Kevin Love got benched for the entire fourth quarter against Orlando last night, in a game the Cavs were losing. The Cavs went on to win this game by a comfortable margin after their small ball defensive alignment allowed just 12 point in the quarter. Yes, Kevin Love was benched because he couldn’t, or wouldn’t,…
Back for part two of our trip ’round the (NBA) world. Part one can be found here, so find it already. “Trevor Ariza only plays well in contract years, will be a disaster with Houston” in a bogus statement Really, this is the kind of stuff that annoys me to death. It’s a lazy narrative, started…
Opinions. Everyone has them. The internet is proof of that much. When it came to writing another NBA preview I could have done what everyone does, or done something wacky like the time I tried comparing teams to old rap albums. At the end of the day, I opted to save some time (and sanity)…
You know what this team is? It’s the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. It’s New Coke. It’s Major Shake. In more succinct terms, it’s the kind of colossal banana-in-the-tailpipe that occurs when stupid people with stupid ideas are placed in charge of billion dollar businesses, and are allowed to let their (completely unjustified, unearned) ego call the…
It sucks. I know. But first things first, let’s get a grip on the reality of this situation. The NFL is bulletproof. Period. It’s an inarguable point, so don’t you go tryin’. So let that crucial fact sink in for the sake of context, and the rest of what I say will make sense. The NFL blew…
Yep. Never thought I’d say this, but I’m starting to change my tune. Sure, Jimmy Buss’ reign of terror has been a non-stop erotic cabaret of blunders, misreads and baffling decisions. But, if nothing else, it’s also been endlessly fascinating. Of course, it depends on your interpretation of that word, as well as what you,…
What can we say about Basketball reporting and/or journalism in 2014? It is what it is, man. I mean, we’re left with but a few choices in this anything-goes shitfest of scurrilous rumors, half-truths and just plain transparently made-up bullshit attributed to the oh-so-ubiquitous “sources”. You can either: A) Read everything, pretend it’s all real…
So sick of writing about the miserable, wart-infested, woebegone Jim Buss era. I’d rather not, really. I’d prefer to just let the rest of this season play itself out as quickly and quietly as possible, as the Lakers dress their 8 remaining un-injured guys and finish out the string in a half empty Staples Center.…
And honestly, I wish there were more like him. In 2014, nothing is that real. Or not much, anyway. The world we live in now is all about appearances, about image, and mostly it’s about what you should not, or cannot, say without repercussions. For anyone over thirty, I imagine it’s taken you some time…
Yeah, it’s been a rough ride for Minnesota in the 21st century, from Kevin McHale’s failure to build a contender around Kevin Garnett (save for the one Sam Cassell, Latrell Sprewell year) to the Joe Smith debacle to the dreaded Kahn era and beyond, it’s safe to say the last decade or so has been…
I can’t take it anymore, man. I just can’t. Everywhere I turn, it’s “tanking this”, “tanking that”, etc. Problem is, it’s coming from some of the more, shall we say, accessible and/or popular voices and as such, has been a most ubiquitous and annoying refrain. The major problem with this, of course, is that they…
Of course, I mean this within a reasonable context, but hear me out. After all, this is a team that was picked by most to win less than half their games and miss the playoffs, and that’s before Steve Nash, Kobe Bryan,t Jordan Farmar and Steve Blake all got hurt in succession, which pretty much…
Trust, me it was a long 18 months. Yes, Boxing has never had any shortage of compelling characters. In the present time, it’s actually rather flush with them. Floyd Mayweather is still here, trolling fans into paying to see him take the beating that he as of yet hasn’t succumbed to. Manny Pacquiao is back…
Mike D’ Antoni’s system can’t work in the playoffs! This one has bugged me for fucking ever. Just another lazy opinion repeated endlessly by those who don’t know any better until it becomes “fact”, even if it isnt. Really, the motivation I need to write this finally came this year, both from the repeated undermining…
First Things first… Now, then. Yep. I know. Alot of people had a ton of good times with this picture. “hey look, it’s Kobe and ‘who the fuck knows’!!!”. True as it might be, I can actually proudly (or regrettably) confess to actually knowing who the fuck all of the new guys are and more…
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