NBA Week 5 – SirmacTV.com
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So LebronFest didn’t quite turn out as spectacular as many had hoped. With ‘Bron making his first appearance of the year at MSG and with the Knicks already making the sales-pitch to woo ‘Bron to NY when his contract expires in 2010, the game was a dud. Apart from the game, NYC went all out by having a celebration out front of MSG before the game started. Hundreds of fans donned red ‘Witness’ T’s while hot dog vendors, tucked in their custom-painted ‘Witness’ hot-dog stands, gave away free hot dogs, apparently courtesy of Lebron. Earlier in the morning, hordes of red Lebron basketballs could be found on 23 playgrounds scattered around NYC and Nike also released their limited edition 'Big Apple' Zoom LeBron VI sneaker the same day.
Oh yeah, the game? The Knicks got pasted (lost by about 17, but were down like 30 most of the game) and ‘Bron didn’t see a second of tick in the 4th.
Speaking of the Knicks, reader “ThatKnickFan” commented last week that there shouldn’t be any pity for Knicks fans after they unloaded Jamal Crawford and Zach Randolph and stated that they’re set for 2010 to become a real NBA team again.
That said, I still find pity for Knicks fans.
I agree with ”ThatKnickFan” that Z-Bo is a black hole and his shot selection is terrible, but being the joke of the NBA should be unacceptable in a place like NY. It's the Mecca of hoops and they haven't been competitive for years.
I think they had a chance to slip in the playoffs as a 7, 8 seed this year but now their frontline is smaller than Kevin Durant's biceps.
Eddy Curry is injured and out of shape and Jared Jeffries is also injured...who does that leave? Jerome James and that Gallinari kid? Sheesh. I like David Lee but he’s way too undersized to bang in the paint with the biggest of the bigs night in and night out.
The Knicks have been shit since like 2000-2001, and have only made the playoffs ONCE in the last 7 years...so come 2010, that'll almost be 10 years since they've been half-ass decent!!!
No playoffs the last 4 years.
7 coaches in the last 8 years.
7 straight years of sub-500 basketball.
2 more years to wait.
That's why I pity Knicks fans.
All that said, Saturday was a great day in Knickland as the Knicks beat the Warriors in Crawford’s return to New York. David Lee had a MONSTER game going for 37 and 21 (!!!) and Chris Duhon established a new Knick record by dropping 22 dimes!!! Former Warrior Al Harrington also went to work on his old mates and posted up 36 and 12. Too bad it was against a struggling Warriors squad.
Wasn’t it just last week when I was talking about Crawford’s handles? Well somebody really needs to get Ray Allen an ankle brace after this.
Likewise for Andre Miller.
A couple weeks back I mentioned how I watched the T-Wolves/Thunder game even though it was a battle of cellar-dwellers. I didn’t bother watching the first 3 quarters of the rematch this past week, but since it was close, I switched back and forth to it for the last quarter. Glad I did. After Kevin Durant threw down to tie the game with 3 seconds left, Mike Miller ended up hitting a 18-footer at the buzzer to give the Wolves the road W. He still needs to trim that salad though.
The loss against the T-Wolves extended the Thunder’s losing streak to 14, but they bounced back and took down Memphis the following night to finally end the wretchedness. The Grizz looked pretty bad turning the ball over time after time and the crowd was…well, there was no crowd.
So the other day the good folks at Dime Mag posted a great HEB commercial starring Manu, TD, Brent Barry and Bruce Bowen. It turns out there are about 6-7 different spots, all of which are surprisingly funny considering the Spurs have been notoriously dubbed as “boring” for the last decade or so. Here’s a couple of them, but it’s worth checking out the others too…
Ramon Sessions has been ballin’ in Milwaukee. Even though ‘Bron sent his shit the other way via rocket mail the other night, Sessions recently stepped into the Bucks starting line-up replacing the injured Luke Ridnour. Sessions is averaging 15 chips and 6 dimes so far this year and has scored in double figures in all but a few games.
Man, the Lakers are too damn good. Although the Cavs (14-3) and the Celts (16-2) have put together tremendous seasons so far, the Lakers seem to be able to pull away from opponents whenever they feel like it, which is why I think they’re the #1 team in the L right now. The C’s have had to grind out several games this season but with the Lakers, everybody on the roster is seeing more 4th quarter minutes than Kobe. Phil Jackson usually yanks him early in the 4th and that’s it.
