“It Was A Pretty Clean Snap, Mate”
Yeah, yeah, yeah… I know what you’re thinking:
“Oh, wow, the poor kid broke his arm. Whatever. It was hard foul and he fell pretty awkward on it. Didn’t really look that bad though. Big deal, Skeets. Go write a stupid post that involves Eddy Curry grocery shopping or something, then give me a call.”
Umm… fair. It didn’t really look that bad. You’re right.
Now read this report and watch it again:
Brad Hill knew he was in trouble as he hit the hardwood after being taken down in mid-flight by Townsville’s Larry Abney on Friday.
The 36ers’ tyro had the ball on the break and was only thinking one thing - hammer down a dunk. But in the air, Abney, 11cm taller and 19kg heavier, intentionally crashed into the airborne Hill, whose awkward landing produced the most horrific injury in an NBL game in Adelaide.
Both bones in Hill’s right arm snapped, with one protruding, the young guard rushed to hospital by ambulance. Two-hour surgery on Saturday meant the insertion of two plates and screws, his arm in plaster for the next three weeks, his season over.
[…]
Hill said he knew something was horribly wrong and Sixers’ team doctor Graham Lewis was off the bench and out to him on court in a flash. “Doc noticed straight away,” Hill said. “He noticed before I did.”
Holding his arm in place, Hill immediately was taken into the change-room area. “I never actually saw the bone coming out but I knew it was all out of whack,” he said. “I knew it was wrong.”
[…]
Hill said because the break had been “a pretty clean snap”, he was “pretty happy”. “I was in a bit of shock with it all,” he said of the incident’s immediate aftermath. “I had painkillers and because there wasn’t any appropriate bandage, they wrapped my arm in a roll of posters to stabilise [sic] it.”
Mmmmm… enjoy those Saturday morning eggs!
Hardwood Hit Spelt Trouble [AdelaideNow]
Brad Hill Broken Arm [YouTube]
(Thx to Jesse in Melbourne for the heads up.)
Comments (5)The Chris Mullin Show
Hey! Look! That guy who plays the father on Moesha! Sweet!
I’m not exactly sure where you’d rank this on the all-time list of late-night television programming — shit, I’d watch it, so it’s already better than Leno, no? — but as far as NBA All-Star-hosts go, I think it’s pretty safe to say that an Arsenio Hall-like Chris Mullin — in shorts no less! — would be about, oh… a trillion nautical miles ahead of Magic. Maybe more.
The Chris Rock Show: The Chris Mullin Sketch [YouTube]
(Daps Firm, awkward handshake to Scott from RaptorBlog for droppin’ this l’il gem in our inbox.)
Yao Ming Wants Ice Cream
“Vanilla? … Chocolate? … Cookies and Cream.”
Yao Ming - I Want Ice Cream! [YouTube]
Comments (0)Artest: Would You Please Pass The Peas, Celine Dion?
Jamie and the SBL gang had Kings’ superstar/rapper/Marco-Polo’er Ron Artest back on the show to talk about the new season, his new CD, who he’d like to have dinner with (see title!), the Sacramento club scene, and much, much, more.
Ron-Ron also drops a couple of verses from one of his new tracks, but I have to warn you: It’s excruciatingly painful.
Yeah, Ronald really ought to consider letting me ghostwrite for him.
Sacramento Kings Superstar Ron Arest [SBL Audio Clip]
NBA Prep Work: Kings [The Basketball Jones]
TBJ on AOL Sports Bloggers Live
With the season tip just 32 hours away; I finally made my triumphant return to the Sports Bloggers Live’s Gentner SPH-5 phone-in system!
“Three cheers for teleconferencing technology! Hip-hip…”
SBL co-hosts Jamie Mottram and Brad Parker threw me some difficult questions, but don’t worry, I think I did a pretty good job of pretending I didn’t hear them.
“Huh? Sorry? I can’t… goddamn this shitty teleconferencing technology!”
Anyway, yeah… if you want to hear me ramble on about A.C. Green’s blue-balls, the Knicks new UPS-sponsored shorts, and why Robert Swift’s body has rejected his new look… have a listen.
NBA Season Preview with Bloggers True Hoop & Basketball Jones [SBL Audio Clip]
(Note: I’m around the 6:30 mark, following a man who is ridiculously well-endowed.)
Comments (0)Fifteen Years Ago, I Cloned An Earthworm
Yesterday, Charlotte Bobcats forward Gerald “Multiplicity/Michael Keaton” Wallace stopped by the Sports Bloggers Live program to talk basketball — and Gatorade hydration studies? — with Jamie Mottram and Brad Parker.
