What a week for sports!

The NFL is in solid midseason form, and the World Series and the NBA regular season begin.



GO SUNS!!!

Best,

Geoff

Clips lose Griffin (broken kneecap)

After the battle of the Titans here in the Eastern Conference between Boston and Cleveland the NBA proudly presents the annual LA Follies. If the Clippers played as the Washington Generals they'd be sued for product disparagement not infringement.

Big Baby Davis is out for 6 weeks with a broken thumb.

Looking forward to another fun season.

I'm not a baseball fan at all so I'm curious. Is the World Series starting later this year?

GO SUNS! I am ready for the season to start!

Man, the Lakers are good!!!

But then you already knew that.

Go Lakers!!!

I think I heard that somewhere.

Best,

Geoff

Can't imagine where.

I'm pretty sure you can.

And the Suns are undefeated! (1-0)

Suns 109, Clippers 107

Best,

Geoff

Yeah, the Clippers had that one but gave it away.

MAN OH MAN am I excited by the Spurs this year. It's not just the acquisition of Richard Jefferson (and when did they sign McDyess? How did I miss that?).

It's Dejuan Blair. As a Syracuse fanatic, I watched him dominate the Big East, wondering like everyone else if a 6'7" cat with knee problems could make it as a power forward in the NBA. Well, damn, he had a great preseason and in the opener he put up 14 and 11. He was the 37th pick in the draft. Could be the steal of the year.

The Spurs have a serous bench this year, with Ginobli, McDyess, Blair and Roger Mason. I'm telling you, watch out. Buford decided it was time to make a last glory push and I think it is going to be a pretty damn interesting season.

Fatal Staples Center Collapse Brings Merciful Early End To Clippers Game

[The Onion]

Celtics will win #18

Wow!!! Did you see that putback dunk by Shannon Brown?!?!?!

Awesome

At least the Lakers had one good moment in that 14 point loss.

Vince Carter Injury Report: Yes, he had one. I guess this is his first as a "Magician" (what do you call those guys anyway?). He left during the second quarter with a sprained ankle and hopes it won't force him to miss a game. Relatively mild on the scale.

Tracy McGrady Injury Report: Yeah, still. I haven't seen any reports about when he's due back. Supposedly he's been playing 5-on-5 during practice for a few weeks. Him starting the season out continues his record as never having played a full season in the NBA. Woo, hoo?

Watching them on the court last night, Boston is back to being 10 deep the way they were in the 2008 title run. When Big Baby and Scal get back, that becomes 12 deep, with a lot of bigs. 'Sheed and Sheldon are meshing with the 2nd unit well, and playing their roles well.

With a second unit that (unlike last year) has more than one scorer on it, I don't see anything but injury slowing this team down.

Good grief, the Celts have some BIG guys on that team, they look like they should be playing football, not basketball.

You say this like it's a bad thing.

Ha! No, I'm saying this like it's a "wow" thing.

Okay, maybe I am saying it like it's a bad thing, as they're not the top team I'm rooting for.

Joe's top NBA teams:

1) Houston.
2) Whoever is playing the Lakers.

ROTFLOL where is the smiley for "nailed it"?

We were watching the Mavs/Lakers game last night, and I said to my wife, "I can't believe I'm rooting for Dallas." She agreed, and said, "anybody to beat the Lakers." Then they showed Mark Cuban and I said, "ooh, I can't believe I'm rooting for his team."

Houston. If I were, say, an alien from outer space or someone from another country and someone just introduced me to the NBA and I watched for a while, Houston just might be my favorite team. Why? It doesn't matter what they have or don't have, they play hard, with determination and grit. Truly an admirable team.

I've been a Lakers fan for such a long time, and that will continue. They're, especially now, a fun team to watch. Dr. Buss gets that what he's doing is entertaining, and he usually achieves that.

But if I'm honest, I'm giving major props to the Rockets.

Ken, the Rockets are playing tough so far this season and it's been great to watch. It's even more amazing when you know that they don't have either of their stars and people always talk about having to have at least one all-star.

Here's an example of the type of team they are right now.

Chuck Hayes Fever Grips Rockets

They replayed game 6 of the 1980 NBA finals locally tonight and I must say, Julius Erving was something else. Not just great, but also an original. Always fun to watch Dr. J play.

You say this like it's a bad thing...

dB

...regular season games this year? Probably.

Don't you wish.

If you wanted to be clever, you could have said something like "technical fouls per player" or "million dollars in fines", but this? Your weakest effort to date.

Your troll-fu is weak and flabby.