Danny Deckchair

Instead of his usual elbows, Danny Fortson was throwing chairs after being ejected from the Kings-Sonics game. If Brad Miller could get suspended for throwing cotton sweatbands - not to mention Mike Bibby and Cuttino Mobley getting fined $15G's for yelling and Chris Webber getting fined $10G's for kicking the ball - Danny Fortson's got some Stern-shit coming his way.

Bulls vs. Mavs: The Un-triumphant Return of Don Nelson and Dirk's Sweatband

"My heart hurts, not my arm." Oh Nellie.

Josh Howard missed two dunks, Erick Dampier got beat off the boards by the Baby Bulls, and Dirk wore that stupid sweatband again. My heart and my eyes hurt.

Win $25,000 diamond ring from Dallas Mavericks

You gotta love Mark Cuban.

For their 25th anniversary, the Mavs are holding a random drawing sweepstakes for this $25,000 diamond ring. The catch? You have to live in the Dallas area. Bullocks!

For those of you who qualify or are interested, go here:
http://www.nba.com/webAction?actionId=surveyInitialize&target=/mavericks/sponsorship/mariloff_sweep.jsp&surveyId=942

Feel free to enter on my behalf. :)

Steve Nash vs. Kings

This goofy bastard is the reason why the Suns are 2nd in the West and all FIVE starters are going to All Star Weekend.

Onto the game...

C Webb got the triple double but Amare...DAMN! That block at the end of the game was sick! Amare blocked Brad Miller's shot at the last .01 second of the game, denying overtime. Thank God they had those tents set up on the way to the visitor's tunnel or else it would have been raining cups and beer over at Arco. When are people going to learn: Defense is sexy!

By the way, at the end of the game, Chris Webber kicked the ball into the stands and Brad Miller threw his armbands into the stands (and not in the good, "Here ya go, kid" kind of way). Boys, you play the Sonics next. Don't leave us with a starting front court of Peja, Darius Songaila and Greg Ostertag!

Happy Birthday, Steve!

Steve Nash is now 31 years old. Old man's doin' his thang though. Here's hoping he and his back keep up for the rest of the season.

Eva Longoria and Tony Parker @ SAG Awards

Eva made a cameo at the Spurs-Lakers game Thursday night and Tony returned the favor last night at the SAG Awards. So if the Spurs are the Patriots of the NBA, does that make Tony Parker its Tom Brady? I wonder what Pop has to say about all this.

Philly Faithful

So the Clippers are playing the Sixers...in Philly...on Super Bowl Sunday. I have never seen the Wachovia Center that empty...unless the Warriors are in town, of course.

Still you got to hand it to the Philly faithful that showed up. Nevermind that they're all wearing Eagles jerseys and chanting
E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES! to a confused Rick Brunson on the free throw line.

Current score: Clippers 75, Sixers 76, 3rd Quarter, 1:09 remaining

Oh God. Philly fans...with beer...on Super Bowl Sunday...at the Sixers game...bitter b/c they couldn't get tickets to Jacksonville. The Sixers better win this game. For their sake.

Wheaties

And Pop's finally coaching in the All Star Game. Well deserved to both Timmy and Pop.

The Super Bowl: A Black-White Thing

I love watching all these "experts" make their picks for the game tomorrow. It's funny b/c now that Donovan McNabb is in the mix, all these people who never claimed Philly before (ie, Kobe "I'm from Italy" Bryant) are suddenly rocking the #5 jersey. It's also interesting to see politics at work in the Super Bowl, ie. white people backing New England and black people backing Philly. I was watching Around the Horn the other day (I know, you're thinking Why? but it's better than Cold Pizza!) and Michael Smith who lives in Boston and covers the Pats still picked Philly. Awesome!

Whatever - Boston fans are annoying anyway. Seriously, even when I lived there I couldn't bring myself to root for the Red Sox (nevermind the fact that I really can't bring myself to root for a game where noooooothing happens - click on Fox, score 1-0 and people standing around, flip back to show, flip back to Fox 30 min later, score 1-0, people still just standing around - AUGH the inanity of this game only rivals that of golf).

Anyway, despite the Boston fans, I still like the Patriots. Bill Belichick reminds me of Gregg Popovich and anyone who knows me knows how I feel about Pop. (Absolute.Adoration.) I was going around saying how much the Patriots reminded me of the Spurs, but then I heard Mike Breen or some other douchebag like that say it during the Spurs-Lakers game and that was the last of that. Still I love the way Belichick runs his team and that organization.

However, how could you not absolutely love Donovan and his Mama. Let me hear your battle cry!

In my young, juvenile days (as Shaq would say) I always picked which team I liked based on who had the cuter quarterback. Oh shut up – like guys really care about tennis or softball. Tom Brady would be the obvious choice here, but I have to say I’m going with Donovan and Philly. Donovan’s charming in a way that Brady's not (Have you seen Brady's interviews?? Snore.) and it's not like he's a slacker in the looks department himself. Plus, his mom - so cute in her pimped out #5 jersey - rocks the house.

Aiight time for some Magic-Cavs!

Phil Jackson and Luc Longley: Together Again

I will so pay anyone wh0 produces pictures of Phil Jackson and Luc Longley rollicking in the Indian Ocean.

I know it's been awhile since anyone's mentioned or seen Luc. Here's a picture of him back in his...umm, let's just say glory days (and judging by the rate of expansion of Magic and Sir Charles, add about 50-100 pounds to this picture):

Sexy, ain't he?