Ugh

This a depressing article.
It's about the Bucks.
It claims we're least interesting NBA team since 1988.

A Link To The...

Here's a well-researched article which makes some bold predictions regarding the 2007 Draft. Unfortunately, its really interesting claims are mostly reserved for US college players, meaning our smiling little railroad-builder isn't ranked with respect to those guys. However, they do make an effort to evaluate the foreigners-- the important paragraph is encouraging, and below:

Looking at International Players

International leagues suffer from this problem and more. The shorter seasons provide for smaller sample sizes. Key statistics for Win Score are often not included in international box scores. To assess the 2007 class, turnover and fouling stats were approximated by taking the median rate of their draft class position peers. In spite of these issues, Win Score suggests the following:

Favorites: Jianlian Yi, Marco Belinelli, Luka Bogdanovic, Jonas Maciulis, Kyrylo Fesenko, and Mirza Begic

Buyer Beware: Tiago Splitter, Petteri Koponen, Marc Gasol, Sidiki Sidibe, and Dimitri Sokolov

Win Score loves Yi Jianlian, even if we change our assumption and have him post double the median foul and turnover rate.

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Yes, Yes, Yes!

A Great Success, Friends, A Great Success!

How Lucky We Are!!

Oh, You Guys Are Still Into Basketball?

Yes, I seem to remember being vaguely interested in “basket-ball” at some point…that’s the one with Michael Jordan, right?


Anyway, Mike B. just told me that if I don’t start posting (and caring, and I mean really caring) about the Golden Game again, he’s going to go to River Hills and sock a baseball with my name and address written on it through Latrell Sprewell’s bedroom window, and we don’t need to assume that Spree doesn’t like to be bothered.

Injury Prone?

It looks like Greg Oden is going to be out for the year. I couldn't help but notice that at nearly every point in his short post high school career he has had some sort of health problem. From the wrist, to the teeth, and now the knee. Maybe he really is an old man and his body is breaking down...but seriously, the Blazers have to be a little worried here. I want Oden to be successful, he seems like a really great kid, but so far in his career he hasn't had a chance to scratch the surface of his potential. Think of what he would have done to the competition in college with his good hand...I wish I didn't have to wonder what he would have done to the players in the NBA with two good knees. Oden was the next great big man, and he definitely still might be, but if he never reaches his potential everyone will wonder "what if" and that is a shitty thing to think about.
There are some positive things though. For one, Oden is more of a power player that doesn't rely on his quickness as much as someone such as Amare, and we saw this past summer and the last NBA season that Amare really hasn't lost anything. Let's just hope this is the last injury at the beginning of a great career.

Basketball is beautiful....

....at least it used to be.


Remember when the Patriots got caught spying on the Jets?

Remember when Bruce Bowen tried to blow out Amare's ankle by stomping on it? Remember when Horry checked Nash into the boards and Amare got suspended?

Remember when the Patriots beat the Colts, or the Chargers, or a whole bunch of other teams who were fun to watch and even brought a bit of innovation to the game?

Remember when the Spurs beat the Suns, or Dallas, or Golden State, or a whole bunch of teams in the West who were fun to watch and occaisonally did something nobody had seen before?

Remember when the Patriots won a bunch of championships by being consistent, boring, and ruthless, and by taking all the fun out of an otherwise spectacular sport?

Remember when the Spurs did the same thing?

And as you look at the slimy Patriots wriggle out of their weekday cave and offer a perfunctory, arrogant apology before slinking back to concoct some other despicable way to win games, do you remember the last time you hated a professional sports franchise this much?

I do. It was June, 2007.

Ay! Tell your boys to run up, pimpin, if they want it. Ay! Ay! Yup! Ay!

Everyone who's a fan of anything needs to watch this video.
What it is, homies. I think think My favorite part is where he calls Stojakovic a long-range flame-thrower. Alright, Mase, alright.

Here's what his voice sounds like in real life. Also, that video reminds me of how unbelievably Foul a few of those Redd/Mason teams were a few years ago. You catch a glimpse of the Santiago, Fizer, Van Horn front-line at one point. I challenge you to imagine a more grotesque, less talented lineup. I'm not even talking about just NBA players, I mean anyone in history.

But, before I get too excited, I ought to recall what Mason's game was really like, and remind myself just how bad he's been the last few years. And here. And here. A little hater for your plate.