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Wednesday's six-pack
Some guys who weren't NBA lottery picks who are productive players or better in the pro game.......
-- Steve Nash, 15th pick, 1996 Phoenix
-- Joe Dumars, 18th pick, 1985 Detroit
-- Carlos Boozer, 35th pick, 2002 Cleveland
-- Monta Ellis, 40th pick, 2005 Golden State
-- Michael Redd, 43rd pick, 2000 Milwaukee
-- Manu Ginobili, 57th pick, 1999 San Antonio
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Wednesday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but..........
13) Have to feel bad for (soon-to-be-ex) Cavaliers' coach Mike Brown; if we believe the rumor mill, and these rumors are very strong, then big part of why the Cavaliers seemed to fall in part in the playoffs is because of an affair between Delonte West and Lebron James' mom. Seriously.
12) I mean, these guys (coaches) make a million bucks a year and Brown is going to be fired because that happened; not like he could anything to stop it. Has to be hell of a lot of fun coaching in NBA. Constant drama.
11) Coaching in college can be wacky too; Nebraska is getting a new arena in downtown Lincoln, which may be bad news for coach Doc Sadler, who has to be looking at Oregon/Auburn/Virginia, all of whom fired their coach either shortly before/after getting a new arena. When donors give a ton of cash to help build an arena, they want to win, and the sooner the better.
10) I figure my life is pretty good when I look ahead to summer and one of my biggest decisions is going to be whether to switch back to DirecTV or stay with digital cable for football season. Nothing too pressing there, but I am leaning to getting DirecTV and watching the Rams' surge to the NFC West title on my couch. .
9) For the NFL though, its becoming an issue that fans would rather stay home and watch TV than to pay bigtime money and go to games. Owners have gotten way greedy trying to suck the last pennies out of fans, and it seems like a lot of fans are finally saying "No more." Jets and Jaguars are teams that probably won't sell out all their home games this season.
8) Any team that signs Shaquille O'Neal next year is stupid. He's done, especially for the ludicrous salary he makes.
7) Washington Wizards were big winners in NBA Draft Lottery Tuesday, so they'll get John Wall and Philly will probably grab Evan Turner from Ohio State. Nets were big losers, slipping to the third pick.
6) Lance Stephenson left Cincinnati for the NBA after one OK season at UC; hope he is working on his shooting-- he made 21.9% from 3-point arc last year, and the college arc is closer than the pro line. Thats terrible.
5) Zach Johnson is a really good golfer; he's had stretches of 278 and 184 consecutive holes on Tour without even a 3-putt, which made it shocking when he six-putted the 13th hole at TPC San Antonio last weekend.
4) Red Sox scored 35 runs in Daisuke Matsuzaka's first four starts, but split the four games, not a good omen for him or them.
3) Orioles are only big league team without a HR from a first baseman.
2) We never got this in last week but its a good note: Miguel Olivo of the Rockies went 5-5 with a walkoff HR in a game last week, making him just the third player in 42 years to do that (5-5 with a walkoff HR). Last time was Fred McGriff in 1996; Jim Northrup also did it, back in 1968. Olivo left Tuesday's game with what looked like a concussion after a horrendous head-first slide into second base.
1) Astros have a NY-Penn League team 10 miles from me, over in Troy; the big promotion this summer is Ben Zobrist Bobblehead Night July 12. Zobrist played for the Valley Cats in his first pro season. First 1,200 to the game that night get a bobblehead, one of their better promotions.
Some guys who weren't NBA lottery picks who are productive players or better in the pro game.......
-- Steve Nash, 15th pick, 1996 Phoenix
-- Joe Dumars, 18th pick, 1985 Detroit
-- Carlos Boozer, 35th pick, 2002 Cleveland
-- Monta Ellis, 40th pick, 2005 Golden State
-- Michael Redd, 43rd pick, 2000 Milwaukee
-- Manu Ginobili, 57th pick, 1999 San Antonio
********************************************
Wednesday's List of 13: Nobody asked me, but..........
13) Have to feel bad for (soon-to-be-ex) Cavaliers' coach Mike Brown; if we believe the rumor mill, and these rumors are very strong, then big part of why the Cavaliers seemed to fall in part in the playoffs is because of an affair between Delonte West and Lebron James' mom. Seriously.
12) I mean, these guys (coaches) make a million bucks a year and Brown is going to be fired because that happened; not like he could anything to stop it. Has to be hell of a lot of fun coaching in NBA. Constant drama.
11) Coaching in college can be wacky too; Nebraska is getting a new arena in downtown Lincoln, which may be bad news for coach Doc Sadler, who has to be looking at Oregon/Auburn/Virginia, all of whom fired their coach either shortly before/after getting a new arena. When donors give a ton of cash to help build an arena, they want to win, and the sooner the better.
10) I figure my life is pretty good when I look ahead to summer and one of my biggest decisions is going to be whether to switch back to DirecTV or stay with digital cable for football season. Nothing too pressing there, but I am leaning to getting DirecTV and watching the Rams' surge to the NFC West title on my couch. .
9) For the NFL though, its becoming an issue that fans would rather stay home and watch TV than to pay bigtime money and go to games. Owners have gotten way greedy trying to suck the last pennies out of fans, and it seems like a lot of fans are finally saying "No more." Jets and Jaguars are teams that probably won't sell out all their home games this season.
8) Any team that signs Shaquille O'Neal next year is stupid. He's done, especially for the ludicrous salary he makes.
7) Washington Wizards were big winners in NBA Draft Lottery Tuesday, so they'll get John Wall and Philly will probably grab Evan Turner from Ohio State. Nets were big losers, slipping to the third pick.
6) Lance Stephenson left Cincinnati for the NBA after one OK season at UC; hope he is working on his shooting-- he made 21.9% from 3-point arc last year, and the college arc is closer than the pro line. Thats terrible.
5) Zach Johnson is a really good golfer; he's had stretches of 278 and 184 consecutive holes on Tour without even a 3-putt, which made it shocking when he six-putted the 13th hole at TPC San Antonio last weekend.
4) Red Sox scored 35 runs in Daisuke Matsuzaka's first four starts, but split the four games, not a good omen for him or them.
3) Orioles are only big league team without a HR from a first baseman.
2) We never got this in last week but its a good note: Miguel Olivo of the Rockies went 5-5 with a walkoff HR in a game last week, making him just the third player in 42 years to do that (5-5 with a walkoff HR). Last time was Fred McGriff in 1996; Jim Northrup also did it, back in 1968. Olivo left Tuesday's game with what looked like a concussion after a horrendous head-first slide into second base.
1) Astros have a NY-Penn League team 10 miles from me, over in Troy; the big promotion this summer is Ben Zobrist Bobblehead Night July 12. Zobrist played for the Valley Cats in his first pro season. First 1,200 to the game that night get a bobblehead, one of their better promotions.
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