…Lebron James barely 16 years old
…The co-writers of this blog each lived in Michigan.
…Michael Curry was PLAYING for the Pistons
…”Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper” had been off the air for less than four years.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200102190DET.html
Vinny Del Negro makes Michael Curry look like friggin’ Chuck Daly and yet HE WAS THE WINNING COACH TONIGHT!!! Jesus Christ.
This is ridiculous. I’m no longer going to watch any games I’ve DVR’d without first checking the final score to see if they lose. Particularly to see if they lose by collapsing in the 4th, to which Curry seems to be devoting an INORDINATE amount of practice time. There’s far less time-consuming ways for me to meet my daily frustration fix than watching Pistons losses.
Further crazy: Rip goes for 38 off the bench, Sheed hits 7 threes - but no, early in the 3rd the fans like Walter Sharpe! Don’t sleep on the narcolept!
You know it’s gonna be a crazy game when it starts with Blaha and Special K admiring a diamond earring that Tayshaun FOUND ON THE COURT.
Speaking of Curry, I forgot to mention the other night the AWESOME in-huddle instructions he gave during the tail end of the Houston game (for which he was rightfully excoriated here). It’s crunch time, down a couple buckets, and ESPN cameras catch Curry giving coaching advice to the effect of:
“We gotta get to the rim, get some stuff… then let’s get out there, get some things.” *
Sounds good, Coa— no wait, WHAAT!? Brilliant work, Cooper. Can’t see how we came up short on that one.
*He then later pronounced “rebound” as “bebound,” which resulted in me chuckling for three days.
Freep.com posted a piece in which Coach Cooper Curry says he pays little mind to disses from bloggers, web commenters, etc.
The article’s headline — “Michael Curry is undettered by cyber attacks” — cracks me up.
Seems like a kinda obvious sentiment, dunnit? What’s Curry gonna say, “Reading tayshaunfan69’s detailed analysis of our subpar defensive effort in the Houston game made me throw up in my mouth. He was *so* right”?
While watching Houston run off 39 points in the first quarter of tonight’s game, I did experience one tiny positive: I was reminded that a man with this name plays professional basketball.
KULA ADDS: And frequently shares the court with this man. Rafer passes to Wafer.
Man, Jon Barry must have had beef with Curry when they were playing together, ‘cause Barry the analyst was just KILLIN’ Curry the coach during ESPN’s broadcast. But only indirectly - he’d rip on the team’s “leadership” and “motivation” and “basic basketball strategy” but without ever mentioning Curry by name.
I however frequently mentioned him by name, generally along the lines of, “Why are you such a TERRIBLE COACH, Michael Curry?”
Bynum’s estranged father.
My best laugh of the game came during TNT’s halftime show they played highlights of Dirk Nowitzki beating Philly with a buzzer beater - then, over footage of this seven-foot white German celebrating the shot, C-Webb said with a snicker, “Happy MLK Day!”
