Last Night in the ‘L’ …
What you missed while you were impersonating your boss:
- Philadelphia 108, Chicago 102:
Iverson doesn’t need help. Wins without Webber and Dalembert.
- Milwaukee 99, Atlanta 89:
Skeets and Tas don’t need help either. Book it!
Book It!
Making you money, so you can buy that vintage set of yo-yos you’ve always wanted…
Milwaukee [-1.5] over ATLANTA
Book it!
[Current Record: 2-3]
Comments (2)The End of a Dark-o Era
Darko Milicic has been hiding behind the Wallace brothers for almost three years now. The athletic 20-year-old has finally been given the green light to go ahead and earn some real minutes with the Magic.
Looking at the situation in Orlando, there is a great deal of upside for both Darko and the distant future of this franchise. The team is now almost past the Tracy McGrady-Grant Hill era that grossly failed. By the summer of 2007, the contract of Hill expires and the potential for a spending spree begins.
Milicic finds himself on a roster where he can play his outside game with the hulking Dwight Howard down low. He will also have the luxury of making mistakes on a young squad that will take plenty of time to become a contender. You have to remember Darko still hasn’t got those rookie heebie-jeebies out of his system, so you can’t expect too much right away.
But is Darko a stiff? Could Joe Dumars have been wrong in drafting a kid out of the Serbian ghetto over college stars like ‘Melo, Wade and Bosh? The beauty of this deal is provided by the NBA’s salary cap. Dumars needs room to sign the man he stole off the Magic’s roster in 2000 – Ben Wallace – as well as Chauncey Billups. The cap has indirectly given Orlando hope by forcing the trade of a young talent.
Or maybe they’ll receive the Darko we heard about in Detroit – a 7 foot whiner who will eventually take his ball and cry all the way home to Serbia & Montenegro.
Comments (1)Last Night in the ‘L’ …
What you missed while picking up your dog’s doo:
- New Jersey 94, New York 90:
Vince - makes the game look easy. The Knicks - make it look so damn hard.
- Washington 102, Cleveland 94:
The boo birds were out for Bron Bron.
- San Antonio 83, Memphis 80:
Uh oh. The Joneses fizzle thanks to the ‘Grizzles’.
Book It!
Making you money, so you can buy that slightly used, fully operational Robosapien you’ve always wanted…
San Antonio [-4] over MEMPHIS
Book it!
[Current Record: 2-2]
Comments (6)The Bill Walton Tapes: Breakfast
“Put the toast in the toaster big fella!”
It’s a fundamental, breakfast principle, and one that the greatest man to ever spread jam, UCLA Coach John Wooden, used to relentlessly preach. In fact, if I close my eyes, and backpedal to the days of yesteryear, I can distinctively hear his raspy voice wisdom:
“You can’t be rough with bread Bill. It’s soft, flimsy. All you’ve got to do is drop the toast in the slots. Don’t push it in. Let the lever do the work. Be patient. The toast will come to you.”
Oh how I long for the days of such discipline and knowledge.
Are there any eggs in this household? A dynamic and brilliant egg is absolutely essential to running a strong and balanced breakfast. Oh, here are some. 3 eggs conveniently tucked away in the refrigerator compartment labeled “Eggs”. Oh, how today’s technology has come and altered the landscape of our simplistic lives. It can definitely be overwhelming at times to keep up with the lingo. I mean, “compartments” … “labels” … “iPods” my young son, Luke will say. Huh? Get a DICTIONARY!
Regardless, the eggs are caressed in my big-man, soft hands and I will attempt to break one open and release the embryon– DAMN! William, you have dropped it and made a silly mess!
And here I was doing such a remarkable job of assembling a great breakfast. Oh well. At least as I look at this splattered egg, I am reminded of the brilliant lyrics from one of the Dead’s greatest songs, China Doll. I believe they go:
“Take up your china doll, take up your china doll,
It’s only fractured and just a little nervous from the fall.”
The egg is only fractured … how true indeed.
All right, this “making breakfast” is taking too long. Someone pass this big man a Yoplait.
Comments (8)Last Night in the ‘L’ …
What you missed while trying to rhyme ‘gat’ with ‘pamplemousse’ …
- Detroit 88, Indiana 83:
I tried to start another brawl by throwin’ a Coke at my TV.
- Dallas 97, Memphis 87:
Grizzlies lose; we win; Shane Battier still wants a tiger.
- LA Lakers 106, Sacramento 85:
You know, I’ve always sort of liked Devean’s game.
The Basketball Jones Ep. 006
One day late, but just as fresh.
The Basketball Jones — Episode 006.
In this week’s show, J.E. Skeets and Tas discuss the Francis to New York trade, the possibility of Suns GM Bryan Colangelo coming to the Raptors, argue about the dunk contest, pick their All-Star highlights, and much, much more…
Oh, all that, and we try to recall the name of that black guy from Scrubs.
Note: When we recorded the show earlier tonight, we were unaware that the Kings joined the “3-way”, both Cleveland trades, and the Heat/Rockets deal. Yeah, why do they say 3pm, when they really mean, like 6pm?
Comments (0)Book It!
Making you money, so you can buy that LA Sparks bumper sticker you’ve always wanted…
DALLAS [-7.5] over Memphis
Book it!
[Current Record: 1-2]
Comments (1)“Elementary, My Dear Watson”
Well it’s not exactly that blockbuster deal we were all looking for, but the Sonics, Nuggets and Blazers have got us started with a little, kinky three-way action today. Yeah, the trade breaks down like so:
Sonics get: Earl Watson, Bryon Russell and a future 2nd round Denver pick.
Nuggets get: Reggie Evans, Ruben Patterson and Charles Smith (who!?).
Blazers get: Voshon Lenard’s expiring contract ($3.5 mil), Vitaly Potapenko and some more bracelets for Ha Seung-Jin.
Three-way Deal Brings Watson to Sonics [ESPN]
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