The People’s Playoff Book It: C Squared – Day 2
Playoff time! The Basketball Jones is giving away a pair of Adidas basketball shoes to the person who can put together the longest streak of picks during the postseason. If you’d like to give it a shot, email us. Once a wrong pick is made, we’ll email the next contestant. Sports Tsar is tops with 3 - the confident C Squared trying to get within 1:
SAN ANTONIO [-6.5] over New Orleans (home team in CAPS)
Do you guys want me to send you my address right now so you can get those sweet Adidas kicks in the mail? No way the Spurs are losing this game at home. No way. For the record, I hate the Spurs.
[C Squared’s Streak: 1 | Longest Streak: 3 (Sport Tsar) | Mood: Relaxed | Food: Open-face turkey sandwich]
Comments (0)The Refs Aren’t Watching
I watched the games with Mark Cuban last night; excuse this rant.
Foul calls shouldn’t be reactionary. An official is supposed to call what they see. If they didn’t see anything at all, there shouldn’t be a whistle. Jameer Nelson should not be called because Chauncey Billups goes in to the splits. The ref should make the call on why Billups hit the floor, not the end result. Dwight Howard should not get rung up because Rasheed Wallace takes an out of control shot. What goes through the official’s mind? ‘Sheed was off balance when he released it, therefore, someone must of hit him? No. Wrong. The official didn’t see a bump ’cause there wasn’t one. Hedo Turkoglu shouldn’t get called for the foul when Rodney Stuckey slips out of bounds with the ball. If Stuckey didn’t cross the line, the whistle wouldn’t have blown. Where’s the consistency? (Whoa, I swear I’m not rooting for the Magic.)
It just knocks me off my couch when I see something called only because the fouled player acts out of the ordinary. In a game of runs and momentum swings, every whistle is huge. I’ve put on some baseball umpiring gear in my day; I know what these stripes feel like. They have to have ignorance towards the end result and how the players are reacting and just focus on the actual event.
Players acting this way will never change. Is it because these referees have little experience actually playing the game? I don’t even know if that’s the case, but it sure seems that way. Maybe Cubes was on to something when he pointed out the little talked about international rule changes. This issue always seems to come about when the stakes are raised in the postseason. Just ask my neighbors.
Comments (11)Ep. 307: Yesterday Is The New Today
The Basketball Jones — The Fix — Episode 307 (.mp3)
On today’s — er, yesterday’s show, Skeets and I discuss the not-so-attractive game between Boston and Cleveland, if Mike D’Antoni is a fit in Chicago and why the Kyle Korver trade was a win-win. We also take a couple calls that mention Karl Malone as the 2nd best player ever, and Manu Ginobili as Iron Man. Enjoy.
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Note: There will be no new show today, folks. Sorry. We’ll be back tomorrow, though, with a very special audio treat.
Comments (14)The People’s Playoff Book It: C Squared – Day 1
Playoff time! The Basketball Jones is giving away a pair of Adidas basketball shoes to the person who can put together the longest streak of picks during the postseason. If you’d like to give it a shot, email us. Once a wrong pick is made, we’ll email the next contestant. Sports Tsar is tops with 3 - next victim, C Squared:
lLA LAKERS [-9.5] over Utah (home team in CAPS)
This one is easy: Kobe has never lost the day after he won the league MVP and I don’t think he’s going to start now. Just because he cheats on his wife doesn’t mean that he can’t beat the Jazz by at least 7pts. We’ll miss you Chuck!!! (Ed. Toronto reference)
[C Squared’s Streak: 0 | Longest Streak: 3 (Sport Tsar) | Mood: Calm, cool and collected | Food: Big League Chew]
Comments (3)There Are Other Ways To Waste Your Time
Our podcast will be not be posted until a little later today. Sorry about the delay. In the mean time, if you’ve got a little John Hollinger in ya, head on over to The Peoples’ Statistic. The fellas behind this site are trying to find a consensus on how to measure a player’s overall value, taking in to account all statistics as weighted by you, the people. There has to be a way, right?