They took down the Nets, Mavs and Raps this past week and each game was tight until the Lakers kicked it into that extra gear.
The Nets game was tight going into the second half but before I could even spell Vladimir Radmonovic’s name, the Lakers were up by nearly 20.
Ditto for the game against the Raps where the Lakers toyed with them, allowing them to get within 7 or 8 on multiple occasions before extending the lead back to 15+.
The Mavs game was definitely the most exciting though, with the Lakers going on a huge run to come back from being down 12. The Mavs had pretty much controlled the game up until mid-way through the third and then it was lights out. No literally, it was lights out. With the Staples Center going nuts, and Lamar Odom tossing an alley-oop to Pau Gasol to tie the game, the Staples Center lights cut out and went into the starting line-up/player intro light show. Seriously though, I haven’t seen Staples like that in years. Check the clip here and fast forward to about the 1:10 mark.
Devin Harris…still tearing it up. After coming off a 34 point effort against Utah, Dude nearly dropped 50 (47) on the Suns and also added 7 boards and 8 dimes. Just think of how tough it must be just going up against guys like Deron Williams and Steve Nash on a nightly basis let alone OWNING them.
As for the week ahead, there are a couple of light nights coming up on the sked (Mon, Thurs) but both nights should still be good. On Monday, there’s only 3 games but one of them is Boston (16-2, 8 game win streak) vs. Orlando (13-4, 4 game win streak) and the only 2 games on Thursday are both big Western Conference match-ups with an improving Dallas squad (6-3 since I started bashing them…but still only 2-4 at home on the year) going up against Phoenix (7-2 on the road) and San An (with Parker AND Manu back) going head-to-head with Chauncey, ‘Melo and company (8-2 in their last 10).
There could also be a new team atop the Eastern Conference by the end of the week as Boston has a couple of tough challenges ahead with games against Orlando and a (legit) Portland squad (who just beat Detroit!) along with a couple games against Indy sprinkled in there. Cleveland on the other hand has a pretty soft week going up against Indy, Charlotte and NY. If Orlando can get through Boston on Monday, they finish the week off EXTREMELY easy with games against Minnesota (4-11) and OKC (2-16) and we all know anything can happen.
Anyways, that’s it for this week suckas…
I’m out like Ray Ray’s ankles…
-Gliz
Word!
So LebronFest didn’t quite turn out as spectacular as many had hoped. With ‘Bron making his first appearance of the year at MSG and with the Knicks already making the sales-pitch to woo ‘Bron to NY when his contract expires in 2010, the game was a dud. Apart from the game, NYC went all out by having a celebration out front of MSG before the game started. Hundreds of fans donned red ‘Witness’ T’s while hot dog vendors, tucked in their custom-painted ‘Witness’ hot-dog stands, gave away free hot dogs, apparently courtesy of Lebron. Earlier in the morning, hordes of red Lebron basketballs could be found on 23 playgrounds scattered around NYC and Nike also released their limited edition 'Big Apple' Zoom LeBron VI sneaker the same day.
Oh yeah, the game? The Knicks got pasted (lost by about 17, but were down like 30 most of the game) and ‘Bron didn’t see a second of tick in the 4th.
Speaking of the Knicks, reader “ThatKnickFan” commented last week that there shouldn’t be any pity for Knicks fans after they unloaded Jamal Crawford and Zach Randolph and stated that they’re set for 2010 to become a real NBA team again.
That said, I still find pity for Knicks fans.
I agree with ”ThatKnickFan” that Z-Bo is a black hole and his shot selection is terrible, but being the joke of the NBA should be unacceptable in a place like NY. It's the Mecca of hoops and they haven't been competitive for years.
I think they had a chance to slip in the playoffs as a 7, 8 seed this year but now their frontline is smaller than Kevin Durant's biceps.
Eddy Curry is injured and out of shape and Jared Jeffries is also injured...who does that leave? Jerome James and that Gallinari kid? Sheesh. I like David Lee but he’s way too undersized to bang in the paint with the biggest of the bigs night in and night out.
The Knicks have been shit since like 2000-2001, and have only made the playoffs ONCE in the last 7 years...so come 2010, that'll almost be 10 years since they've been half-ass decent!!!
No playoffs the last 4 years.
7 coaches in the last 8 years.
7 straight years of sub-500 basketball.
2 more years to wait.
That's why I pity Knicks fans.
