YAYsports! NBA

Not today, no. Not even tomorrow.

We’re talking about in summer 2008. Yes, the US blew out another team (this one was known as Porto Ree-Coh) lasterday, and have earned their spot in the Beijing Olympics.

When we say “blew out”, what we’re saying is that Kobe, LeBron, etc are killing everybody by large amounts of points, drawing comparisons to the original Dream Team of 1992 in the process. Valid comparison or not, people are saying it - even people who were on that very team.

Of course, this headline sums it all up - “Magic says Team USA is familiar”. We would hope so - these are all very famous basketball players. Anyone with even a marginal knowledge of sports and the NBA should find them recognizable.

Goodness, gracious, there’s no greatness in Balls of Fury, a lifeless pingpong comedy that ricochets from one flat gag to the next. The only novelty it can boast of is that it’s a sports spoof without Will Ferrell.

Exactly.

You may expect us to be all over the latest in absurd sports comedies, but Ball of Fury looks horrible. Very much a “Hey, let do Dodgeball again, but use a different fake sport!”

Now, back to Team USA.

They’re good. Even very good, and they certainly play with an enthusiasm and intensity we don’t notice in your typical NBA regular season game. (Or even most playoff games, for you Cavalier fans reading.)

We have to agree with Jack Cobra, though - it’s not like a gold medal is some kind of sure thing next summer. Most of these foreign teams are sporting their best squads, and beside that - a lot of them didn’t even bring their best players. If you’re looking for another reason, you should go read another site, because we didn’t even watch these games.

The only thing we know for sure is that there’s a big “thing” about Bill Walton and the other ESPN person doing their analysis from Connecticut, yet pretending to be in Las Vegas. We see no issue with this, especially since it’s not disclosed. In times of peril, go for the Connecticut Deception. Always, always, always.

What do you think we’ve been doing for the past year+? Actually living in LA? Nope, we’re in Connecticut. Read into that, if you dare.