Oscar De La Hinrich
Kirk Hinrich, Dime #15Going into Friday’s schedule, Bucks/Bulls would have been a solid last-place if we had to pick a Game of the Night. Strike one? Michael Redd’s team might be worse than Martin Lawrence team in Rebound. Strike two? Chicago is getting killed by injuries — Ben Gordon (toe), Larry Hughes (shoulder) and Luol Deng (toe) all sat out last night. And strike three? Once the game started, the Bulls were knocking on a 20-piece before the first quarter was over. (If you wanna throw in a strike four, how about the fact that Aaron Gray and Dan Gadzuric were the starting centers for each side.) … The Bucks hung around and made it a contest, though, and with the score tied in the final seconds of the fourth, Thabo Sefolosha (18 pts, 7 rebs, 10 asts) got Joe Alexander trapped in a Hakeem-on-Admiral-in-’95 Dream Shake nightmare sequence, but missed the potential game-winner. Chicago pulled out the W in overtime, where Andres Nocioni scored nine of his game-high 26 points … How do you think the whole “Luke Ridnour guarding Derrick Rose” thing went? On one of the game’s first possessions, Rose was coming up the right side of the court, dribbling with his left, gave Luke an in-and-out and was by him on his way to a bucket before Luke had registered the “in” part. Unfortunately (well, fortunately for Ridnour), Rose got hurt a few minutes later, leaving with a hip flexor injury and not returning. Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro said Rose should be fine for the season opener, though … So with Rose out, in the battle of Questionable Team USA Tryout Invitees, Ridnour (who looks to have officially taken the starting PG job from Ramon Sessions) finished with 16 points, seven assists and four steals, while Kirk Hinrich put up 25 points and eight dimes. Tell us again why Allen Iverson got snubbed in favor of those guys? … Hinrich must have been feeling himself, because he almost got his ass beat trying to start a fight. Richard Jefferson (21 pts) and Nocioni had gotten tangled up when Noce tried to stop RJ on a breakaway, and even though both guys put their arms up and walked away from each other to make it clear there was no incident about to occur, Hinrich decided to shove Jefferson in the back for some reason. RJ turned and started to go at Hinrich, but a ref stopped him, and then Charlie V got in Hinrich’s face ready to choke him out before his teammates stopped him … Cavs/Wizards looked kind of weird on TV, since they were playing at Ohio State’s arena and the camera angle was the higher-up one you usually only see for college games and never in the NBA. If nothing else, it was a chance for Buckeyes fans to dream about what could have been with LeBron (26 pts, 5 rebs, 6 asts, 3 blks), who played his best preseason game to date in Cleveland’s win. You know if ‘Bron had gone to college it probably would’ve been Ohio State, and if you wanna play the “What if players had to stay four years” game, LeBron would have been a senior when Greg Oden and Mike Conley Jr. were freshmen. No way that team doesn’t go undefeated … Kobe made an 8-minute cameo during Lakers/Thunder. “Just making sure my rhythm was good, making sure my knee was good,” Bryant told reporters afterward. “This way I wouldn’t have to go out on Tuesday (season opener against Portland) and experiment with it. It felt fine and I’ll be ready to go.” Don’t they have practice for that? … No one seems to know exactly what happened at Isiah Thomas‘ house on Friday, but whatever the case, it was the talk of the pre-game media session at MSG before Knicks/Nets. We thought it was weird when the Knicks sent out a press release about it, but then we remembered that Isiah does still work for the team — he’s some kind of consultant/adviser who probably hasn’t said four words to Mike D’Antoni or Donnie Walsh since June … Highlight of the game was when Patrick Ewing Jr. (who the NY crowd LOVES) came down on a break and punched one on Brook Lopez, causing the Knicks bench to explode and Eddy Curry to show more energy then he’s shown in months when he (kinda) leaped off the bench to celebrate … After Mario Chalmers knocked down the game-winning three to lift Miami over San Antonio in the Spurs building — in the same city where he hit “The Shot” for Kansas — coach Erik Spoelstra said, “I guess we have to tell him every place we go that it’s San Antonio.” … We’re out like Oscar De La Hinrich …
October 25th, 2008 at 3:48 am
biggeddy says:
stop the insanity
October 25th, 2008 at 3:49 am
biggeddy says:
HA HA, STOPPED THE BITCHES FROM SAYING FIRST!!!
