Slog - Comments on Picture Me Ballin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1 Aside from the unfolding drama of the Renton-Oklahoma Sonics, the sport of basketball gets virtually no love around here. I place part of the blame on the utter mediocrity of the local team (specifically Bob Hill, Bob Hill's hair, Nick Collison's big, slow-moving lady hips, and a lack of inside game), but there are other reasons too (like impenetrable whiteness, but that's a discussion for another time...) Yesterday when I should have been doing things like, say, my taxes, I watched the Bulls destroy the Wizards in embarrassing fashion (they are nothing without Gil and Caron) and a tight... Copyright 2008 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:30:46 -0800 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:32:16 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Travis My pick? Slow-moving lady hips all the way, baby! (oh and by the way, who was your pick last year?)

]]> Travis http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694056 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694056 Sports Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:41:12 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me Hoo Wee, them's some nappy-headed hoods...

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694062 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694062 Sports Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:52:07 -0800 Comment by lsk3ster Yes, someone in Seattle cares about basketball! I am also routing for the Suns. I hate the Mavericks. I love Dantoni's philosophy of fast and fun compared tp Dirk the Jerk and life or death Avery.

]]> lsk3ster http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694068 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694068 Sports Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:01:25 -0800 Comment by Mike of Renton I'm also rooting for the Suns. I was born and raised in Phoenix.

Woo Hoo! Go Suns!

]]> Mike of Renton http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694076 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694076 Sports Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:09:44 -0800 Comment by angela garbes travis: suns, duh. i think they didn't have much left after the two seven game series against the lakers (fuck kobe) and the clippers--not enough to get past the mavs.

yes lsk3ster, yes! (though i have nothing against dirk) you should read :07 seconds or less: my season on the bench with the runnin' and gunnin' phoenix suns by jack mccallum. he chronicles last season, goes in depth on player and coaching personalities. a great read.

]]> angela garbes http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694083 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694083 Sports Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:15:11 -0800 Comment by Max Solomon i am trying to kill the part of me that gives a shit about pro sports. basketball was the last one i cared about. the sonics have almost driven the final nail in the coffin.

you'll be better off PARTICIPATING in a sport than sitting on your ass watching glandular freaks jump around.

]]> Max Solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694087 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694087 Sports Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:18:34 -0800 Comment by konstantConsumer ugg. the NBA is horrid. maybe the worst of the big three pro sports.

i can barely watch the NFL, and it's my favorite.

give me my florida gators and nothing else!

]]> konstantConsumer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694096 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694096 Sports Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:34:36 -0800 Comment by him I'm like you, Max. I've been holding a pillow over the face of my pro-sports loving self. Soon to be former self. I love college hoops (especially March Madness), and I play myself. I can't bear to pay $40 to see a bunch of lazy, spoiled jerks play ball (well, that describes 2/3 of the players & teams, at least). Once my Sonics life-force is snuffed out, I'll moved on to the M's, I think. If and when they ever get player salaries and ticket prices under control, maybe I'll venture back.

]]> him http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694098 Sports Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:35:27 -0800 Comment by Biff Dallas. Why? Attrition.

Dallas has a 1st round bye against Golden State, then gets to coast in 5 games against Utah or Houston in the 2nd round.

Phoenix has to play the Lakers in the 1st round. 7 games of Kobe will sap their strength. Carmelo and Iverson will sap the strength of San Antonio. Then SA and Phoenix will play 7 more games of mutual assured self-destruction. The prize for winning that series?

A well-rested Dallas. Around game 4 or 5, SA or Phoenix will start collapsing.

]]> Biff http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694196 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694196 Sports Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:24:17 -0800 Comment by BB Angela, since you appear to be new in town, I’ll give you a quick primer on pro sports in Seattle: we don’t really go ga-ga over a team unless they’re good. Last time the Supes were in the playoffs everyone was watching—Nate McMillan put a solid team together out of not much. Ditto for the M’s and Seahawks—they got no love until they stopped sucking. UW football is the only sport here that gets big support no matter what. Then again, it’s been around as long as the pro teams have on the east coast.

