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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 Getty Images)
Sorry for that image fellas. Tight shorts + Andrew Bynum = bad idea. To make up for it, here are some short-shorts that actually belong on the person wearing them.
Quote of the Night: “I don’t know what it feels like to wear a thong, but I imagine it feels something like what we had on in the first half. I felt violated. I felt naked. It’s one thing to see films with guys wearing those things. … I’d rather stay warm, man.”
-Kobe Bryant (pretending he doesn’t know what it’s like to wear a thong)
Line of the Night: Paul Pierce (6.0). The power of the short-shorts was no match for Pierce and his ball flapping knee lengths. Pierce led Boston with 33 points and chipped in 8 rebounds, 4 threes and 4 steals. He’s now averaging 21.6 points a game on the year, a decrease of about 3.5 from last season.
Honorable Mentions: Kevin Garnett (5.4) was also comfortable and it led to a line of 22/12/6 with 3 blocks. He shot 9-13 on the night; Baron Davis (5.2) had 28 points, 8 assists and 3 steals; we haven’t seen much of Shawn Marion (5.0) on these rundowns, but he checks in with a team leading 25 points to let us know that he’s still alive and playing for the Suns; Tim Duncan (5.0) goes for an impressive 24/17/7 with three blocks.
Waiver Wire Line of the Night: Our good friend Francisco Garcia (4.7) is back. Ron Artest has missed the Kings past two games with some bone chips in his elbow. Word is now that he might go under the knife to get it resolved. This leaves both Garcia, who scored 30 against the Suns yesterday, and John Salmons (4.2), who scored 23, as the team’s “featured” scorers. While the Kings aren’t all that good, they’ve been pumping out the useful fantasy guys so far this season.
Nate Robinson (4.5) started his first game at point for New York since Stephon Marbury left the team and responded with 19 points, 5 assists and 3 steals in 40 minutes. Ride him while he’s hot if you need the PG help.
Goat of the Night: Nene (1.3). I like how CBS Sports lists Nene Hilario as “Nene.” Doesn’t that violate some kind of code of professionality or something? And what has Nene done to deserve the single name? Sure, Nene sounds cool, but so do a lot of other names. You don’t hear Deji Akindele sporting the “Deji.” Anyway, Nene had his worst game since returning from a thumb injury three games ago. He finished with 1 point in 17 minutes, shooting 0-5 from the field and 1-4 from the line. There was one sign of encouragement, though: Nene did have 8 rebounds.
Dishonorable Mentions: Louis Williams (2.0) shot 3-14; Boris Diaw (2.1) was 2-10; and Quincy Douby (1.9) was 2-10; Renaldo Balkman (1.1) played 11 minutes and missed all 4 shots he took. His final line: 0 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists, and 2 turnovers.
And finally, a happy New Year to everyone! New Years is overrated as a holiday (does anyone actual feel any different at 12:00 AM versus 60 seconds before), but I appreciate any holiday/event that gives me an excuse to get totally piss ass drunk.
