Yes, as our founder best put it, our symbol for the first "O" in Poot's World, Monta Ellis, is out 3-4 months with a ligament tear in his ankle. The wonder boy, whose impressive athleticism and durability the last couple of seasons has left us craving his spectacular play, unfortunately suffered one of those things you never would think possible. The tumultous off-season which left us without arguably one of the most electrifying figures in professional basketball history, now deals us another blow. This occurrence cannot be considered anywhere in the league of Amare micro-fracture or Baron leaving the W's, but knowing that the warriors are going to have to be perfect this year to slip in at 7 and 8, Ellis' injury is going to leave us some very dull first months, and being the most exciting team in the league who has Don Nelson at the helm only one more year, this injury just leaves us with that much less time to savor this once in a life-time assemble of talent. Speedy recovery Monta... Without you we are just Pot's World with Budinger barely holding it down.
-Poot, that ankle of fall 2003 definitely falls under that category of worst injury sustained in the pugh wakeman forest circuit, which has seen plenty of nasty spills at top speeds. Despite ruining one of the meadow's eternal all-star edifices, that post route which was supposed to have you launching gracefully for the Jerry Rice grab off the blue slide, is still one of my favorite memories.
-Stephen Hill is in the NBA now? I liked his game back a few years ago, seemed like a decently athletic 7 footer with a great feel for base-line alley-oops. My friend from Arkansas however, hates him, and I certaintly agree with him that he is severely limited offensively, but despite all of that, he will now be a Portland Trailblazer. Two centers who can't play offense? We'll see how that works. I heard Portland wants to ship Travis Outlaw for Mike Conley? They look like they are in good shape at PG with Blake, Bayless as a tweener (better suited at sg), and Roy. Why would they give up a small forward, they have Nicholas Batum and Outlaw... so, yeah, keep Outlaw Portland.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Monta Ellis: The Ankle Edition
Monta, I feel your pain. Ligament damage from a severely sprained ankle can bring the most stellar of athletes to their knees. Were you sprinting down a gravel road that leads to a huge dip before a meadow? Did this meadow have a run down pig pen filled with grass towering over 6 feet in the air? Was their a tether ball pole complete with a limp green ball (it used to be yellow) and a slide that would collapse from an infant's weight? Did you run past that meadow and down a dark path with trees shading any sort of sunlight from hitting the earth and notorious for making creepy noises after dark? And on this path was there a huge puddle of mud that you attempted to hop over and glance your foot on an obstructive root? Did this glance cause an awkward landing leading to your pain and suffering? Don't worry Monta, I've been there too.
Wishing you a speedy recovery from Poot's World, Monta, because god knows that a Baron-less Warriors squad needs you more than ever.
Wishing you a speedy recovery from Poot's World, Monta, because god knows that a Baron-less Warriors squad needs you more than ever.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Brandon Jennings Update
Oh, you thought this was going to be a serious update about Brandon getting acclimated to the Italian ways of life and practicing with his new teammates Abelardo and Rodrigo (thats right, I looked up Italian baby names on Google). Sorry reader, you were wrong. In a disturbing career move, Brandon Jennings, the one player that pushed me over the edge to watch future Euroleague games, has decided that the Kanye West glasses will be a positive addition to his eye wear collection. Apparently being blessed with court vision does not coincide with off the court vision. I hope all else is well in Italy my young Padawan Brandon, and we can't wait for your return to America.
More radio show nonsense after I get rid of a nasty cough. ETA: 4 days.
More radio show nonsense after I get rid of a nasty cough. ETA: 4 days.
AFC Part 1 + Bonus Predictions
-Trying to prove that we are well rounded sports analysts could prove to be a difficult feat but we will try. The basketball "season" will soon be over and something will have to occupy us for the month of September. Like my good friend pointed out in his NFC Part 1 post, we haven't been following football as much as we used to. Too many commercials (which is also killing NCAA Basketball) and slow paced action brings for low ratings in the Olsen household. Is it bad that I have to open up espn.com and check out depth charts to make any sense of the AFC? Yessir....but you know what? I'm going to roll with it.
Denver Broncos (By Guest Writer Simon): A decade has passed since the Broncos won their second consecutive Super Bowl lead by big dick bastards such as John Elway and Terrell Davis. This begs the question “Who is better: 1998 Broncos or the 2008 Broncos?”
QB:
John Elway eclipses the 50,000 yard career passing mark and is named Super Bowl MVP.
Jay Cutler has type 1 diabetes.
RB:
Terrell Davis has a career year rushing for 2,008 yards and scores 23 touchdowns.
Selvin Young predicts he’ll rush for over 2000 yards this season.
