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As I of course stay up nights worrying about whether I am being fair to both sexes in these threads, I thought after the hottes...er...most talented cheer...er...dance team member thread, it was only fair for me to make tonight's theme: Really Um...Shapely Male Dance Team Members
(and of course given the opponents tongiht I immediately thought of the Mavs Maniacs, but after reviewing their pics, decided they were just not...er...exceptional enough. That goes to these boys from Chicago:
Artest ( B+ ) -- I'm getting a little tired of Ron's act now -- he insists on playing with pride long after that is directly counterproductive for our team. And so tonight he was again our best player, hammered the ball inside on one end, came up big on the glass, knocked down almost every open jumper he got. Was a real pain for the Mavs just as he was for the Lakers. But you will notice that all of that, a 25pt 10reb effort, is still only adding up to a B+ this time out. And the problem was a) defense. Yes defense, from Ron Artest. Where for whatever reason Josh Howard, a nice player but no superstar, seems to cause Ron fits. Seems like his game, size, etc. etc. should be perfect for Ron to just smother. But hasn't worked that way this year, and Josh again lit Ron up tonight, and neutralized his 25 and 10 with 29 and 8 of his own, including 14 in the first quarter just going right around and over Ron at will. And b) down the stretch Ron hasd some misadventures. Not awful selfish misadventures, but he missed a pair of FTs at the 2:45 mark which hurt. Came right back to hit the three, but then next time down the floor tried to post up 6'11" 270lb Erick Dampier? Got blocked again the next possession by Dampier (also was blocked back to back by Diop earlier in the game -- but do not fear, shotblocking is overrated, so says the chuckling silver haired seer who sits next to Grant). And then finally, c) Stack hit the big big back breaking shot at the 20 second mark right over Ron. Note that Ron did nothing wrong on the play, and it was just a great, tough shot by Stack. But it was still the game sealer, and it just capped a long night for Ron on the end of the floor he normally dominates.
MIKE O. -- HOT! I almost feel like I've cheated the guys now, because the women always get so see so much more flesh in these threads I do for them.
Reef ( B ) -- pretty good start to this one, and was scoring inside and out. Put up weak numbers on the glass once again, but was battling in there better than he is sometimes wont. Got in some foul trouble with limited his minutes somewhat, but it was mostly our genius coach's decision that smallball = good that caused Reef to eventually be forgotten about as we tried to match the Mavs smallness without Dirk rather than make them match our relative bigness (and it is all relative).
ALBERT -- and its just disappointing I did not find this one for that St. Patty's day theme. Oh well, here he is now in all his glory ladies!
Miller ( C ) -- had kind of a mystery game for me, or at least a game where I think we have definitive proof that the official scorer had one or more illegal substances in his bloodstream tonight. Got credited with SEVEN assists in this one, which led the game. Problem is that I do not remember more than 2 or 3 of them (including a very nice give and go with Ron in the mid 4th). The other problem being of course that you will notice I spent the first 3 lines of this blurb discussing his assists, or possible lack thereof. There is a reason for that. That reason being that he netted all of 6pts and 5rebs in 39 minutes of action tonight, against a team that was smallballing. Can say that Dampier in particular never hurt him down low. Can also say that he did nothing back the other way as the Mavs were the first team to really figure out Brad's game a couple of years back -- they guard him with a guard or SF, which normally renders him almost completely ineffective, unable to free himself for jumpers, or beat the player off the dribble. And of course having no post game. So how to figure a grade where the numbers say maybe you weren't paying close enough attention? Went with the half tick lower (my initial instinct) but hinging it on Brad missing a FT late. How's that for ticky tack? But if it makes you feel better, grabbing 5 rebounds against a team starting Devon George at PF is inexcusable. Grabbing 4 fewer than your 113lb OG is just embarrassing.
ME...er....I mean ADAM -- kind of makes you wish you could be a woman, no fellas?
Martin ( C+ ) -- realy at no point tonight had "it" offensively, but still found ways to score in the first half. Namely of course one of those oh so thrilling FT fests with something like 10 before the break. But the whistles weren't so kind after half, and Kevin just largely quit scoring altogether. Note here the quickness of Devon Harris and the Dallas backcourt. Even if you get a step you never get very free of them. Think he got his first points of the second half in the mid 4th, and all of his second half points were pretty much easy ones on the fast break. Didn't look bad physically -- was at his quickest -- just uncomfortable with his shot from basically anywhere. Did the more than just a scorer thing though, and found ways to contribute even without shooting. Got to the line, as mentioned, and it was our OG joining our SF to help keep us close in the rebounding race. Certainly not one to write home about, but not awful.
KIRBY -- betcha this guy does a mean mixing bowl...
