June: Week 4

[vnodnarb]

Braves blow, Kobe whines, and Kitna lies
By: Brandon Van Hoesen

Well in baseball this week, it just wasn't pleasant being a Braves fan. We started well on Monday with Uma's husband having a great game against the Red Sox, unfortunately this led to Salty getting overlooked all week. Then a 5 game losing streak slapped us right in the face, which included scoring 1 run in 46 innings. Ouch. Up north a bit, <!--[endif]-->Barrett was traded away from the friendly confines of Wrigley for a psychiatrist, a speedbag, and bottle of whiskey for Lou. I guess money really can't buy love or friends for that matter.

In other news, Kobe didn't help the stereotype of NBA players being overpaid prima donnas with his whining earlier this week. First, he bashed Andrew Bynum because the teenager either drafted himself or should have been the savior, I'm not sure. Then, he moaned about Kupchak and the front office being a mess, I guess it's Kupchak's fault Kobe single handedly pushed Shaq out of town to win a title on his own.

In Nascar, Jeff Gordon had a kid, Ella Gordon, with a Belgian model. Rumor has it the girl came out of the womb with hairspray in her hair. Let's pray she is a better singer than her daddy. Also today was Juan Pablo Montoya's first Nextel Cup win, making him the 2nd non-American to do so. Hopefully, he was wise enough to keep his helmet on for the post race celebration and didn't go to sign autographs afterwards.

For random news, we have plenty for this week with none weirder than a 40 year old male track coach marrying one of his 16 year old track and field athletes. I guess this is one way to avoid being a 40 year old virgin. Then we have Jon Kitna doing his best Miss Cleo impression claiming the Lions will win 10 games in 2007. It looks like he took a few too many shots to the head last year and forgets their 3-13 performance. Or maybe he is optimistic because Matt Millen is a better GM than Isiah Thomas. Lastly, congrats to the Beavers for winning back to back CWS titles.

[McCarroll21]

LOL! First off, I'm liking the Thurman reference. I also welcome any Kobe bashing, you can't ever get enough of it. I like the Kitna tidbit, plus, any Zeke bashing is welcomed, as well, maybe even more than Kobe. I know, sometimes Isiah makes it too easy, but the upcoming NBA Draft wouldn't be the same if we didn't have any stories about how dumb Isiah Thomas is. Ronaldo Balkman anyone?

Lastly, this has a lot of promise. I'm glad you're writing.

[KB 34]

John Paxson has to spend a lot of time laughing at how he pulled off the Eddy Curry trade. Without Zeke's help Curry would have been inactive for a year and left. Instead he got Tyrus Thomas, Michael Sweetney, Othella Harrington, and the right to swap picks in this year's draft. The only thing that could have made it better would have been if the Bulls got Oden out of it!

[slamster]

LOL! First off, I'm liking the Thurman reference. I also welcome any Kobe bashing, you can't ever get enough of it. I like the Kitna tidbit, plus, any Zeke bashing is welcomed, as well, maybe even more than Kobe. I know, sometimes Isiah makes it too easy, but the upcoming NBA Draft wouldn't be the same if we didn't have any stories about how dumb Isiah Thomas is. Ronaldo Balkman anyone?

Lastly, this has a lot of promise. I'm glad you're writing.
actually i would argue that Renaldo Balkman was one of the better moves isiah has made.

[slamster]

John Paxson has to spend a lot of time laughing at how he pulled off the Eddy Curry trade. Without Zeke's help Curry would have been inactive for a year and left. Instead he got Tyrus Thomas, Michael Sweetney, Othella Harrington, and the right to swap picks in this year's draft. The only thing that could have made it better would have been if the Bulls got Oden out of it!
i would take curry over all of those guys anyday, if he played more than 25 minutes a night he would be one of the most dominating forces in the league

[vnodnarb]

i would take curry over all of those guys anyday, if he played more than 25 minutes a night he would be one of the most dominating forces in the league

Is he a great, efficient scorer? Hell Yes. But he's lazy, doesn't play defense, doesn't rebound consistently and is often in foul trouble

[McCarroll21]

actually i would argue that Renaldo Balkman was one of the better moves isiah has made.
Are you serious? I like Balkman but he has no business going in the first round. The dude wouldn't have even gotten drafted and could be signed for very cheap had they wanted him that badly.

[GrandMasterB]

Are you serious? I like Balkman but he has no business going in the first round. The dude wouldn't have even gotten drafted and could be signed for very cheap had they wanted him that badly.

Agreed. I remember watching that draft and thinking, "what is Isiah doing?" He's just a terrible GM, plain and simple. That pick, the Curry trade, the assembling a team of a bunch of guards (Francis, Marbury, Crawford, Richardson, Robinson). Seriously, where are they all going to play? I'm just glad I'm not a Knicks fan.

[McCarroll21]

Agreed. I remember watching that draft and thinking, "what is Isiah doing?" He's just a terrible GM, plain and simple. That pick, the Curry trade, the assembling a team of a bunch of guards (Francis, Marbury, Crawford, Richardson, Robinson). Seriously, where are they all going to play? I'm just glad I'm not a Knicks fan.Not only all the guards, but a bunch of guards that couldn't have the ball in their hands enough if they were the only person on the floor. Not a great way to build a team. You'd think Isiah of all people would understand how to grade a point guard.