Saturday Lunch Dump

A quick daily look at last night's highs and lows.


Hot Shit: Jason Kidd, Unfrozen Caveman Bogut
.389 - .500 - 4 - 19 - 16 - 17 - 2 - 0
Kidd has been insanely good the past month, and this tops it off. Of course it was against me.


Loose Stool: Peja Stojakovic, Corn Rows n Tats

.286 - NA - 0 - 4 - 0 - 0 - 2 - 0

Shart: Josh Smith, Call em Bullets
.533 - .667 - 0 - 18 - 11 - 8 - 7 - 1
I also considered giving this to Mo Williams for his incredible 11 threes in two consecutive nights, but the near quadruple-double won me over.


Upper Decker: Javale McGee, Black Prezodents
.583 - .667 - 0 - 18 - 10 - 2 - 0 - 5
Picked up Javale and Birdman for their blocks, and proceeded to leave 8 blocks on the bench with them last night. Nice management, Viche.


Dev Batta Memorial Piece of Shit Award: Hedo Turkoglu, Cowboys
.500 - NA - 2 - 18 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 0

Friday Noonish Dump

A quick daily look at last night's highs and lows.

Hot Shit: Stephen Curry, Noah's Ark
.579 - 1.000 - 2 - 30 - 7 - 13 - 2 - 1

Loose Stool: Shaquille O'Neal, Power Bottom & Jelly
.375 - NA - 0 - 6 - 2 - 0 - 0 - 0

Shart:
No one surprised me last night. Nice consistency, NBA players.

Dev Batta Memorial Piece of Shit Award: Ray Allen, Cowboys
.538 - 1.000 - 4 - 21 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 0

A Dose of Reality

I just read a few things about actual, reality basketball that I found very interesting, and I thought I'd share them with you. First there is Simmons' latest column, about the circumstances that have led to the very likely upcoming NBA strike/lockout. You've probably already read it, but did you read it on your Kindle? No, because you're not a badass like me. Anyway, I liked it because despite writing from "the fan's perspective" (which hasn't really been true for a long time), Simmons rarely gets this righteously angry at the sports figures he writes about, even though he (and we) have every right to.

The second thing I read, which is actually far more useful if not as emotionally appealing, is from Blazer's Edge. It's an assessment of each team's cap situation going into this mammoth SUMMER OF 2010 that we've all been hearing about for seemingly five years now. You can read it yourself, but because writing it out myself helps me understand things, and because I want to have a more roster-centric look at the situation, I'm going to summarize it in my own way after the jump.

Thursday Afternoon Dump

A quick daily look at last night's highs and lows.

Hot Shit: Dwight Howard, Teen Wolf
1.000 - .667 - 0 - 30 - 16 - 3 - 0 - 1
I wonder if anyone has ever scored more points with a perfect FGP.

Loose Stool: Marvin Williams, Noah's Ark
.000 - .800 - 0 - 4 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0

Shart: Luol Deng, Teen Wolf
.526 - .909 - 1 - 31 - 9 - 3 - 0 - 4

Upper Decker: Brendan Haywood, Teen Wolf
.667 - .750 - 0 - 11 - 9 - 2 - 1 - 5
Teen Wolf dominating the Dump today.

Dev Batta Memorial Piece of Shit Award: Derrick Rose, Bronxville BitchSmackers
.526 - .750 - 0 - 23 - 9 - 8 - 1 - 1
Pretty psyched that in its first appearance, Dev can't even manage to win his own award. Not psyched if this is a sign of things to come from Steffens, though.

Wednesday Morning Dump

A quick daily look at last night's highs and lows.

Hot Shit: Kobe Bryant, Bronxville BitchSmackers
.684 - 1.000 - 3 - 32 - 7 - 6 - 3 - 2
3 more boards and this is a Super-Duper Octo. Nice night, Kobe.

Loose Stool: Robin Lopez, Bronxville BitchSmackers
.000 - 1.000 - 0 - 2 - 2 - 0 - 0 - 0
Funny, until I saw this line, I was giving it to Channing Frye. Way to go, Suns big men! Maybe Lou Amundson had a big night?

Shart: Louis Williams, Unfrozen Caveman Bogut
.571 - 1.000 - 5 - 26 - 10 - 7 - 1 - 0

Week 17 in Review: Game Re-Caps

Last week we saw the faces of many NBA franchises made over by a bevy of trades, which in turn changed the complexion of many Cluj rosters and sent active owners scampering for newly valuable talent. I just had the chance to watch two of those teams, the Bulls (now without John Salmons and Tyrus Thomas) and the Wizards (who lost just about every player you could have previously named on the Wizards). Amazingly, the losses of Antawn Jamison, Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson, as well as the suspensions of Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton, seem to have energized a team that, on paper, has probably the worst roster in the NBA at this point. After beating the Bulls tonight, the Wiz kids have won three of four since the All-Star break. And while I harbor no illusions about Washington actually becoming a contender or anything this season, there is at least reason to believe that watching the team during the remainder of the year may be fun again. Will the impending Cluj trade deadline (March 4th) re-energize any of our teams in a similar way? I hope to start finding out soon. While I wait, though, I'll entertain myself by examing last week's games in thorough detail. Here's Week 17:

Monday Morning Dump

A quick daily look at last night's highs and lows.

Hot Shit: Stephen Curry, Noah's Ark
.722 - 1.000 - 1 - 32 - 9 - 3 - 1 - 0
There are other guys you could make a case for, but the percentages here swayed me.

Loose Stool: Spencer Hawes, Power Bottom & Jelly
1.000 - .500 - 0 - 7 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0
Then again, not all percentages are created equal. 1.000 on three shots is still just six points.

Shart: Russell Westbrook, Black Prezodents
.474 - 1.000 - 0 - 22 - 10 - 14 - 2 - 0

Upper Decker: Ray Allen, Cowboys
.643 - 1.000 - 2 - 25 - 5 - 4 - 0 - 1