i think this dude has my dream job...writing about sports but tying in pop culture....
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/090501&sportCat=nba
anyway more good points
"Two and a half minutes left and we have the ball. Again, they can't stop us. So Doc brings in our worst player -- our least intelligent player, our most ineffective player, the master of the fantastic drive/missed layup -- and takes out Big Baby when he was our second-best player tonight? And all because Chicago went small? SO WE'RE REACTING TO A DESPERATION COACHING MOVE BY VINNY DEL NEGRO!!!!! REALLY, THAT'S WHAT WE DID?????????"
i like tony allen....he was money before he dunked the ball after the whistle and blew out his knee to further reiterate his 'our least intelligent player' point "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le8rMnL56w8&feature=related. very unfortunate...dude was on his way
"The great Ray Allen became a minus-130 favorite in the "Reggie Miller versus Ray Allen" argument and might have to change his name to "The Great Ray Allen."
dude i was just having this argument at lunch....i don't know....i like to think reggie is the second best SG I HAVE SEEN PLAY. but i like ray allen more off the dribble....i still would go to reggie down three before ray but it is very, very, very, very close....its a toss up.
"then a WNBA player dunked on Paul Pierce"
"When Noah stole the ball from Pierce and dunked on him, I threw a tantrum like a little kid. I screamed out a slew of F-bombs. I ran outside my house and screamed some more. How could the 2008 Finals MVP commit such a dumb foul? He had five! Didn't he know he had five???? And what's worse than a Jo-No celebration at the expense of your own team? I screamed and screamed and screamed. That play ripped my heart out."
this is why i love noah....he is probably the most annoying guy ever but i would have him on my team any day....he knows how to win and how to lead (UF will do that for you...ask TIM TEBOW another annnoying WINNER and leader that does not necessarily have stellar skills)....i recall peopl getting mad with him a year back win he was a rookie demanding that his team was a soft bunch of quitters that didn't knwo how to win and then said basically i am not use to being a loser...peopl thought he was out of line because he was a rookie....well where are those peopl at now after he straight humiliated the 2008 championship MVP (kinda reminds me of horford last year barking at pierce after hitting that jumper to force game 5 or 7 in boston i think...even though he lost and noah may lose i would love to see that out of my teammates) . noah will never be great (maybe good is within reach) but there is a difference (not tangibly but intangibly) between he and verajoa....i would take the side show bob version in chicago..... paul was hoping that noah as a lanky big man would kicked the ball off his foot only to end up with it on his dome piece....he used to do this all the time at UF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GOowP3BSeQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouTOQloka_0&feature=related
Friday, May 1, 2009
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Good post and article, I might have to start reading Bill Simmons. Simmons does write about sports the way we talk about it, he doesn't care who he offends.....
ReplyDeleteAnother outstanding article from Bill Simmons. This dude just made himself a must read for me.
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"Aint gonna be no rematch" I loved that word picture. Takes me right back to the first time I saw that in Rocky (III) or was that the beginning of IV.
"Tim Thomas showing an emotion, any, you name it" Tim Thomas is one of greatest examples of just skating by in the Association. Only shows up big when he is up for a contract.