October 25th, 2008 at 3:49 am
Mo says:
I LMAO @ Heinrich.
October 25th, 2008 at 3:50 am
Mo says:
I meant Hinrich.
October 25th, 2008 at 4:29 am
Fox says:
I’m from Chicago and I’m no huge Hinrich fan, but you all are making Hinrich look like a punk for the people who didn’t see what went down. RJ and Nocioni did get tangled up but RJ flailed his arms (as usual) pushing Nocioni. Noce ALWAYS puts his hands up cause he doesn’t want any problems. Hinrich took it upon himself to step in and stick up for Nocioni by pushing RJ and he also got a push in on Charlie V. before the refs broke it up.
To say that “Soft as a cupcake” Charlie V. was about to choke Hinrich out is nonsense. I guess you wanted to use a nice play on words with choke and Hinrich. But that chump couldn’t choke his own chicken if we wanted to.
October 25th, 2008 at 6:09 am
Jo says:
What about Vince Carter’s dunk on Lee?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sccN1qF-sPE
eben more dunks from VC here:
http://www.squidoo.com/jumplikevince
October 25th, 2008 at 6:49 am
josh tha roc says:
@CGF
who won the trash talk comp?
October 25th, 2008 at 8:25 am
Hi, Jurg from Denmark says:
This is Jurgy who is in Romania for weekend, hi. Not everyone will like, but so many ladies of leisure prostututes in Romania will keep Jurg busy this weekend oh yes.
I did see the Dime wrote about some fighting for the Chicago Bulls players and his Captain Kirk. I have told dime that I love the fighting just like people from Denmark and there should be more but not like Jumain O’Neal who didn’t tell someone he was going to hit him.
Tiddle pip, Jurg from Denmark, HI.
October 25th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Ansonious says:
Anyone else catch that guitar hero commercial with Kobe, Tony Hawk, A-Rod, and Michael Phelps. That shit is hilarious
October 25th, 2008 at 9:44 am
srb says:
Hinrich Maneuver!!
October 25th, 2008 at 9:45 am
yeah yeah says:
agree with fox…seems like the writer may have had a hidden agenda today
October 25th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Haze says:
I bet the writer didnt watch the incident of hinrich and jefferson. Stupid. Dime should fire you. Jefferson was an ass thats why he was pushed by hinrich.
October 25th, 2008 at 10:52 am
schoops says:
Question, who wins rookie of the year, beasley, rose, or a dark horse candidate?
I’d take Rose if he can stay healthy this season. Didn’t think that on draft night, but he looks like he can run the show from the start.
Also who’s the surprise late rounder who pours in like 13 and 6 a night and no one saw him contributing that much at the start?
October 25th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Dank says:
yea, i didnt see the bulls game but im with hinrich for standing up for his teammates.
still, as random as it may have been bringin up Hinrich and Ridneour, when you think about it, AI coulda been an amazing PG choice for team USA, but after 2004’s disaster, Coach k’s crew musta assumed AI was part of that problem. sad as it is, but yes, he should prolly be behind Paul, and in front of Jkidd. AI is a player who deserves a Gold medal, as much as an NBA championship!
October 25th, 2008 at 11:16 am
VERTMAN says:
It was never Sessions starting gig to start. Ridnour is is a badass & will be breaking out this season, finally be able to show why in the past he was called Baby Nash. Dude is sneaky good. Sessions will not even be the backup.
October 25th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Kobeef says:
@Schoops
Beasley is not getting enough shots and PT to be ROY so it will be Rose who is going to see all the PT he wants.
CDR seems to be putting up good numbers for a second rounder and Bill Walker in Boston is healthy - despite pre draft reports and it seems like he might see some PT with Miles gone.
Does anoyone else notice and realize the irony that NEw Jersey looks like a better team than NY?? Jersey dumped players to cut payroll and is going into the season expecting to be horrible - yet they are better than NY who is apparently a playoff team.
