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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Friday, December 26, 2008
Christmas Day, Terrorizing the NBA on 12/25/08
Game: All of them.
Terror Maker: Multiple Offenders
Offense: Multiple Offenders
Target: Everyone
Christmas 08 was probably the best collection of Christmas games in a long time. And by best collection, I really just mean the Laker-Celtic game was absolutely awesome. From the get go it felt like a playoff game, making for great entertainment. The other games weren't all that bad either. A few things to note from each game:
Orlando/New Orleans: As great as Chris Paul is, he can't lead the Hornets anywhere if he has no one to pass the ball too. And it wouldn't kill to get a bench either. Seriously, Devin Brown as the go to guy of a 2nd unit isn't exactly a formula for success. And with that said, it was no surprise that the Magic absolutely crushed the hornets.
San Antonio/Phoenix: I was ready to talk about how Amare choked on three consecutive possessions int he final two minutes. Blowing easy layup after easy layup, until Grant hill got the screen from Nash and seemingly won the game. Really ruined my day. Well, it would have if it was a team not named the Spurs. Yet again a last second shot/play/miracle/hip check/suspension put a dagger in the heart of Suns fans everywhere. The game seemed pretty much over until Tony Parker found Mason for a three in the corner. This game proved yet again that the suns can't beat the spurs at there own game, and that Steve Kerr is a douche.
Lakers/Celtics: With Posey departure and Bynum+Ariza's return, the Lakers seem to have gained a bit of an advantage in match ups when it comes to versing the Celtics. In the Finals, Leon Poe pretty much dominated the Laker bench. Yesterday he was a non factor going up against Bynum when both teams went to reserves. And without Posey, no one was able to throw off Kobe Bryant by much. Combine all of that with Ariza's amazing hustle play and the Lakers were able to walk away with a 9 point victory. Although the game was a lot closer than the final score would suggest. All game i was complaining of Pau Gasol being, well, Gasoft. It wasn't until he scored 7 points and blocked ray Allen's three that the game was finally sealed for the Lakers.
On a side note, whats up with Mike Breen calling the Celtic Bench a bunch of "scrubs"? Seems kinda harsh.
Cleveland/Washington: Pure B-S. With Mike James having an amazing game, the wizards were poised to walk away with a win on the Cavs home floor. That is, until the refs decided otherwise. With 1 minute and 30 seconds to go, a foul was called on Butler for barely grazing "King James" on the elbow. It just so happened to be a 3 pointer with the Cavs down 5. So Lebron hits three free throws. Followed by Jamison being called for a charge when Wallace was clearly moving his feet while Jamison had already taken off. So the wizards lose a possession and it leads to a Mo Williams three. Awesome. After that the Cavs pretty much sealed the deal. Which is exactly what a 24-4 team would do against a 4-22 team. But is it really fair for Refs to hand the game away when the wizards were outplaying them for 46.5 minutes? No, its not. Especially when other matches are allowed to be played more physically. Inconsistency just makes David Sterns NBA look rigged.
Terror Maker: Multiple Offenders
Offense: Multiple Offenders
Target: Everyone
Christmas 08 was probably the best collection of Christmas games in a long time. And by best collection, I really just mean the Laker-Celtic game was absolutely awesome. From the get go it felt like a playoff game, making for great entertainment. The other games weren't all that bad either. A few things to note from each game:
Orlando/New Orleans: As great as Chris Paul is, he can't lead the Hornets anywhere if he has no one to pass the ball too. And it wouldn't kill to get a bench either. Seriously, Devin Brown as the go to guy of a 2nd unit isn't exactly a formula for success. And with that said, it was no surprise that the Magic absolutely crushed the hornets.
