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Jester James

Sports Illustrated: “James said after this Finals loss that “I pretty much don’t listen to what everybody has to say about me or my game or what I’ve done with my career,” but this is the same guy who tweeted last year “Don’t think for one [minute] that I haven’t been taking mental notes of everyone taking shots at me this summer. And I mean everyone!” So it’s a bit late for him to say he doesn’t care.”

Congratulations Cleveland, the dog and pony show that was “The Decision” didn’t quite work as expected (what arrogance). Remember, there’s always someone better than you. This year it was a team of players.

Clevelanders reaction? Well, I’m sure you could guess how they feel.

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Congratulations Dallas Mavericks

Sports Illustrated: “Dirk Nowitzki had on a champagne-soaked white T-shirt and a championship cap he wore as if he were a 12-year-old in a fireman’s hat. He walked down the hallway of the enemy arena with a bottle in his right hand and the Finals MVP trophy upside down in his left. He was the one who had arrived.”

What more do you need to say? Team over individuals, that needs to be said.

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Raise the Rim

Chicago Sun Times: “Because the current 10-foot rim, which has been at that arbitrary height ever since James Naismith nailed a peach basket to the lower railing of the balcony at Springfield (Mass.) College in 1891 has ‘‘grown’’ too low.”

The author, Rick Telander, is calling for a 10-4 to 10-8 high rim. I say take it up to 12 feet. For kids coming out of college it would be the equivalent of a college baseball player moving from an aluminum bat to a wood bat in the pros. Some kids can’t adjust and wash out.

Could you imagine a 12 foot rim? People would have to rely on jump shots again. Then again, some of these beasts could jump that high.

It’ll never happen. Fans like the dunks, and after all, fans keep the game in business.

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The Big Aristotle Retires

The Big Shamroq
Sports Illustrated: “BOSTON (AP) He was a prolific producer of rebounds and record albums. And nicknames, too, as if at 7-foot-1 and 350 pounds he was too big for the simple “Shaq” that made him an instantly recognizable, one-name star in all of his endeavors.”

Shaquille O’Neal is my favorite modern day player, period. The game will miss him, as will I.

ESPN, or TBS, you’d better hire this guy.