October 25th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
weezy f says:
this is hilarious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBSRCruhv_c
October 25th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Joe says:
Oden will be they ROY if he can get the Blazers to the playoffs
October 25th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
teegee says:
Did the writer even bother to watch the Bulls-Bucks game? Jefferson was being a punk and Hinrich was simply standing up for his teammate. (I’d take Hinrich in that fight, BTW).
Also, if the writer remembers, Hinrich actually played well in the 2006 World Championships — he shot better than 46% from the 3-point arc and outplayed Chris Paul.
But why let facts get in the way of an agenda, huh?
October 25th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
se7enboy says:
you all have to look at this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCyfKWu4YQ0
October 25th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Austin Burton says:
Someone angered the Kirk Hinrich Fan Club today, huh? Looking at the play, I saw Nocioni and RJ get tangled up, RJ gave him a “Get off me” push that wasn’t THAT bad, then Hinrich came and pushed RJ in the back. (Since when is pushing someone in the back been considered honorable?) If anyone escalated the situation, it was definitely Hinrich, since Nocioni was obviously not bothered by it.
October 25th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Balla says:
Lebron OWNS Washington. After watching that game, I am convinced, any team Deshawn Stevenson is on, he is going to give them the bitness.
October 25th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
jackass says:
anyone else annoyed by this Jurgy dude from romania??? lol
with tyrone being gone, don’t make things worse Jurge…
October 25th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Mikey Bones says:
good article
real thugs dont lie
peace
October 25th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
frankie says:
Yea, cause Richard Jefferson and Charlie Villanueva have always been considered badasses. Mmhmm.
If they played with three balls so that AI could shoot two of them while everyone else played with the last one, he would’ve been perfect for that team. Otherwise, I’d say two pass first PGs would be a pretty good idea on a team with so many superstar scorers.
October 25th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Jules says:
LOL @ “Baby Nash”. Good shit.
October 25th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Kudabeen says:
Funny Ass Guitar Hero ad featuring Kobe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCyfKWu4YQ0&eurl=http://theybf.com/
October 25th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Bennythebull says:
teegee said:
Also, if the writer remembers, Hinrich actually played well in the 2006 World Championships — he shot better than 46% from the 3-point arc and outplayed Chris Paul.
outplay chris paul? don’t even mention those two in the same sentence, I’ve been a lifelong bull fan and kirk hinrich ain’t no chris paul. hinrich can’t shoot a lick.
October 25th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
tim says:
Not to get off topic, but what do ppl think of my fantasy roster?
Jose Calderon
Brandon Roy
Andre Iguodala
Lebron James
Tim Duncan
Lamarcus Aldridge
Tyson Chandler
Jermaine O’Neal
Mo Williams
Bench:
Al Thornton
Michael Beasley
Rudy Fernandez
Derrick Rose
Amir Johnson
October 25th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
dagood says:
@bennythebull
you seem to contradict yourself. Paul may be a better player but Hinrich can definitely shoot.
October 25th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
heartbreaker85 says:
hinrich had an awful season where he probably led the bulls’ team in tuning out scott skyles. i like him as a role player, not sure with the salary he’s getting though but i dont have any problems with a team that could get him and miami’s haslem together.
October 26th, 2008 at 12:03 am
BKS says:
Cmon Hinrich…you know all white boys are pussies who can’t fight or play ball. Stick to country music and voting Republican.
October 26th, 2008 at 1:10 am
USA < International all stars says:
Iverson would have ruined the chemistry of team usa, no brainer why he should never be on the team. And RIchard jefferson and charlie are a couple of uncle toms that woulda gotten their ass beat by andres and kirk. Dumb apes.
October 26th, 2008 at 7:19 am
doc says:
Jeffersons a pussy anyway so he had it coming.And u only call us apea because u caught some random brother monkeydicking your bitch,dont take your beat down pride out on rj it wasnt him i think
October 26th, 2008 at 7:22 am
doc says:
Jeffersons a pussy anyway so he had it coming.And u only call us apea because u caught some random brother monkeydicking your bitch,dont take your beat down pride out on rj it wasnt him i think.
October 26th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
USA < International all stars says:
“us” ? are you charlie V?
October 27th, 2008 at 9:21 am
ScoGo says:
For those still reading this old blog, you might be interested to learn that the refs saw everything. Austin is pipin’. Jefferson got the tech. Kirk got nothing.