i wouldn’t want to punch him anyway. my fist might get stuck in his beard.

Shaq is infinitely better then Kobe in impact on a game. I find it hilarious that people think perimeter players have a bigger impact on the game. 20 years into Stern’s blatant attempts to turn basketball into a perimeter game big men still have a disproportionate impact (or perhaps exactly proportionate impact would be more accurate). Brandon Roy rated far higher on ever MVP ranking then Yao. Who had the bigger impact? Case closed.

Kobe and Shaq weren’t getting along, he wanted more money, and it didn’t help that he won another ring with the Heat.

That will all change if Shaq were ever to return.

FLAG!

my dad knows this guy who is a season ticket holder and has 4 tickets. He wasn’t using two of them so me and my sister got to go.

Much more so than in ours. Blazer fans gave it 110% last night. The team didn’t show up.

Lost ’em on the road though.

I’ve quietly wondered if being on the road would have been advantageous. We wouldn’t be flinching half as much if this game happened in Houston. We know they’d be ready by Game 3, and might steal Game 2 from an overconfident Houston team.

Instead, the pressure feels enormous now.

Folks who work do so for their own internal reasons, no matter its degree of difficulty or supposed importance for society. I totally realize that mindset of mine may come across as crass to some of y’all, but it’s the genuine, honest-to-goodness truth. As humans, we’re inherently selfish creatures who do stuff based first and foremost on our own needs, wants, and desires—there’s no denying it whatsoever.

It you look at Quick’s latest piece, Brandon was proud like a god to have won a “Chalupa Man Medal” as the guy who brought the fans the most Chalupas (i.e. the player bringing the score to >= 100). That thing has no material value, and unlike a ROY or MVP award will bring him not one additional dollar of salary or marketing money. Most people don’t even know it exists before Quick mentioned it. But it was something he wanted and that made him proud since none of his peers on the team has it.

It’s not the monetary recognition (many studies on happiness show that once your material needs are covered additional money only temporarily boosts your happiness), but that your work gets appreciated by your friends and peers.

ballerinas get massive blisters/callus’? i’ve been getting some blisters playing basketball on my big toes, i was going to write an OT fanpost about my pet peeves about playing pick up basketball, but i believe there already was a good one at some point.

rec