillion.
Worst of the Weekend in Pictures:
Nationally Televised Games:
Celtics at Knicks, NBA TV, 7:30pm: Whenever I talk to my friends that are basketball fans, they keep touting how awesome the Knicks are going to be now that they have Amar'e and Carmelo. Can someone please go talk some sense into them for me?
All The Other Games:
Magic at Cadavers, 7pm: If the Magic can win this one, they will sweep their season series against the Cadavers. In other breaking news, water is wet. (Unless it's frozen. Oh snap! Things just got confusing!)
Pacers at Nyets, 7pm: The Pacers are still fighting for that 8th spot in the Leastern Conference with the Bobcraps and the Bucks. So they get to play the Nyets who are missing Deron Williams in an attempt to bring their record up to 31-40. What a scintillating battle for the playoffs. (Cough)
Kings at Bulls, 8pm: Good news for the Bulls: the Suckramento Kings have gotten their one win for the month out of the way, so they probably won't give the Bulls too much of a fight tonight. Bad news: the Kings actually won a game. For them, that's "surging."
Jazz at Grizzlies 8pm: If you had the Jazz below the Suns in your preseason playoff odds, you're a better prognosticator than me.
Warriors at Spurs, 8:30pm: Just think: if the Warriors were in the East, they'd probably be a playoff team even though their road record is 9-26 and is the basketball equivalent of this debacle.
Craptors at Nuggets, 9pm: Huzzah! The Nuggets get to play one of the rare teams that plays even less defense than them!
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BTW I find it hilarious to watch other teams' commentators on League Pass. They all use the same Nuggets talking points as they did six months ago, and most of it is horribly outdated.
WV: exuaest. After that tough game against the Thunder, the Craptors are exuaested tonight.
Since Bargnani doesent rebound, we need a rebounder, Reggie has that covered.
Since Bargnani shoots jumpers, we need a slasher, Derozan has that covered.
Since Bargnani doesent post up, we need an post up player, Amir has that covered.
Since Bargnani doesent defend the paint, we need a paint presence, Davis has that covered.
Anything else we need to cover? The Raptors dont play basketball, they play coverball.
Apparently KG likes the way Rivers talks dirty.
Rick Carlisle calls the Mavs soft and they go on an epic losing and whining streak.
Which of these is more surprising?
The game immediately following the "soft" comment, the Mavs blew out the Knicks. In fact, they handled them much better than the Celtics did last night. Their 3 losses have all been close ones to good teams (Lakers, Spurs, Blazers). And they've been doing this without their original starting small forward from the beginning of the year (who is supposed to be their 2nd or 3rd best player), and at various times over the past 6 games without that small forward's replacement, without the backup to the replacement, and without their backup center. They also just came off a stretch of winning 19 of 21 games, and granted the schedule wasn't the hardest but they did beat the Lakers and the Celtics over that run. They're also tied with San Antonio for best road record in the league.
All that said, it wouldn't have mattered if they beat the Spurs, Lakers, and Blazers this past week. Fair or not, they're going to hold onto that "soft" label in the public's imagination until they win an NBA championship. Which probably means they'll hold onto it forever. Their cause won't be helped by another 1st round flameout, which unfortunately I can sense coming their way.
Who am I kidding? Stern would NEVER allow Cuban to win a ring. We'd see another series of BS officiating. But I can still dream, can't I?