Henry Imler November 29th, 2007
— Saw the first rip off of Christmas songs to sell commodities - and then I promptly became sick to my stomach.
— Saw an AMAZING Celtics/Knicks game. 104-59 and through most of the 2nd half the Celtics had the Knick’s score doubled.
— TNT needs to mix up their commercials. I have seen the MJ/OverActorTMHanes commercial about 342 times in three hours. Does anyone notice that the Hanes commercials all kinda make MJ look like a jerk?
— It was good to get some exercise - played basketball for an hour with some random cats at the Rec Center - worked out next to guys that curl me (always fun) - and then capped it off with a nice run.
— The Garnett/Craig Sager interview after the Celtics/Knicks game was priceless. Not only did Sager ask Garnett if the Knicks had quit as a team on Isiah Thomas (he said yes), but Garnett also called Sager out on his wardrobe choice. Garnett basically ridiculed the man on national TV and Sager just took it. Sager’s wardrobe is so bad, there is even an NBA Basketball blog named after his choice of suits: “Donning Craig Sager’s Suit - breaking down the nba like craig sager’s suits: colorfully”
Henry Imler November 5th, 2007
The Celtics break the records for “most amount of
time the bench guys stood up clapping and cheering during an 82-game
season” and “most times the other four guys immediately ran over to
pick up a teammate who got knocked down.”
Time for a quick NBA fix by Bill Simmons
Henry Imler October 30th, 2007
A)
Duncan is the most boring person on earth. He speech was grammatically
correct, but boring as all get out. “We’ll try to bring another ring
home this year.” Try? No exclamation mark? You serious Duncan? Why
don’t you just go and play flawless basketball and win your 5th title
in 10 years.
B) I am teething in NBA Fantasy Basketball.
C) I don’t know, back to Greek.
D) Ok, at some point, I decided to make this a running post.
E) Jack Nicholson just creeped me the hell out with his commercial for Frank TV.
F) I officially miss Greg Oden.
G) Spurs have 53 points and there is still 5ive minutes left in the 1st half - nice.
H) I am so glad baseball is over for the year… 3 minutes of action crammed into 3 hours!
I) Ok, I loved the Wade / Barkley 5 commercial - “I’ll let you wear my ring for a week?“
J) Spiderman 3 DVD release is the movie event of the year? Honestly fellas!
K) All I wanna do is a boom, boom, just complain about 3rds and the Aorist tense until I drive Meredith crazy!
L) Blazers looked good. Roy looked real good. Brown for the Lakers
is looking good too - Duncan = unstoppable. I hate the Spurs because of
it (and Manu and Mr. Longloria, etc…)
Henry Imler July 20th, 2007
From the New York Post:
THE FBI is investigating an NBA referee who allegedly
was betting on basketball games - including ones he was officiating
during the past two seasons - as part of an organized-crime probe in
the Big Apple, The Post has learned.
The investigation, which began more than a year ago, is zeroing in
on blockbuster allegations that the referee was making calls that
affected the point spread to guarantee that he — and the hoods who had
their hooks in him — cashed in on large bets.
H/T :: HoopsHype
Henry Imler June 21st, 2007
Henry Imler May 31st, 2007
LeBron James just played the game of his life. The best single
person performance in a meaningful game since Jordan. Jordan when? Too
many to pick from.
James scored the last 29 of the Cav’s 30 points
(through 2 over times and half of the 4th quarter) in dramatic fashion.
His other teammates were not hitting their shots - but James was.
Fadeaway jumpers to the left, behind the back to his right - everything
was dropping. When it came to crunch time his drives were unstoppable -
2 dunks and a multi-foul (uncalled) layup to put them in a position for
each over time and the win. Absolutely incredible. The only more
incredible thing is seeing the Piston’s whine after every single play.
Each one. Don’t get me started. I seriously think that I love Jordan as much as I hate the Pistons. X is equal here to an eight turned on its side.
Anyway de-grammarulated rambling over.
Update: Gregg Doyle gets it right:
He took on the Detroit Pistons down the stretch of the
biggest game of this NBA season to date, and damn if he didn’t win. In
reality, the Eastern Conference finals should read: Detroit 2,
Cleveland 2, LeBron 1. Because LeBron won Game 5.
By the time overtime rolled around, after trying to stop James with
6-foot-9 Tayshaun Prince and 6-3 Chauncey Billups and 6-2 Lindsey
Hunter and 6-6 Rip Hamilton, the Pistons abandoned that nonsense and
started playing a modified box-and-one.
