As the Colangelo era continues to crash and burn in Toronto, word is coming out that he is trying to negotiate a buyout of Jorge Garbajosa. Once deemed somewhat of a cornerstone (there is THAT kiss of death again, right Charlie V?) of what this franchise was to become, rather than go the trade route, BC is looking at an all-encompassing buyout to go hand-in-hand with his lawsuit against that bastard country of Spain. This, of course, will open up another roster spot and lessen the burden on the luxury tax. Surely if we can whittle Jorge down to taking $2.5mil, that gives us about $2mil to find another diamond in the rough a la Maceo Baston. Y’all better recognize.
In the same article linked above, we learn that Jose Calderon has fired his US-based agent and decided instead to go with Strawberry Shortcake. Obviously dealing with Colangelo requires one to have a cutthroat agent. That and I’m sure Jose doesn’t want to force Bryan to become a member of Trade Club.
You have to wonder how deep this whole NBA-conspiracy thing will go. I, for one, have always doubted the NBA lottery. I’ve always argued they should do it live. Can you imagine the excitement of seeing your team get awarded the top pick live on television courtesy of some bouncing balls. It would probably be more exciting than, say, a Spurs game. Bars have been full of whispers over the years about every and any sport having some sort of fix in and, quite honestly, it wouldn’t surprise me given the amount of money being thrown around today.
Did your cellphone’s text messaging go crazy today? Did your friends call you all excited about the news? Did your RSS reader suddenly get flooded with response to the almost unbelievable news? In case you are living under a rock or, like me, have no friends, let me be the first to tell you (getting excited here)….we have a new NBDL affiliation!!!!!! We were last affiliated with Colorado, the place of beauty, snow, and lakes and streams. Thinking that wasn’t very representative of things in Toronto, they have now attached us to….Idaho. I know when I think of Raptors, I think Stampede. I also know when I think of butterfaces, I think of the IdaHO Spirit.
Speaking of ladies and hardwood, the WNBA is 12 years old. Kind of surprised me, actually. I’ve actually enjoyed watching their games when they are on and would probably be one of about 2400 people in Toronto that would pay to see them here. As you sit back and reminisce how 12 years can fly by, here is a list of some other things that lasted a decade or so.
As some of you know, my mother is in a wheelchair. Sad to see anybody be confined like that. Makes them kind of ornery, though. Makes you wanna strike them, doesn’t it? You can admit it. Go ahead, let it out. Now, what would you do if, after being berated and mocked all game while wearing a Celtics-related shirt in Staples Center last night, you leave and get confronted by a Laker-loving wheeler? Did I mention you were with your wife? What to do, what to do.
After reading this, I will always relate Sasha Vujacic with buttery nipples. Well, that and ruined relationships. Next time you break up, you can just tell your pals that you have been Vujaciced.
Hey, got a thousand or so sitting in your bank account and need some shoes you’d never wear? How about these? In all seriousness, it’s for a great cause and I actually like the look of the shoes. If they actually sold them for the punters like me, I’d buy a pair just to show that I’m a proud Canuck.
Suffering from male pattern baldness? Pissed that you pay the same for a 3-minute haircut as the guy with the Italian bloodline that was in the chair before you? Jeff Van Gundy feels your pain.
If you live near Boston, have some Celtics tickets, and feel kind of lonely or unloved, there is a married couple looking to relieve you of all of the above.
Finally, many of you know that AltRaps was born out of Usenet and the alt Raptors newsgroup, hence the witty name made up by the 7 or so of us that started this whipping post. Word out of the US is that some ISPs are looking to ban access to these newsgroups because some are being used to exchange child pornography. While the web is full of places for us ballheads to state our case and get in arguments, it’s still a sad day when some corporations can just singlehandedly shut down access to information. Go after the porn bastards, for sure, but leave the text-based groups alone. Usenet was around well before even the World Wide Web had the ability to show video, so to take it away is killing a seed of free speech that every human should have a right to have. Except Rod Black. He can shut up anytime now.
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Geez, Scott. Don’t scare me like that. Your picture of Rod Black on the front page almost made me ‘drop the kids off’ in my pants.
Noooo! Garbo!!!