Shorties Watching Shorties
Photo. Gary LandNo doubt you’ve already seen what the Lakers did last night: Coming out for the Celtics game with everyone on the roster wearing old-school short shorts — so small that guys’ warmup jackets almost came down to the bottom of the shorts. We’re not sure whose idea it was, but it was hilarious and frightening at the same time. (And Rick Fox giggling while furiously taking pictures on his camera phone was equally scary.) As one of the Dime crew e-mailed, “There is no need to see all of Andrew Bynum’s inner thighs.” Luckily, most of the Lakers had on compression shorts that were longer than the short shorts to prevent any accidental junk sightings. Derek Fisher looked the most comfortable in the old-school joints; Trevor Ariza did his throwback thing with the knee braces and high socks, but his neck tattoo kinda killed the effect. But after playing a bad first half, the team switched back to their normal shorts at halftime … Afterwards, James Posey said the Lakers “looked like some clowns” and wondered aloud if they were taking the game seriously … Oh yeah, the game. The Celtics routed after Paul Pierce (33 pts) took over in the third and Ray Allen (19 pts) got busy at the start of the fourth. Between that, Kevin Garnett (22 pts, 12 rebs, 6 asts, 3 blks, 2 stls) leading the defense, and L.A. missing a ton of shots, the Lakers were done … Tony Allen (whose knee brace looks like an entire leg cast) got the start at PG for Rajon Rondo (hamstring), and was out of control as usual. One time Allen tried to take Kobe to the rack three times on the same possession, almost losing the ball a few times before finally giving it up … Kendrick Perkins picked up a technical after throwing down a dunk and staring down Bynum. A few minutes later, Kobe (22 pts, 6-for-25 FGs) got a tech after Pierce put him in the blender, got an and-one, and Kobe brushed the ref during his argument … Kwame Brown (who also got a tech) got a haircut. He actually looks like a grown-up now … In the first half, Bynum cracked KG across the eyebrow, drawing blood. KG kept pointing to the blood and saying over and over, “This isn’t a foul?!?” KG got him back by throwing joystick moves at the kid all night, to the point where Phil Jackson couldn’t play him that much for fear of killing his confidence … Someone (Lamar Odom, we think) let out a very audible, “What the f***?!?” at one of the refs after a play where Scot Pollard went over everyone’s back going for a rebound. Later on, you heard KG yell “Get that s*** outta here!” after swatting one of Odom’s shots … Was Adam Sandler in the stands rocking a mohawk, or is he just balding? … Bulls fans shouldn’t get too psyched about their team being 2-0 under Jim Boylan. First, teams usually come out strong immediately after a coaching change — so we have to see if Chicago can sustain this run — and second, the wins have come against the Bucks and Knicks. Yesterday Ben Gordon dropped 25 on New York (he always goes off at MSG), taking advantage of a Knicks team that didn’t have Jamal Crawford. JC hurt his hand in practice last Friday, the same day Roy Jones Jr. suited up and ran with the Knicks for a while. Was there some sparring going on or something? … Do you think John Paxson held off on putting Boylan in the interim role because he didn’t want him to get pasted by San Antonio in his first game? … Isiah chose to have Eddy Curry come off the bench, and E-City isn’t playing diplomatic about it: “I’m definitely not embracing it, but what can I do?” he said afterwards. “I have to use the minutes that I have and try to be productive and if I don’t play a lot of minutes, I don’t play a lot of minutes. There’s nothing I can do. I can’t sub myself into the game. I’m not going to go to [Isiah] crying and whining about playing and starting and all that stuff. It definitely bugs me. I think I’m a starter in this league, but I guess not on this team.” Commence more in-house drama … At least Eddy got to play. Tyrus Thomas has already fallen out of favor with Boylan, registering a DNP-CD … The Blazers kept the win streak alive at 13, blasting the Sixers in the fourth quarter (35-9). Brandon Roy put up 22 points, 6 boards and 6 dimes and had a nice lefty dunk in Sam Dalembert’s mug, but Travis Outlaw had the play of the day with a monster dunk over Rodney Carney. Even human victory cigar Josh McRoberts got a couple minutes of burn for Portland … Carney got the start for Kyle Korver, while Gordan Giricek didn’t play … Tim Duncan was KILLING Pau Gasol yesterday, giving him 24 points, 17 boards, 7 dimes and 3 blocks in a Spurs rout. But that wasn’t as bad as what Amare Stoudemire did to Brad Miller. Poor Brad had nothing for STAT, who went off for 31 points and 17 boards. With so much talk about the League’s centers focusing on the rise of Dwight Howard, Yao, Bynum and Chris Kaman — and the decline of Shaq — don’t sleep on Amare. He’s been on a roll the last week or so … NBA TV’s Gail Goodrich: “The Kings playing without Ron Artest, Mike Bibby and Kevin Market.” … We’re out like Kevin Market …
December 31st, 2007 at 5:13 am
Shwin says:
Always loved BG coming off the bench for the Bulls. Hey Dime, I hope you guys have a sic trade deadline preview in the works. Stealing one from the Sports Guy, but this might be the year where the No Balls Association actually decides to grow up and mature.