That “Seattle doesn’t like basketball because it’s too white” is utter crap. Basketball was a big #1 here when the Supes played in the finals two years in a row in the 70’s, back when the NBA was the #4 pro league—and Seattle was even more white.

So we don’t go all ga-ga for crap teams like a certain other coast does. Any city that would go ga-ga for Nick Collison and Luke whatshisname deserves no respect.

I don’t know where you were when the UW was playing during March Madness in 2005 and 2006, but the bars were packed. Play the game right and we’ll come.

]]> BB http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694233 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694233 Sports Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:51:30 -0800 Comment by BB In Seattle we don’t really go ga-ga over a team unless they’re good. Last time the Supes were in the playoffs everyone was watching—Nate McMillan put a solid team together out of not much. Ditto for the M’s and Seahawks—they got no love until they stopped sucking. UW football is the only sport here that gets big support no matter what. Then again, it’s been around as long as the pro teams have on the east coast.

That “Seattle doesn’t like basketball because it’s too white” is utter crap. Basketball was a big #1 here when the Supes played in the finals two years in a row in the 70’s, back when the NBA was the #4 pro league—and Seattle was even more white.

So we don’t go all ga-ga for crap teams like a certain other coast does. Any city that would go ga-ga for Nick Collison and Luke whatshisname deserves no respect.

I don’t know where you were when the UW was playing during March Madness in 2005 and 2006, but the bars were packed. Play the game right and we’ll come.

]]> BB http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694236 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694236 Sports Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:52:54 -0800 Comment by Maggie Come playoff time I really feel the pain of living sans cable. What websites do you recommend for coverage? I can't deal with espn.com and all its video.

]]> Maggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694315 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694315 Sports Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:18:10 -0800 Comment by angela garbes BB, thanks for the condescending, local fair weather fan's primer. i'm not asking seattle (where i've lived for 8 years) to go "ga-ga" over a shitty team (though, incidentally, rooting for one is what real local loyal fans do). it seems to me folks in seattle don't dig the nba game (and to clarify, i am talking about pro ball here) that much. i'm heartened to see there are a slog readers who are enthusiastic.

but fact: the nba gets less respect (not just in seattle) than other pro sports and the reasons have everything to do with whiteness/blackness. eventually i'll post about that.

]]> angela garbes http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694326 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694326 Sports Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:39:54 -0800 Comment by Deeply Depressed My pick: San Antonio over the Heat in 6. If it goes to 7, the Heat win.

I know thise are not chic picks but Dallas and Phoenix play an offense first helter skelter brand of basketball that has not succeeded in the playoffs for 20 years. Neither of these teams will win anything this year (or ever).

]]> Deeply Depressed http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694346 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694346 Sports Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:27:45 -0800 Comment by konstantConsumer angela, it's not so much white/black as complete lack of defense. every game is one hundred something to one hundred something.

college ball is just as black, but they block, go for steals, run back up the court after their teams scores, etc.

]]> konstantConsumer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694372 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694372 Sports Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:54:14 -0800 Comment by Gary Floyd The Suns CAN beat the Lakers and that ball-hog supremo Kobe in the finals, no problem there. Whoever ends up playing San Antonio, I feel sorry for - also feel sorry for the viewer because the Spurs are boring. I pick Suns/Dallas in the West with maybe the edge going to the Suns. By the way, WTF is up with Joey Crawford going nuts on Tim Duncan, of all players? Duncan's mellow; he's no Iverson or one of those jerk showboaters. The ref threw that game Sunday.


One more then I'll shaddap: At one point in the 90s, the Sonics were so good, they were scary - no one wanted to face the Sonics. If they get a good team again, this town will rally.

]]> Gary Floyd http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694998 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/picture_me_ballin_1#c694998 Sports Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:53:11 -0800 Comment by penis patches and up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong while watching how his penis patches got wet at http://www.averagepenis.mysize.ws

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