Monday, December 1, 2008

NBA League Pass: Love and Hate

-I get these free streams online for League Pass, and i can't complain being able to watch any game i want, the service is clutch... But jesus, they need to realize how much time their viewers dedicate to watching an NBA game, and how many advertisements they must see. I feel like THX 1138, or 1984 hearing the same mind-numbing symphonic piano with the same where ' ' happens over, and over again... if i see Dirk Nowitzki as a smiling 12 year old one more time i am going to lose it. Even worse, Kevin Garnett grabbing the mic and in late-night cinemax soft-core porn voice, "i'm happy to be here." That one catches me off guard everytime...it makes me cringe thinking about it. PLEASE NBA, have a fan contest to get more commericials up, these ones are really really wearing thin.

-I'm watching the late-night warriors-heat game. Like the NBA commercials, I'm losing patience with Corey Maggette. Everytime I nag on him he gets and and1 or a sweet jumper, and you can't deny it, he is a gifted scorer, but he needs the ball and way too much in isolation and too much of the shot clock to get anything done. Jackson already has both of those things down pat, and with jamal and him primed for Monta's return, there is basically no need for Magette at all anymore. Add to the fact he really wasn't much of a 'winner' with the Clippers doesn't save him any.

-I don't know if you get to watch the Warriors Poot, but its so funny the Brandon Wright, Anthony Randolph dynamic. They are literally good/evil twins. Brandon Wright, crazy athletic, nice baby hooks, and surprising but not seldom put back dunks, and none of these things being accompanied by any showmanship. Randolph however, has a mean mug all game, was just trying to go shot for shot with Beasely, takes a mid-range jumper everytime he gets the ball inside the 3, and rebounds with reckless abandon. One of them will get traded by the end of the year i think, we'll see, but nevertheless they are a funny pair.

-Everyone is giving OJ Mayo love, no doubt, he would be a ROY lock if it weren't for DR. I like to think here that we saw that coming at Poot's World. keep it up mayo, if he manages to keep his average up, i think a 2x ROY could be on the horizon.

-Who is going to give Marbury a contract? It's obvious he has a personality disorder. Anyone who takes a chance on this guy especially after this recent stuff with calling Quintin Richardson a coward for not standing up for him is just crazy.

1 comment:

The Nateorious B.I.G. said...

yeah we definately called the OJ mayo future star pick here FIRST. no surprise on our side. I'd have to agree with your maggette analysis, although i love the kind of numbers he is putting up for my fantasy. double edged sword. commercials are a little bit annoying, but thats why i flip around so much. right now i just watched the pacers blow a lead and are now getting killed by the lakers. 3 of the worst calls in nba history were the culprit for this including a danny granger flagrant foul that was bullshit, an Ariza travel no-call, and a granger airball induced by odoms hand no call.