Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
As promised of course, this will be a variation on Great Movie Badasses II
Artest ( D ) -- bad game tonight, just no other way to put it. Did not do anything really well, although salvages what grade he got with Caron Butler having a slow offensive game back the other way, and the normal suspicion that Ron may have had something to do with it, even though there were few memorable moments there. But otherwise...very rarely heard from. And when he was, it wasn't normally anything good. Started the game off actively hurting us, was forcing way too many shots, and was really pretty selfish in the early going. Then ended up sitting out for a considerable spell wiht both Cisco and Dahntay Jones in effect beneching ron and Salmons in the 2nd quarter. And was rarely heard from therafter. Did little offensively, almost never in the post to set people up, did not rebound, and to the degreee he was a factor on defense, it was a subtle one ratehr than a dominant one. Guy left Sacto averaging about 22pts 7rebs, and tonight it was all the way down to 10pts 3rebs and pretty much being outplayed by Dahtay Jones. Odd thing here but Ron, who started the season so very hot, has been just about the worst King thus far on this road trip. Makes you wonder what's up.
Steven Seagal -- and just because so many people requested, nay, demanded it. Sure, the guy comes off somewhere halfway between a goof and a fop, but fact of the matter is he is a 7th degree black belt in Aikido, which basically means that like any good badass he could kick anybody's butt on this board, with the possible exception of mine (if only because I would have the good sense to run like hell). Now he basically plays the same character every movie, so not sure he has a true baddest *** moment. He does have a most embarrassing movie -- some awful enviro-movie disaster set up in Alaska. So guess maybe his baddest *** moment was in Under Seige, if for no other reason than in that one he was kicking butt and taking names while running around a battleship being trailed by a jiggling Playboy Playmate (the enormously cute Erika Eleniak). Besides, he kicked Tommy Lee Jones's ***. And Tommy Lee Jones is damn near an onscreen badass himself.
Moore ( B- ) -- played an ok first half and I thought bothered Jamison some with his length. Certainly wasn't getting all those free and easy runs at the tim like last night, but got his share of boards and was playing pretty well off of Brad. Made a nice tip pass to Brad underneath the hoop in the third off of an offensive rebound, but it was one of the last good plays we made in the second half, and Mikki went quietly into the night along wiht the rest of the Kings.
Denzel Washington --- Denzel Washington? Badass??? Of course the appropriatre reaction, and of course precisely why I chose him. But he is one of those one movie badasses that I was originally going to dedicate this entire thread toward. Check him out in Man On Fire. His character, Creasy, is one of the baddest *** of badass characters to ever hit the screen. This man is badass in a tie you to the hood of your car, pull down your pants, jam a large explosive up your butt, threaten to set it off if you don't tell him what he wants to know, and when you do tell him, set it off anyway, sort of way. This is the badass who wants to negotiate with your brother, and so calls him up, and then blows your fingers off with a shotgun so your bro can hear you scream. This is the badass...well, you get the idea. This, in general, is one badass you do not want to mess with.
Miller ( B+ ) -- if this game had been more competitive late, this might have been bumped a half grade upward. Came out again in this on just in a zone -- picked up right where he left off in Philly, which is to say, sizzling. Got off to another smooth start, and the jumper was absolutely pure once again. Was also making passes, and when the Wizards finally decided to stop the jumper, he rambled down the lane for a big ole hick-dunk. When he finally missed a jumper, it was a mild shock. Was even pretty stoutly defending the rim (against his own man -- numerous other dirvers raced by). But things began to get ragged in the second half -- and to some degree th8at wasn;t really Brad's fault. If it had been up to Brad, and Brad alone, we win this game. He was hot and ready to go again. Unfortunately nobody else was, and in the second half as things fell apart, so did Brad's comfort zone. Began to miss, to make some mistakes, and this time when he resorted to the threes, it was in tryinjg to do too much as the only King with anything going in the third. So he chucked up one, then two, then three of them. And only made one, which did not help. Threw in some late turnovers along as he joined the rest of the team in collapse. Best King, but not good enough alone, and never able to find a conistent wingman.
Vin Diesel -- now this is a man who has kind of taken a dump all over his badass in recent years, but nonetheless, he had the whole badass repertoire at one point -- badass voice, badass glower, badass physique, and a great badass breakthrough role playing an escaped convict who might just gut you for looking at him funny in Pitch Black.
Salmons ( C- ) -- after a so so first quarter, actually lost many of his first half minutes to Jones and Cisco, who were playing excellent ball there for a stretch. Got burnt by an unconscious Deshawn Stevensen in the third, and his game really fell apart late when he just couldn't do anything right. Walked, bricked shots, threw bad passes, offensive fouls...you name it. Gave us a little help on the glass, but joined Ron in a 10pt largely invisible effort.
Charles Bronson -- this badass was suggested by somebody last night, and was already on my list and just got squeezed when I tried to add some more contemporary figures. Its kind of funny that he is sucha legendary badass, because he really did not have that many lead badass roles, except for the Deathn Wish series when he was really kind of a reformed weenie. Of course in every supporting part he ever played he was a thug, a hitman, a boxer, a gungfighter a...you get the idea. And what he did of course have was a famously badass mug that would probably scare you straight to death if you ever ran into it in a dark alley without a punch being thrown or a shot fired.
