The '08 NBA playoffs have provided another dramatic twist with some of the same characters from last year's heavily disputed Western Conference semifinal series. Robert Horry of the Spurs, the villain that everyone loves to hate, is back on the chopping block for his tough back pick on the Hornets' David West. Playing with an already fragile back that everyone knew about, West fell in a heap on the floor early in the 4th quarter of their blowout loss in Game 6.
Phoenix Suns fans now have the company of New Orleans fans for their ire towards the 16 year veteran as they still remember last year's hip check foul that threw Steve Nash in to the sideline boards, nearly clearing the benches, resulting in 1 game suspensions for two of the Suns' vital players. Considering West's 38-point dismantling of the defending champs in Game 5, many believe Horry zeroed in on this postseason's threat to end his season and cowardly threw a targeted hit on the affected area. Is this a trend or just a coincidence?
Horry came out defending his actions Saturday saying, "It was a regular back pick. I wasn't trying to hurt him, I'm sorry he got hurt, but that's the game of basketball." For many of us that were expecting a denial ice cream sundae, covered with whipped cream and a few nicety cherries, they are feeling like he's taken another shot, this time to our faces. Although sports is known to be filled with fierce competition and trash talking with words only LeBron James would say to his mother; public statements and quick responses to reporters' questions about opponents are always filled with gushing compliments in order to keep a positive image. We all know they're simply being nice to our faces; at least Horry let us know what he really feels about the situation. He didn't mean to hurt West and he doesn't completely care that he did. Now, put down the walker and let's play Game 7! Every drama needs a bad guy; some of us even root for him to win.
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. Substituting for Cenk,
Jayar Jackson Who????
Yes, Cenk needs a timeout for his hard YouTube work on the last posting of the Chris Matthews clown show.
robert okane at 3:08PM on May 19th 2008
2. Jesus Cenk, you know and undertand so very little politically, so why would you feel the necessity on commenting on sports? Did your team lose or something? Get used to it.
Gere at 3:29PM on May 19th 2008
3. I heard some crickets chirping in here so I thought I'd see why. I read the blog. Now I see why.
Goodnight.
YGBSM at 3:48PM on May 19th 2008
4. The offer still stands! I will pay the $20 to have a rat gnaw that growth off your face.
socal4patrick at 4:08PM on May 19th 2008
5. Hey there Big Guy,
Playing with pain, it's part the game. I would imagine half the starting line-up on a playoff team is injured to some degree. Not a major injury, but a twist here, an ache there, a jammed toe or finger.
To the Spur's, the Hornets' David West's injury was opportunity knocking....a bump to the back, West goes to the bench....bring out the bench warmer. It's all to easy.
Willet at 6:34PM on May 19th 2008
6. Hey, Okane, now I see why they call you insane. You have the audacity (nice overused word, see I can use it too) to actually support your position with facts.
The last three days while driving through Michigan I had the pleasure of listening to mind numbing Air America programming. It was pure comic relief. These are the best the liberals have to offer. Amazing. Actually, to be honest, quite embarrassing. I really did not know the depths to which the liberals would go to sell their souls to get to the white house. Just plain crazy. Each of these so called experts just mercillessly bad mouthed Hillary. All of a sudden they have come to the conclusion that she is a lying, cheating, coniving bitch. Not only are these all good liberal qualities but really no revalation as we conservatives have known this for some time now.
Let me count the ways these morons, one after another, brought hypocrisy to a new level.
They started out by saying that Bush and all of his friends are elitist, blah blah blah, and then the next second they went into a tirade about the racist W Viginia white voters all being dumb and uneducated because they voted for Hillary. Their proof of racism was that they in fact let Hillary win the state. Of course they could not comment on what it meant that black voters vote for Obama at a greater than 90% clip. That of course is not racism. Never mind that there is no more uneducated group in the country than blacks. That fact or argument was never broached. The premise was that all these legions of black voters were well informed and the whites were ignorant and not informed or else they too would have seen the misgivings of their ways.
Of course anytime they were confronted with any facts, they could not answer them. They sounded like the average poster here. And now I get where all the liberals on here keep referring to my arguments as repub talking points. Now I know what that means. If they do not have an answer they just accuse you of spewing talking points. And of course all the lemming follow suit. I guess that is why they call you insane, Okane. No answer, spew some nonsense.
Then, amazingly, they keep referring to Obama as a black man. Hello, he is half white. Never mind that if it wasnt for the white people in his life, who are as he puts it, typical white people, (what would have happened to McCain if he had uttered typical black people, but I digress) he would be dead or in a gutter somewhere. Or the fact that I was lead to believe it was politically incorrect to refer to someone as black. If ever the term African american fit, it would be in his case. He is african and american after all. I guess it just doesnt sound as attractive somehow. Then they kept droaning on and on about how Hussein Obama is a Christian and they know this to be fact. Actually, his spiritual advisor is a liberation theologian or more precisely a black liberation theologian. If you do not know what that is then you have no business supporting Osama as Ted Kennedy referred to him as. It is a Marxist, repulsive kill whitey type of belief system wherein they believe the state must be taken over. Think Che Guevara. Socialist revolution. Reverend Wright states that this is what he preaches and has done so since the 60's. Nonetheless, Obama is a Christian because that is what they want him to be.
I could go on but I must admit it is truly eye opening. And the best part of all that is to think Cenk was not even smart enough to get or keep a show on that station. Crazy indeed but not surprising. Now, how about those talking points.
german guy at 7:28PM on May 19th 2008