Happy Sweep Day?
Yesterday, I walked into the Apple Store to see a man who was approximately the size of the Eiffel Tower.
“Good God, that guy could scale Mt. Everest in one step,” my mom said, staring. At the time, we could only see the man’s back. I nodded yes, then proceeded to look for a car charger for my new iPhone. After years of rocking a simple LG flip phone that could barely send text messages never mind search the internet, I have finally joined the 21st century.
Circling the store in search of the charger, I finally caught a glimpse of Eiffel Tower’s face. He was Hasheem Thabeet.
“That guy’s an NBA player,” I told my mom. “He played at UConn before that.”
“You should get his autograph,” she responded.
“It wouldn’t be worth much,” quipped my brother Tommy.
“I think I’ll pass,” I concluded.
So why do I include the story of seeing Thabeet in the Apple store, where he was presumably begging them to design an iPhone app which could make him resemble a real NBA player? Four reasons:
1) It’s a good story.
2) He could probably play big minutes for the Knicks.
3) It’s Easter, so I’m celebrating with family rather than slaving on the blog.
And…
4) While other teams participate in the postseason, it must really suck to be in an Apple store in Holyoke, MA, getting ogled at by everyone who walks in the store and made fun of by anyone who understands basketball. If all goes right today, Ronny Turiaf will soon be coming to an Apple store near you.
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Happy Easter everyone and enjoy the sweep!…Go Cs…
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i’d give my left nut to be court side
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12 left!
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Yes it is. Good day for to be a green. On to the next round – bring it Miami!
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That was a fun series. On to the Heatles.
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So great to finish the job with a sweep, so great that the Cs didn’t melt when faced with such a furious onslaught in the 3rd and 4th quarters. They got back to what got them there, and finished. Very encouraging.
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shoulda picked him up for your mens leagure team
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Great win. I’ll admit, the colapse was a little dissapointing. Hopefully that will remind them that in an NBA game it’s not over until the end of the fourth quarter. Maybe they’ll remember this and they won’t do it against Miami.
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The collapse was disappointing, but the way they pulled out of it and re-established what they had been doing prior to the collapse, and regained control of the game – that was impressive. You had to expect that the Knicks would make a big run. But the Celtics acted like they truly have their eyes on bigger things. It’s beginning to look like they really are thinking championship.
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What’s weird is that there is so much unwillingness to give Rondo credit. I’m so sick of hearing about how he’d be a scrub if he weren’t playing with three HOFs. Where does this crap come from? Celtic players ALWAYS seem to have to deal with this criticism. Russell, for example, is routinely dismissed from GOAT discussion, because he supposedly had the luxury of playing with so many HOFs, and wouldn’t have been that great without them. How crazy is that? Does anybody seriously think that all those sixties Celtics in the HOF would be there without Russell? Some of them, maybe. Cousy for sure. But anyway, Rondo gets it worse than any other Celtic in history. It’s the curse of playing for the Cs. The rest of the league is so damn jealous, and has been for decades.
I think some of it has to do with Rondo’s style too. Rondo is a finesse player, not a power player, and his approach to the game is intensely team-oriented. Both those things are not well appreciated around the NBA. Folks like basketball heroes, power players, big-time scorers. Look at the hysteria over Blake Griffin. He’s a great player, sure, but he epitomizes what many folks in and around the NBA look for. The anti-Rondo, one might say.
If people want to criticize Rondo, there is only one thing to chastise him for, and that’s his inconsistency. That said, he sure was consistently great in the Knicks series, even if the Knicks don’t want to acknowledge it. If he keeps that up, we just might have a shot at a championship.
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