Comments on: Seven Seconds or Mess: Webisode 14

By: david

david — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:36:34 +0000

Caleb –

According to Wikipedia, “Marvis Linwood Thornton III, better known as Bootsy Thornton (born July 30, 1977 in Baltimore, Maryland), is an American professional basketball player, currently playing for Turkish giant Efes Pilsen. A highly versatile shooting guard, he earned an All Euroleague Second Team selection in 2008.” He’s also played for Barcelona, and did really well in Italy.

That was a great, great game.

By: Gian Casimiro (7SoM)

Gian Casimiro (7SoM) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:25:51 +0000

Von Wafer started in place of T-mac and scored 23 points on 10-14 from the floor (3-4 3p). Has Roberson scored 23 points total for the season yet?!

And he's had some really athletic dunks too! Why does this team always miss out ...

By: david

david — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:57:00 +0000

Thomas B.

From today’s Times, “Bryant scored 13 points of his 33 points in the fourth quarter, finally getting the better of Houston’s Von Wafer, who scored a career-high 23 points in place of the injured Tracy McGrady.”

When do you think you’ll read a sentence that goes “Kobe Bryant scored ….finally getting the better of New York’s Anthony Roberson”? I think we all agree that keeping Roberson over Wafer was a mistake….

By: Thomas B.

Thomas B. — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:09:45 +0000

Off subject please don’t ban me. Von Wafer started in place of T-mac and scored 23 points on 10-14 from the floor (3-4 3p). Has Roberson scored 23 points total for the season yet?!
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Gian I trust this is top shelf work, I just cant watch video at work. But after I am able to watch it, I promise to sing the praises.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:29:52 +0000

hehe, that last lyric goes right into some reminiscing about the Clyde/Willis Reed etc. title teams:

“it was long ago and it was far away and it was so much better than it is today”

By: Z

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:09:10 +0000

Actually isn’t that Kris Kristofferson and Janis Joplin?

I don’t quite understand – the lyric is definitely Dylan’s, but are you saying something other than that you think Kristofferson and Joplin wrote it instead?

Lyric is from Like a Rolling Stone.

You’re thinking of the Kristofferson lyric: “Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose” from Me and Bobby McGee. Similar theme, different song…

And yes, Dylan and Kristofferson were both singing about the 2009 Knicks. As was Meatloaf when he sang:

“Now I’m praying for the end of time
To hurry up and arrive
Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you
I don’t think that I can really survive
I’ll never break my promise or forget my vow
But God only knows what I can do right now
I’m praying for the end of time
Its all that I can do…”

By: Caleb

Caleb — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:17:00 +0000

David,

Weird you should mention that Duke game – I was there, too. And that was a fun team to watch. (the Duke team, too – I think that was Corey maggette breaking out).

What is Bootsy doing these days?

By: Nick C.

Nick C. — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:52:28 +0000

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I don’t quite understand – the lyric is definitely Dylan’s, but are you saying something other than that you think Kristofferson and Joplin wrote it instead? My bad.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:29:36 +0000

Actually isn’t that Kris Kristofferson and Janis Joplin?

I don’t quite understand – the lyric is definitely Dylan’s, but are you saying something other than that you think Kristofferson and Joplin wrote it instead?

By: david

david — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:39:30 +0000

This is really neat. Everyone’s been talking this season about the innovation the lakers made in the off-season (always playing three guys ball side, leaving one athletic guy on the weakside and just daring people to try a skip pass when kobe’s there to steal it.) But for a team that plays 4 or 5 nearly identical players, this is a great idea. If it works, I can see it being the focus of acquisitions — get more 6’7” guys who can handle the rock on offense and can play at least okay on defense at a lot of positions. Also makes Lee more valuable, as he is quick enough to look credible when he switches onto a guard.

The team in this game reminded me a bit of my favorite St. Johns team (at least favorite after the 80s) when Artest, Lavor Postell, Bootsy Thorton, and someone else 6’6 played together with a point guard. Everyone was about the same, they switched and trapped like crazy and shot a bunch of threes. They also specialized in losing very exciting games, like one in the garden against duke, as I recall.