Receiving:
Rod Smith, Ed McCaffrey, and Shannon Sharpe combine for over 3,000 yards receiving and 26 touchdowns.
Brandon Marshall had some decent looking seasons the past couple years and is Denver’s biggest threat while rookie Eddie Royal remains unproven but have people whispering comparisons to Kansas City standout Daunte Hall.
The defense is what I’ll be skipping to on the Tivo, more specifically to the camera that is assigned to Champ Bailey as the 2008 defense is in shambles compared to last year’s. John Lynch is gone. Al Wilson is gone. Ian Gold is gone. Darrent Williams is dead and replaced by locker room crybaby Dre Bly.
The 1998 team? Trevor Pryce, Keith Traylor, Bill Romanowski, John Mobley, Steve Atwater. ‘Nuf said.
In conclusion, I would have Terrell Davis’ babies.
2008 Denver Broncos go 7-9.
Kansas City Chiefs: Replacing the Chiefs with the Cowboys on HBO's Hard Knocks was truly an emotional blow to my fall lineup. Tony Dungy's hilarious banter and one-liners are now replaced by boring as shit Wade Phillips. T.O. would make up for the loss but they hardly show him talking. Best line would have to be when wide receivers were exchanging their target weights.
Patrick Crayton: "I gotta be 208."
WR 2: "I gotta be 217."
WR 3: "I gotta be 201...Hey T.O! What's your weight??"
T.O: "2 SEXY!"
No quarterback controversy equals no fun on Hard Knocks and Brodie Croyle v. Damon Huard is now a viewing of the past as I have to watch pretty boy Tony Romo smile like a little jerk. I digress...The Chiefs apparently have a running back named Larry Johnson, and allegedly, he is healthy. That does no good when I haven't heard of a single offensive lineman on your depth chart and the aforementioned Croyle is starting at QB. You better call yo mama, because Dwayne Bowe, receiver extrordinair, saves the Chiefs from going 0-16. Final record: 5-11.
Oakland Raiders: Wrong Bay Area team for me to be previewing but there is a job to be done. Darren McFadden blows my mind but apparently not those in the Fantasy Football world. I can always pick him up in later rounds and just bank on his freak athleticism and vision. With a developing offensive line and a quarterback who hasn't yet figured out how to throw (with accuracy) in this league, you'd think Darren would be in for a rough year as opposing defenses stack the line with 8 in the box. You'd be wrong! Final Record: 6-10
San Diego Chargers: Few teams can boast this kind of lineup on both sides of the ball (even with an injured Shawne Merriam). Cocky little bastard Philip Rivers finally backs up his filthy mouth and brings the Chargers deep into the playoffs again. Final Record: 13-3
Bonus Predictions:
MLB World Series: All signs are pointing to my least favorite team in sports making to the World Series. The only problem could arise versus the wild card team of either Boston or Minnesota. My thoughts are that they squeeze by, dispose of the final A.L. team, then beat the Diamondbacks in 5.
NCAA Football: USC can lose their top player at every position and I still think they would take down any team in the country. The only problem with the Trojans is that they seem to fall asleep during 1-2 meaningless games a year. Hello Stanford! If the game matters, and people are watching, USC will not lose. Joe McKnight figures out he is the next Reggie Bush, wins the Heisman, and leads the Trojans past Georgia in the national championship game.
English Premier League Top 4 Finishers: This is finally Chelsea's year to regain power in the EPL. They signed just about the entire Portuguese national team along with their coach and he should bring them success on the home front along with the European title. Manchester United is so full of themselves at the moment, but they will finish 2nd with their being no chance of Ronaldo replicating last year's ridiculousness. Arsenal 3rd, Everton 4th. Sorry Liverpool, when you let go of a 6'7" striker who celebrates goals by doing the worst rendition of "The Robot," the soccer gods will strike back.
Denver Broncos (By Guest Writer Simon): A decade has passed since the Broncos won their second consecutive Super Bowl lead by big dick bastards such as John Elway and Terrell Davis. This begs the question “Who is better: 1998 Broncos or the 2008 Broncos?”
QB:
John Elway eclipses the 50,000 yard career passing mark and is named Super Bowl MVP.
Jay Cutler has type 1 diabetes.
RB:
Terrell Davis has a career year rushing for 2,008 yards and scores 23 touchdowns.
Selvin Young predicts he’ll rush for over 2000 yards this season.
Receiving:
Rod Smith, Ed McCaffrey, and Shannon Sharpe combine for over 3,000 yards receiving and 26 touchdowns.
Brandon Marshall had some decent looking seasons the past couple years and is Denver’s biggest threat while rookie Eddie Royal remains unproven but have people whispering comparisons to Kansas City standout Daunte Hall.
