Archive for December, 2007

Day 62 of 170: Lakers Break Out the Hot Pants

What were the Lakers thinking by breaking out the old school 80’s shorts last night? I understand the tribute to Jerry West thing, but they really thought it’d be a good idea to wear tight, constricting short-shorts in an actual professional basketball game in the year 2007? Copyright 2007 NBAE (Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via [...]

Day 61 of 170: Pat Riley Schedules Emergency Surgery in 3, 2, 1

Quote of the Night: “One positive point about tonight’s game is that this is the last game of 2007.” -Pat Riley Line of the Night: Jason Richardson (5.4). I mildly hate Jason Richardson for no reason other than the fact that he always ends up on my fantasy teams and I’m always disappointed with his [...]

You Want Some Links? I got Some Links.

If you’re a fan of pretty white boys (and be honest – who isn’t), than you may be interested in the big trade that went down earlier today. Kyle Korver was traded to Utah for Gordan Giricek (and his expiring contract) and a protected first-round pick. Not much going on with the trade fantasy wise, [...]

Day 60 of 170: Dwyane Wade Almost Beats Orlando

Line of the Night: Dwyane Wade (5.9). I’m not sure how someone who scores 48 points also has 11 assists, but it’s an indication that Miami’s offense only exists because Dwyane Wade makes it so. 20 of Wade’s points came in the fourth quarter, but the Heat still lost to the Magic in OT, dropping [...]

Day 59 of 170: The Celtics Accomplish a Season’s Worth of Winning in 59 Days

Not every sporting event is a historic clash of titans whose results will be scribed into the annals of time. Not everything can be the greatest, or historic, or sometimes even memorable. I’m afraid this was one of those nights. This is not a night we’ll be remembering at the end of the season. But [...]