Month: July, 2009

And today’s favorite to win the NBA title is …

The Fourth of July might be gone, but the fireworks remain in the NBA.
Yeah, that’s such a lame AP-style lead. I would’ve gone with something like, “You can’t spell Fourth of July Weekend without W-T-F,” but that would upset the wifey when this blog post gets RSS’d into her Facebook page. Oops. Hopefully that didn’t [...]

No Comments by Slim / July 7, 2009 / Posted in: BSlim, NBA

Tagged: ESPN, Lakers, NBA

No Ariza! Say it aint so!

Artest is replacing Ariza as the Lakers defensive wiz. He brings more muscle, more offense (which we don’t need more of) and more unpredictability. The Laker Nation is well aware that Artest is an improvement in overall skills over the very talented Trevor Ariza. The Laker Nation is also well aware that Artest has been [...]

1 Comment by Ryantific / July 4, 2009 / Posted in: Uncategorized

It’s All Good in Mannywood

The other day Pembertonian was giving me crap, calling me a “homer” because I was talking about how much I love my job while he wallows in the self-pity that comes with working in the newspaper biz.
It was the first time in a long time someone could actually call me a homer, because if you’ve [...]

No Comments by Slim / July 3, 2009 / Posted in: BSlim, MLB, Uncategorized

Tagged: Dodgers, Manny, MLB

Artest to the Lakers? Time to call off next season

Oh, snap.
I was getting ready to write a snarky blog about Khalil Greene being on the DL for anxiety disorder — you know, saying, like, how can I get that same deal at my work — or perhaps even a blog entry about how lame those baseball game replays are (Why the “due to time [...]

No Comments by Pembertonian / July 2, 2009 / Posted in: Los Angeles Lakers