Eastern Observations

While recently bemoaning the fact that I am unable to devote my days the process of self-actualization, I happened to catch some basketball games. Here's an assortment of thoughts.

The Bulls SUCK

I realize I am the same individual who was fairly high on them on a couple of weeks ago, but I am willing to back off of that feeling for now. They beat the Pistons in a game where they seemed to be playing fairly well. Everything else has been, well, terrible.

It's not as if they have lost a bunch of close games. It really looks usually like they have no business being on the floor. Some people (Jalen Rose) have made the excuse that all the trade talk is distracting the team. Now far be it from me to question someone who actually played in the NBA, but this team has been facing trade talk fairly consistently for the last several years. Granted teams have started slowly in the past and really turned it around, but this is a grind it out kind of team (who have largely been together for several years), so it surprises me when they look like they just met out there on the court. Seriously, that team seems about as comfortable as Trent Lott at an NAACP meeting. It has to be one of the following situations:

1. General trade talk does not disrupt a team, but trade talk involving Kobe disrupts ANY team.

2. The team is frustrated because they realize the only major move management has made in the last year was to sign an offensively inept defensive stopper/post player to a team that already played very good defense who's major deficiency as a team was scoring in the post.

3. Joakim Noah scares the bejesus out of the rest of the team...I mean, it could be a reason...NEXT TOPIC!

The Boston Celtics

Ok, here's what seems to have happened wit this team. Three stars are really psyched to be playing together, everybody else has become excited as well. The whole team is groving along and playing extremely well against mediocre competition. Somewhere in January or February everyone is going to get really tired, hurt and something is going to screw up the chemistry...hopefully. (Might be time to break out the KG voodoo dolls, seriously, this is the first team I have been legitimately scared of coming from the East in years).


Cap'n Crazy's Lost his Touch

Gilbert Arenas had knee surgery over the summer that is apprently still sort of giving him trouble. I really hope turns that around. I realize he's a shoot first point guard who does not do a whole lot to make his teammates better, and I should detest him because of that. The thing is that I still enjoy his play a great deal. Agent Zero is cold blooded and really fun to watch play, usually. I nearly bought his low-top sneaker last year until a woman told me she thought it looked like it was made by Tyco...I would still kind of like to get my hands on that shoe.


I will return tomorrow with some thoughts on the bestern conference.


-Dusty