Public Knowledge

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.  -George Orwell

Public Knowledge: 

1.  Houston Rockets who?  Horton hears a what?  And I want the rest of you cowboys to know something, there’s a new sheriff in town.  And his name is Reggie Hammond. So y’all be cool.  Right on.  Wooo doggy!  How ’bout them Celtics?  I’m sick of this West Coast bias.  Just look at these Celtics.  Mowing down the West.  Showing down the West.  Quid pro quoing down the West Clarice, quid pro quo.  I don’t even know what that means.  What I do know is, the Celtics just smashed the defending World Champions from the West.  The Celtics just smashed the first place team in the West.  The red hot Rockets.  They ain’t pretty no more.  The Celtics have rolled to a 20-4 record versus the West.  9-4 against the nine teams competing for the playoffs.  The Boston Celtics.  The best basketball team in the world.

2.  March Madness.  It’s awesome baby!  PTPers.  Maalox Mashers.  Slap-a-lappers.  Dipsy-doo dunkeroo slam-jam-bams, baby!  It’s super.  It’s scintillating.  It’s sensational.  And it’s upon us.  What would the Madness be without the diaper dandies?  Last year it was Kevin Durant and Greg Oden.  This year we have Kevin Love.  This year we have Kyle Singler.  This year we have Eric Gordon.  This year we have Blake Griffin.  This year we have DeJuan Blair.  This year we have Derrick Rose.  This year we have the deepest freshman class we’ve seen in a while.  Now I like nothing better than a pretty girl smile, and I haven’t seen a smile that pretty in a while. 

This year we have OJ Mayo and Michael Beasley.  We have OJ Mayo and Michael Beasley Thursday.  I can’t wait.  I’m so excited.  And I just can’t hide it.  I’m about to lose control and I think I like it.  I like OJ Mayo.  In every class, there’s always one joker who thinks that he’s smarter than me.  In this class, that happens to be you.  Isn’t it, Mayo-nnaise?  Mayo has been smarter than everyone else since the seventh grade.  Swishing and dishing since the seventh grade.  Swooping and hooping since the seventh grade.  Bounding and astounding since the seventh grade. 

Things haven’t changed at USC.  Leads USC in scoring.  Leads USC in assists.  Leads USC in steals.  Leads USC in threes.  Trying to lead USC to the Promised Land.  Mister I ain’t a boy no I’m a man.  And I believe in a Promised Land.  Leading USC to the Promised Land because he had a midseason revelation.  A realization.  An epiphany.  Instead of trying to score all of the time, Mayo began playing the team game.  I’ve seen you guys can shoot but there’s more to the game than shooting.  There’s fundamentals and defense.  Fundamentals and defense are a big reason Mayo and USC have won five of their last six regular-season games.  Fundamentals and defense are a big reason Mayo and USC games have positioned themselves for this spot in the NCAA tourney.  Fundamentals and defense are a big reason Mayo and USC are looking towards the Promised Land.  But there’s somebody blocking Mayo’s way to the holiest of holies. 

There’s Michael Beasley.  And then there’s that old compromisin’, enterprisin’ anything but traqulizin’.  Right on Michael Beasley!  Michael Beasley has put together one of the finest seasons by a freshman in NCAA history.  Double-double toil and trouble.  Fire burn and cauldron bubble.  Double, double, toil and trouble something wicked this way comes.   Michael Beasley registered twenty-six double-doubles.  Michael Beasley broke the all-time freshman record set by Syracuse’s Carmelo Anthony in 2003.  Michael Beasley will be the consensus number one pick in the draft.  He is a beast.  Thursday night.  Win or go home!  Be there!

3.  Alexander Ovechkin.  The best Capital ever?  Better than the Jagrmeister?  Better than Olie the Goalie?  Better than Bonzai Bondra?  This is the second time that The Big O has reached the century mark.  Matching the total of 100-point seasons produced by all of the other players in the Capitals’ 33-season history combined!  Yowza!  Just so you know.  Just if you care.  Dennis Maruk had 136 points in 1981-82 and Mike Gartner had 102 in 1984-85.

4.  Here comes the Suns, doot ooon doootoo.  Brooke White style.  The Suns earned their fifth straight win last night.  Beat Portland 111-98 last night.  The Big Cactus had sixteen points and fifteen rebounds last night.   Houston Rockets who?  Horton hears a what?

5.  Quick question.  Who was more important to the Nets dominance back when they were dominant, Kidd or K-Mart?  Just asking.  I think K-Mart.  That’s just me.

6.  I never heard of Glen Taylor until last night.  Much like I never heard of Hank Steinbrenner until George died.  Two big mouths.  Nobody likes a big mouth.  I hate both those cats.

7.  Couldn’t happen to a nicer team.  DeAngelo Hall to the Oakland Raiders.  See number six.

8.  Kevin Love will be an excellent pro.  Hansboro.  I’m not so sure.

9.  Yo, Sal, we’re gonna boycott your fat pasta ass. The Boston Red Sox are boycotting the Japan games.  The Boston Red Sox decided unanimously to protest MLB’s decision not to extend a $40,000 appearance fee to all team coaches making the trip.  Jimmy Hoffa would be proud.

10.  How do the Yankees suck?  Let me count the ways.

Peace out homies.  Six two and Even!

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