December 31st, 2007 at 5:22 am
KobeBUCKETS 08 says:
First. Can we just boycott this useless knicks until they decide to show a sign of life … or even better, until they fire isaiah, trade Marbury, E city, and Q rich? Is it too early to annoint J Crawford as a top 10 shooting guard and top 70 overall player in the league? B. Roy is definitely balling right now and it’ll be a travesty if he’s left off the west all star team. It’s bloody painful to be a Knicks fan, listening to Bill Walton type pain. F***.
December 31st, 2007 at 5:47 am
Str8baller says:
Kevin Market
Kobe Brain
Shaq O’Donnel
Ray Alley
Kevin Garcia
All NBA first team
December 31st, 2007 at 5:59 am
the_don_mega says:
hahaha…
“The Kings playing without Ron Artest, Mike Bibby and Kevin Market.”
…i’m out like Edgar Allan Pe…
December 31st, 2007 at 6:37 am
nasty says:
y’all forgot ’bout the nugz-warriors game?
Nuggets aint gettin much love here, altough they lost
December 31st, 2007 at 7:13 am
G says:
I don’t think Kyle Korver plays for the sixers anymore. He was traded to Utah last week
December 31st, 2007 at 7:17 am
Austin Burton says:
And that’s why Carney had to replace him in the lineup.
December 31st, 2007 at 7:28 am
K-Dizzle says:
damn…who woulda thought? Players ain’t comfortable in nut-huggers and they play like shit……
Seriously tho, find another way to give homage to the past
December 31st, 2007 at 7:49 am
Austin Burton says:
Bynum wearing some James Worthy-style goggles would have been funny …
December 31st, 2007 at 7:57 am
Big Aaron says:
Goggles ftw.
Trev Ariza shoulda done the lot: Knee pads, high socks, goggles, headbands and a giant ‘fro.
December 31st, 2007 at 8:09 am
jo says:
Damn, we’re lucky Shaq was not on Lakers roster today:)
December 31st, 2007 at 8:15 am
bliz289 says:
I wouldn’t be surprised if Odom got suspended for the hit he put on Ray at the end of that game.
December 31st, 2007 at 8:22 am
rean_pinoy says:
haha! you guys are funny! i like the all-(non)nba first team selection, and then the edgar allan pe. hilarious man.. seriously, my work/day isn’t complete without visiting the site (first).thanks guys and more power to dime! you rock! manigong bagong taon (happy new year) everyone! mavericks all the way!
December 31st, 2007 at 8:27 am
Celts Fan says:
Any more questions about the strength of schedule?
December 31st, 2007 at 8:33 am
Austin Burton says:
Actually, yeah. I wanna see Boston play the Spurs, Suns, Hornets, Blazers, Mavs … one of the Top 5 teams in the West.
December 31st, 2007 at 8:42 am
Bust Jlaze says:
I’m not exactly sure, but I’m PRETTY sure that someone’s telling players to act a certain way in order to revive some old-school “rivalry”…I have a hard time believing everyone was bugging out like that without some hidden agenda. Too many techs to be realistic for those 2 teams.
December 31st, 2007 at 8:46 am
Kobeef says:
Gotta throw a conspiracy theory into the lakers loss (as a fan):
- The short shorts were a pre-meditated way to take the fan and media focus away from the outcome of the game.
- Phil was screwing with the celts by putting some doubt in the minds of the celtics players about the level of focus of his team – the short shorts were designed to make everyone wonder – what might have happened if the lake-show was focused on the game and not their short shorts?
It was a F’n brilliant PR and vooddoo coaching move.
Go lakers.
(I am not completely serious…Bynum and Kwame got killed…Kobe had a really bad game which is unusual when he plays Ray Allen and the supporting cast didn’t show up).
December 31st, 2007 at 8:59 am
doc says:
Of course the Lakers played bad. They were worried about their nuts popping out on TV.
December 31st, 2007 at 9:49 am
Big Al says:
whats up with no nuggets??
December 31st, 2007 at 9:56 am
Captain America says:
KG’s whining is far too much. KG was in a prone position when Bynum’s elbow accidently caught him on the way down from a jump. Time to man up KG, you know it wasn’t a foul.
December 31st, 2007 at 10:32 am
kowtz says:
Bynum played 20 minutes? KWAME IS KILLING LA AGAIN…
December 31st, 2007 at 10:46 am
bliz289 says:
Bynum fouled out – he’s going to have games like that every once in a while. no shame in that when you’re going up against KG. still, Bynum has the potential to be a top 5 center for a long time.