The box guarded James. The one guarded his teammates.
The box failed. The Chicago Bears would have failed. This was high
school all over again. James was the biggest, baddest athlete on the
floor, and when the ball was in his hands everyone else was an
accessory.
James scored the Cavaliers’ final seven points of regulation. Nobody else from Cleveland even shot the ball.
James scored all nine of the Cavaliers’ points in the first overtime. Nobody else from Cleveland even touched the ball.
James scored all nine of the Cavaliers’ points in second overtime.
This was silly. James was going dribbling past one guy, juking
another and dunking on a third. Prince got out of the way of one jam,
wanting no part of that poster.
This was absurd. James was dribbling out the shot clock and falling
backward and throwing in a 23-footer over Prince’s condor wingspan.
This was insane. James was going left, losing Billups with a
behind-the-back dribble to the right, then hitting a moving 22-footer
with two seconds on the shot clock.
This was magical. This was memorable. This was the best performance
of this NBA season, and yes I’m aware Kobe Bryant scored 65 points
against Portland this season. That was nice, but that was Portland. And
that was the regular season. This is Detroit, and this is Game 5 of the
Eastern Conference finals.
There is no exaggeration there - I have it Tivo’ed.
Henry Imler May 20th, 2007
Thinking about the NBA playoffs while web surfing
5. My apologies: Upon further review, John Paxson and
the Bulls did the right thing by overpaying for Ben Wallace last summer
and turning Tyson Chandler into P.J. Brown. If they didn’t sacrifice
Chandler and spend an extra $15 million this season on the
Wallace/Brown combo, they would have lost to Detroit in five games
instead of six, and they wouldn’t have a washed-up center with a bad
back locked up through his mid-30s for $14 million a season. My bad.
When I’m wrong, I’m wrong.
Ouch.
Wait, there’s more….
Also, you know how TNT splices trailers for Hollywood
movies with NBA action? Why couldn’t they splice the “Heartland”
commercial so Treat Williams is talking to Lawrence Frank about Vince
Carter? I just want you to know, if any heart becomes available
tonight, I’ll make it work for Vince. I promise you.
I just died laughing.
Henry Imler May 15th, 2007
Henry Imler May 7th, 2007
East:
1) Pistons vs 2) Bulls
Sorry Bulls fans - you whipped the Heat, but the Pistons have gotten
better and better all year long and now actually have some offense in
the middle.
Pistons in 5
2) Cavs vs 6) Nets
This is a tough one to call, but because of Kidd’s aging legs and
Carter’s inconsistent play, I am giving it to the hungry James.
Cavs in 7
West
Warriors vs 4) Jazz
As much as I want to get on the Warrior bandwagon, I have to go with the Jazz, whose rock-solid approach beat T-Mac.
Jazz in 6
2)Spurs vs 3)Suns
Hmm, I am thinking it is the Sun’s year. They have their big man back.
However, no Nash = no chance. Eh… Nash does not play defense, so no
chance at foul trouble. The Spurs could have been beat in each and
every one of the games in their last series. However, that also speaks
to their poise. They have been there and they have done that. However,
the Suns are more balanced and steady than the Nuggets. I know, I know,
I am sounding like Data here.
Suns in 7 (Mostly to spite Alane)
Henry Imler April 29th, 2007
Last year was too good to be true last. The Heat were swept today by the up and coming Bulls. I am now 1 and 1 for my predictions.
List of Heat Retirees:
- Gary Payton I am faster than him now.
- Alonzo Mourning Could still pull a ‘tumbo for the next few years, but now that his kidney has a ring - hang it up.
- Shaquille O’Neal Old Jabbar w/o the hook
- Antoine Walker I think I can shoot better than
him, jump higher than him [7 vs 6 inches], and look less like Donatello
than him. I will accept 1/2 of his yearly salary to take his place -
its a win-win situation.
- Eddie Jones Thanks for all the great playoff memories…
Members of the Heat to fake retire:
- Pat Riley He’ll retire citing health reasons
until he can build another team around Wade and Haslem… then he’ll
undercut the current coach and take the glory.
Plan for the Future:
You know what might be best? Trade all of the guys who should retire to
Minnesota for Kevin Garnet. Throw in some old ‘86 Celtic tapes and
McHale might just throw in his next draft picks - the 2034 and 2035
first rounders he has been saving up.
No matter what - I’ll still be rooting for the Heat in the years to come.
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