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To be honest, most of tonight’s games fail to jump off the
page and strangle your neck. Really stare you down and make fun of your necktie.
None of them really do that.
Washington is horrible, and
Atlanta has
fallen off with a precipitous drop in both defense and effort. They’ll hook up
in D.C. tonight, and 12 will be watching. Meanwhile, Toronto
and Miami would
seem to be worth our time, but the Raptors just aren’t the Raptors without Jose
Calderon. Yes, they’re the Raptors, but they’re not the Raptors. And, yes,
Skeets has forbidden me from italicizing anything today, so those two last
sentences will look kind of strange.
Cleveland and Detroit, bleh. Maybe in
March. Philadelphia and Minnesota should be fun, but I shouldn’t ask
you to sit through another 27-25-26-12 quarter-by-quarter scoring run from the
Timberwolves. Clippers and Oklahoma
City should be put to sleep, Kings/Hornets won’t be
fair at all, Dallas and Houston might be missing Tracy and Yao Ming. Denver and San Antonio
should be OK, and Milwaukee and Utah should not be OK.
So, Bulls/Blazers.
I’m interested in it. Greg Oden went off last night, but
the Blazers lost after a tough call down the stretch that Portland fans are still smarting over.
Meanwhile, the Bulls have shown signs of being both awful and very, very good.
They’ve done more than show signs. It’s either/or with these guys, and who
knows what will show up tonight?
You should watch it, though. It’s on ESPN and we might get
Hubie Brown and Kevin Calabro. I’d watch and re-watch Clippers/Thunder if those
guys got behind the mic.
Portland Trail
Blazers: 6-5, 87.5 possessions per game (30th in the NBA), 107.7
points scored per 100 possessions (2nd in the NBA), 108.1 points
allowed per 100 possessions (28th). Stuff’s Stuff.
Chicago Bulls: 5-6, 97.2 possessions per game
(7th), 100.4 points scored per 100 possessions (21st), 98
points allowed per 100 possessions (8th). Foots.
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Yesterday, Google announced that Life Magazine’s photo archive would be available to the Internet masses. The collection, estimated to consist of more than 10 million photos, many of which were never published in the magazine, are now viewable through Google’s Image Search feature. Unfortunately, there’s not a whole lot of NBA pics out there, but I did stumble across this beauty:
Other pictures of note include Wilt Chamberlain playing volleyball, Jordan’s ‘98 TIME cover, Dean Cain in an ankle brace and Shaquille O’Neal posing with Donald Trump, Paula Abdul and Arnold.
Thanks to the Boston Celtics Examiner for the heads up.
A look around the league and the web that covers it. It’s also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren’t always listed in order of importance. That’s for you, dear reader, to figure out.
C: Weekend America, via kottke. Former Sonics fan John Moe files for fan free agency.
PF: InsideHoops.com. LeBron, Cleveland, Knicks, Jay-Z, free agent, championships, Nike …
SF: WFNY. "At 9-2, we are seeing what looks like it could be the best team in Cavaliers history."
SG: Zoner Sports. Forget Yi, do you think Derrick Rose will make the All-Star game this season?
PG: Alana G. Hey, remember when I told Melas that "Shaq’s Twitter" was fake? Point for me.
6th: FirstCuts. Fila has dipped into their mid ’90s basketball catalog to bring out the Grant Hill 2.
7th: Seattle Weekly. A short profile of Nathaniel Friedman/Bethlehem Shoals/Carlos Delfino.
8th: Bobcats Baseline. Blogger on ‘Cats: "There’s nothing to do but blow the whole thing up."
9th: SLT, via SLC D. Jerry Sloan never feels comfortable in a zone, thinks it’s a gimmicky thing to do.
10th: Orlando Sentinel, via ShareBro Z. Maybe Marcin Gortat is not the Polish Dr. J after all? A hilarious video of "Air Gortat" at a German All-Star Game dunk contest in 2004, after the jump.
Ten games on last night, ten games on tonight, 20 ways to rock, and a hundred ways to waste time in the middle of your busy work day. Ready a comment, or 20 of them, hit the jump, and let’s chat at 3 p.m., Eastern.
In case you haven’t noticed, today is Chris Bosh Day on Ball Don’t Lie. I plan on posting every single one of his YouTube videos later this afternoon, but until then, go ahead and caption this photo of Dwight Howard and Bosh playing rock-paper-scissors before the game last night in Orlando. Best caption/imaginary conversation wins a World RPS promotional poster. Best of luck, gents.
After the jump, Sean May wants seconds.
Winner, Red Dawn:
Hearing that first prize was a Turducken, Sean May dominated at the arcade free-throw machine.
Runner-up, :
MAY: DONE!!! I ate ‘em all!
Carroll: Sean, it wasn’t a pie-eating contest. You’ve ruined Thanksgiving.