5. denver's alternative big three - last night, the nuggets dropped a game in atlanta, 104-93. the game recap mentions denver's big three while talking about carmelo, iverson, and j.r. smith. i thought this was odd considering junior smith had only played 29 minutes in the previous six games including three dnp-cd's. i guess the associated press is free to come up with any big three they want. i was much more interested in another nugget big three: anthony carter, eduardo najera, and yakhouba diawara. while the first big three combined for 84 of denver's 93 total points and two ejections, this lesser known trio comibined for zero of denver's 93 points on 0-of-14 shooting from the field. even worse, none of them nor their shooting woes were ejected. hopefully for the nuggets, this was actually an involved tribute to allen iverson, who last night passed larry bird and gary payton for 21st place on the all-time scoring list. what better to pay their respects to iverson's tremendous career point total than to not add to your own?
4. jamal crawford - joe's favorite knick went off last night and helped new york defeat washington in madison square garden, 105-93. jamal scored 29 points and made 6-of-7 from three to give the knicks consecutive wins for the first time since november. the wizards meanwhile were without backup point guard turned starter, antonio daniels, and tried their best to kill any buzz i had left from their home and home sweep of the celtics. but i definitely cursed too much during and after monday night's game to forget how great that win in boston was. besides, oleksiy pecherov jacked up six threes tonight. before i babble about the zards any further, let me commend the knicks for a standout performance. they played very well throughout the game and never stopped taking it to washington. plus, now boston is probably upset that a team they couldn't figure out this weekend, couldn't figure out the 11-win knicks.
3. marc iavaroni - in a highly anticipated matchup, by me at least, between rudy gay and lebron james, lebron scored a season-high 51 points to lead the cavs to a 132-124 overtime win. and though rudy gay scored 21 less points, he outrebounded lebron 9-to-8. so i'll call it a draw. anyways, i've run out of things to say about lebron, which is unfortunate since he appears headed for a long and successful career. thankfully, marc iavaroni is here to pick up the slack. when asked about lebron after the game, iavaroni said that "lebron is fantastic" and then added, "he's 6-foot-9, and he can see." later in the interview when he was asked about rudy gay, iavaroni told reporters "he's 6-foot-9, and he can see." then someone asked him to explain jessica alba's character in the upcoming thriller "the eye". marc iavaroni paused to gather his thoughts, and then explained "she's 6-foot-9, and she can see. also, this movie looks kind of dumb."2. inattentive baseball players - according to statistics cited at the congressional hearings on tuesday, from 2006 to 2007, the number of players in the league who took medication for attention deficit disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder rose from 28 to 103. since the percentage of baseball players who received permission to use stimulants like ritalin and adderall is about eight times greater than the normal adult population, it was hypothesized that this increase is due to the recent ban on amphetamines. and though this seems like a sensible conclusion to me, i'd rather give these players the benefit of the doubt. especially because it's much funnier to imagine a sweeping epidemic of add and adhd around the league as if it were an airborne disease. also, i remember a year or two ago, adam laroche, who actually has add, fielded a grounder for the braves and trotted so slowly to first that the runner beat him there. this opened up a six or seven run rally and he was benched the next day. hopefully with this new influx of add'd players, incidents like this become commonplace. or maybe i just want to see a runner on first try to steal third by running directly across the diamond.
1. ms. pacman - yesterday, news of the latest incident involving adam "pacman" jones, strip clubs, and arrest warrants came out with the added wrinkle of hitting women. as far as i can tell, pacman was at a strip club when he accused its managers of stealing his money and bracelet. then as the argument moved into the hallway, the victim, who was at the club because she was handling a divorce case involving pacman, was punched in the face. i don't want to get on my high horse here especially before all the facts are revealed, but as a general rule of thumb punching women is not a particularly good idea. and if you must punch women, make sure you don't punch any that are handling a divorce you're involved in. anyways, wherever she is, i'm sure ms. pacman is smiling. though if i had to guess, i imagine she's in some sort of complicated maze. and she's probably not smiling so much as she's expressionlessly opening her mouth.
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