The defense is what I’ll be skipping to on the Tivo, more specifically to the camera that is assigned to Champ Bailey as the 2008 defense is in shambles compared to last year’s. John Lynch is gone. Al Wilson is gone. Ian Gold is gone. Darrent Williams is dead and replaced by locker room crybaby Dre Bly.
The 1998 team? Trevor Pryce, Keith Traylor, Bill Romanowski, John Mobley, Steve Atwater. ‘Nuf said.
In conclusion, I would have Terrell Davis’ babies.
2008 Denver Broncos go 7-9.
Kansas City Chiefs: Replacing the Chiefs with the Cowboys on HBO's Hard Knocks was truly an emotional blow to my fall lineup. Tony Dungy's hilarious banter and one-liners are now replaced by boring as shit Wade Phillips. T.O. would make up for the loss but they hardly show him talking. Best line would have to be when wide receivers were exchanging their target weights.
Patrick Crayton: "I gotta be 208."
WR 2: "I gotta be 217."
WR 3: "I gotta be 201...Hey T.O! What's your weight??"
T.O: "2 SEXY!"
No quarterback controversy equals no fun on Hard Knocks and Brodie Croyle v. Damon Huard is now a viewing of the past as I have to watch pretty boy Tony Romo smile like a little jerk. I digress...The Chiefs apparently have a running back named Larry Johnson, and allegedly, he is healthy. That does no good when I haven't heard of a single offensive lineman on your depth chart and the aforementioned Croyle is starting at QB. You better call yo mama, because Dwayne Bowe, receiver extrordinair, saves the Chiefs from going 0-16. Final record: 5-11.
Oakland Raiders: Wrong Bay Area team for me to be previewing but there is a job to be done. Darren McFadden blows my mind but apparently not those in the Fantasy Football world. I can always pick him up in later rounds and just bank on his freak athleticism and vision. With a developing offensive line and a quarterback who hasn't yet figured out how to throw (with accuracy) in this league, you'd think Darren would be in for a rough year as opposing defenses stack the line with 8 in the box. You'd be wrong! Final Record: 6-10
San Diego Chargers: Few teams can boast this kind of lineup on both sides of the ball (even with an injured Shawne Merriam). Cocky little bastard Philip Rivers finally backs up his filthy mouth and brings the Chargers deep into the playoffs again. Final Record: 13-3
Bonus Predictions:
MLB World Series: All signs are pointing to my least favorite team in sports making to the World Series. The only problem could arise versus the wild card team of either Boston or Minnesota. My thoughts are that they squeeze by, dispose of the final A.L. team, then beat the Diamondbacks in 5.
NCAA Football: USC can lose their top player at every position and I still think they would take down any team in the country. The only problem with the Trojans is that they seem to fall asleep during 1-2 meaningless games a year. Hello Stanford! If the game matters, and people are watching, USC will not lose. Joe McKnight figures out he is the next Reggie Bush, wins the Heisman, and leads the Trojans past Georgia in the national championship game.
English Premier League Top 4 Finishers: This is finally Chelsea's year to regain power in the EPL. They signed just about the entire Portuguese national team along with their coach and he should bring them success on the home front along with the European title. Manchester United is so full of themselves at the moment, but they will finish 2nd with their being no chance of Ronaldo replicating last year's ridiculousness. Arsenal 3rd, Everton 4th. Sorry Liverpool, when you let go of a 6'7" striker who celebrates goals by doing the worst rendition of "The Robot," the soccer gods will strike back.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
My Country Vs. Your Country
-There was an article on truehoop today about blogging which hit a chord with me... Watching the emergence of PW's own radio program made me feel like a father in the operating room, seeing that little head poke out of the plasmic liquid, and knowing that good days lay ahead. Henry Abbot wrote earlier about how to make it big in the blogging sphere and said you gotta come up with stuff new and innovative that 1000's of people aren't already doing. Well I agree with him when it comes to making it big, and Abbot can toot his horn all he wants when he works for ESPN for crying out loud, but blogging for me on this site along with a majority of the others is just looking to creatively vent our sports love and frustration that takes up a decent percentage of our daily thought process... unfortunately we won't be at the scene when Ben Gordon gets traded, or Andres "Chaco" Nocioni breaks his nose on a D-Howard elbow in a couple of days, but we are the detritavores of sports news and gossip, taking pride in re-hashing and low blowing the sports world we love so much. First step radio, next step getting Mike to write my Dallas preview, keep up the good work...