Artest ( D ) -- bad game tonight, just no other way to put it. Did not do anything really well, although salvages what grade he got with Caron Butler having a slow offensive game back the other way, and the normal suspicion that Ron may have had something to do with it, even though there were few memorable moments there. But otherwise...very rarely heard from. And when he was, it wasn't normally anything good. Started the game off actively hurting us, was forcing way too many shots, and was really pretty selfish in the early going. Then ended up sitting out for a considerable spell wiht both Cisco and Dahntay Jones in effect beneching ron and Salmons in the 2nd quarter. And was rarely heard from therafter. Did little offensively, almost never in the post to set people up, did not rebound, and to the degreee he was a factor on defense, it was a subtle one ratehr than a dominant one. Guy left Sacto averaging about 22pts 7rebs, and tonight it was all the way down to 10pts 3rebs and pretty much being outplayed by Dahtay Jones. Odd thing here but Ron, who started the season so very hot, has been just about the worst King thus far on this road trip. Makes you wonder what's up.
Steven Seagal -- and just because so many people requested, nay, demanded it. Sure, the guy comes off somewhere halfway between a goof and a fop, but fact of the matter is he is a 7th degree black belt in Aikido, which basically means that like any good badass he could kick anybody's butt on this board, with the possible exception of mine (if only because I would have the good sense to run like hell). Now he basically plays the same character every movie, so not sure he has a true baddest *** moment. He does have a most embarrassing movie -- some awful enviro-movie disaster set up in Alaska. So guess maybe his baddest *** moment was in Under Seige, if for no other reason than in that one he was kicking butt and taking names while running around a battleship being trailed by a jiggling Playboy Playmate (the enormously cute Erika Eleniak). Besides, he kicked Tommy Lee Jones's ***. And Tommy Lee Jones is damn near an onscreen badass himself.
Moore ( B- ) -- played an ok first half and I thought bothered Jamison some with his length. Certainly wasn't getting all those free and easy runs at the tim like last night, but got his share of boards and was playing pretty well off of Brad. Made a nice tip pass to Brad underneath the hoop in the third off of an offensive rebound, but it was one of the last good plays we made in the second half, and Mikki went quietly into the night along wiht the rest of the Kings.
Denzel Washington --- Denzel Washington? Badass??? Of course the appropriatre reaction, and of course precisely why I chose him. But he is one of those one movie badasses that I was originally going to dedicate this entire thread toward. Check him out in Man On Fire. His character, Creasy, is one of the baddest *** of badass characters to ever hit the screen. This man is badass in a tie you to the hood of your car, pull down your pants, jam a large explosive up your butt, threaten to set it off if you don't tell him what he wants to know, and when you do tell him, set it off anyway, sort of way. This is the badass who wants to negotiate with your brother, and so calls him up, and then blows your fingers off with a shotgun so your bro can hear you scream. This is the badass...well, you get the idea. This, in general, is one badass you do not want to mess with.
Miller ( B+ ) -- if this game had been more competitive late, this might have been bumped a half grade upward. Came out again in this on just in a zone -- picked up right where he left off in Philly, which is to say, sizzling. Got off to another smooth start, and the jumper was absolutely pure once again. Was also making passes, and when the Wizards finally decided to stop the jumper, he rambled down the lane for a big ole hick-dunk. When he finally missed a jumper, it was a mild shock. Was even pretty stoutly defending the rim (against his own man -- numerous other dirvers raced by). But things began to get ragged in the second half -- and to some degree th8at wasn;t really Brad's fault. If it had been up to Brad, and Brad alone, we win this game. He was hot and ready to go again. Unfortunately nobody else was, and in the second half as things fell apart, so did Brad's comfort zone. Began to miss, to make some mistakes, and this time when he resorted to the threes, it was in tryinjg to do too much as the only King with anything going in the third. So he chucked up one, then two, then three of them. And only made one, which did not help. Threw in some late turnovers along as he joined the rest of the team in collapse. Best King, but not good enough alone, and never able to find a conistent wingman.
Vin Diesel -- now this is a man who has kind of taken a dump all over his badass in recent years, but nonetheless, he had the whole badass repertoire at one point -- badass voice, badass glower, badass physique, and a great badass breakthrough role playing an escaped convict who might just gut you for looking at him funny in Pitch Black.
Salmons ( C- ) -- after a so so first quarter, actually lost many of his first half minutes to Jones and Cisco, who were playing excellent ball there for a stretch. Got burnt by an unconscious Deshawn Stevensen in the third, and his game really fell apart late when he just couldn't do anything right. Walked, bricked shots, threw bad passes, offensive fouls...you name it. Gave us a little help on the glass, but joined Ron in a 10pt largely invisible effort.
Charles Bronson -- this badass was suggested by somebody last night, and was already on my list and just got squeezed when I tried to add some more contemporary figures. Its kind of funny that he is sucha legendary badass, because he really did not have that many lead badass roles, except for the Deathn Wish series when he was really kind of a reformed weenie. Of course in every supporting part he ever played he was a thug, a hitman, a boxer, a gungfighter a...you get the idea. And what he did of course have was a famously badass mug that would probably scare you straight to death if you ever ran into it in a dark alley without a punch being thrown or a shot fired.
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I think the theme of the night should be Best Matadors of All-Time, in honor of the Kings defense tonight.
