Not looking forward to tonight’s game. At all.
Once when I was a kid, I was out with my parents and did something “bad,” so my dad told me in the car that I was going to get the belt when we got home. Now, the actual belting wasn’t so bad (as beltings go), but the anticipation of the belting near made me sick. Just sitting there in that quiet car...no radio, no conversation, no nothing...just the hum of rubber rolling steadily on the asphalt...my stomach aching...just waiting, waiting, waiting to get my ass whipped.
That’s kinda how I feel right now, waiting for this game tonight. Just how bad could it be? Might broken bones come piercing through flesh? Might bashed-out teeth fly falling to the pine? Might Sammy cry? Might Dre quit in the 3rd quarter and walk off, never to play another game in a Sixers uni? Might BK inexplicably get rehired on the spot by Snider? It feels like even my darkest nightmares are distinct possibilities tonight.
Ugh. Let’s just get this shit over with. Please, please.
On a related note, what was going on in that press conference after the C’s beat the piss out of the Knicks the other night? Check it out (below): KG and PeePee responding to the press off a script. Who’s writing this stuff for them? Did the C’s front office hire a PR firm to handle players’ press conferences specifically? Notice how they both repeat the new tagline of “pursuing the perfect game.” The organization is now molding the personalities of 10+ year veteran ballers to match the “brand” of the team? What the hell is going on here? I hope this doesn’t indicate some sick new trend that’s about to descend on the L.
P.S. Addendum on my last EB/Iggy post: U, my point, though not terribly clear, is that I agree with you fully that need a real 2-guard and that Iggy can never fill that role. Moreover, Iggy will likely never quite be the fully realized throat-cutter SF we envisioned...and all the while, Young Thaddeus is waiting in the wings! I like Thaddeus’s potential more than Iggy’s jumper (or anything else he does for that matter).
As for EB, yes the window of opportunity is narrow, and in retrospect maybe this signing wasn’t the wisest move. But now you gotta work with what you got. No, the Sixers haven’t managed to succeed with him yet. But by contrast, look how much worse the Clips are without him. Good golly. You can build around EB — you just need to do it quickly.
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I'm actually a little less optimistic about the gane tonight. We've got nothing to lose, no EB, no expectations. I think these young guys are gonna get after it tonight. Even if they lose, I don't expect them to get embarrassed. Boston is clearly whippin' the league's ass right now. I look at this the same way I looked at the Detroit series last year. Here's a chance for us to see how we stack up against an upper echelon team. No doubt them dudes are taller. The question is, by how much. Can we make it interesting?
That clip is terrible to watch. I had actually seen a short clip of the press conference and noticed KG with his head down and heard the "perfect game" bit, but didn't realize they were following a script. That scares me. Worse than Celtics management using a PR guy would be if the League is somehow orchestrating this. I feel Stern's presence here.
Did you notice the push of Rajon Rando? I felt like I being pitched to. Like "really, he's an All Star too. He's one of the faces of the future NBA." I like Rajon. But there's no way he's this good without "the Big 3". He's been in the perfect incubator the past 2 seasons, but I'm not convinced he'd hold up quite so well out in the elements. He just needs to keep cookin'.
Response to your PS: In my final reply on the last post I went through the lineup to identify which Sixers should stay. I feel like two years from now our team should include Lou, Thaddeus and Speights. There's no other players I feel particularly strong about.
I mean 'a little less pessimistic'.
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