Constable Echelon
“I can tell you this, that they have a much easier road to travel,” Miles said. “They’re going to play real knockdown drag-outs with UCLA and Washington, Cal-Berkeley, Stanford — some real juggernauts — and they’re going to end up, it would be my guess, in some position so if they win a game or two, that they’ll end up in the title [game]. ”
-Coach that lost to Kentucky
This video has been around for a little bit, but I have neglected to post it up for some unknown reason. The breadth of topics covered in this young woman’s diatribe are really something to behold. So articulate and well-spoken.
I’m not exactly sure, but I think she might have said something about pressing charges.
Fig Jam
So Tom Crean dismissed another Indiana Basketball player today. That leaves 3 remaining players from a team that at one point was ranked and looked like a Elite 8 candidate. Wow. What the hell do they do for practice? Play 21? Tips? At least they can still run the 3 man weave drill… once. Then they can run it back the other way I suppose.
Tom Crean is going to get some latitude next season, but seriously, this team is going to get pummeled. Crean just signed a 7 footer who averaged 4 points in high school last season. 4 points. “Welcome to Indiana, you’re the starting center (not kidding). Do you think you could say, quadruple your point production from last season. I know it was 4A High School and this is the Big Ten, but that’s what I need from ya. Thanks.”
In the fairly competitive world of Fraternity and Sorority Philanthropy basketball tournaments, there are going to be a couple of Fraternity Basketball teams at Indiana next year that could actually give the Varsity team a run for their money. From a depth standpoint if nothing else. I can just see Crean pacing up and down the sidelines of a Bloomington high school as “DChi’s 1″ pushes his team to the limit, while one of his assistants is over scouting “SigEps 2 v. Lambda’s 1″ in case “The Indiana Basketball Team (yeah that one)” prevails against DChi’s and moves on to the Semi-finals of the Kappa Delta Shootout.
Fig Jam
Our weekly game of outdoor basketball was interrupted last night, and I am not happy about it. It happened at St. Anne’s school on Queen Anne, where we regularly assemble to get some exercise and play a little hoops. We do this when the weather gets nice enough in the spring until it is terrible in the fall. Generally it is a delightful experience and everyone has a good time.
Anyhow, as we were playing last night an inordinate number of cars began arriving in the parking lot surrounding the court. Apparently there was some form of school related activity set on for the evening. About the time that the lot was about 1/2 full, an older guy, maybe 50ish, walked towards us, actually out onto the court, signalling for a timeout.
This was unsettling as we are not accustomed to having timeouts during our pickup basketball games, much less by some idiot who fancies himself a little more important than the rest of us and has the balls to walk out onto the court where 6 guys are playing hoops.
Constable Echelon
Sick of weighing the merits of Jerryd Bayless and Brook Lopez yet? Me too. But the gaping chasm between the top two picks of the draft and the rest of the field mustn’t dissuade us from baseless pontificating.
I’m talking mock drafts. I’m talking mock draft analysis. And NBADraft.net has the Sonics stocking up rock solid rotation players in the second round. Joey Dorsey much?
Fig Jam
“It came out of the blue; there was no writing on the wall.” These are the words of Jeremy Reed concerning his recent call-up by the Seattle Mariners. The Seattle PI has an entire article today about how Reed was surprised to be called up by the club, from AAA Tacoma.
Of Course Reed was surprised to be called up. He is tearing the cover off the ball. Guy’s batting .349 right now. Why would a team that features a lineup of guys with Batting Averages of .222, .215, .203, .171, .182, and .200 want anything to do with .349? Hell, it may even be dangerous to try and hit a little bit for the Mariners. Greg Norton was batting over .400 in his brief stint with the team and that promptly earned him a one way ticket out of town (directly onto another major league roster, btw. Turns out other teams are cool with having productive hitters on their squad).
Sager Bombs
I suppose in the overall scheme of things (see generally: Payton, Durant) the Sonics probably had a fall in the draft coming one of these years. But picking fourth when there are two prized prospects out there sucks. And after the drama of last season, a spoonfull of sugar wouldn’t have hurt.
Barring Rose or Beasley ending up on To Catch a Predator, the top two picks in the draft are a given. From the three spot on, it’s a bit of a crapshoot at the moment. The names we’ll hear tossed around include Danilo Gallinari (this year’s Euro w/ Upside©), O.J. Mayo, Brook Lopez, Jerryd Bayless, Eric Gordon. Bayless makes the most sense for us (remember, our point guard play is miserable), Mayo has the most potential (and is most likely to be the next Isaiah Rider), and if the Sonics pick Lopez, I will personally call the moving vans to help them get the fuck out of town. I kind of like the idea being floated by the Seattle Times blog, where they’re suggesting the Supes trade down to a team who can’t resist the temptation of Mayo (too bad Isaiah isn’t running the Knicks anymore… maybe the Clip Show?). With a lower pick, the Sonics could pick up Durant’s old teammate at Texas, point guard D.J. Augustin. Durant’s teammate, Texas ties, sure sounds like a great move for a team moving to Oklahoma, eh?
Speaking of, it sure was a feel good story when they showed the parties being thrown by the other teams in the running for the #1 pick. Miami had a bunch of people partying in their arena, hell even the Knicks fans were upbeat. How about the team with the second most chances? Oh yeah, they were probably busy with one of the many lawsuits.
Seriously though, pick Lopez and I will be ordering up dogdoo.com to the Oklahoma City. Wait. Now that I think about it, I might just do it anyway.
I don’t even care if they lose to the Lakers. They beat Chris Paul and that BS franchise that everyone got behind for no good reason. Geaux home…….
Manny Faces
Game 5, Jazz-Lakers. Series Tied at 2-2. 10:00 left in the 4th quarter. Both teams trying to gain the upperhand in the 2-2 series. Lakers resting their guns for the final push. Kobe playing on a bad back getting some needed bench time. Clearly crunch time for both these teams. So I guess both Phil Jackson and Jerry Sloan decided that it was time for a little social experiment. The Lakers and Jazz then combined forces and trotted out the whitest lineup seen in since 1954 Milan, Indiana.
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