Player of the D.A.Y.
It’s Milestone day, so the Player of the D.A.Y. comes early.
It’s time for another milestone day, or D.A.Y.
People who care about sports are usually obsessed with numbers and plateaus. Whether it’s Kobe scoring 19,000 points, the entire fantasy sports industry, caring about league leaders and quantifying individual greatness, you care. Today could be a double milestone day in the history of SLAMonline. First of all, this is the 100th Player of the D.A.Y. At least, it’s the 100th post I’ve tagged Player of the D.A.Y. What that means is I’ve been writing this every day for more than 5 months, except for the one time Lang wrote it, which I’m claiming for the sake of tying everything together.
But enough about me. As of noon, Ryan Jones had left 995 comments on slamonline, dating back to July 16th. By the time I write this, he will most likely have crossed the 1,000 mark. Compare that to myself and Lang, who have done the bulk of the work on the site, and I am at a respectable 864 which is 4 behind Sadaharu Oh’s home run total, and Lang is sitting on 661, one ahead of Willie Mays. Ryan is in Josh Gibson land. Then again, he might be busy at work today and won’t be able to reach the sacred plateau.
Those are your milestones for the D.A.Y., and now for the winner from last night’s performance. Gerald Wallace did have a monster night, but so did everybody on the Bobcats against the Wizards, who really miss Caron Butler already. In honor of Ryan’s accomplishment, I will give the Player of the D.A.Y. to LeBron James, for his 31-12-6 with 4 steals against the Timberwolves, including at least 2 extra sick dunks.
43 Responses to “Player of the D.A.Y.”
Apr.4 at 1:48 pm
416 says:
first
Apr.4 at 2:55 pm
Ryan Jones says:
F*ck yeah.
Apr.4 at 2:56 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Nice find on my football team beating the sh*t out of people, Sam.
Apr.4 at 2:56 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Also, as I think is abundantly obvious, I haven’t been busy at work since my last day in the Dome, damn near four months ago.
Apr.4 at 2:57 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Last thing: Is this a G?
Apr.4 at 2:58 pm
Ryan Jones says:
YES! YES! YES! I f*ckin’ rule!
Apr.4 at 3:07 pm
R7 says:
P.O.D. againts the wolves…please!!
Apr.4 at 3:09 pm
Chief says:
i rule more Bitc*
Apr.4 at 3:10 pm
Sneakerhead says:
LBJ23 is killin it
Apr.4 at 3:21 pm
Max Airington says:
Ryan is shooting 60% from the field on the profanity posts. Step your game up homie. Or should I say, b*tch?
Apr.4 at 3:31 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Nice MySpace page, Chief. For stealing that Jordan image, you owe us $14 million.
Also, Max: **********************************************************
Apr.4 at 3:37 pm
Michael says:
Marcus Camby anyone.
Apr.4 at 3:41 pm
Sneakerhead says:
shit man, ryan got 1000 posts? i prob have bout 10 so i gotta few more to go
Apr.4 at 3:41 pm
Max Airington says:
:)
Apr.4 at 3:44 pm
Max Airington says:
How many posts do I have? This might be the concrete evidence that I need to get a life.
Apr.4 at 3:46 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
The Timberwolves are still in the NBA?
Apr.4 at 3:59 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
Max, your magic number is 785, or at least the phrase Max Airington appears 785 times in posts. I think. I just wrote your name there to test that theory.
Apr.4 at 4:10 pm
Max Airington says:
Damn. Life is calliing.
Apr.4 at 6:52 pm
Steven Thompson says:
I hate all you guys at slam, y sont u just die or something
Apr.4 at 7:00 pm
Tom Jackson says:
Well, Sam, I just figured if anyone had a shot to remember, it’d be you. You are rivaled only by Lang in your knowledge of seemingly EVERYTHING to do with the entertainment industry (from college baseball video games to reality television). I said something once about how I don’t understand how Lang has the time to watch/play/learn/interview/know everything he does, and you’re just as baffling with your uncanny balance of free time. Anyway, that’s from the Golden Child, the ultra-classic Eddie Murphy joint from the 80’s. He called the old Chinese Buddhist “Monty Hall” because of the games he has to play. Lang brought up Monty Hall yesterday and someone had a post that contained an Eddie Murphy refrence recently, so I had a flash back. He’s walking through the maze, and he drops the coin, “There’s a floor Monty! There’s a floor! …. (listens for the coin to hit) … There’s no floor!!!” Classic pre-watered down Eddie.
