NBA Jam or Space Jam? Either option certainly ensures unbridled mid nineties entertainment especially if you have the big heads code or you're a closet Quad City DJs fan. It also takes us back to a time when the NBA was mainstream and relevant. Let's face it, most people are more interested about what stupid shit Charles Barkley is going to say and what color suit Craig Sager is wearing during an NBA telecast. Quick quiz, which teams are Rick Carlisle, Flip Saunders, and Rick Adelmen currently coaching? Indiana, Minnesota, and Portland would be all wrong answers. I actually don't know the right ones, but I'm pretty sure they all have jobs. Hell George Karl and Mike Dunleavy do. Throw in Jerry Sloan still sticking it out in Salt Lake, and all we have to do is get Pat Riley out of the management box and locate Paul Westphal to have a Michael Jordan beat my ass in the Finals marathon.
How does the NBA not have a huge corporate deal with recycling? They do it better than a crew of naked hippies at Bonnaroo. While other sports long to produce the best version of their craft at the professional level, the NBA actually tries to make their version worse on purpose. Let's get rid of travelling, certain kinds of defense, and make everything a foul. You can keep that trash and I'll take a Big Ten game in the thirties. The kids can't shoot worth a damn, but they know how to play defense and run a motion offense. More than I can say for the halfwits who took 9 hours of pottery and child rearing to stay eligible for their only season on campus. How's that working out for you so far Greg Oden?
On the lighter side of the start of the NBA season, the young guard play throughout the league should continue to improve. We've got kids like Roy, Deron, and Gordon out west, and Rose, Rondo, and D.Wade in the east. You've got to enjoy watching the evolution of the swing man as Durant and Granger are the future of the game. I can't lie, I don't even remember who the #1 pick in the draft was let alone who the break out rookies will be. I just know that central Indiana got themselves another white boy. I also know that the Bulls took a couple of nondescript college guys who make the squad instantly more mediocre. LeBron can go big time with Jay-Z, just bring me D. Wade and Amare, and Rose will lead the Bull back to the promised land.
Dear Mr. Fantasy
Here's my lone fantasy basketball tip for the season, get Gerald Wallace. I love Gerald Wallace. He's a stat stuffer.
Time to start making trades in all your leagues with all your teams. It is just more fun that way. I would be looking at playoff schedules. You know who the bad defenses are, so try to exploit them. You should also start looking to get younger at the running back position as the season grows older. Possession receivers will also become a highly sought after commodity as the weather starts to get colder and dicier.
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Carlisle is the Mavs cocah(!), Saunders is with the Wiz, Adelman is the Rockets coach. Blake Griffin was the top pick, and was my choice for breakout rookie until he got hurt the other day (broken kneecap, which is gross).
ReplyDeleteThat does sound awful. Thanks for the reminder. It's not Blake's fault I didn't remember, it's Mike Dunleavy's. So who are the current hot coaching free agents? Bill Fitch, Dick Motta, Cotton Fitzsimmons?
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