Archive for February, 2007

The Best Player You Never Hear About

The Indiana Pacers are getting a lot of press this year for their off the court actions. During the preseason, Steven Jackson fired shots outside an Indianapolis nightclub and, more recently, Jamaal Tinsley and Marquis Daniels were involved in an Indy bar fight where Tinsley was ultimately charged with a felony. Getting far less press [...]

The Fantasy Basketball List

Things you don’t think about before you get married: I’m entering week two of a diet I’m on solely to support my wife’s diet, because she doesn’t have the will power to diet alone. This, in addition to a disastrous start to my NBA.com Salary Cap Challenge team (thanks Stevie Franchise, Caron Butler’s back, and [...]

Worst. Deadline. Ever.

Like the Anna Nicole Smith trial, the much discussed NBA trade deadline ended with a whimper. Boy that was anticlimactic. Here’s the FULL list of trades that went down: The Atlanta Hawks acquired guard Anthony Johnson from the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday in exchange for the Hawks’ 2007 second-round draft pick. The Portland Trail Blazers [...]

Panic? at the Disco

or: How JR Smith wants to be like Baron Davis; Dwyane Wade wants to be like Steve Nash; and it’s hard to be America’s Next Top Model when the only guy with no eyeliner is messing up your hair (Yes, I’m aware the picture has nothing to do with Dwyane Wade or JR Smith, but [...]

NBA Salary Cap Challenge, Season 2

A couple of weeks ago, Nels invited me to participate in something called the NBA.com Salary Cap Challenge, Season 2 (Kobe’s Revenge). So I joined the league along with 6 other teams, including Nels’ Give Me The Rockettes, whose name I’m legitimately frightened of. For those of you who have never played a salary cap [...]