San Antonio/Phoenix: I was ready to talk about how Amare choked on three consecutive possessions int he final two minutes. Blowing easy layup after easy layup, until Grant hill got the screen from Nash and seemingly won the game. Really ruined my day. Well, it would have if it was a team not named the Spurs. Yet again a last second shot/play/miracle/hip check/suspension put a dagger in the heart of Suns fans everywhere. The game seemed pretty much over until Tony Parker found Mason for a three in the corner. This game proved yet again that the suns can't beat the spurs at there own game, and that Steve Kerr is a douche.
Lakers/Celtics: With Posey departure and Bynum+Ariza's return, the Lakers seem to have gained a bit of an advantage in match ups when it comes to versing the Celtics. In the Finals, Leon Poe pretty much dominated the Laker bench. Yesterday he was a non factor going up against Bynum when both teams went to reserves. And without Posey, no one was able to throw off Kobe Bryant by much. Combine all of that with Ariza's amazing hustle play and the Lakers were able to walk away with a 9 point victory. Although the game was a lot closer than the final score would suggest. All game i was complaining of Pau Gasol being, well, Gasoft. It wasn't until he scored 7 points and blocked ray Allen's three that the game was finally sealed for the Lakers.
On a side note, whats up with Mike Breen calling the Celtic Bench a bunch of "scrubs"? Seems kinda harsh.
Cleveland/Washington: Pure B-S. With Mike James having an amazing game, the wizards were poised to walk away with a win on the Cavs home floor. That is, until the refs decided otherwise. With 1 minute and 30 seconds to go, a foul was called on Butler for barely grazing "King James" on the elbow. It just so happened to be a 3 pointer with the Cavs down 5. So Lebron hits three free throws. Followed by Jamison being called for a charge when Wallace was clearly moving his feet while Jamison had already taken off. So the wizards lose a possession and it leads to a Mo Williams three. Awesome. After that the Cavs pretty much sealed the deal. Which is exactly what a 24-4 team would do against a 4-22 team. But is it really fair for Refs to hand the game away when the wizards were outplaying them for 46.5 minutes? No, its not. Especially when other matches are allowed to be played more physically. Inconsistency just makes David Sterns NBA look rigged.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Vince Carter, Terrorizing the NBA on 11/21/08
Game: Nj Nets vs Toronto Raptors
Date: 11/15/08
Terror-maker: Vince Carter
Offense: Causing emotional trauma
Target: Toronto Raptor Fans
With the Raptors up by 7 with two minutes to go, I was pretty sure the game was over. The nets naturally kept dumping the ball into Vince Carters hands, and Vince went and made a couple of shots in a row. Then he made a few more. All of a sudden the nets were down 2 with only a couple seconds remaining and Anthony Parker at the line. Naturally Parker missed the first free throw. Parker=Douche. I had him on my fantasy's team for a few weeks, and saying he sucked ass would be an understatement. Anyway, so the leads at 3 with .8 seconds remaining. I tell my bud "wouldn't it be something if Vince made a three right now?". Sure enough Vince came through with a shocking three from deep. That capped 12 points in a row by Vince. To make matters worse, after a flurry of three's by bosh, Hayes, and Parker the game was tied near the end of OT. With 2 seconds to go, Vince ends the game with a reverse dunk off an inbounds pass from Bobby Simmons. Man, that was one hell of an entertaining game. But most importantly, it ruined the day of raptor fans everywhere. Vince Carter, who's often accused of not giving it his all, reverted back to his days of Vincesanity to take a seemingly wrapped up game out of the hands of the raptors and send theem to a devastating loss.
