I’m serious. I’d vote for him. I had heard his performance at the ESPYs was great, but man… I was laughing like a fool. The Celtics puppets were one of my faves. Where he has the Garnett puppet yelling, “Anything is possible!” Hehehe. I loved when he stuck his hand in Mario Chalmers face and said, “Is that so hard Memphis?” Oh and when he hugged Aaron Rodgers. *sigh* I could just relive that broadcast all night. Good times, good times. Oh oh oh… and at the end of the night, when the Celtics won the best team award and Ray said, “…another win in LA” and the crowd booed. That was sweet. Didn’t completely make up for having to stomach all those NY Giants awards *blech*, but it helped.

Oh NY Giants, how I hate thee. Let me count the ways. Here’s to hoping Jeremy Shockey has a great year for the Saints and the Giants go down in flames. I still like Eli Manning (it’s hard to hate on Opie Taylor) but the rest of that team of cocky a-holes can suck it.

Danica Patrick and Milka Duno. Sigh. Do you really have to have a girlie bitchfight on camera? Perpetuate the stereotype much? I think Danica needs to start putting up or shutting up. If she’s going to haul her overpaid, overhyped ass to other racer’s pit stalls, the least she could do is throw up punch. In this particular case though, she’s right about Duno being a pain in the ass on the track due to lack of talent. She’s like a construction cone and someday she’s going to hurt somebody. Still though, Danica should either take a swing or as Lebron would tell his own mama, “Sit yo ass down!”

I’m boycotting the Red Sox games until they come back home. I can’t be expected to watch games that start after 10pm. Sure, I’m up much later than that. But, that’s my time to watch trashy reality television shows on E! and I’m not changing my ways. Plus, they got swept in LA and I’m not wasting my time watching them lose on the road. Wow, Jed Lowry looks young. The call-ups always look like babies to me. Ok fine, I’m watching tonight’s game. Pre-game anyway. Dice-K’s on the mound. I doubt I’ll last, but I’ll give it a shot. Oh and Dear Manny — Grow the frack up and stop playing reindeer games with Sox management. Thanks babe. Love, me.

I watched the last 2 minutes of a WNBA game tonight. A total melee broke out. Candace Parker, Rick Mahorn, and two other players got ejected. It was good times. The commentators were yammering about how it was such an awful display and totally shaming the WNBA’s image etc… You know what’s a shame ladies? The fact that nobody gives a rat’s ass about the WNBA in the first place and the star players only earn about a fraction of what Celtics bench player, Gabe Pruitt made last year. That’s a shame.

Earlier tonight, I may have watched Game 6 of the NBA Finals again… It was sweet. I need to swap out that DVR w/the cable company peeps so I can get an HD DVR since I upgraded my TV and unfortunately, I can’t get the contents onto a writable DVD disc. So that means that all 20 hours of Celtics coverage (the games, parade through beantown, parade at red sox game, very special episodes of celtics now on nesn, etc..) will be gone forever. Such a tragedy. So, during my vacation, I’m planning to watch all of it at least two or three more times before I have to part with it. Sigh. Speaking of Celtics, Eddie House and Tony Allen got picked up for two more years. That’s cool. I’m still disappointed to lose the love of my life, James Posey, but I guess if he’s gone for good, I’m glad we aren’t losing anyone else.

Watching the NBA draft. Not too many surprises. A couple notes though:

1. Who knew that Joe Alexander had such a booming over-the-top loud voice? It was unsettling. Also, was it just me or was Stephen A. Smith dissing him at the end of the interview by saying that he was saying his team was lucky to get him (instead of him being lucky to get drafted)? Maybe it was just Stephen A. being Stephen A., but it sounded oddly hostile to me.
2. O.J. Mayo in Minnesota? Can’t see it. Never mind.
3. Have the NY fans at MSG ever NOT boo’ed their pick?
4. Pat Riley. What a minx.
5. Have I mentioned I love Jay Bilas? Oh I have? Never mind, then.
6. Why is Darrell Arthur dropping like a stone?
7. Josh McRoberts was included in a Portland trade with Indiana. Maybe playing at home will be good for him. He’ll also be reunited with Mike Dunleavy, Jr.
8. If the Orlando Magic select a shooting guard, I’m going to spazz out. They better take Arthur.
9. They just selected a shooting guard. Boo! Hiss! I don’t want to see J.J. on bench duty for yet another season.
10. I was typing and thought they just said that “Sir Chewbacca” just went to Seattle as the 24th pick. Clearly I need to actually read the picks and not just listen to Stern’s pronunciations.