UPDATE (4:10pm): OK, just talked with JD. Everyone is fine, but it’s looking pretty unlikely that today’s podcast will be uploaded this evening. So, yeah, please don’t wait around your computer. We should be good to go tomorrow, though, and we’ll post ‘The Forgotten Episode’ as soon as we can. Enjoy the games. — Skeets
Comments (38)The People’s Playoff Book It: Sam Cassell’s Giant Testicles – Day 1
Playoff time! The Basketball Jones is giving away a pair of Adidas basketball shoes to the person who can put together the longest streak of picks during the postseason. If you’d like to give it a shot, email us. Once a wrong pick is made, we’ll email the next contestant. Sports Tsar is tops with 3 - next victim, Sam Cassell’s Giant Testicles:
BOSTON [-9.5] over Cleveland (home team in CAPS)
Rest schmest. The slightly embarrassed Celts have something to prove and there’s no one on Cleveland’s front line that can deal with KG. I think Boston will remind us why they’ve been the best all year. LeBron is always scary and has momentum on his side, but here’s hoping he’ll get his and no one else will. Also, Sam Cassell has huge nuts.
[Sam Cassell’s Giant Testicles’s Streak: 0 | Longest Streak: 3 (Sport Tsar) | Mood: Let’s do this like Buddhists | Food: Pretzels from the bug control conference]
Comments (6)Ep. 306: CP3 Wants The MVP
The Basketball Jones — The Fix — Episode 306 (.mp3)
On today’s show, Skeets and I discuss the malfunction in Motown, why the Magic have hope, why the Spurs should be worried, unheralded players to watch for, the NBA’s advantage on home advantage, and much, much more. Enjoy.
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Comments (12)The People’s Playoff Book It: Coma – Day 1
Playoff time! The Basketball Jones is giving away a pair of Adidas basketball shoes to the person who can put together the longest streak of picks during the postseason. If you’d like to give it a shot, email us. Once a wrong pick is made, we’ll email the next contestant. Sports Tsar is tops with 3 - next up, Coma:
San Antonio [+2.5] over NEW ORLEANS (home team in CAPS)
I’m takin’ San Antonio over New Orleans, tonight. Let’s get a couple things straight here, I don’t know what I’m doing. I got no clue. With that being said, it’ll probably be one of those things like that movie ‘Blank Check’ where that little turd gets said blank check and then cashes that shit for a mil. Why is it similar? CUZ I’m MONEY BABY!
[Coma’s Streak: 0 | Longest Streak: 3 (Sport Tsar) | Mood: Apathetic (Sharks lost in 4OT :\) | Food: Vegemite Sandwich]
Comments (4)Ep. 305: Ding Ding, Round Two
The Basketball Jones — The Fix — Episode 305 (.mp3)
On today’s show, Tas and I discuss the weekend’s hot new second round action, Tuesday’s Cavs-Celtics series, why home-court advantage is so key in the NBA, gang affiliation, Iron Man and much, much more. Enjoy.
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Comments (22)The People’s Playoff Book It: Kyle D – Day 2
Playoff time! The Basketball Jones is giving away a pair of Adidas basketball shoes to the person who can put together the longest streak of picks during the postseason. If you’d like to give it a shot, email us. Once a wrong pick is made, we’ll email the next contestant. Sports Tsar is tops with 3 - day 2 for Kyle D:
Utah [+7.5] over LA LAKERS (home team in CAPS)
I like the points in both the games … and as tempting it is to pick the Hawks getting 14, I’m sticking with the old rule of only picking a road dog if you think they can win the game outright. As well as the Lakers have been playing, I hope that they are a little rusty and Utah will be physical with them right from the start. Boozer v Pau should be a great matchup, and it’s gonna be interesting to see who the Jazz throw at Kobe (Brewer? AK?). Anyway, I think +7.5 is pretty high for a team as good as the Jazz.
[Kyle D’s Streak: 1 | Longest Streak: 3 (Sport Tsar) | Mood: Grand Theft Auto | Food: Thai]
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