Date: 11/15/08
Terror-maker: Vince Carter
Offense: Causing emotional trauma
Target: Toronto Raptor Fans
With the Raptors up by 7 with two minutes to go, I was pretty sure the game was over. The nets naturally kept dumping the ball into Vince Carters hands, and Vince went and made a couple of shots in a row. Then he made a few more. All of a sudden the nets were down 2 with only a couple seconds remaining and Anthony Parker at the line. Naturally Parker missed the first free throw. Parker=Douche. I had him on my fantasy's team for a few weeks, and saying he sucked ass would be an understatement. Anyway, so the leads at 3 with .8 seconds remaining. I tell my bud "wouldn't it be something if Vince made a three right now?". Sure enough Vince came through with a shocking three from deep. That capped 12 points in a row by Vince. To make matters worse, after a flurry of three's by bosh, Hayes, and Parker the game was tied near the end of OT. With 2 seconds to go, Vince ends the game with a reverse dunk off an inbounds pass from Bobby Simmons. Man, that was one hell of an entertaining game. But most importantly, it ruined the day of raptor fans everywhere. Vince Carter, who's often accused of not giving it his all, reverted back to his days of Vincesanity to take a seemingly wrapped up game out of the hands of the raptors and send theem to a devastating loss.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Nj Nets Announcers, Terrorizing the NBA on 11/15/08
Game: NJ Nets vs Atlanta Hawks
Date: 11/15/08
Terror-maker: Both NJ Nets announcers
Offense: "Bring out the biscuits its T-time!"
Target: All living beings with functional hearing senses.
Around the third quarter of the Nets-hawks game, Joe Johnson got hit with a technical foul for arguing with a ref. About a few seconds after that the hawks coach got hit with a tech as well. This prompted one of the announcers (I can't tell them apart, both sound like douche's) to say "BRING OUT THE BISCUITS, ITS TEA TIME!". Apparently its supposed to be funny because people were getting hit with "t's", which sounds like "tea". And some people eat biscuits with tea. So ha ha. Its a joke. I was too busy dealing with the pain of my ear drums exploding to find it funny at the time. Either that or it was a stupid joke.
Date: 11/15/08
Terror-maker: Both NJ Nets announcers
Offense: "Bring out the biscuits its T-time!"
Target: All living beings with functional hearing senses.
Around the third quarter of the Nets-hawks game, Joe Johnson got hit with a technical foul for arguing with a ref. About a few seconds after that the hawks coach got hit with a tech as well. This prompted one of the announcers (I can't tell them apart, both sound like douche's) to say "BRING OUT THE BISCUITS, ITS TEA TIME!". Apparently its supposed to be funny because people were getting hit with "t's", which sounds like "tea". And some people eat biscuits with tea. So ha ha. Its a joke. I was too busy dealing with the pain of my ear drums exploding to find it funny at the time. Either that or it was a stupid joke.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Derek Fisher, Terrorizing the NBA on 11/14/08
Game: Los Angeles Lakers vs Detriot Pistons
Date: 11/14/08
Terror-maker: Derek Fisher
Offense: Shooting 4/16
Target: The Los Angeles Lakers
I could have chosen Kwame Brown as the number one offender on November the 14th, as he completely out played both Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol. Seriously. Kwame Brown. But no, what Derek Fisher did is far more criminal than Pau getting shut down by Kwame. Fisher came into the game shooting 36% from the field, and then he goes and chucks up 16 shots. Its one thing to shoot when your team has a comfortable lead, giving yourself a chance to find your groove without screwing everyone over. Its another thing to shoot deep 2's on a fast break while your teams trying to fight back from a double digit deficit. Every time he brought the ball up the court he chucked up a shot. Although he had 0 turnovers, he missed 12 shots. Had someone else taken those twelve shots and say hit six of them, the Lakers would have had a realistic chance at winning. The guy is taking 10.8 shots a game and hitting on average 3.8 of them. That's as efficient as an old lady using an entire shopping cart just to check out a pack of gum. I don't get why old ladies have to use a shopping cart for everything. Don't they realize it congest the check-out lines? Anyway, I know Derek fisher is a great locker room leader, but on the court he's well, trigger happy. Trigger happy+ 30% shooting=fail.
