The People’s Book It: C Squared – Day 4
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. We’re all tied up! C Squared for the lead:
LA Lakers [+1.5] over UTAH (home team in CAPS)
The Jazz are fantastic at home, but I don’t see this Lakers team losing two games in a row, they’re just too good. So, do I have to wait until the end of the playoffs to get my sneakers? (Ed. Easy bub.)
[C Squared’s Streak: 3 | Longest Streak: 3 (Tie) | Mood: Excited | Food: Mashed Potatoes]
Comments (1)The People’s Playoff Book It: C Squared – Day 3.5
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 – C Squared is still looking for the tie:
CLEVELAND [-2] over Boston (home team in CAPS)
Lebron is back tonight. He has never lost the game after a red-headed bench player ripped him. Book it.
[C Squared’s Streak: 2 | Longest Streak: 3 (Sport Tsar) | Mood: Sleepy | Food: Grapes]
Comments (3)The People’s Playoff Book It: C Squared – Day 3
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 - C Squared looking for the tie:
LA Lakers [+5] over UTAH (home team in CAPS)
So what happens when I tie the leader with 3?
[C Squared’s Streak: 2 | Longest Streak: 3 (Sport Tsar) | Mood: Happy | Food: Pita]
Comments (3)Brian Scalabrine – ‘Scal Says’ (LeBron James Diss Track) – .mp3
Download: Brian Scalabrine — ‘Scal Says’ (LeBron James Diss Track) (.mp3)
… now w/ limited edition TBJ stinger!
Update: Scalabrine doesn’t approve of this, but here’s the CLEAN version. (.mp3)
PG-13 lyrics, after the jump … Read more
Comments (19)Ep. 308: Scalabrine Reignites LeBron/Jay-Z/Wizards Feud!
The Basketball Jones — The Fix — Episode 308 (.mp3)
RING THE ALARM!! JONES WORLD EXCLUSIVE!!! CELTICS’ RESERVE BRIAN SCALABRINE DROPS A NEW LEBRON DISS TRACK!!! HERE!! ON THE JONES!! HOT LIKE FIRE!! (STARTS AT THE 9:35 MARK)
UPDATE: Download ‘Scal Says’ (.mp3 – dirty and clean versions) and check out the lyrics.
Um, what else? Oh, Tas and I also discuss Pop’s decision to start Manu, TD handling the double-team, whether Pistons’ fans are worried, who gets the “Iron Man” nickname, and much, much more. Enjoy.
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Note: MC Scal really puts our explicit tag to use today, so be careful where you listen to this bad boy.
Comments (45)Drinking Craig Sager
From TBJ listener, Nick:
Just got my shirt the other day, and it’s sweet. So as promised, here’s how to turn a Jäger-Bomb into a Sager-Bomb. Just add a bit of Pucker to the Red Bull to make it more ostentatious and fruity (like Sager’s wardrobe). I find that one of those small airline bottles is just the right amount. I recommend the red and blue varieties of Pucker for a great color when mixed with Red Bull. Some work better than others, but under no circumstances should you use the green (apple) Pucker. It looks really gross. The blue actually mixes to a very pleasant green color.
Cheers,
Nick
Comments (2)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 (2)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]
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