September 05, 2008

Labor Day Doldrums

It’s a short week so all you get is a short post.

The pride of Charlottesville, Sean Singletary, has been traded yet again this off season. He was drafted by the Kings, only to be shipped to the Rockets in the Ron Artest trade. Then in late August, 44 was traded again, this time to the Suns in exchange for DJ Strawberry. I find this personally hilarious, as I have many vivid memories of Singletary wiping the floor with Strawberry’s carcass. The Suns are a good fit for Singletary, who will get many chances to show what he can do in the open court, where he was at his strongest anyway. Plus the Suns want to lower Steve Nash’s minutes, which gives more opportunity. The only other point guard the Suns have is a 22 year old Slovenian named Goran Dragic, so there is a good chance Singletary will get some solid minutes. Especially when this is what Dragic looks like:


Singletary is going to eat him alive. I can’t wait to see 44 lobbing alley oops to Shaq and the Human Freight Train, Amare Stoudemire.

The Crocs situation has gotten out of hand. I saw a knockoff version of the already hideous shoes in CVS that are called Doggers, with their logo being a dogs head. Wow. At least if you are going to blatantly rip off another brand you should call your product something a little different. But no, they choose another animal nickname. As Chuck Berkeley would say, turrible.

Someone at ESPN must have lost a bet to Lou Holtz. How else can you explain his continued (increased even!) presence on television. The newest embarrassment is “Paging Dr. Lou”, where he answers athletes’ questions. I’ll say it again; the guy lacks every quality you need to be on TV: he’s stupid, anti insightful, he can’t speak the English language and he’s hideous.

Here’s a riddle for you. If a tree falls in the woods, but everyone in the woods are girls talking on their cell phones, does the tree make a sound? And if it does, do the girls in the supermarket who are talking on their cell phones to the girls in the woods hear the tree fall and realize they are getting in everyone’s way? Check back in next week for the answer.

Well, that’s it for this week folks. Charlottesville was amazing last weekend, even though the game was an embarrassment. Tubing on Sunday was glorious, per usual. Until next time, as always, stay safe, keep it real and tee it up.

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