All that said, Saturday was a great day in Knickland as the Knicks beat the Warriors in Crawford’s return to New York. David Lee had a MONSTER game going for 37 and 21 (!!!) and Chris Duhon established a new Knick record by dropping 22 dimes!!! Former Warrior Al Harrington also went to work on his old mates and posted up 36 and 12. Too bad it was against a struggling Warriors squad.
Wasn’t it just last week when I was talking about Crawford’s handles? Well somebody really needs to get Ray Allen an ankle brace after this.
Likewise for Andre Miller.
A couple weeks back I mentioned how I watched the T-Wolves/Thunder game even though it was a battle of cellar-dwellers. I didn’t bother watching the first 3 quarters of the rematch this past week, but since it was close, I switched back and forth to it for the last quarter. Glad I did. After Kevin Durant threw down to tie the game with 3 seconds left, Mike Miller ended up hitting a 18-footer at the buzzer to give the Wolves the road W. He still needs to trim that salad though.
The loss against the T-Wolves extended the Thunder’s losing streak to 14, but they bounced back and took down Memphis the following night to finally end the wretchedness. The Grizz looked pretty bad turning the ball over time after time and the crowd was…well, there was no crowd.
So the other day the good folks at Dime Mag posted a great HEB commercial starring Manu, TD, Brent Barry and Bruce Bowen. It turns out there are about 6-7 different spots, all of which are surprisingly funny considering the Spurs have been notoriously dubbed as “boring” for the last decade or so. Here’s a couple of them, but it’s worth checking out the others too…
Ramon Sessions has been ballin’ in Milwaukee. Even though ‘Bron sent his shit the other way via rocket mail the other night, Sessions recently stepped into the Bucks starting line-up replacing the injured Luke Ridnour. Sessions is averaging 15 chips and 6 dimes so far this year and has scored in double figures in all but a few games.
Man, the Lakers are too damn good. Although the Cavs (14-3) and the Celts (16-2) have put together tremendous seasons so far, the Lakers seem to be able to pull away from opponents whenever they feel like it, which is why I think they’re the #1 team in the L right now. The C’s have had to grind out several games this season but with the Lakers, everybody on the roster is seeing more 4th quarter minutes than Kobe. Phil Jackson usually yanks him early in the 4th and that’s it.
They took down the Nets, Mavs and Raps this past week and each game was tight until the Lakers kicked it into that extra gear.
The Nets game was tight going into the second half but before I could even spell Vladimir Radmonovic’s name, the Lakers were up by nearly 20.
Ditto for the game against the Raps where the Lakers toyed with them, allowing them to get within 7 or 8 on multiple occasions before extending the lead back to 15+.
The Mavs game was definitely the most exciting though, with the Lakers going on a huge run to come back from being down 12. The Mavs had pretty much controlled the game up until mid-way through the third and then it was lights out. No literally, it was lights out. With the Staples Center going nuts, and Lamar Odom tossing an alley-oop to Pau Gasol to tie the game, the Staples Center lights cut out and went into the starting line-up/player intro light show. Seriously though, I haven’t seen Staples like that in years. Check the clip here and fast forward to about the 1:10 mark.
Devin Harris…still tearing it up. After coming off a 34 point effort against Utah, Dude nearly dropped 50 (47) on the Suns and also added 7 boards and 8 dimes. Just think of how tough it must be just going up against guys like Deron Williams and Steve Nash on a nightly basis let alone OWNING them.
As for the week ahead, there are a couple of light nights coming up on the sked (Mon, Thurs) but both nights should still be good. On Monday, there’s only 3 games but one of them is Boston (16-2, 8 game win streak) vs. Orlando (13-4, 4 game win streak) and the only 2 games on Thursday are both big Western Conference match-ups with an improving Dallas squad (6-3 since I started bashing them…but still only 2-4 at home on the year) going up against Phoenix (7-2 on the road) and San An (with Parker AND Manu back) going head-to-head with Chauncey, ‘Melo and company (8-2 in their last 10).
There could also be a new team atop the Eastern Conference by the end of the week as Boston has a couple of tough challenges ahead with games against Orlando and a (legit) Portland squad (who just beat Detroit!) along with a couple games against Indy sprinkled in there. Cleveland on the other hand has a pretty soft week going up against Indy, Charlotte and NY. If Orlando can get through Boston on Monday, they finish the week off EXTREMELY easy with games against Minnesota (4-11) and OKC (2-16) and we all know anything can happen.
Anyways, that’s it for this week suckas…
I’m out like Ray Ray’s ankles…
-Gliz
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