-Watched in it's entirety, Argentina vs. Greece. Delfino played absolutely out of his skull... For those 18 points straight on 3 balls and fade-aways, that cocky smirk he always has actually fit him... Ginobili's early dominance i think gave Carlitos some extra big game gusto... All and all, Greece should have won that game, but Argentina's guards played out of their fucking skulls and willed them to face the US. I have been living in Argentina for the last 7 months, and i would like to inform you all that Argee's don't care about basketball, and despite being the reigning olympic champion, have only heard of Manu Ginobili... Hopefully the Raps Spurs combo can pull some more miracles and keep this close, I certaintly will be watching, maybe even with a blue and white flag on my back, i wish...
-Watched in it's entirety, Argentina vs. Greece. Delfino played absolutely out of his skull... For those 18 points straight on 3 balls and fade-aways, that cocky smirk he always has actually fit him... Ginobili's early dominance i think gave Carlitos some extra big game gusto... All and all, Greece should have won that game, but Argentina's guards played out of their fucking skulls and willed them to face the US. I have been living in Argentina for the last 7 months, and i would like to inform you all that Argee's don't care about basketball, and despite being the reigning olympic champion, have only heard of Manu Ginobili... Hopefully the Raps Spurs combo can pull some more miracles and keep this close, I certaintly will be watching, maybe even with a blue and white flag on my back, i wish...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Poot's World, The Radio Show
In my tired state just before bed, I decided to do something real dumb and throw down a Poot's World Radio Show with help from youcastr.com. Again, no idea why I did this. Hopefully next time I'll think of an interesting topic...previewing games that will happen in 5 hours, not so awesome. This was very spur of the moment, hope you enjoy...
Episode 1
Only listened to about 1/2 of the finished product and it was out of this world awwwwful! Next time there will be a well-rested host, an actual topic, and NO CLICKS FROM THE MOUSE!
Episode 1
Only listened to about 1/2 of the finished product and it was out of this world awwwwful! Next time there will be a well-rested host, an actual topic, and NO CLICKS FROM THE MOUSE!
Monday, August 18, 2008
Guest Writer Ekbzy
I brought in guest writer Erik Brekke for his thoughts on the monumental preseason game featuring the causes of a great many arguments...Niners v. Packers. Here they are via AOL Instant Messenger...
Post-game 49er thoughts after looking at highlights/box scores:
1) Obviously pleased we could stick it to the packers, although its only pre-season, we exposed their shitty offensive line and dominated on defense
2) I'm not happy about what I saw out of any of our Quarterbacks. Putting up zero points in the first quarter is a little concerning, along with some of JT's horrible throws. Smith's numbers certainly don't impress me either, but I still think I favor giving him the starting job.
3) JT almost got Deshaun Foster killed. I was impressed, however, with how Foster rebounded himself- what a man!
4) I like what I'm seeing out of Josh Morgan, the guy looks like he could be a potential stud. Hopefully he'll prove to be a late round steal and add a much needed play-maker to our weak receiving core. Now only if we had a decent quarterback to throw to him...
5) Speaking of getting a decent QB on the team, I've noticed that Brooks Bollinger is currently the 4th slotted QB on the Vikings depth chart. If we could some how make a deal to steal him away, all our problems could be solved!
6) Despite the ass-whooping we put on those scrubs on paper, I'm still a little weary about how good this team actually is. Hopefully Martz will get these QB's in order and prove me wrong.
1) Obviously pleased we could stick it to the packers, although its only pre-season, we exposed their shitty offensive line and dominated on defense
2) I'm not happy about what I saw out of any of our Quarterbacks. Putting up zero points in the first quarter is a little concerning, along with some of JT's horrible throws. Smith's numbers certainly don't impress me either, but I still think I favor giving him the starting job.
3) JT almost got Deshaun Foster killed. I was impressed, however, with how Foster rebounded himself- what a man!
4) I like what I'm seeing out of Josh Morgan, the guy looks like he could be a potential stud. Hopefully he'll prove to be a late round steal and add a much needed play-maker to our weak receiving core. Now only if we had a decent quarterback to throw to him...
5) Speaking of getting a decent QB on the team, I've noticed that Brooks Bollinger is currently the 4th slotted QB on the Vikings depth chart. If we could some how make a deal to steal him away, all our problems could be solved!
6) Despite the ass-whooping we put on those scrubs on paper, I'm still a little weary about how good this team actually is. Hopefully Martz will get these QB's in order and prove me wrong.
7) Frank Gore is a stud, just get him the damn ball.
8) Oh how this makes me smile...
Spot on analysis for the Deshaun Foster hit. What a terrible throw JT. If the 49ers waste 8 million and let Alex Smith sit all season, GM and Nolan should be Auto-Fired.
8) Oh how this makes me smile...
Spot on analysis for the Deshaun Foster hit. What a terrible throw JT. If the 49ers waste 8 million and let Alex Smith sit all season, GM and Nolan should be Auto-Fired.
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