Apr.4 at 7:00 pm
Sneakerhead says:
what the hell was that about
Apr.4 at 7:01 pm
Tom Jackson says:
Other guys who are SLAM staffers know everything about basketball, and maybe they’re into other things too, but it doesn’t reflect in their writing or posts. You and Lang, I don’t want to sound like I’m on y’all’s jock or anything, but you two seem to know everything about everything. It’s mind-boggling. Do you ever like, go on dates or sleep?
Apr.4 at 7:02 pm
Tom Jackson says:
Sneakerhead, you gotta go back to yesterday’s posts.
Apr.4 at 7:20 pm
Sneakerhead says:
o i gotcha now
Apr.4 at 7:33 pm
Ron says:
Wow, so who is the leader in Player of the D.A.Y. standings? I know Baron was the early leader but he hasn’t been here since February… I think?
Apr.4 at 7:34 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
I’m sorry. I’ll start talking more about TV shows and Phil Collins ASAP.
Apr.4 at 7:51 pm
Eoin says:
Ryan, that was the slamonline equivalent of deliberately missing a lay up to pad your rebound stats and get a triple double.shame on you, Bobby Sura.
Apr.4 at 7:54 pm
Sneakerhead says:
lol i feel ya Eoin!
Apr.4 at 10:25 pm
Ryan Jones says:
No, Eoin, that’s when Khalid blogs about “Kobe Top 10 All-Time No Doubt.” What I did was the equivalent of AC Green playing 1 minute with a broken nose to extend his ironman streak. I don’t know why this analogy works, you’ll just have to trust me that it does.
Apr.4 at 11:46 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
I thought AC played a minute with missing teeth because someone on the Knicks knocked them down his throat?
Apr.5 at 12:24 am
Russ Bengtson says:
http://www.nba.com/suns/history/acgreen_mask95.html
Apr.5 at 6:07 am
fabio says:
i am getting sick of this kobe thing. SLAM was once about fundamentals putting PIP over MJ as MVP in 96 and giving mad props to MASE his first season in charlotte over glen rice. now things change and you hog this guy. since when is ball not about winnnig anymore. wasn’t that why people diss KG and not consider him to be “truely” (whatever that means) great. and I take KG anyday over kobe. kobe probably ain’t the best in today’s washed out NBA, so i want to go back and say that it is BLASPHEMY to even compare him to money. the bigger the obstacle, the bigger MJ. kobe will be eliminated in round 1 but you’ll call him the best because he’ll have 40ppg on 40% shooting. WHY???
Apr.5 at 7:40 am
chief sucks says:
fuck chief
Apr.5 at 7:51 am
Sam Rubenstein says:
Tom, I can’t speak for Lang, but if only I used all of that brain power for something greater…
Golden Child is a classic, but I have not seen it in about 15 years.
Russ that was J.R. Reid.
Apr.5 at 8:31 am
Ryan Jones says:
Fabio will no doubt be glad to know that Kobe went 2 for 10 in the fouth quarter last night (getting his shot blocked twice in the process) in the Lakers’ loss to the Clippers.
Apr.5 at 9:45 am
fabio says:
no i am not glad because i think kobe is really good and maybe the best today (for guards). i just wonder why SLAM which i consider the bible and which i - from europe - had subscribed to when the lakers won everything 7 years ago in my opinion seems to loose a bit of proportion. and as a HUGE MJ fan, maybe even more so today than years ago, i really feel that comparisons today are an insult. it’s like if you’d compare ronaldhino, as flashy as he may be, to pele or maradona in soccer.
Apr.5 at 10:49 am
Ryan Jones says:
Fair point, Fabio. Ronaldinho is much, much better than Pele.
Apr.5 at 11:00 am
fabio says:
but it’s the trend: you gotta be flashy, marketable (beckham), then the media will praise you. ecconomics? NBA needed something after GOD quit.
say that in brazil
Apr.5 at 11:03 am
Ryan Jones says:
The irony, of course, being that England seems to have actually gotten worse since Beckham left. But I feel you.
Apr.5 at 11:13 am
fabio says:
england got worse? that was possible???
Apr.5 at 1:22 pm
albie1kenobi says:
wait, ronaldinho is much much better than Pele? am i missing something here? like ryan’s sarcasm?
Apr.5 at 2:45 pm
Reggie Evans says:
Back to Player of the D.A.Y. Lebron is now tied for second place in the Player of the Y.E.A.R. race with 5 P.O.D.s
Apr.5 at 9:42 pm
Garrett Erb says:
whos 1st then