Louder Than a Bomb! -Public Enemy
Public Service Announcement: OK, here we go! Hold on to your hats. Its duck season. Free Agent season in the NBA. Who’s moving and grooving? Here we go:
After everybody this side of Larry Bird thought Peja would re-sign with the Pacers, he does not. He goes to the Hornets. All of a sudden this Oklahoma/New Orleans team is a real contender. Terry Malloy style. Peja’s got a sweet stroke, as they say. Even though he gets the rap for his horrible defense, and his playoff disappearing acts, he still knows how to shoot the rock. When teams fell into the zone against the Hornets, they fell apart. With Peja on the perimeter this will change.
Tim Thomas leaves the Suns for Clips. The Clippers nearly doubled Phoenix’ offer. This is bad news for the Suns. The reason they traded away their draft picks in the 1st place was to have the money to sign T-Tom. Guess that didn’t work out. The Suns are talking to Lindsay Hunter and Eric Piatkowski. They also like Matt Harpring and Jumaine Jones. We’ll see how this goes.
Thomas was only the Clippers‘ second choice. Their first choice, Vladimir Radmanovic, signed with the Lakers. Radmanovic extends defenses by luring players away from the basket with his outside shot, but he just has that European softness. Charmin style. I don’t see it helping the Lakers that much. I’d rather have the older, tougher, Tim Thomas.
Milwaukee trades TJ Ford to Toronto for the Bronx‘ own Charlie Villanueva. Two teams nobody but Chompers care about. I think the Bucks got the best of this one. To me, Villanueva has plenty of that “upside” stuff. TJ is what he is, a mediocre point guard. Trading away size doesn’t make sense unless you’re Brian Colangelo. Looks like he’s trying to make a Suns north.
Ok Who’s left?
Big Ben Wallace: The Detroit Free Press reports that Chicago Bulls coach Scott Skiles and general manager John Paxson traveled to Detroit to meet with unrestricted free agent Ben Wallace on Saturday. Wow! The Baby Bulls growing up.
Al Harrington: With nothing in return for Artest, it looks like Bird wants him back now that Peja’s flown the coop. If not, Bulls or Knicks may be interested. How can the Knicks sign anybody? Aren’t they about a trillion dollars over the cap?
Nene: I forgot he was alive. Former 7th pick overall. Bulls, Hawks, Hornets, Nets. Nice guy to have down low.
Drew Gooden: Former 4th pick overall. If he’s smart, he’ll stay put. LeBron is being offerred the mother lode odf contracts. The Cavs will be good for a while. Bulls, Hawks, Hornets, Nets.
Joel Przybilla: If you need blocks and rebounds Joel’s your man. Serviceable center = big bucks. This one may be the best one out there. T’wolves, Bulls.
Bonzi Wells: Proven talent who can score all over floor and rebound. He is also an experienced vet with over 30 playoff games under belt. But I don’t know if I want this guy on my team. Here’s his rap sheet: Suspended for two games for publicly cursing at his coach after being taken out of a game. Fined in a separate incident for making an obscene gesture to a fan in a loss to the 76ers. When asked about the incident, he said, “I black out sometimes,” and then winked and smiled at the camera. Suspended one game without pay and fined $10,000 for intentionally striking and verbally abusing an official in 2000. Bonzi and his boy, Erick Barkley in 2001 were cited for criminal trespass after they refused to leave the scene of a fight near a downtown nightclub. Bonzi was also suspended for a undisclosed reason during the 2005 playoffs. No way.
Public Knowledge:
1. Tell me which is one is more of a mere bleep on the radar. The Sox loss to the Fish on Friday, or the Bombers beating the Mets. Sayonara suckers. Big Eunuch is god-awful. 6 innings, eight runs, see ya later. He needs to be a little better than that for those guys to win anything. And even if he does, does it matter? Meanwhile, back at the ranch. The Sox are putting a beating on the opposition. Godfellas Style. 17 errorless games in a row? Are you kidding me. The Red Sox? Last night Manny and Papi. 2 dings each. What’s the over/under on their lead come August…..8?
2. Nobody likes a quitter. David Beckham quit as England captain on Sunday. So what? Isn’t England out? What is he quitting? Why is he crying?
3. The New Jersey Devils re-signed center Patrik Elias to a seven-year, $42 million contract. I want them to sign Miroslav Satan. Who wouldn’t buy a #66 Satan Devil’s shirt. Pure marketing genius I tell you.
4. I still don’t get why soccer uses penalty kicks to decide games. Its just stupid. What if the NBA, after the first OT, decided games with a free throw contest. It makes no sense whatsoever.
5. The Colts are all done. Manning was unclutch enough, now no Edge, fuhgettaboutit.
6. Canseco is coming out with an energy drink, Juiced, the drink. Its true.
7. Canseco on Grimsley: “This is just the tip of the iceberg. We’re going to be shocked about the players who took them and who knew they were taking them. More and more names will come out.”
Public Figures: Brought to you by the good folks at Elias Sports Bureau and ESPN the Worldwide Leader.
1. For the first time in more than 30 years, two players recorded their 2000th hit on the same day: Garret Anderson and Manny Ramirez. That hadn’t happened since 1973, when Pete Rose and Willie Davis reached that milestone on June 19, 1973.
2. A-Fraud homered in the eighth inning with the Bombers trailing by six runs, makes you chuckle, right? It was the fifth of A-Rod’s 17 home runs this season that was hit when the Yankees either led or trailed by five or more runs. The only players with more such home runs are Alfonso Soriano (7 of 24), and Travis Hafner (6 of 21).
3. Fabien Barthez is the first goalkeeper in World Cup history to shut out Brazil twice. Ten goalkeepers blanked Brazil once. The second-longest shutout streak by a goalkeeper against Brazil is 124 minutes by Sweden’s Thomas Ravelli over two games in 1994.
4. Miguel Batista retired the first 20 batters he faced in the Diamondbacks’ 9-2 win over the A’s. Roger Clemens, Greg Maddux, and Tom Glavine, the three winningest active pitchers, have combined for 952 victories. But none has ever taken a perfect game as far as Batista did on Saturday.
Public Spectacles:
1. Steven A. Smith getting heckled at the Draft.
2. Fire Isiah chants at the Draft.
3. Lebron nailing a 90 footer.
Peace out homies. Six Two and Even.
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