Screw the west
As the 2008 NBA All-Star game draws near, I’m doing what I can to improve the fortunes of our Eastern Conference. Unfortunately that doesn’t mean voting for all five of the Raptors nominated. With the exception of perennially worthy Chris Bosh (check out his hilarious sales pitch!) I just don’t see the other four worth a nod - Bargnani hasn’t played well, Ford is hurt (badly, I get the feeling), and Kapono and Parker should be there for the 3 point contest only.
The Eastern Conference is already on the rise, with Boston dominating, Detroit powerful as always and Orlando moving on up. So here’s my voting strategy: Screw the Western Conference!
Sure, any chump could cast their ballots for jokers like Kobe, Yao, Duncan and Melo - hell, you don’t have to follow hoops to know those guys. No, I say the best thing to do is to cast a LOT of votes for the people least likely to beat the Eastern Conference players. Basically, their Fords and Kaponos.
How about Argentinian rookie sensation Luis Scola and his 7.4 points a game? Or one-name-wonder Nene, who has missed all but eight games so far this year? Erick Dampier looks good, earning barely 20 minutes a night. At guard, I went with cueball Jarrett Jack and mediocre Monta Ellis, who you wouldn’t have heard of unless you play fantasy basketball and are looking for injury fill-ins. I could’ve pushed for the injured Randy Foye and Mike Bibby, but they might actually get better, and if they don’t they no doubt replace them with someone useful.
Unfortunately, no matter how many times I vote, I can’t take away votes from guys like Kobe and Yao. To surpass them, I need approximately 1 million of you to vote for Scola and Nene. So get voting, and teach the west a lesson!
Posted by: Paul Gorbould | 01-02-2008 | 05:01 PM
Posted in: Sports
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I’ll help you with this. Seriously. I voted the above line.
LOL, thanks MC! Only 999,998 people left to convince. At the rate of my blog traffic, that’ll be easily accomplished by 2017.
I picked up a copy of NBA 2K7 a few weeks ago, and the Raptors offered me (and the A.I and Chris Webber deficient Sixers) T.J. Ford for Andre Miller. I naturally took them up on that offer.
Did your console know about Ford’s injury? I’d make that deal in RL in a flash, knowing what we know now. Miller and Calderon would be an incredible PG combo for assists.
No, he wasn’t injured… at the beginning of the season, I ended up putting together a starting five of Gerald Wallace, Udonis Haslem, Miller, Iguodala and Dalembert… and then the Raptors offered me Ford for Miller(with Rajon Rondo on the bench) and I finally had a team… and come next year I should have about 9 million dollars to play with under the cap.
The deal basically came down to a choice between a 30 year old PG with a 1 year, 9 million dollar contract or a 24 year old PG with a 1 year, 3.34 million dollar contract, as the seeming differences in talent were negligible.
Of course, given the fact that Miller is an ironman… I can see how he would be attractive to the Raptors today… that and his apg totals too.
OK, this is too funny not to report. I was looking at my messages in that game, and it appears that Andre Miller as a Raptor broke his ankle and is out for about 38 days. No word of it a lie.
Toooo funny! In fact, I just got back from the ACC watching Andre Miller play against the Raps… Philly is really bad.
Oh, they’re terrible. Not 1972-3 terrible, and not Timberwolves terrible, but they are pretty bad. And with Boston pulling off that trade in the offseason, well, everyone in the division looks that much worse.