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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Saturday, January 12, 2008
two funny excerpts from this weekend, NBA.
Phil Jackson on how the New Orleans Hornets stuck Bobby Jackson on Kobe Bryant in last week's road matchup:
"He was very animated on the bench, saying, `I want to post up,' Phil Jackson said. "I said we've got isolations for him. No, he wanted to post up and take advantage of (Jackson). So we used a sequence in our offense to run post-ups for him. They double-teamed him and he got some kickouts to Jordan (Farmar) for some 3s."
Later, Jackson and Bryant discussed the situation further.
"I said tongue-in-cheek that when we have a mismatch we want to take advantage of it," Jackson said. "He said, `I have a mismatch every game."'
"I thought he was at the state fair or something trying to win a stuffed animal,"
~Detroit Pistons coach Flip Saunders, who said he never remembered one of his teams taking so many 3s, was especially upset at Richard Hamilton's 2 of 9 shooting from 3 against upset-minded Charlotte, tonight.
"He was very animated on the bench, saying, `I want to post up,' Phil Jackson said. "I said we've got isolations for him. No, he wanted to post up and take advantage of (Jackson). So we used a sequence in our offense to run post-ups for him. They double-teamed him and he got some kickouts to Jordan (Farmar) for some 3s."
Later, Jackson and Bryant discussed the situation further.
"I said tongue-in-cheek that when we have a mismatch we want to take advantage of it," Jackson said. "He said, `I have a mismatch every game."'
"I thought he was at the state fair or something trying to win a stuffed animal,"
~Detroit Pistons coach Flip Saunders, who said he never remembered one of his teams taking so many 3s, was especially upset at Richard Hamilton's 2 of 9 shooting from 3 against upset-minded Charlotte, tonight.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Larry Legend
Btw, those Larry Bird clips remind me why he is my favorite player of all time. Amazing stuff. I think I like Magic's comment best.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Oh Canada!
Now who would have thought that I would be blogging about Canada? What does our neighbor to the North have to do with Basketball? Well, my friend, you are in luck...follow my lead...er, ramble. Three words for you. Doctor James Naismith. Born in Canada, creator of the great sport we all know and love. I am sure he never thought that his game with two peach baskets and a soccer ball would ever have metamorphosis into the bling blinging, three point raining, cross over dribbling, tomahawk jamming, 360 spinning, last second swishing and gansta slapping rejections it is today.
Up until this post, the only thing I had to say about Canada was, "You think I'm sloooow because I am from Canada, eh?" Screw hockey, American's can't follow the puck. Anyone remember when Fox tried to make the puck glowing, back in the day to so we could? Pathetic. Screw all the actors from Canada (maybe except Pam Anderson, but even she is getting old now). The beer ain't all that, like me and my buds are gonna grab an ice cold Molson's or Labatt Blue? I'll pass. I'll take a Bud Light or Bud Heavy any day of the week. Well then, what is the best export out of Canada? Answer is simple, my dog Steve Nash. Plays the game like it should be played. A point guard that passes, shoots well from the field and from the line and had a good assist-to-turnover ration. Clutch player, tough player, assist master and mad athlete to boot. Dude could easily play professional soccer (joga bonito) if he so desired, but lucky for us, he plays basketball. Lucky for me, he is on my fantasy basketball team. I once dissed Don Nelson for saying he could build a team around Nash. His first few years in the L, out of Santa Clara, I never saw it coming. Oh how he proved me wrong. Now only if that one corrupt ref hadn't rigged the Western Conference finals, and the Suns had won the Championship, Nelly probably would have had his statement validated. I guess Nash did get back to back MVP's.
Like Curtis Blow so eloquently rapped, "Basketball is my favorite sport..." Instead of dissing the Canadians for everything from currency conversion to their lack of cuisine, let's thank them for the sport we all can't live without.
Up until this post, the only thing I had to say about Canada was, "You think I'm sloooow because I am from Canada, eh?" Screw hockey, American's can't follow the puck. Anyone remember when Fox tried to make the puck glowing, back in the day to so we could? Pathetic. Screw all the actors from Canada (maybe except Pam Anderson, but even she is getting old now). The beer ain't all that, like me and my buds are gonna grab an ice cold Molson's or Labatt Blue? I'll pass. I'll take a Bud Light or Bud Heavy any day of the week. Well then, what is the best export out of Canada? Answer is simple, my dog Steve Nash. Plays the game like it should be played. A point guard that passes, shoots well from the field and from the line and had a good assist-to-turnover ration. Clutch player, tough player, assist master and mad athlete to boot. Dude could easily play professional soccer (joga bonito) if he so desired, but lucky for us, he plays basketball. Lucky for me, he is on my fantasy basketball team. I once dissed Don Nelson for saying he could build a team around Nash. His first few years in the L, out of Santa Clara, I never saw it coming. Oh how he proved me wrong. Now only if that one corrupt ref hadn't rigged the Western Conference finals, and the Suns had won the Championship, Nelly probably would have had his statement validated. I guess Nash did get back to back MVP's.
Like Curtis Blow so eloquently rapped, "Basketball is my favorite sport..." Instead of dissing the Canadians for everything from currency conversion to their lack of cuisine, let's thank them for the sport we all can't live without.
Friday, January 4, 2008
showdown
Where's '97 at? Wyatt, Matt and I are still looking for our showdown with the '97 crew. Don't think we forgot.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
magic 24/7
I visited the Magic Johnson 24-Hour Fitness last night for about 4 hours. My friend, Ben, brought me as his guest. I guess you could say we were ringing in the first day of the New Year right with some fitness, know what I mean.
The gym is pretty swell. They have this open-air atmosphere, where you can see everything upon entering pretty much. There is a pool and of course, what Magic Johnson establishment would be incomplete without, a basketball court. Although I don't think the MJ Theaters in Crenshaw don't have room for one they probably have a lil shootout for the kids. Those are always fun.
I played about three games with kids from the neighborhood. It was almost like being at Villa-Parke or Victory Park gym, except everyone was monthly paying, though I kind of doubt it. It was the first of January and most people were probably sleepin it off so I bet the desk clerk, who looked a bit young himself, probably let all those kids in for free.
We won every game we played because we had two bruisers on our team who would pass. I felt a bit slow and out of shape, but hey? What do you expect to happen when you play a bunch of teenagers who have only smoked two cigarettes in their whole life.
The gym is pretty swell. They have this open-air atmosphere, where you can see everything upon entering pretty much. There is a pool and of course, what Magic Johnson establishment would be incomplete without, a basketball court. Although I don't think the MJ Theaters in Crenshaw don't have room for one they probably have a lil shootout for the kids. Those are always fun.
I played about three games with kids from the neighborhood. It was almost like being at Villa-Parke or Victory Park gym, except everyone was monthly paying, though I kind of doubt it. It was the first of January and most people were probably sleepin it off so I bet the desk clerk, who looked a bit young himself, probably let all those kids in for free.
We won every game we played because we had two bruisers on our team who would pass. I felt a bit slow and out of shape, but hey? What do you expect to happen when you play a bunch of teenagers who have only smoked two cigarettes in their whole life.
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