Did Sheed bring the “flip the switch” disease with him from Detroit?
Did Kryptonate bring the “defense, what’s that?” stink with him from New York?
Why the hell doesn’t Doc Rivers play Shelden Williams more — at least for rebounding? He’s the landlord for christsake!
AND WHY THE HELL DON’T THE CELTICS PLAY DEFENSE ANYMORE?
Red rover, red rover, send Leon Powe back over.
Holy crap, am I clairvoyant? (I was kidding, basketball Gods… I didn’t really want you to send Nate. What’s your return policy?)
What’s up with the Cleveland Cavaliers bench yucking it up and rolling onto the court like a bunch of jesters on King James’ court? Did they learn nothing from last season? I mean really. It’s like groundhog day. All this frivolity is going to make them look pretty stupid if they can’t get past Orlando again.
What’s sweeter than UNC having a complete dogshit basketball team this season? Duke alum, Gerald Henderson beating UNC alum, Michael Jordan, at H.O.R.S.E. Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Sheed did a great job of pushing people back and keeping the peace during the Williams dustup. Good to see.
I am pretty sure I saw the corner of Jimmy Goldstein’s white cowboy hat after the game. It was epic.
Right after the game, I attempted to tweet, blog, listen to the Celtics post-game show on CSN-NE and listen to the Red’s Army Two Man Game all at the same time. I’m not gonna lie, it was a challenge. NBA basketball is back, baby! Bring back The Basketball Jones and Craig Sager’s suits and we’re good. Let’s go, let’s go, l-e-t-s-g-o!
Perk looks great to me from what I’ve seen so far. I’ve always been a big fan of his game, but he’s definitely kicked it up a notch this year. Really cool to see.
There’s talk that Doc might like Sweetney enough to move someone else off the roster and sign him to a contract. All I have to say about that is, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? No offense to Sweetney, but you don’t have the room or $ for Leon Powe, but you have room for that guy? Did Leon pee on Danny Ainge’s Cheerios? Insult his mother? What? WHAT?
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* Well, he probably won’t get that much playing time… But still, it’s pretty cool that the landlord is coming to town. Being the diehard J.J. Redick fan that I am, I’ve seen lots and lots of Shelden Williams on the college level. He was like the Robin to J.J.’s Batman back then. Well, maybe Greg Paulus was the Robin… Bad analogy. Anyway, I’m excited that Shelden is getting another chance to do something at the NBA level. This would appear though, to perhaps be his last chance to show what he can do. He’s bounced around since being drafted 5th (crazy weak ass draft that saw Adam Morrison and Shelden Williams both go in the top 5) by the Atlanta Hawks. It was funny today trying to explain to a coworker who Shelden Williams is. This is how it went: 1.) He went to Duke! 2.) He’s married to Candace Parker! 3.) Ummm, I can’t remember who he played for last. He’s played for at least 3 or 4 teams, I think! His name never did ring a bell with her. Guess it’s not that surprising. Anyway, as much as I love Shelden, I don’t understand picking him up over extending Leon a qualifying offer.
Speaking of the backup love of my life * Slam reported this morning that the Cavs have offered a deal to Leon Powe. Then on Ball Don’t Lie, Skeets posted an example of what a future article might read like if that deal does come to fruition. Just stab me in the heart and twist it around why don’t you? Seriously. That “article” made me want to vomit chunks. Mostly because it’s so accurate. I want another team to pick up Leon if the Celtics aren’t going to, but I really didn’t want it to be the Cavs or Lakers. When they let James Posey go to NOLA, I was totally ok with that because the Hornets aren’t in the conference. I hoped that Powe would end up with Sacramento or if it had to be in the conference, then on some innocuous team like the Miami Heat. This sucks monkeychunks. It really frosts my cupcakes that Danny Ainge doesn’t call me at home and run all moves by me.
24/7 just ain’t happenin’
* I’m noticing more and more when I go to check on Steph on his Starbury TV 24/7 channel that he’s not there. By and large, that has to be a good thing. On the other hand, when he does show up he immediately goes back to the usual script and soundtrack. Occasionally though, he goes on some interesting off-script diatribes. Last night, he went off on Yao Ming of all people. I was trying to remember exactly what he said, but as luck would have it, someone posted it to YouTube. My favorite part is where he compares himself to a bowling ball. Please to enjoy:
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