I had to wait until 6:30pm to see the Celtics duckboat rolling rally (TV rerun). It was a bummer not getting to see it in person, but I don’t feel like I missed all that much. Unlike the Red Sox rolling rally, there was no band (I guess the Dropkick Murphys are exclusive to the Red Sox celebrations - hehe) and nobody playing air guitar with a broom a la Papelbon. It was nice to see the players waving to fans with cigars hanging out of their mouths (ode to Red Auerbach), but I was expecting something a little zanier. Well, I guess there was one zany thing… Dude, my eyes.

My favorite photo of the day

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Celtics! NBA Champions! I was up until 2:00am watching interviews on the New England sports channel. A few thoughts.

1. KG is nuts. Certifiably insane. I LOVE that about him!
2. Paul Pierce definitely deserved the MVP finals award. He was terrific.
3. What was up with Lamar Odom poking people in the eye? The Three Stooges called, they want their schtick back.

more to come… off to a meeting right now.. damn work!

Update: Ok finally phew. I think it’s incredibly selfish of my employers to expect me to manage their websites all day rather than updating my own blog. Sheesh.  More thoughts…

4. It really bugged me that so many people picked the Lakers and didn’t believe in the Celtics, but the more I think about it, the more it makes sense. If you didn’t watch every game all season like I did and you were just going by the Hawks and Cavs series, I guess you would have to question whether the C’s could get it done.

5. I’m not surprised that some people are complaining about the Celtics running up the score. Being a Patriots fan, I’m used to hearing that. All I have to say about that is that whining about it is weak. If your team doesn’t want to get embarrassed then they should play better. They didn’t even defend Tony Allen and Glen Davis at the end of the game. It was the Lakers who decided to just stop playing… so they deserve the lopsided score they got.

6. I’m going to miss all the drama of the NBA during the off-season. This has been the best season for me as a fan since I started following the NBA full-time. I’m going to miss reading all my favorite basketball blogs (presuming they take a hiatus), I already miss my Pistons podcasts (don’t ask, I can’t help it that they’re my second favorite team), and most of all, I’m going to miss The Basketball Jones podcast. I got used to checking for those every day around 10-ish EST and usually by the time my first meetings of the day were out, there would be a nice ep. waiting. *sigh*

7. I will keep blogging during the off-season, but now I will have to switch to Red Sox, Patriots and reality TV. Maybe I’ll cover the Tila Tequila finale if I can gather up my energy.

Sweet mother of shamrocks and all that are holy! That will teach me to blog before the game is over. Who could’ve predicted a comeback like that though? I have all the belief in the world in the C’s talent, but there is no way on god’s green earth I ever thought they would be able to overcome a 24-point deficit. Hot damn! Now I’m in a quandry, if I stick with my Celtics in 7 prediction, I’d be essentially saying that the Lakers will win one in Boston and I just flat out do not see that happening. But, I absolutely despise waffling, so I guess I’m just going to have to stick with my original prediction. As long as the Celtics win the championship, I’ll be happy to be wrong.

Kobe looked a little pissed after the game.  During his press conference, all I could think about was Bill Russell’s interview with KG. He told KG that he was going to have to put his arms around his teammates and guide them to a championship… it wouldn’t work to try and drag them there. Something Kobe will never understand. You can have all the fight and desire and be the best player on the planet, but your teammates have to be guided along the way and not yanked, bullied, and chided.

It’s not over. I expect the Lakers to come out swinging for their lives on Sunday. I wouldn’t have it any other way. I hope Spike shows up again. He’s apparently a good luck charm.

Yo Phile, I mean Phil… It’s Lee-on P-oh as in P-oh-tent threat in the P-aint. The refs aren’t your problem, the problem is that you have only a few mentally tough players on your team. Kobe, Derek Fisher, and… I guess you only have two. Good luck with that.

