Continue Reading June 19th, 2006
Mark Cuban has finally noted that the NBA Finals are still going on over at his blog, and the results…subdued. The content…surprising. The point…excellent!
You get nothing on the game itself - we can all assume his thoughts on that. They begin and end with “upset/putting together DVDs for league office”.
Instead, we’re treated to Mark’s thoughts and philosophies on swearing. Basically - it’s healthy, and society’s decision that it’s offensive is silly. (Punctuation is all Mark’s.)
then someone asked “Is this your worst loss ever” . What the fuck kind of question is that ? Is this for a VH1 special ? “Worst Losses Ever ?” If it was, then maybe it was a decent question. Otherwise, how do you answer that question…
Am I supposed to get this reporter a thought out answer and catalog my past, or a catalog answer like “this was a tough one… yadda yadda, that sounds like every other answer ever given to this type of question after a lost game.
So I told the reporter to “Ask me a real fucking question”
His point is that some people took offense to his use of the word “fuck”, which is fine. Mixed into this, though, is a better point, and it’s something we’ve touched on before.
Reporters (for the most part) ask stupid questions, and that’s why all we get are stock answers from athletes, with the occasional Shaq nonsense reply now and then.
“What did you think about the game?” is not a good question. These are, and they’re literally right off the top of my head.
1) Mark, if you knew you could punch David Stern in the face, and you’d both never get caught and he wouldn’t remember, would you do it right now or would you wait until tomorrow?
2) Mr. Cuban, do you think global warming had anything to do with Josh Howard’s missed free throws, or are you going with the consensus opinion that he was only thinking about global warming? Just to clarify, even though global warming is sort of the cause of him thinking about it in the second scenario, it’s not the actual global warming that’s causing the missed free throws, just the thoughts of said climate change. In the first case, it’s because the arena is actually a couple degrees warmer that makes him miss.
3) Mark, could you explain something?
4) (follow-up to #3) Could you expand on that?
5) Out of all the reporters standing here, which one would you be most likely to fall in love with and why?
If none of these work, you just hand him the mic and ask him to ask you something, which you know he would totally do, and given the freedom, he’d totally say something witty, or at least memorable.
Continue Reading June 19th, 2006
Now that the New York Mets have taken a firm grapple of the National League East, you know what that means. It’s time to PARTY! Yeah!
Well, at the very least, drink with some attractive St. John’s students (including one who appears to be captain of the dance team). It’s David Wright, Cliff Floyd, Paul LoDuca and the team’s trainer, who they sweetly let come along. Nothing damaging, illegal or even wrong here, but if you ever wanted to see David Wright doing a shot, hey, it’s your lucky day. After the jump.
Meet The Mets [Webshots]
Continue Reading June 19th, 2006
Stayed up late watching Game 5 and was rewarded with an OT thriller that pretty much had it all, including the entire Dallas organization — from the owner to the coach to the star to the fans — crying foul over officiating. The most controversial call was made on Nowitzki with 1.9 seconds left, sending Wade to the line for the game-winning free throws, his 20th and 21st of the night. Replays showed that Dirk didn’t foul D-Wade, but it sure looks like Devin Harris did…
Thanks to True Hoop for the pic, excellent liveblog action last night and stellar commentary throughout these playoffs. Here’s to hoping it goes 7. At this point I don’t even care who wins, it’s just been an outstanding postseason and the longer it lasts the better.
Bonus: Mark Cuban was rockin’ the Stackhouse jersey for the game in protest/tribute and was petulance personifed at the end of the contest…
“Cuban ran onto the court and screamed at official Joe DeRosa, then went to the scorer’s table and stared down NBA commissioner David Stern and other league officials. Cuban then went up the tunnel toward their aisle and kept screaming and staring.”
Update: The other controversial call I didn’t focus on here is Josh Howard calling the timeout that forced Dallas to inbound the ball from their own baseline rather than past halfcourt with 1.9 left. That said, Awful Announcing reminds us that this is not the first timeout gaffe of Howard’s career.
Continue Reading June 19th, 2006
Christ loves basketball, of that we’re certain. But there is no clue in the scriptures, as far as we can tell, as to which city Jesus would have preferred; Dallas or Miami. We can’t really picture Him in either place, quite frankly. But we did find this over on Dave Barry’s blog, so all of you Da Vinci Code people, get cracking. We’re pretty sure that this photo is the most blasphemous thing we’ve seen today. But of course the day isn’t over.
Then again, 43 points on Sunday …
Sweet Jesus, It’s Almost Time! [Deadspin]
The Official Dave Barry Blog
(UPDATE: Sorry about the spelling mistake in the headline. We were traveling yesterday and didn’t catch it until late. We’re an idiot.)
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