This bullshrimp (yes, I’m trying to curb the profanity, lol) really annoys the bejesus out of me:

“I still like the kid and still think he can play for us,” Smith said of Redick. “As I’ve said before he’s not the first guy in the history of basketball whose career has gotten off to a slow start. And he’s not the first guy who has played four years of college basketball and struggled to get on the floor. Please write this: ‘I like J.J. Redick.’ “

Oh yeah, you like him all right. You like him enough to not play him for 2 years. I’m so sick of hearing that he’s not good enough to play. Believe me, if he wasn’t good enough to play, he wouldn’t be in the NBA. He wouldn’t have been drafted. Certainly not in the lottery. At the very least, if he was so inept, he would’ve been sent to the DL or overseas for improvement. NBA teams don’t just draft a guy at the 11th spot and then happily pay them millions to sit and watch games. Oh wait, I guess maybe they do. But, it isn’t because he can’t play. It’s because they threw a fat contract at a 5′2″ point guard. In which case, fine, TRADE HIM.

For the love of Coach K, Dick Vitale, Christian Laettner and all that are holy and wise, trade him! Stop the insanity!

I apparently missed an epic Red Sox game today. Thank goodness NESN is re-airing it tonight. It is a little weird though, watching a game that you know the outcome of already. I’m suffering from a serious lack of suspense here. I’m happy to suffer though, since it means I already know they score 18 fracking runs!

I don’t know if I addressed it in my About page ramblings, but I like to wink a lot. Like an annoying amount. Practically everything I write online, I feel the need to accompany with a wink. Nothing to be alarmed about.  Feel free to ignore them.   

In NBA free agency news, Elton Brand is heading to Philly, Corey Maggette to Golden State and apparently Michael Peitrus is heading to Orlando. Wait. What? Wha wha what? This means the Orlando fracking Tragic Magic have SIX shooting guards. They already had four (Maurice Evans - starter, Keith Bogans, Keyon Dooling, and J.J. Redick - backups). Then they drafted Courtney Lee in the first round. Now, they’re spending almost their entire mid-level exception on Michael Pietrus from GSW. They must have a trade or two up their sleeves because they’re desperate for a starting backup point guard and also really need a solid power forward. Still though. SIX shooting guards. Sweet mother of god.

Last night… Pistons v. Magic - The Pistons finished off the Magic just like I knew that they would. Frankly, I’m surprised it wasn’t a sweep. Being a J.J. Redick fan, I’ve suffered through 2 long years of craptastic Magic basketball and I’m not gonna lie, I’m pretty bitter about it. Not only is watching them constantly turn the ball over and miss free throws torture, but then they don’t even play J.J. so I don’t even have that as a consolation prize. If you say I should be happy watching Keith Bogans chuck up 3’s over J.J. I’m just going to punch you in the neck. Defense my ass, try shooting better than 1-8 and then talk to me. Anyway, good riddance. If the Celtics manage to survive Lebron, I would much rather take my chances playing a great team like the Pistons. There’s no shame in losing to the Pistons, but if we had made it to the finals against the Magic and lost… well there would be no getting over that. Ever.

Hornets v. Fking Spurs - Hell to the yeah Hornets. Keep it up.

Tonight… My beloved Celtics v. Lebron James - I have a bad feeling about this. The Celtics are playing like shit. I’m hoping they can do what the Red Sox did last season versus the Cleveland Indians. Think Josh Beckett can suit up for the C’s in time?

The Pistons just went on a 15-0 run to tie it up with the Magic. Hell to the yeah!

[Update: Pistons win by ONE POINT. Wow! I actually feel bad for Hedo Turkoglu though because I really think highly of him. But, since I wanted the Pistons to win this one... YAY!]

So Mike D’Antoni to the Knicks, huh? He must be a glutton for punishment or something. Oh well, who knows… maybe he is a miracle worker.

My Celtics went to Cleveland and bit the dust. I think that was predictable, so I’m not too concerned about it. Thank goodness we have home court advantage throughout the playoffs because I have a feeling we’re going to need it.

I might’ve named my new 160GB ipod “Reggie5Bush”… Don’t judge!

Signs of the internet apocolypse - I get dick jokes from my grandfather’s brother (my grandfather died 20 years ago at a very young age, his brother is 10 years or so younger, but at this point should still be considered a very very old man…) Perhaps he doesn’t read his forwards first. Yeah, lets go with that.

They say all PR is good PR - Really? Is it really? Because sure, on the one hand, I’m now suddenly thinking about Papa Johns again for the first time in probably ten years or so… since their pizza tastes like fking cardboard. On the other hand, I’m thinking of them, but in the way that you think of that douchebag friend of your best friend’s brother. Not good. This story has already made it around the blogosphere* and back by now, so I don’t need to go into too much detail, but needless to say, Papa Johns owes Lebron & Cavs fans a giant mouth kiss of an apology. I don’t know if 23 cent cardboard pizzas are really good enough though. Might want to toss in some cardboard bread sticks or something.

*BDL: 10-man rotation, FanHouse: Papa John’s Fears Cleveland, slice: Papa John’s LeBron James ‘Crybaby’ Shirt Controversy Means Cheap Pizza for Clevelanders, SFP: Papa John’s owes Lebron apology, not just pizza

Playoffs tonight in a nutshell… (my useless predictions)

Pistons v. Magic - Unless Detroit gets bored and go on auto-pilot, they should win this game. They are better at almost every position and play with more experience and poise. Also, ps to whoever the commentators are tonight: You could do me a big favor please by getting all the obligatory superlatives about Dwight Howard out of the way right off the bat. For instance, we already know he’s “a manchild”, “a beast”, and “Superman”. There that’s done. No need to keeping repeating it. While you’re at it, when referring to the Pistons, please refrain from too much talk of them, “flipping the switch” or talking about “the switch” period. Danke shane.

Hornets v. Spurs - Toss up. Ps to commentators in regards to this game: Please don’t remind us for the millionth time that Manu won the 6th man award despite being starter-material. We know, we know. If possible, refrain from going on and on and on about how Chris Paul was deserving of the MVP award. That might be true, but the race is over and I’m sick of the subject. To the camera operators: Show the beautiful Mrs. Longoria Parker if you must, but please don’t linger. A two-second count is acceptable. More than that and you’re just annoying people who are actually more interested in, oh you know, the game perhaps.

Finally, I was talking to my mom (diehard Boston Red Sox fan with a B tattoo on her ankle to prove it) about how I like Lebron, but will have to start rooting against him now that the Cavs are playing my beloved Celtics. Her response: “Just remember, he’s a Yankee fan and that is reason enough to boo him.” Haha, when you’re right, you’re right. *wink*