December 31st, 2007 at 11:29 am
Bust Jlaze says:
LOL@Doc…that was a terrible idea, and it made them look like they weren’t even taking the game seriously.
And I HATE KWAME BROWN. Why did they even give him any burn? He shouldn’t have even come in until Bynum fouled out. Rediculous. I didn’t see the game; did Kwame start in this game? Please tell me no.
December 31st, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Steve M says:
“Kendrick Perkins picked up a technical after throwing down a dunk and staring down Bynum.”
Who the hell does this guy thinks he is?? He thinks he’s Rick Mahorn or something all of a sudden. I don’t remember seeing him getting any “staring people down” techs last year when the Celt’s were the worst team in the league. And then, in sac when Jones pulled Artest back to the bench while he was following him to the Celt’s bench, he had said that that’s what Artest wanted. For someone to hold him back. IS HE SERIOUS???!! Does he not know Artest at all?? Does he really think Artest wouldn’t throw down with him??
December 31st, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Celts Fan says:
I love Perk, but you’re right Steve, Ron Ron wanted to go, and he would have annihilated Perk. I’m glad to see him showing some more attitude this year. Throw it down, stare people down, and try to fight Artest. I’m good with all of the above as long as they’re winning (and I’m really glad Dahntay Jones was there to save Perk from himself!)
December 31st, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Celts Fan says:
and Austin, stop hatin man. You can only beat who’s in front of you, and the Celts have beaten (almost) everyone they’ve played. This ain’t football, they’ll all play each other eventually…
December 31st, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Footey says:
Actually, it was Pollard who yelled “what the ****?” after street thug Odom threw an elbow into his face. Get your facts straight, DM.
December 31st, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Celts Fan says:
ya, too bad Odom didn’t connect. Getting rid of that stiff might actually convince Danny Ainge to get his ass on the phone and make a pitch for PJ Brown (shit, I’d take DJ Mbenga at this point. Pollard doesn’t even have the funny haircuts anymore, so he’s now completely worthless)
December 31st, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Rodney Carney says:
Dear Travis,
there was no need for you to dunk it on my fam the way you did, the game was over. I’m hopin the hoopheads looked at the sched and saw Blazers/76ers and flipped the channel…..damn near prayin
RC
December 31st, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Travis Outlaw says:
Dear Rodney,
shouldn’t na jumped…..
December 31st, 2007 at 4:47 pm
doc says:
Kendrick aint no little dude who says Ron-Ron wins. He aint want no parts of Big Ben When Ben swelled up on him. Perkins probaly doin what KG told him to do Take no shit and be a enforcer.
December 31st, 2007 at 5:09 pm
thamilan says:
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Get familiar !
December 31st, 2007 at 5:18 pm
thamilan says:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv7IZP7u9FE
funniest shit ever
December 31st, 2007 at 5:27 pm
Nora says:
You better tell the whole league to ‘man up’ after getting called for a foul or not getting a foul called on a an opposing player because every single player, esp. superstars do it all the time. Get used to it. Either way KG was obviously hit, intentional or not. Anyone can claim they didn’t mean to foul someone, doesn’t mean a foul should not be called.
December 31st, 2007 at 5:38 pm
thamilan says:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NaFotnvfYc&feature=related
2nd funniest shit ever
December 31st, 2007 at 6:22 pm
JAX says:
Hey doc, I’m with you. We don’t know nuttin’ about K.Perkins. He might be just as krazy as Ron the Rocweiler! As far as KG whining about fouls, they gotta get this stuff corrected in the L. Last week Kobe goes flying over Nash’s back for a loose ball – NO FOUL. If a guy is going up for a jumper and you tap his elbow, it’s a foul. KG gets cracked in the head an bleeds, it’s not a foul. Just inconsistent calls all through the league as a whole. The question of the day is: Why aren’t the NUGGETS better than they are with who they can put on the floor in the course of a game!?
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December 31st, 2007 at 6:32 pm
Eric says:
Perkins is playing his role, a big man who rebounds, sets screens, cleans up the garbage underneath and takes no sh*t from anybody. It is all about roles in this league. The Celtics obviously understand this, which is why they are rolling thru the schedule. I don’t see why anyone is still talking about the “soft” schedule, and faulting the Celtics. When they play the Suns, Hornets, Spurs and Mavs they will have some great battles. Winning back to back nights in Utah and LA to end 4 games in 5 nights is nothing to laugh at.
It should be those teams out west I just mentioned that should be fearing the Celtics. Defense, Intensity and Team….they are amazing to watch out there.
Happy New Year
December 31st, 2007 at 9:37 pm
simon says:
Perkins V Artest?
Hmmmmmmmmm…..I’d pick Ron Ron in a fight with a great white shark – theres just something not quite right with that boy.
January 1st, 2008 at 7:10 am
Austin Burton says:
If crazy = fighting ability, a better Ron Artest vs. Boston Celtic fight would be Ron going against Tony Allen.