According to ESPN.com rumors, Celtics ugly duckling Sam Cassell is apparently "interested in Nuggs." NBA pals Rasheed Wallace and Damon Stoudamire are reportedly "hogging their grass because they don't want to be smoking on dat dro with Sam."
Yes, he is.
The Celtics guard, visibly stressed because his lack of playing time in the playoffs, loudly screamed to reporters "I just want my nuggs!" moments before meeting up with Martinez behind the bus stop on 13th and 2nd. He spent "$24 on a few grams."
This is really an unfortunate event in the NBA, a league that claims it really "cares." Why can't a grown man just get a damn nugg in peace?!
According to ESPN.com, the NBA is finally imposing a rule that, y'know, makes sense. League officials announced at the pre-draft camp that it will begin fining athletes for clear cases of "flopping."
If you're unfamiliar with the term "flop," let me define it for you. Flop (n.) - 1) the unique wavy pattern of Mel Kiper's hair, 2) the intentional act of falling backwards onto the floor in order to warrant a charging foul from the referee, extremely annoying, 3) the act of flipping pancakes.
Vlade explains "the flop"
This comes at a crucial time for the NBA, when flopping seems to be at an all-time high with talented floppers like Manu Ginobili and Raja Bell dominating the game. However, several athletes aren't too excited by the NBA's move.
Pistons thug Rasheed Wallace explained politely, "All that bull[expletive]-ass calls they had out there. With Mike [Callahan] and Kenny [Mauer] -- you've all seen that [expletive]," Wallace said. "You saw them calls. The cats are flopping all over the floor and they're calling that [expletive]. That [expletive] ain't basketball out there. It's all [expletive] entertainment. You all should know that [expletive]. It's all [expletive] entertainment." In case you didn't know, those [expletive]s are just Rasheed's way of saying the f word.
I haven't been posting a lot (or at all) lately, so here's a short post to keep my nonexistent readers interested. But I do hope to get some steam steaming in the near future. Also, I met sports blogging legend Will Leitch tonight at his book signing, which somehow inspired me to begin brainstorming radical reform within my blogosphere career. Stay tuned:
Foul on No. 36 for expressing...emotion.
So with the professional leagues going Phillip Wellman on just about everything nowadays, I thought that this report written by The Onion sports page just about sums about how ridiculous the authorities of the sports world have become. Yes, rules weren't made to be broken, but c'mon, let's just play the damn game.
