kg vs bulls bench

awesome article about the "war of words" between k.g. and the bulls bench.

"Do the Bulls' reserves ever hear what Garnett is yelling? 'We can read his lips,' [Linton] Johnson said. 'With him, it's easy. He only says about five words.'"

this series has been amazing. derrick rose is good/bad, though i think it's b/c he's constantly fighting what he wants to do and what he's being told to do, and joakim noah is my new favorite bull, even if he isn't quite easy on the eyes. if he were on any other team, i'd hate him, but he's a bull, so i love him.

negative one and done?

personally i think this is a stupid idea.

what happens if you have a serious injury? or actually, what happens after you turn 35 and your career will be over soon? i like how the kid is blowing off college (and high school, too!) as not good for you as a basketball player and only for "off-the-court" stuff like it's not important or anything.

but then again, if i were good enough to play pro bball...or even college bball...well ok, high school...nevermind.

bulls vs. celtics (and fantasy bball)

bulls in the playoffs - albeit against the celtics in the first round.

not a celtics fan (obviously), but this and this make today especially rough for that team. i would love for the bulls to put up a good fight and possibly win, but you never want bad things to happen to the other team - i'd say missing possibly your best player and your GM suffering a heart attack on the same day constitutes bad things. hope all is well with the celtics, and this only makes me feel like they're gonna come out extra-motivated (as if they weren't motivated enough already) saturday.

my bulls better be ready.

who ya got? i say boston in 6 but one good learning experience for derrick rose.
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and i ended up in 3rd place (out of 10) in my yahoo fantasy bball league after losing my 3 of my top 4 draft picks for all/majority of the season (elton brand, chris kaman, andrew bogut - autodraft, not my choices - caron butler was my other top 4 pick), and not a single one of my players finished in the top 20 in totals or averages. either call it a successful year (what i will tell myself)- or everyone in the league just stopped playing (more likely).

I dreamed a dream

no doubt you've seen this already.

this really sums up exactly how i feel.

excerpt:

"Then, when a special occasion comes along, they might reach, as Susan did, for the frock they bought for a nephew's wedding. They might, as she did, compound the felony of choosing a colour at odds with her skin tone and an unflattering shape with home-chopped hair, bushy eyebrows and a face without a hint of make-up. But it is often evidence of a life lived selflessly; of a person so focused on the needs of another that they have lost sight of themselves. Is that a cause for derision or a reason for congratulation?...

"...Susan has been forgiven her looks and been given respect because of her talent. She should always have received it because of the calibre of her character."
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I absolutely agree with the author of that article.

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I didn't know they closed down main streets downtown for St. Patrick's Day...

don't these people have to work or go to school? Last time there were this many people outside in downtown, Barack Obama was in town to speak...it's like a holiday or something. If St. Patrick's Day can get such a day, I propose that Chinese New Year become a nationally celebrated holiday, too.