It’s February 4th & Scott’s saying….
….Belichick is a bitch.
What about that Gasol trade, huh? Good? Bad? An amazing breakdown of it here brings up a comparison to the Vince Carter trade and also talks of the cap room it gives the Grizz…..and the scary notion they may hold on to it and load for bear in the next off-season. Seems he was really close to becoming a Chicago Bull too. The Stromile Swift for Jason Collins & Cash deal went through today as well. Time to re-shoot the Grizzlies intro.
The inclusion of Aaron McKie obviously surprised most. Even more surprising is the list of players still on the books and could be used in a trade. Try this on for size: Rik Smits, Latrell Sprewell, Victor Alexander, Zan Tabak, Ron Harper, Karl Malone, Rodney Rogers, Detlef Schrempf, Anthony Peeler, Walt Williams, Kevin Willis, Wesley Person, Mitch Richmond, John Salley, John Wallace, Oliver Miller, Sherman Douglas, Hubert Davis, Gheorghe Muresan, Rick Mahorn, Chris Dudley, Nick Van Exel…..and Sam Mitchell.
Speaking of oldies, Glen Rice has had the battery charges against him dropped. Guess the victim didn’t mind getting bitch slapped after hiding in a closet.
Bob Knight has resigned and handed the reigns to his son. He’ll be back, I’m sure. I’d love to hear him doing colour on TV though. Imagine him next to Marv Albert. Holy Mary.
You guys know how much I think pyro is a waste of time (although, admittedly, it just scares the shit out of me), I can’t fathom that the trailer stolen in Detroit yesterday contained $75,000 worth of the stuff. If they blow that per game on pyro, they need a new schtick. That’s insane.
Hey, Dwayne Wade plays on a pathetic team, but, hell, at least he is doing something great during AllStar weekend: playing video games with Chris Paul, Jason Kidd and Deron Williams. Isn’t Kidd like 82? I bet he still has a Sega Saturn.
A great look at Euroleague stars that are draft eligible. I’ve seen Batum play twice on video and he is insane. However, as is stated in the article, I can’t see him driving against the real bigs of the NBA and not going soft.
A real Chinese bad-ass: Yao Ming.
I linked to this in the Linkage this morning, but in case you were too lazy, here is Joey Graham being productive for the Raptors:
Feb 5th, 2008 at 8:26 am
Look where Moon’s foot takes off from on that last dunk. Wow. I’ve still got him to win the dunk competition and no one seems to be with me.
The McKie thing is just stupid. I can’t believe the NBA allows people to do that. Maybe they should abolish the 15% rule (change it to what, 25%?) and just do away with this nonsense.