Date: 11/14/08
Terror-maker: Derek Fisher
Offense: Shooting 4/16
Target: The Los Angeles Lakers
I could have chosen Kwame Brown as the number one offender on November the 14th, as he completely out played both Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol. Seriously. Kwame Brown. But no, what Derek Fisher did is far more criminal than Pau getting shut down by Kwame. Fisher came into the game shooting 36% from the field, and then he goes and chucks up 16 shots. Its one thing to shoot when your team has a comfortable lead, giving yourself a chance to find your groove without screwing everyone over. Its another thing to shoot deep 2's on a fast break while your teams trying to fight back from a double digit deficit. Every time he brought the ball up the court he chucked up a shot. Although he had 0 turnovers, he missed 12 shots. Had someone else taken those twelve shots and say hit six of them, the Lakers would have had a realistic chance at winning. The guy is taking 10.8 shots a game and hitting on average 3.8 of them. That's as efficient as an old lady using an entire shopping cart just to check out a pack of gum. I don't get why old ladies have to use a shopping cart for everything. Don't they realize it congest the check-out lines? Anyway, I know Derek fisher is a great locker room leader, but on the court he's well, trigger happy. Trigger happy+ 30% shooting=fail.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Stephon Marbury: Staying Sane
The Stephon Marbury saga, spanning from 03-04 to 07-08 looks like it will finally come to and end. During that period of time we've been treated to many highly entertaining Steph moments. Such as:
1. Showing up to Mike'd up on pcp. Hilarity ensues.
2. Talking about preparing for the upcoming NBA season by running in the mountains.
3. Claiming he has dirt on Isiah.
4. Running Larry Brown out of town while simultaneously running the Knicks into the ground.
5. Doing things in vans to interns.
6. Acting flat out crazy.
The list goes on and on. Unfortunately for some, it seems as if Stephon has finally learned how to control his insanity. When Mike D'antoni decided to bench Stephon, the media decided to blow up the story. Stephon has been pressed about how he feels about the situation, asked the same questions over and over, and yet, the media still hasn't gotten the flat out insane response its been dying for. The same people who helped Stephon look like a maniac, are now going insane waiting for him to crack.
Instead monitoring Stephon round the clock, what the media should really be doing is pressing hardcore gangster Tony Battie. During the Bulls vs Magic game, it came very apparent that my new hero, Andres Nocioni, was pissing off everyone on the Magic. He kicked Rashard Lewis in the groin, landed a hard foul on Keyon Dooling, Dwight Howard and Hedo Turkowhatever. Each of them tried to do their ego's justice by "stepping up" to Andres, who simply smiled and laughed. Clearly Andres was just playing the game with toughness, while the pansy's on the magic took it personally. Of course, Tony Battie would have none of this. After Andres drove in on Rashard hit the lay up and got an opportunity for a three point play, Andres let out a huge roar. Tony Battie realized his groups gangsterness was on the line, so what does he do? He approaches Andres, bumps him, and mumbles something. Andres flat out ignored him and walked to the free throw line. Bravery at its finest. Battie looks like an over sized Orc, and Orcs are generally big i assume. Furthermore, Tony Battie is shooting 36% and averaging 2 points per game. The dudes 6'11. Whys he playing so bad you ask? Cause' he's busy running the hood for the magic. He has no time for "basketball". If I were the media, i'd focus more on this shady character Battie and what he does "off the court". Waiting for Stephon to revert to insanity is just a waste of time.
1. Showing up to Mike'd up on pcp. Hilarity ensues.
2. Talking about preparing for the upcoming NBA season by running in the mountains.
3. Claiming he has dirt on Isiah.
4. Running Larry Brown out of town while simultaneously running the Knicks into the ground.
5. Doing things in vans to interns.
6. Acting flat out crazy.
The list goes on and on. Unfortunately for some, it seems as if Stephon has finally learned how to control his insanity. When Mike D'antoni decided to bench Stephon, the media decided to blow up the story. Stephon has been pressed about how he feels about the situation, asked the same questions over and over, and yet, the media still hasn't gotten the flat out insane response its been dying for. The same people who helped Stephon look like a maniac, are now going insane waiting for him to crack.
