"I must break you" Spencer Hall posted a stunning piece of literature yesterday:
Everything need to know about John Calipari, to the tune of Steely Dan's album The Royal Scam. Even speaking as a fan of Kentucky Wildcat basketball, I approve of this piece. Behold the power of Steely Dan. (Seriously, go listen to that album while you read this. Do it. Great album.)
My favorite quote of the day is related to the sale of the Pistons. Or rather their
inability to sell the team:
"The Pistons are officially that beat-up Camaro at the end of the street that's been on the block for two months. The "For Sale' sign has faded with dust and things are starting to grow around the wheels."
Worst of the Night in Pictures:Oh, Vince. What else can you do to make me hate you? Oh. That. Hey, if you saw your mascot faceplant while on rollerblades like that, you'd have a pissy look on your face too Nationally Televised Games:Celtics at Spurs, TNT, 8pm: Hey! Who wants to watch two injury-riddled teams limp through the end of the regular season on national TV? (meekly raises hand)
Mavericks at Lakers, TNT, 10:30pm: The Lakers are 15-1 since the All-Star Break. Quick, someone go invent a time machine so we can go back to earlier this year when they were kinda sorta struggling! Or at least let us go back to 2004-2005 when Chucky Atkins, Chris Mihm, and Jumaine Jones were holding down the fort.
Labels: Bawful After Dark
http://www.sactownroyalty.com/2011/3/31/2083504/sbnation-com-relocation-saga-bares-nbas-pretzel-logic#comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CZLpXHNBpZY
Nyets sign Mario West to 10-day contract,
http://www.nba.com/2011/news/03/31/nets-moves.ap/index.html
God, it would be so perfect if he gets a Super Mario in his first game back... like fate or some shit.
http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=6278704
This is part basketbawful and part basketbawesome. What a turnaround -- the guy was all kinds of unstable, got treated, and decided to raise awareness and raise money to help others deal with the same issues. But still, a guy whose name is synonymous with "going into the stands to beat on a fan" being nominated for a citizenship award is kind of shocking.
http://www.androidcentral.com/live-dallas-verizon-wants-you-win-htc-thunderbolt-and-private-party-mark-cuban?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+androidcentral+%28Android+Central%29
I'm sure there must be some people here who follow Cuban's twitter
There will be blood if the Lakers and the Mavs meet up in the postseason.
And what exactly did Brendan Haywood do to get thrown out? From what I saw, he was just keeping everyone apart.
And let's face it, aren't games like these the reason no one takes the Dallas Mavericks seriously? Even when they try to throw down the punk card, they just end up throwing out the Lakers' bench (which ended up being a positive for the Lakers) and could only put up 12 points in the 4th quarter.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/games/2011033113/photos;_ylt=ArL1ZYh1UEw25GnHZmcA3y2QvLYF?slug=4b0f34dc7cc5bfa80e21771db9567c65-getty-103884578hh022_dallas_maver#photoViewer=urn%3Anewsml%3Asports.yahoo%2Cgetty%3A20050301%3Anba%2Cphoto%2C4b0f34dc7cc5bfa80e21771db9567c65-getty-103884578hh022_dallas_maver%3A1
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=310331013
Regarding Haywood, as best I can tell from the replays (which always ended right before I wanted them to), I think he got tossed for not shutting up. Haywood followed the ref toward the Mavs bench, ref seemed to tell him to back down, but Haywood didn't. He kept pointing at Barnes and mouthing off at the ref, then he got thrown out.
He needs to be in the banner.
I tease a friend of mine who went to Kentucky that they'll win a championship soon, and have it taken away a few years later after Calipari has left. At what price victory? He's like the devil in Damn Yankees, going from school to school and bringing temporary glory to those willing to sell their souls. By this time, everybody knows it; no excuses. You know what you get when you hire him. So what does that say about UK? And how do you stay a fan?
Say what?! It was Dallas assistant coach who grabbed Matt Barnes twice if you watch the video carefully. He was already walking to the bench. You just can't grab the opponent team's player like that. J Terry should get two game suspension and one game for the rest.
Jason Terry is definitely sitting out a game.