We were lucky enough to happen to stumble upon Detroit Bad Boys’ post about the Team USA scrimmage being shown on FoxSports lasterday afternoon, and missed only a minute of what was one of the better basketball games of the past year.
With all the recent problems the NBA has seen, including an awful regular season, an All-Star Game where nobody tried, a lackluster Playoffs, and revelations that the Goodfellas screenplay has been inserted into the referees’ instruction books, it was nice to watch a competitive, star-filled game that everyone seemed to actually be having fun during.
Add in Kobe game-winners, Kobe defensive stops, Kidd-to-LeBron on the break (again and again), and a good time was had by all, despite LBJ’s failed game-winner, which was an attempted pull-up, mid-range jumper. (Despite our pleas, it appears this has not been added to the arsenal as of yet.)
More revelatory than any of that was the lack of coverage that this game even existed, let alone could be viewed.
NBA DOT COM had nothing, ESPN DOT COM had nothing (until this morning), Ebay had nothing, and Amazon DOT COM wasn’t selling it, either. Not even the beloved AOL FanHouse mentioned it, and they note every single thing that happens ever in the NBA, no matter how insignificant or irrelevant.
Our only conclusion is that Matt and Ian (DBB) set up this game, which is pretty impressive considering they’re not even a part of USA Roundieball. Congrats guys, but you might want to send out a press release next time. We’re not sure about getting in bed with FOX either, but it’s your exhibition basketball business, not ours.
(A second read reveals the deal was actually brokered by Natalie at Need4Sheed. Regardless, the idea that international basketball now has its core dealings originating in DET bears further investigation. This investigation will of course be done elsewhere, since we haven’t followed up on anything we were going to do since the tainted All-Star 1-on-1 Tourney of February 2006.)
NOTE: We’re officially of the opinion that the US should wear black jerseys in the 08 Olympics to express their collective desire to dominate and destroy. Things like that motivate us Americans.
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what team was Voltron on? He’s a lock to make the US Roundieball team.
Wouldn’t Voltron comprise the entire starting lineups of both teams? What are the rules on this?
Well it depends which Voltron – there was the cool lion one and then the lame one that had like 15 vehicles.
the more important question is:
in your 1 on 1 tourney (that you abandoned in 2/2006) who would win? The Power Rangers “Mega Zord” vs. Voltron (Lions or 15 vehicles)?
WSM?
Fucking nerds.
True fact: I walked out of ‘Transformers’ saying “The thing of it is, I was so into the movie I didn’t even notice the robots transformed.” OR: “They should ride this wave while it’s hot and make a ‘Voltron’ movie but the one with the lions, not the stupid walking parking garage.”
Lesser!
to add to my nerd legacy I’ll say that I heard a rumor of a Thundercats movie coming out…
Note: No one currently at or a graduate of Penn State finds it funny when I pick up a hat or T-shirt with the Nittany Lions symbol and loudly accuse them of ripping off the Thundercats and/or using said item to do the battle-cry. I, however, find it funny, so I do it anyway. In a similar vein, graduates of UVa “don’t get it” when you ask why their school mascot honors an NBA team that “even as a fan I would have to admit has been mired in mediocrity and less than inspiring.”
alright then, nerds, you’ll enjoy this childhood experience of mine:
http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0760/
Wait, I’m a nerd for liking Voltron when I was 8 years old?
Most doctors say if you aren’t firmly established as cool by age 6, you’re pretty much doomed. I started smoking at 5 just to get ahead of the curve.
Princess (blue lion pilot) was hot.
http://www.voltron.com/main.asp
I owned almost the entire set of He-Man action figures when I was like 5-7 years old. Becky, you can bring your She-Ra dolls over anytime and we can play together…
Hmm… no more countdown on rajabell.com. Now I’ll never know when when it’s going to be up.
Raja Bell posts nearly as much as The Cavalier.
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