Instead monitoring Stephon round the clock, what the media should really be doing is pressing hardcore gangster Tony Battie. During the Bulls vs Magic game, it came very apparent that my new hero, Andres Nocioni, was pissing off everyone on the Magic. He kicked Rashard Lewis in the groin, landed a hard foul on Keyon Dooling, Dwight Howard and Hedo Turkowhatever. Each of them tried to do their ego's justice by "stepping up" to Andres, who simply smiled and laughed. Clearly Andres was just playing the game with toughness, while the pansy's on the magic took it personally. Of course, Tony Battie would have none of this. After Andres drove in on Rashard hit the lay up and got an opportunity for a three point play, Andres let out a huge roar. Tony Battie realized his groups gangsterness was on the line, so what does he do? He approaches Andres, bumps him, and mumbles something. Andres flat out ignored him and walked to the free throw line. Bravery at its finest. Battie looks like an over sized Orc, and Orcs are generally big i assume. Furthermore, Tony Battie is shooting 36% and averaging 2 points per game. The dudes 6'11. Whys he playing so bad you ask? Cause' he's busy running the hood for the magic. He has no time for "basketball". If I were the media, i'd focus more on this shady character Battie and what he does "off the court". Waiting for Stephon to revert to insanity is just a waste of time.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
A New Breed of Tennis Evil
Public Tennis courts are bad enough as it is. Cracks in the court, grass growing in cement and nets that are half torn are only some of the problems encountered at these courts. Usually you can have a good time playing tennis regardless of these issues. But there is one problem that pushes the annoyance of public tennis courts over the edge.
Kindergarten Tennis Teachers
They show up at the court right next to yours. They bring about one hundred tennis balls, and ten very hyper five year old tennis players. The result? A pissed off you.
Its very difficult enjoying a game of Two on Two when you have countless numbers of tennis balls landing in the middle of your court. Eventually you get tired of keeping track on who's ball is whose, and you just pick one up and serve. You try your best to enjoy the game even though your blue court has suddenly turned green due to all of the badly hit shots flying your way. And then you realize, you just can't. Kindergarten Tennis Teachers ruin everyones fun. In fact, the majority of them don't Even know what they're teaching. The only thing they're good at is telling them to form even rows and to stop hitting each other over the head with the rackets. Way to take out the fun from Kindergarten Tennis.
After one kid lost grip on his racket launched it towards us and nearly took off my head, it was time to go. We decided to take every tennis ball on our court out of spite. In response to this, the kindergarten teacher yells out "THE ONES WITH THE BLACK DOTS ARE OURS". In response to that, I smirked and kept putting the tennis balls in our basket. Although we won the battle, we still lost the war. Its time to relocate to new courts.
Kindergarten Tennis Teachers
They show up at the court right next to yours. They bring about one hundred tennis balls, and ten very hyper five year old tennis players. The result? A pissed off you.
Its very difficult enjoying a game of Two on Two when you have countless numbers of tennis balls landing in the middle of your court. Eventually you get tired of keeping track on who's ball is whose, and you just pick one up and serve. You try your best to enjoy the game even though your blue court has suddenly turned green due to all of the badly hit shots flying your way. And then you realize, you just can't. Kindergarten Tennis Teachers ruin everyones fun. In fact, the majority of them don't Even know what they're teaching. The only thing they're good at is telling them to form even rows and to stop hitting each other over the head with the rackets. Way to take out the fun from Kindergarten Tennis.
After one kid lost grip on his racket launched it towards us and nearly took off my head, it was time to go. We decided to take every tennis ball on our court out of spite. In response to this, the kindergarten teacher yells out "THE ONES WITH THE BLACK DOTS ARE OURS". In response to that, I smirked and kept putting the tennis balls in our basket. Although we won the battle, we still lost the war. Its time to relocate to new courts.
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