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.

Utah 123, Lakers 115 - Utah ties the series 2-2 in an overtime win. The best part of the game for me was when Kyle Korver drained two free throws towards the end of OT and Hubie deemed him to have “icewater in his veins.” He is pretty automatic, isn’t he? I’m convinced if the Magic had passed on J.J. two years ago, he’d be playing Kyle Korver’s minutes in Utah right now. I would imagine those “Mrs. Redick” tee shirts would be just as popular and just as pink. Apparently Korver is not quite on board with the tee shirts and at least one teammate has weighed in:

“That’s messed up.” –Deron Williams

The Lakers should win every game they play against the Jazz. They look that much better. Somehow though, the Jazz keep managing to win these home game squeekers.

I’m starting to think this series could go 7. I hope it does. I really want to create a “mrs. korver drinking game”…

1. Peep a pink “Mrs. Korver” tank in the crowd - chug a beer
2. Spot more than one “I Heart Kyle” baseball shirt - do two shots
3. Every Kyle 3-pointer drained - chug a beer and do two shots (if he’s on that night, you are guaranteed to get completely fked up by the end of the game… like “crouched over the throne w/your roommate holding your hair back for you” trashed. Good times, good times.)
4. Whenever Kyle ducks out of the way on defense - bow head in shame
5. Triple bonus if in the grand ole tradition of “Grady’s Ladies”, the Mrs. Korvers unify and name themselves something really precious like “Korver’s Cuties” - drink the whole keg & a wine box
6. Ok, I’m done.

Keeping up with the Kardashians - Lots of Reggie on tonight’s episode. Aww, and it’s not even my birthday. Thanks E!

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*

Cavs v. Wiz

• Delonte West. I told you he’d be good for something someday! He wasn’t my favorite Celtic pre-KG for no reason bitches. ;) Hell fking YEAH baby.
• It occurs to me that the more people hate on DeShawn Stevenson, the more he loves it. He has “star player wannabe” syndrome and he has it bad. He can shoot the 3 and sometimes look spectacular doing it, but he’s not Lebron. Not Kobe. He’s not even Gilbert Arenas. He’s DeShawn. A sometimes hot 3-point shooter. I wish he’d stop growing gnatty beards, shaving mohawks into his dome, crankin dat with soulja boy and most of all, I really wish he’d stop it with the “you can’t see me” hand in the face waggle. It’s just embarrassing.

Suns v. Spurs

• I approached this game as one would approach a funeral they were dreading. I wear black all the time, so it was hard to tell, but I was preparing myself for more circus shots from Tony Pah-Kah, incessant flop calls for Manu, tricky little hook shots from Timmayyyyyyy, dirty elbows and knees from Bowen and dagger 3’s from Big Shot Bob and the non-commentating Barry brother. Imagine my giddy surprise when the Suns beat down the Spurs like they were all carrying baseball bats… Even friggin Shaq was hitting free throws… well enough of them anyway. Why can’t the Suns do this every game? Why wait until they’re almost eliminated? It’s so infuriating. Oh well, I’ll take it.

Racing

• IRL - Wait, when did Dan Weldon get married?
• Sprint Cup (Talledega) - YAY Kyle Bush!
• Nationwide (Talledega) - Dario!

Random note

• Forget what I said about Al Horford being a class act. He’s dead to me. The playoffs will do that to you. No offense, Al. Josh Smith is also public enemy #1 and he is dead to me also. (haha)

• WTH is wrong with the Pistons? Seriously. I am 100% a Celtics fan, but I’ve always had a ton of respect for the Pistons. Still do, but sweet jesus what’s their problem? They need to find some consistency in a bottle and drink it till they puke.
• ESPN really pounds the shizniz out of a story once they get their teeth into it don’t they? Yes yes, I know that’s a ‘thank you captain friggin obvious’ statement, but it honestly never ceases to amaze me how they handle it when they think they have “the big scoop” on something. What I’m referring to here is the “Josh Howard smokes weed and says the whole league does too” story. According to the blogosphere, its old news blah blah blah. I can’t believe that in addition to yammering about it all day on ESPN tv and radio, they grilled Devin Harris about it on the sidelines of the Mavs/Horns game. I thought he handled it really well. Just said J-Ho is a dude who speaks his mind yada-yada. Speaking of that game…
• Damp totally chucked little Chris Paul out the effing way at the end of that game. Pargo and Chandler immediately jumped to his defense. See, that’s what the Mavs were supposed to do when West put his grubby paws all over Dirk’s face. It’s called having your teammates back.
• Right now, I’m watching the Suns/Spurs. Fking Spurs.
• Bowen. Grrrrr. How I hate thee, let me count the ways.
• Van Gundy’s calling the game. Sweet. He’s so quotable, I hope he never goes back to coaching.
• The Spurs are ahead by 8 already and Duncan just slammed one square in STAT’s face. Aye yay yay.
• As my New England brethran would say, “That Tony Pah-kah is a little pish-ah.”
• Oh so last night’s Cavs/Wiz game… Mmmm yeah. Not so much. I’m fine with Caron and Agent Zero. I even respect the hell out of Antawn Jamison despite his bad taste in choosing a college to play for (haha). But, DeShawn Stevenson just needs to shut his blowhole already. He can hit a million threes and waggle his hand in front of his bearded grill all he wants, he’s never going to be good enough to step up to Lebron. It’s just a fact of life. It is what it is. Thanks for playing DeShawn, but grab your marbles and go home.

Raps v. Magic - Went out to lunch and missed most of the game. The Magic won which wasn’t a suprise I suppose, but I always expect the Magic to collapse, so maybe it was.

Nuggets v. Lakers - The Lakers were more charming when they were the underdog. Now they’re a little obnoxious. The Nuggets drive me insane though. What a waste of talent. It was classy though of the Laker fans to chant D.U.I. when Melo was shooting free throws. Maybe when they play in Colorado, the fans there will chant RA.P.E. at Kobe. On a completely random note, I love Jeff Van Gundy as an analyst. Who knew the dude was so damn funny? He’s almost as piss-your-pants-funny as Barkley.

Pistons v. Sixers - DBB is right… Jason Maxiell does indeed eat babies. Sheed just drained a 3. Its almost not fair. If I didn’t bleed Celtics green, I’d be a hardcore Pistons fan. They do everything right. [Update: Sweet jesus, what happened? How do the Pistons lose to the Sixers... How?]

Celtics v. Hawks - We better win or I’ll go apeshit. Just sayin.