As I of course stay up nights worrying about whether I am being fair to both sexes in these threads, I thought after the hottes...er...most talented cheer...er...dance team member thread, it was only fair for me to make tonight's theme: Really Um...Shapely Male Dance Team Members
(and of course given the opponents tongiht I immediately thought of the Mavs Maniacs, but after reviewing their pics, decided they were just not...er...exceptional enough. That goes to these boys from Chicago:
Artest ( B+ ) -- I'm getting a little tired of Ron's act now -- he insists on playing with pride long after that is directly counterproductive for our team. And so tonight he was again our best player, hammered the ball inside on one end, came up big on the glass, knocked down almost every open jumper he got. Was a real pain for the Mavs just as he was for the Lakers. But you will notice that all of that, a 25pt 10reb effort, is still only adding up to a B+ this time out. And the problem was a) defense. Yes defense, from Ron Artest. Where for whatever reason Josh Howard, a nice player but no superstar, seems to cause Ron fits. Seems like his game, size, etc. etc. should be perfect for Ron to just smother. But hasn't worked that way this year, and Josh again lit Ron up tonight, and neutralized his 25 and 10 with 29 and 8 of his own, including 14 in the first quarter just going right around and over Ron at will. And b) down the stretch Ron hasd some misadventures. Not awful selfish misadventures, but he missed a pair of FTs at the 2:45 mark which hurt. Came right back to hit the three, but then next time down the floor tried to post up 6'11" 270lb Erick Dampier? Got blocked again the next possession by Dampier (also was blocked back to back by Diop earlier in the game -- but do not fear, shotblocking is overrated, so says the chuckling silver haired seer who sits next to Grant). And then finally, c) Stack hit the big big back breaking shot at the 20 second mark right over Ron. Note that Ron did nothing wrong on the play, and it was just a great, tough shot by Stack. But it was still the game sealer, and it just capped a long night for Ron on the end of the floor he normally dominates.
MIKE O. -- HOT! I almost feel like I've cheated the guys now, because the women always get so see so much more flesh in these threads I do for them.
Reef ( B ) -- pretty good start to this one, and was scoring inside and out. Put up weak numbers on the glass once again, but was battling in there better than he is sometimes wont. Got in some foul trouble with limited his minutes somewhat, but it was mostly our genius coach's decision that smallball = good that caused Reef to eventually be forgotten about as we tried to match the Mavs smallness without Dirk rather than make them match our relative bigness (and it is all relative).
ALBERT -- and its just disappointing I did not find this one for that St. Patty's day theme. Oh well, here he is now in all his glory ladies!
Miller ( C ) -- had kind of a mystery game for me, or at least a game where I think we have definitive proof that the official scorer had one or more illegal substances in his bloodstream tonight. Got credited with SEVEN assists in this one, which led the game. Problem is that I do not remember more than 2 or 3 of them (including a very nice give and go with Ron in the mid 4th). The other problem being of course that you will notice I spent the first 3 lines of this blurb discussing his assists, or possible lack thereof. There is a reason for that. That reason being that he netted all of 6pts and 5rebs in 39 minutes of action tonight, against a team that was smallballing. Can say that Dampier in particular never hurt him down low. Can also say that he did nothing back the other way as the Mavs were the first team to really figure out Brad's game a couple of years back -- they guard him with a guard or SF, which normally renders him almost completely ineffective, unable to free himself for jumpers, or beat the player off the dribble. And of course having no post game. So how to figure a grade where the numbers say maybe you weren't paying close enough attention? Went with the half tick lower (my initial instinct) but hinging it on Brad missing a FT late. How's that for ticky tack? But if it makes you feel better, grabbing 5 rebounds against a team starting Devon George at PF is inexcusable. Grabbing 4 fewer than your 113lb OG is just embarrassing.
ME...er....I mean ADAM -- kind of makes you wish you could be a woman, no fellas?
Martin ( C+ ) -- realy at no point tonight had "it" offensively, but still found ways to score in the first half. Namely of course one of those oh so thrilling FT fests with something like 10 before the break. But the whistles weren't so kind after half, and Kevin just largely quit scoring altogether. Note here the quickness of Devon Harris and the Dallas backcourt. Even if you get a step you never get very free of them. Think he got his first points of the second half in the mid 4th, and all of his second half points were pretty much easy ones on the fast break. Didn't look bad physically -- was at his quickest -- just uncomfortable with his shot from basically anywhere. Did the more than just a scorer thing though, and found ways to contribute even without shooting. Got to the line, as mentioned, and it was our OG joining our SF to help keep us close in the rebounding race. Certainly not one to write home about, but not awful.
KIRBY -- betcha this guy does a mean mixing bowl...
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