why i love jr smith

Well, there are a myriad of reasons why I love him, but here’s one from last weekend’s Nuggets/Spurs game:
Half-time interviewer: Why the slow start?*
JR: Well, this is an early game and I missed my nap today.
My mom: Did he just say he missed his NAP?
Me: God I love him.

*paraphrased conversation

locker room camaraderie

Whenever my team struggles, I almost always suspect it has more to do with the between the ears stuff than anything else. Mainly because with a team full of present and future all-stars, there’s no way the problem is talent, so it has to be something else. This season, I keep hearing: 1) They’re old! 2) [...]

have you seen this man?

Last seen: On the jumbotron at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
Responds to: “Gino”, winning score at the two minute mark, Bee Gees.
Reward: If found by the playoffs, I will grant the finder one crisp benjamin dollar bill. $

public enemy #2

After much thought and discussion with a higher power, I have chosen my candidate to be the 2nd inductee into the nbamusings.com enemy of the blog hall of shame. That person is… *drumroll*
Dirk “pointy German elbows” Nowitzki

His sins? Swinging those pointy-ass German elbows at my boys!

Gave Scal a concussion last year
Elbowed my favorite player (K-Perk) in the face, [...]

kaboom, the apocolypse

I had a horrible nightmare over the weekend, where the following events occurred:

Two ravens named Ray flew in my window, found my Cheerios and promptly peed all over them.
Pete Carroll lost his mind and quit USC to fly to Washington and cavort with some seahawks.
Duke got stung by a giant bumblebee. [Or yellow jacket. What-ev.]
Some young, athletic [...]

not as bad as the david tyree catch, but still

I’m working from home today. On days that I work from home, I commonly watch ESPN2. Yes, both airings of First Take. Normally, it’s just Skip & whoever bantering about LeBrick James and/or Ocho Stinko — you know, enjoyable. But on days following one of my team’s losses, it’s brutal. Today… it was this:

They kept [...]

open letter to spike lee

Dear Spike Lee,
As mascot for the New York Knicks, I submit to you the following message from the Boston Celtics, their fans, and the entire state of Massachusetts, on behalf of whom I speak. You can keep your mercurial hotdogs in the Big Apple. We don’t want ‘em. We tried that once and and a frightening [...]

ho ho ho happy grizzly day

Damn it, I love me some NBA elves!

http://www.grizzholiday.com/
Haha! Rudy Gay, Elf Dictator. My favorite line is: “Marc Gasol. NOT YET!”
(h/t: @marcel_mutoni)

on the muse’s mind – week of 11/30

Here is what the muse™ is thinking about this week:
A chin length bob would look cute on me right about now
* [BOS 108, CHA 90] It may be too early to decide the Celtics are out of their slump and cut my hair — I mean we beat the Bobcats and they aren’t exactly the [...]

the celtics are in a funk

There are worse things than losing to the Orlando Magic. I have to admit, this season they are pretty good. Especially on offense. Holy crap, that team can score. But…
There aren’t worse things than losing to the Orlando Magic or any team on your home court. If you’re a so-called “elite” team, it just shouldn’t [...]

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