Monday, February 27, 2012
LBJ loses once again...
Even though the all-star game means nothing in the grand scheme of things, it was nice to see LBJ fail at the end. With the last seconds ticking down, LBJ made an errant pass instead of taking the last shot. Even Kobe was saying "shoot it" while he was guarding him and gave him slack for not taking the last shot. I wonder if Thibs kept LBJ and Wade in the game in the last seconds hoping they would blow it so the onus of not being able to close out games would fall yet again on the Heatles. After the game, DRose even told the media that the ASG really isn't his steez, but he really enjoys watching everyone else "do what they do best". I think that's DRose speak for, "a few of my Eastern teammates are self promoting idiots, but happen to do entertaining things on the basketball court". This was made apparent in the opening seconds of the introductions as LBJ and D12 were acting like the above mentioned adjectives (see animated gif here).
Friday, February 24, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
The Losing Streak Continues....
Hawks lose again. Bulls win by 30 over the Bobcats. Blah blah blah. Now on to the latest about Jeremy Lin.
Linsanity. The Linja. Yellow Mamba. Soy Sauce. Asian Tim Tebow. King Jeremy the Wicked. Call him whatever you want, but J-Lin is gonna hang 25 and 6 every night on your ass. Dude is having the best week of his life right now. Just strutting his shit into MSG (Madison Square Garden, not the stuff that they put into Chinese food) and shooting lights out. When is Spike Lee gonna make a movie on this kid? Keep sleeping on him if you want, but this guy's story is ridiculous. As a boy in California, Jeremy spent a lot of time at home drawing pictures. Mostly just pictures of mountain tops, with him on top, with a lemon yellow sun in the background. His daddy didn't give much attention, and to the fact that his mommy didn't care. This is where he got the nickname, King Jeremy the Wicked. Lin wasn't recruited out of high school so he went to HAAAAAVAHHHHD instead. Got his Asian History degree (maybe I made that up) and went undrafted in the NBA. In 2010 the Mavs picked him up on their summer league team and had a couple highlight reels of him outplaying John Wall (see yesterday's post to see him do it again). He ends up signing a contract with his hometown Golden State Warriors, but not getting much burn in his rookie year. In the summer of 2011, the Warriors tried to sign Deandre Jordan, but had to make cap space for him. Bye Bye Jeremy. Lin was then picked up off waivers by the Rockets, then dropped again before the season started to make cap space for Samuel Dalembert. Oops. Knicks pick him up, but send him down to the D-League for a while until Mike D'Antoni realizes he's sitting on an asian gold mine (one not involving a massage parlor). He brings Lin up as a back up and the rest is history. The other funny part is that Lin's $800K contract isn't guaranteed until this Tuesday, so he sleeps on his brother's couch who happens to be a dental student at NYU (someone in the Lin family had to be a doctor of some sort right?)
Anyways, last night was the clash between mambas. Yellow vs. Black. Kobe was interviewed the night before and asked about J-Lin, and knew nothing about his recent performances. After Lin dropped another career high of 38 and 7 on the Lake-show, pretty sure Kobe is drinking the soy sauce now. Dropping sweet dimes to Chandler, hitting the open J, dribble-drive, taking charges. The Linja does it all. He even put Fisher in the spin cycle. J-Lin has now scored 89 points in his first 3 starts in the NBA which is a new record (funny to see that Bill Cartwright on that list). Hopefully he keeps playing well into next month which would set up the intriguing Knicks v Bulls match up. Forget about DRose, everyone wants to see Soy Sauce vs. Hot Sauce. Hopefully the Hawks lose again tonight so that the Linsanity continues.
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| Melo and Ling-Ling like a boss |
Linsanity. The Linja. Yellow Mamba. Soy Sauce. Asian Tim Tebow. King Jeremy the Wicked. Call him whatever you want, but J-Lin is gonna hang 25 and 6 every night on your ass. Dude is having the best week of his life right now. Just strutting his shit into MSG (Madison Square Garden, not the stuff that they put into Chinese food) and shooting lights out. When is Spike Lee gonna make a movie on this kid? Keep sleeping on him if you want, but this guy's story is ridiculous. As a boy in California, Jeremy spent a lot of time at home drawing pictures. Mostly just pictures of mountain tops, with him on top, with a lemon yellow sun in the background. His daddy didn't give much attention, and to the fact that his mommy didn't care. This is where he got the nickname, King Jeremy the Wicked. Lin wasn't recruited out of high school so he went to HAAAAAVAHHHHD instead. Got his Asian History degree (maybe I made that up) and went undrafted in the NBA. In 2010 the Mavs picked him up on their summer league team and had a couple highlight reels of him outplaying John Wall (see yesterday's post to see him do it again). He ends up signing a contract with his hometown Golden State Warriors, but not getting much burn in his rookie year. In the summer of 2011, the Warriors tried to sign Deandre Jordan, but had to make cap space for him. Bye Bye Jeremy. Lin was then picked up off waivers by the Rockets, then dropped again before the season started to make cap space for Samuel Dalembert. Oops. Knicks pick him up, but send him down to the D-League for a while until Mike D'Antoni realizes he's sitting on an asian gold mine (one not involving a massage parlor). He brings Lin up as a back up and the rest is history. The other funny part is that Lin's $800K contract isn't guaranteed until this Tuesday, so he sleeps on his brother's couch who happens to be a dental student at NYU (someone in the Lin family had to be a doctor of some sort right?)
Anyways, last night was the clash between mambas. Yellow vs. Black. Kobe was interviewed the night before and asked about J-Lin, and knew nothing about his recent performances. After Lin dropped another career high of 38 and 7 on the Lake-show, pretty sure Kobe is drinking the soy sauce now. Dropping sweet dimes to Chandler, hitting the open J, dribble-drive, taking charges. The Linja does it all. He even put Fisher in the spin cycle. J-Lin has now scored 89 points in his first 3 starts in the NBA which is a new record (funny to see that Bill Cartwright on that list). Hopefully he keeps playing well into next month which would set up the intriguing Knicks v Bulls match up. Forget about DRose, everyone wants to see Soy Sauce vs. Hot Sauce. Hopefully the Hawks lose again tonight so that the Linsanity continues.
Friday, February 10, 2012
The Lin-ja
Until the Blackhawks win, I will be only posting videos of Jeremy Lin. Here he is crossing over former #1 overall draft pick John Wall. Seriously, can the NBA retract Deron Williams as a coach's pick from the all-star game and put in the Lin-ja? Stern is racist!!!!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Lin-sanity!!!
Forget Dwight Howard. The missing piece for the Bulls now plays for the Knicks and GarPaxDorf have clearly missed the boat (Asian immigrant pun intended). Former Asian Athlete of the Week on El Queso, Jeremy Lin, has made a name for himself this week. He was playing in D-League a couple days ago until the Knicks realized Iman Shumpert just wasn't gonna cut it. They picked up J-Lin and the rest is history. He put up a career best 25 points two nights ago and then broke his personal record last night putting up 28 points. This Harvard Grad does it all. He can shoot, drive, find the open man, and discuss the finer points of Nietzsche. GarPaxDorf need to find room for this dude. Everyone but Rose is available.
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