Archive for May 19th, 2006

May19

Jason Terry Suspended; Reggie Evans Still At-Large

By: the mighty mjd

Well, yeah. As stated previously, the league has set the bar pretty low for the behavior that can earn a suspension. So if you ball your fist up and then use it to strike Michael Finley’s wang, you can probably expect a suspension. Jason Terry got a one game suspension for the junk-punch… grabbing his sack and yanking on it, though, I guess would’ve been fine.

I don’t think what Terry did was all that terrible, honestly… it’s not like he swung a haymaker. Yes, it was wrong, but I think it was a brief moment of weakness in reaction to guys diving at him and reaching for the ball. I don’t think any less of him for it… but at the same time, when you punch someone, no matter in what manner… the league isn’t going to just let it go.

I’m really not sure how much this hurts the Mavs. It may not show up until late in the game when fatigue and/or foul trouble show up. They can still trot out a line-up of Devin Harris, Jerry Stackhouse, Josh Howard, Dirk Nowitzki, and, depending on how small they want to go, Erick Dampier, Gana Diop, or Marquis Daniels. It does hurt their depth at the guard position. There will be times in the game where the Mavs have to go with a more traditional line-up and play the Spurs that way. Advantage, Spurs.

Pretty bad time for a starting point guard to get suspended. If it turns out that they really miss him, and they can’t win without him… then they’ve got to deal with an experience San Antonio team in a Game 7, at home, with all the momentum on their side. Bad, bad, time to get suspended.

Oh, and just because I like seeing it… here’s Michael Finley treating Erick Dampier like a pimp treat a ho.

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May19

The ACC Is Just Plain Greedy

By: the mighty mjd

Well, they have a handsome conference logo. Used to, anyway.John Swofford, commissioner of the ACC, thinks the NCAA basketball tournament needs to expand. He also thinks that the selection committee needs to be changed up. From Jacksonville.com…

“We think this is the best basketball conference in the country and would certainly expect to have our fair share of representation in the NCAA Tournament as we normally do in future years,” Swofford said. “We think it’s time to take a look at expanding the tournament.”

Swofford said the league’s leaders also expressed concern over the makeup of the 10-member selection committee, which included seven representative from mid-major or small conferences, some of which lacked basketball backgrounds.

Man, that ACC just can’t catch a break. It sure would be great for them if there was a cable sports network that liked them, or if their teams got any media exposure, or if they got all the great recruits, or if the most famous and recognizable college basketball commentator in the world continually sucked them off… it sure would be great if any of that could happen. But it can’t, and the underdog ACC keeps getting screwed by the man.

I think there’s only one reasonable solution here… and that’s for every team in the nation to join the ACC. It will be the first 327-team conference. And then, we’ll expand the NCAA tournament field to 327, and change the name of it to the John Swofford Invitational. And cheerleaders from all the schools will be forced to pleasure John Swofford, and Dick Vitale can hand-feed him grapes while Mike Krzyzewski arms him not just with a jumpshot, but for life.

At some point, asshole, you’re just going to have to accept that Florida State didn’t deserve a bid. Get over it.

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May19

Players Not Down With Hot Interleague Action

By: the mighty mjd

In advance of the Mets/Yankees series this weekend, the players and managers seem to be saying to the fans, “Yeah, enjoy this, you uncultured sloths, but know that we, the players and managers, hate it. But we’re going to do it anyway, for you, so you better fucking enjoy it.”

Carlos Delgado says it’s “a pain.” Joe Torre says it “screws up the rest of the schedule.” I don’t get it… maybe one of you can help me understand it. I don’t know why it’s a pain, and I don’t know why it screws up the rest of the schedule. They were going to be playing baseball anyway, right? It’s not like this was going to be vacation time for them, but now they have to play the Mets. I don’t know why it’s a pain… I really don’t, someone help me out. It’s not like when the Mets play the Yankees, they have to play them at Australian Rules Football. It’s still baseball, I think.

I thought interleague play was a hit… I dunno. I thought people liked it. When did this change?

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