Why Are You Still Here?

Pau, why are you still a Grizzly? Folks were supposed to be lining up to take you and your contract! Maybe the other GMs watched the game last night and saw you get punked out and the ball stolen…you know, the time that you fell and were sitting on your butt watching everyone else run down the court? You suck, Pau Gasol. The faster we trade you the better. I’m tired of hearing “almost double-double player” attached to your name. Your double-doubles are absolutely useless because they pale in comparison to the stats that you give up. It hasn’t been great. It hasn’t been. And you can’t be an ex-Grizzly soon enough for me.

And the Wonder Twins did their deal last night against the Grizzlies and, oh, how they talked of how great they played together. Yeah, y’all are great. Wonder Twins power activate…form of some player that play great against a pathetic Grizzlies team…form of something useless made of water. Well, ok, not really, but seriously – it’s easy to be laughing and dunking and “see, we get along wonderfully” when your playing the Bad News Bears of the NBA. Let’s see how things shake down when Kobe’s dropping 50 on your head. Let’s see how well you share and get along when Phoenix rolls through and scoring points like it’s going out of style. Let’s see how well you pass and set up plays when you’re about to lose by 30. You play well then and share and pass and be all lovey…THEN I’ll be impressed.

We’ll miss you Bill Parcells. I’m only 33, but it always feels like I get a little older a little quicker when sports figures I’ve grown up with retire. Bill Parcells is the latest. My generation of NASCAR drivers is another. So many of the drivers I remember watching in the early 90’s…gone – retired or passed away. I don’t want to grow up, I’m a Toys R Us kid.

Pau, are you still here? I’m sorry, I thought you were leaving. But on a side-note, it was nice to hear an afternoon show playing the Hallelujah chorus when mentioning the Pau trade after my blog first thing yesterday morning mentioned it. Maybe someone’s noticing this lunacy.