I mean, this isn’t really going to turn into an issue, is it?
NEW YORK (AP) — Players resting at the end of the regular season will be discussed among NBA executives, though commissioner David Stern doesn’t see anything coming of it.
With a healthy LeBron James set to miss his fourth straight game Wednesday night, Stern said he is putting the matter on the agenda for the board of governors meetings Thursday and Friday in New York.
“We’re troubled by it, because it would be our preference that healthy players play,” the commissioner said during his annual pre-playoffs conference call.
“But sometimes players play at different levels of being nicked or bruised and we never wanted to get into the business of sending out truckloads of doctors analyzing whether a player was actually nicked or bruised, and we understand the issue.”
Trying to stop tanking is one thing, but you really can’t stop healthy players from sitting out meaningless games if they’re resting up for the playoffs. It’s not like this is football – in which case I still say it’s fine to rest healthy players in meaningless games. These guys play 82 games. If you’re a season ticket holder and Wade isn’t playing, be happy that you can watch him at full strength in the playoffs. If you’re a fan who has tickets for the last few games of the season, your business is nominal and nobody cares about you. Either way, I think what Stern said was commissioner-speak for “You’ve gotta be fucking kidding.”
It’s amazing when you seen an NBA game and you say things to yourself like “this guy sucks.” Sure it might be relative to the rest of the league but have you ever stopped to take a moment to realize how good these guys really are?
Rasheed Wallace is one of those big three point guys who has a bit of everything in his game. And while some things he does on the court don’t impress us much anymore, just watch this guy messing around in practice.
It’s really incredible.
Amare has been dunking on dudes all season long, so it’s fitting that during the Suns’ last regular season game against the Jazz he throws down a particularly nasty facial. It really looks like he is playing on an 8-foot rim sometimes. I don’t know why people bother contesting his dunks anymore; every time someone tries it’s a sure-fire way to end up on this blog with me writing about how he just took a monster facial and swallowed Amare’s nuts.
This video from Southern Virginia University has been getting some publicity lately. This is about as bad as it comes, maybe worse. I say worse because he’s stuck up there for a bit and needs assistance getting down. At least in other screw ups you can flee the scene right away!
Talk about a contest I can get behind. Little did I know that all this time the NBA was holding a Dance Team Bracket. Turns out this thing has been going on for a lot longer than I thought. I just want to congratulate the Charlotte Ladycats on being victorious.
And you can’t blame them. This is one hot team. There’s just no other way to put it. I would say 75% of the dancers are well above par in the face. Most pro team dancers just have the bodies. These ladies could be models.
Anyway, way to go ladies. And of course I have some more pictures of the Ladycats after the jump
The following could be captions to this photo…..
1.) How to make yourself look uglier via your hair
2.) DO NOT USE THIS HAIR STYLE, if your face is this beat up
3.) Face of the Organization…… for NAMBLA
4.) You should see me when I spike it up.. hot shit
5.) I’m a fuckin tool, and the only reason I’ve gotten any respect in my life is because I can throw a football
You could sort of tell right away that this wasn’t going to work out real well.
Mike Gonzalez signed with the Orioles in the offseason and was expected to admirably handle closing duties for Baltimore. Instead, he got off to a rocky start (0-2, 18.00 ERA in two innings pitched) and was placed on the disabled list Tuesday with a strained left (throwing) shoulder.
Oh, right – a strained left shoulder. I love moves like this, where the guy being sent to the DL clearly isn’t hurt, he’s just making too much money to keep embarrassing himself on the field each day. Gonzalez has been atrocious this year – the one appearance he had in which he didn’t give up a run, he still walked two batters – and the Orioles can’t keep trotting him out there with a two-year, $12 million contract.
I just wish the teams would get creative with the injuries. Everyone knows it’s bullshit anyway, so have some fun with it. Alfonso Soriano to the DL with bee stings on the penis.
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Like we didn’t see this one coming…… (Yawn)
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Providence players beat up RA [WithLeather]
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