Game 3 went exactly how I expected it to. No shock. No awe. I even yawned several times.

I’m sorry to say I’ve had to bail out on both of my favorite basketball sites/podcasts and live blogs because of the obvious Laker leanings. I can’t listen to it. It’s my fatal flaw. Boston is apparently only popular if you live in New England. I guess its better that way anyway. Only my own kind would understand the kind of sublime cackle I let out on my drive home from work when I heard the Giants superbowl rings were stolen in a vault somewhere in Massachusetts. Aw, good times, good times. Only a fellow New Englander would scream PAPELBON!!!!!!!!!!! when he bounded out to the mound tonight to save the game against the Orioles (whereas the rest of the sports world probably thinks of him as the jig-dancing spazz in the spandex shorts.) And finally, yes, only a fellow New Englander would pee Shamrock green year-round and not just on a certain holiday in March.

Go Celtics! Beat LA!

1. I think KG must have literally meant it when he said that the game plan was, “Pass the ball to Paul and get the hell out of the way.” But, that doesn’t actually really bode well for the C’s. See, I was trying to think about which Piston I was going to post a voodoo doll picture of today and I couldn’t narrow it down to one guy. They are balanced at every position and don’t rely on just one guy to carry them to the win. Not long ago, I would’ve described the Celtics that way too, but lately, not so much. Any given night, one or more is more likely to disappear than show up and needless to say, that’s not good. Me no likey.

2. Raise your hand if you really expected P.J. Brown to be an integral part of any win on-the-court in the post-season? If you’re raising your hand, you’re either Kreskin or a liar.

3. Missing shooting guard. If found, please return unharmed. No questions asked. Reward offered.

In other areas of my mind:

I watched the season finale of Keeping up with the Kardashians last night. So much of Kim Kardashian’s my boyfriend Reggie these days. Very interesting. Even more interesting is how he appears on the show, but doesn’t actually speak. Maybe its just as well. Some people should just sit there and look pretty.

Gossip Girl tonight. I can’t believe (well I can) that the “Serena killed someone” plot was so incredibly lame and they tied it all up in a bow in one episode. I hope it wasn’t the “jumped the shark” moment. I’ll miss Chuck if the show gets too sucky to watch.

There was no basketball jones podcast today so I decided to enjoy the archives and re-listened to the last 8 episodes. Good times, good times. I laughed out loud (again) in my office over the Scalabrine rap and the Nicola phone call. If loving that podcast is wrong, then I don’t want to be right.

Note to Jason Giambi and whichever teammates wear his golden thong - Ewwwwwwwww!

The Blowtorch posted the Spurs Game 7 Gameplan and it’s an instant classic…

“Give the ball to Paul Pierce and get the hell out of the way…” –KG
“That was the ghost of Red Auerbach guiding that ball in…” –Paul Pierce

The Ball Don’t Lie boys are Liveblogging the FkingSpurs/Hornets game. Those Liveblogs are always a party, so I’m sure I’ll make my usual cameo. Not sure if they’re serious or kidding, but they’ve advised that a “comment intern” will be perusing the inane crap people like me send their way. Hmmmm, so how does one become a “comment intern”? Are there classes in college that teach that because it sounds like a pretty slick job to me.

In other news, I love my mother. She left me a voicemail on my work phone instead of my cell, so I emailed her and reminded her that I prefer to receive my personal calls on my cell phone. She writes back, “I’m sorry I forgot to call the right number. You can just tell me to SIT MY ASS DOWN next time you see me. Love, Mother” Haha, is she perfect or what?

I haven’t forgotten the Red Sox but I probably won’t start blogging about them in earnest until the NBA playoffs are over. However, I have to say that I love LOVE love the fact that Manny stopped right in the middle of a play to high five a fan. Only at Fenway… That’s fking brilliant. BRILLIANT. Like Progressive, I say it louder.

Oh and whoever stole my superior Celtics team and replaced it with this new inferior one, could you kindly return them to me? Danke shane. Those refunds for the ineffective Lebron James Voodoo Dolls are in the mail…

BDL posted the funniest and most creative mother’s day card ever…