Before the interview, Mottram rounded up a few questions from a some of the best NBA blogs around. (Shhh… I pretended I was Darvin…)
Anyway, it’s a great little interview, so make sure you check it out. In fact, to INTICE you to do so even more, I’ve included a few of the questions the SBL boys ask Mr. Keaton:
- Are you aware of your status as a fantasy basketball God?
- If you guys get to the playoffs do you think that team would consider growing playoff-mustaches instead of playoff-beards as a movement of solidarity with your teammate Adam Morrison?
- Do you worry that your reputation as a finisher and a dunker keeps you getting from recognized as a defensive finisher?
- Who will be the first Bobcat to make the All-Star team?
- At one point, there was a rumor that you had taken on a nickname, and that nickname was “Multiplicty”. Is that true? And if so, have you seen the movie?
Brilliant stuff. I suggest you do yourself a favor and have a bath. Seriously, set aside some “me-time”, find a good book, and just drift away…
And oh, when you’re done that, do yourself another favor and go listen to Gerald’s interview.
Gerald Wallace Interview [Sports Bloggers Live]
Better Living Through Nicknames [The Basketball Jones]
Dwyane Wade Amazes Dwyane Wade
From Wade’s latest GQ feature and cover:
“Sometimes I’ll do things on the court and be like, Wow, where did that come from? And then I’ll go back and watch it later, ’cause I watch all the tapes, and I’ll still be like, I did that?”
OK, three thoughts here:
1) Shawn Bradley said the exact same thing in a 2001 Dallas Mavericks media guide. (Well, if you replace “I did that?” with “He did that too me?”)
2) You think you saw a lot of D-Wade last year? Muahahaha…
3) What the hell is up with that picture? Is D-Wade going to suck my blood in a Louis Vuitton hoodie and Prada coat? Because if so; the rest of the league really needs to stock up on garlic.
Dwyane’s World [GQ.com]
Comments (1)You Will Never Hear Chris Webber Sing This Song
Tas and I mentioned this briefly on our Atlantic Division podcast, but here is video of the Philadelphia 76ers rookie class singing “Lean On Me” in front of their teammates, family and coaches.
Most of the guys are pretty good sports about it — see: Rodney Carney, who even gets a hug from an overly delighted Rick Brunson: “Yo Rodney, that’s a good Rook” — but man, what the hell is wrong with young’n Louis Williams? (The guy on the far left, hiding under his hoodie.)
Yeah, apparently Williams thinks he’s a ‘lil “too cool for school” to bust out some Bill Withers with his new teammates, eh? So sad… CUT HIM!
Sixers Rookie’s Singing A Song [YouTube]
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Comments (5)No Blood, No Foul
I hate to make excuses — um, recording our division-by-division preview podcasts, preparing for our Fantasy Basketball “Experts” League draft, actually working at my real job — but yeah, I’ve been pretty busy lately. With that said, I do apologize for the lack of posting going around here. I feel horrible about it. In fact, as a request for forgiveness I offer you this Sum41 YouTube video called “Basketball Butcher”. Enjoy!
(Oh, um, it’s a little… graphic. Maybe NSFW, kids.)
Quickies: Yao, Vanna White Style
- Dwight Howard — aka ‘Sergeant Snap’ — thinks the Magic can go to the Finals this year. I have no comment. (And oh, I’m slightly reading between the lines here, but it’s sounds like The Man-Child is going to be 2K Sports next cover boy.) [Orlando Sentinel]
- Chuck Klosterman on this year’s playoffs: “People overestimated the idea of the ‘team concept’, so when it got to Wade and Shaq (in the Finals), you get to that last tier, and it’s who has the guy that the other team can’t stop.” [Undeclared — SLAM!]
- As a Radio & TV grad, there’s little I love more than new basketball commercials. Check it: “[Amare] Stoudemire joined teammates Shawn Marion and Steve Nash and NBA stars Kobe Bryant, Jermaine O’Neal, Tony Parker, Chris Paul, Paul Pierce and Rasheed Wallace for the photo shoot to introduce the new Nike ‘Air Force One.’ The commercial was shot in an airplane hangar with the players decked out in flight suits before playing basketball.” [East Valley Tribune]
- Paging Paul Lukas: The Raptors unveil their new-look; The Wizards rumored to be introducing an alternate — black and gold — road jersey. I like; sounds sort of pimp. [TheStar.com & The Washington Times]
- Stromile Swift is back in Memphis. Cool, cool… wait, when did he leave? [CommercialAppeal.com]
- Dear Sirius, when the f you going to return our calls? Look, if you don’t want The Jones on satellite radio, just tell us. [Uncrate]
- Update: Wow, I just pledged my (2nd) allegiance to the Rockets and look what happens! Bonzi agrees to a two-year, $5M deal with Houston. [ESPN]
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