Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Well, was struggling there for a while trying to think of something topical for the theme for this game. Things That Really Stink came to mind, but after you got past carrion, rotting broccoli, skunks etc., it began to take on an almost scatalogical aura which was just icky. Reasons Why We Don't Just Conquer Canada also came to mind, but with us playing so many guys tonight I was again running out of appropriate reasons after getting past hockey fans, having to deal with all the francophile loonies in Quebec, needing some place to hide from the draft, the fact that its bleeping cold as hell, and the remote possibility that Rachel McAdams might get hurt in the fighting.
So instead I just went with something nontopical but fun: Great Moments in Bling
Cisco ( C+ ) -- started off the game hitting his set shots and largely seeming to ignore the changing personnel around him. Of course int he early going the personnel was largely what it has been. Certainly nothing great, and it says something that perhaps you'd ratehr not have said about you that I was not entirely sure who he was supposed to be covering half the time -- outside of getting overwhelmed by Bosh a few times inside he seemed to be playing in space as the threes rained down on us from the perimeter. Largely disappeared in the second half, and think we missed his manic energy at whatever cost with which it is sometimes purchased.
The titanic medallion is nearly standard, but can we talk about the giant gold eagle bracer on his left arm? While I have never seen someone decked out in full bling paraphanalia show an ounce of humor about it, there just has to be an element of parody in there somewhere doesn't there?
Moore ( F ) -- hmmm...Mikki Moore. Chris Bosh. Chris Bosh. Mikki Moore...wonder how that went? Of course it might have been nice if we had quit leaving Bosh completely wide open half the time. In any cas,e this was a major throwback game for Mikki -- whole team looked like it did at the beginning of last year, or in many cases, the wy it did last year for Muss. And for Mikki, one of his most pathetic. Played 30 minutes. Gave us 2pts and 2rebs (on a dunk of course). That's not a misprint. Meanwhile his man gave them 31pts and 9rebs on 11-12 shooting as he went around Mikki like a pylon. Off thing too --Mikki should have been one of the last guys effected by all the chaos in our small man ranks, and given his roleplayer game should have been able to even benefit from more offensive players on the floor. But he looked as bad, maybe worse, than any of them. Of course he was also facing the toughest competition.
While it may not be clear from the picture, that is in fact a belt buckle in the shape of $10,000 worth of $100 bills. Now that is class.
Miller ( B- ) -- had a strong first half operating with mimmal resistance out there against Bargnani, who was miserable on both halves of the floor. Despite the general lack of interior presence, it was mostly jumpers for Brad, but when the other team is just going to leave you standing wide open out there, I guess why not? Had 14 points at halftime, even threw in a nice block, but then completely disappeared, and it was an angry frustrated bitter beer face Brad who graced the court in the second half doing little else than picking up (sometimes questionable) fouls. Loses half a tick more than the number might indicate just for bad demeanor contributing to our meltdown, Brad of course being a rock of cheerful focus on our team and such.
Did you know there was such a thing as a "pimp cup"? Well, now you do and can order a set for your own dining room.
Salmons ( C- ) -- got off to the hot early start showing those nasty canucks why God told him to go elsewhere (and no, I just can't let that one go), but then perhaps got lost amongst all the guys wanting the ball, and finished with a quiet non-impact night. Think he had a single three pointer after the first five or six minutes of the game. Again with the note on John's classic M.O.: competition for the ball = John is just another guy. Well tonight there was certainly a ton of competition. Did not make up for it with anything in any other are either, and the same player who gave us 28pts 11rebs 7ast a week ago gave us 9pts 2rebs and 2ast tonight.
Nothing says class quite like bling on your flip flops.
So instead I just went with something nontopical but fun: Great Moments in Bling
Cisco ( C+ ) -- started off the game hitting his set shots and largely seeming to ignore the changing personnel around him. Of course int he early going the personnel was largely what it has been. Certainly nothing great, and it says something that perhaps you'd ratehr not have said about you that I was not entirely sure who he was supposed to be covering half the time -- outside of getting overwhelmed by Bosh a few times inside he seemed to be playing in space as the threes rained down on us from the perimeter. Largely disappeared in the second half, and think we missed his manic energy at whatever cost with which it is sometimes purchased.
The titanic medallion is nearly standard, but can we talk about the giant gold eagle bracer on his left arm? While I have never seen someone decked out in full bling paraphanalia show an ounce of humor about it, there just has to be an element of parody in there somewhere doesn't there?
Moore ( F ) -- hmmm...Mikki Moore. Chris Bosh. Chris Bosh. Mikki Moore...wonder how that went? Of course it might have been nice if we had quit leaving Bosh completely wide open half the time. In any cas,e this was a major throwback game for Mikki -- whole team looked like it did at the beginning of last year, or in many cases, the wy it did last year for Muss. And for Mikki, one of his most pathetic. Played 30 minutes. Gave us 2pts and 2rebs (on a dunk of course). That's not a misprint. Meanwhile his man gave them 31pts and 9rebs on 11-12 shooting as he went around Mikki like a pylon. Off thing too --Mikki should have been one of the last guys effected by all the chaos in our small man ranks, and given his roleplayer game should have been able to even benefit from more offensive players on the floor. But he looked as bad, maybe worse, than any of them. Of course he was also facing the toughest competition.
While it may not be clear from the picture, that is in fact a belt buckle in the shape of $10,000 worth of $100 bills. Now that is class.
Miller ( B- ) -- had a strong first half operating with mimmal resistance out there against Bargnani, who was miserable on both halves of the floor. Despite the general lack of interior presence, it was mostly jumpers for Brad, but when the other team is just going to leave you standing wide open out there, I guess why not? Had 14 points at halftime, even threw in a nice block, but then completely disappeared, and it was an angry frustrated bitter beer face Brad who graced the court in the second half doing little else than picking up (sometimes questionable) fouls. Loses half a tick more than the number might indicate just for bad demeanor contributing to our meltdown, Brad of course being a rock of cheerful focus on our team and such.
Did you know there was such a thing as a "pimp cup"? Well, now you do and can order a set for your own dining room.
Salmons ( C- ) -- got off to the hot early start showing those nasty canucks why God told him to go elsewhere (and no, I just can't let that one go), but then perhaps got lost amongst all the guys wanting the ball, and finished with a quiet non-impact night. Think he had a single three pointer after the first five or six minutes of the game. Again with the note on John's classic M.O.: competition for the ball = John is just another guy. Well tonight there was certainly a ton of competition. Did not make up for it with anything in any other are either, and the same player who gave us 28pts 11rebs 7ast a week ago gave us 9pts 2rebs and 2ast tonight.
Nothing says class quite like bling on your flip flops.
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