I miss Vlade Divac. I miss everything about him, his near triple-double stat sheets, his brilliant passing and of course his flopping.
He was a helluva player, and if this commercial serves right, a damn comedic genius. This was before Borat took the world by storm, this is all natural.
Please, Vlade, sign with a team for the playoffs. He’d look great in a Thunder uniform, wouldn’t he?
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With eight minutes left in the third quarter of Monday night’s Bulls-Kings game, the Bulls led by 35 points.
The Bulls blew a 35 point lead, losing to Sacramento 102-98.
This might be bigger for Tyreke Evans than Brandon Jennings 55-point game.
UNBELIEVABLE.
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Kevin Martin was off to a brilliant start. The league’s most unknown scorer was averaging 30.6 points through the Kings’ first five games this season, including a 48-point explosion Monday night against Memphis.
Martin is not new to scoring a lot of points, he’s been putting up 20-plus per game since his breakout season in 2006-07. Last season he was a hair under 25 per night.
Unfortunately for the Kings, Martin is not new to injury either. Since his breakout year, Martin has struggled with injuries. Last season he only played in 51 games, the year before 61. Five games deep and he’s already hurt, which is a shame for a guy who is capable of becoming a superstar.
Martin is being evaluated, so expect an announcement on whether or not he’s going to miss some games real soon.
Let’s hope for the best, I’d hate to see this kid go down again.
UPDATE: Reports are saying that Martin is going to be shutdown for almost two months. Horrible news for Kings fans and the game as a whole. Such a disappointment that Martin cannot ever stay healthy. This is the reason I did not touch him in my fantasy basketball drafts this year.
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So far in my 26 years on this planet, I’ve only killed a fly with my bar hands once, back in 2000. That shouldn’t take away from my ninja or stealth skills, but it’s only happened one glorious time. It’s difficult to do, but Manu Ginobili apparently has stepped it up to a new level.
A bat was in the arena during Saturday’s game against the Kings in San Antonio, the bat was halting the game and Ginobili had enough.
The man killed the bat, I don’t know if that was fair. Maybe the bat shouldn’t have been near the court, but did it deserve to die? Of all the days to kill a bat, Ginobili does it on Halloween?
What a cold, cold man.
Thanks, NickMicko
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(Photo courtesy of WaymanTisdale.com)
Former NBA player and jazz musician Wayman Tisdale has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 44. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Lakers Sasha Vujacic throws down over two Sacramento Kings and that gets the entire Lakers bench off their feet. In case you didn’t know, Vujacic doesn’t do this often.
Vujacic also has great hair.
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Lil’ Wayne is a big NBA fan, he knows what he’s talking about. He was courtside during the Kings/Hornets game, and was there to see Vlade Divac get his number retired. Here is what he had to say:
Oh, and by the way, I was soooo rocking glasses like that before Lil Wayne, Jay-Z and T.I.
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Last night when I was looking at box scores, I noticed that Yahoo! Sports messed up and added Grant Hill to the roster of the Golden State Warriors in their box score of the high-scoring Kings/Warriors game.
Hill chipped in with 23 points on 10-for-13 shooting for the Warriors (off the bench in 38 minutes of action) in their 143-141 victory in double overtime. He also did the same for Phoenix last night in their win against Houston. Maybe Hill should get some MVP consideration, putting in work for two teams like that in victories in the same night.
That’s how you know I’m a nerd, little things like that make me laugh, I Love This Game!
Oh yeah, Monta Ellis easily had his best game of the season and his career with 42 points, nine rebounds and nine assists. Warriors fans have to feel good about that, as Ellis is coming along after that big injury last summer, that was well documented.
Also, that underrated Kevin Martin kid had 50 points last night (just a day after Jason Muhme and I were arguing who’s more underrated John Salmons or Martin, Muhme says Martin, so he loved this. I’m still sticking with Salmons), unfortunately most people have no idea who he is, he averages 24 points per game though.
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Vlade Divac is one of the best European basketball players of all-time, as far as centers go, he’s second to Arvydas Sabonis in the European spectrum of things. Vlade had a much longer and more successful NBA career though. Last night the Sacramento Kings honored their former center by retiring his number.
Chris Webber’s number was retired by the Kings in February, and round two was the retirement of Divac’s number “21.”
The arrival of Divac and Webber to Sacramento changed the atmosphere of a team that was once on the bottom of the league, they instantly made waves, and slowly but surely became a contender. They never won a title, but the Tim Donaghy scandal now makes you wonder, what if?
Regardless Divac’s contributions to Sacramento and to the NBA in general are something that should always be remembered, and more importantly honored. Divac was one of the first Europeans to transfer over the NBA and his success obviously led to a movement that has forever changed the landscape of the game.
Nothing was more exciting than watching Divac try and get triple doubles, the guy was a machine. His passing was brilliant, an art form. He was the best flopper in league history too, I mean he invented it, another way he changed the game, in a laughing matter. Though for real, name a center whose career-high in assists is 13 or more? Vlade was complete, the prototype of the Euroleague.
Mad props to Divac, mad props to Webber for both giving us some great basketball and perhaps the greatest rivalry of the last decade. On top of that, mad props to the Kings for honoring two guys this season for their efforts that changed a franchise.
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