W.I.N.N.E.R.S.
T-Mac gets a Second Life
Before I get to the W.I.N.N.E.R.S., I’d like to take a moment to put my head in my hands and shake my head in disgust upon reading this news. The NBA is going to be in Second Life. For those of you unfamiliar with what Second Life is, I will give you a brief summary: Imagine if the most mundane routine parts of your life were made into a video game that is impossible to navigate. That is all. Maybe I am short-changing it and I’m angry cause they stole my idea, but I have had bad experiences with Second Life. I tried to change my character’s shirt and now he’s wearing a bunny rabbit costume that I can’t take off.
Wikipedia has a better explanation. You know how in movies about the future there is always that theme of mankind giving too much power to technology which eventually turns on them? Second Life is going to be at the forefront of when that happens. I’m only mentioning this now because the NBA is getting involved.
But I’m still excited about Project Offset.
Onto the W.I.N.N.E.R.S.
HOUSTON: One small fact I left out of this morning’s post was that T-Mac had 26 points and 16 assists. Second Round (second life?) here he comes.
CLEVELAND: Gerald Wallace. LeBron and Big Z did what they did, but it was Gilbert’s awkward landing on Gerald Wallace that made this series a sweep.
SAN ANTONIO: Some guys just have that magic. BIG SHOT BOB. It doesn’t even matter that Duncan, Parker, Ginobili, Bowen, pretty much the whole team did more for 95% of the game. At half time of the Lakers game on Sunday they asked Kobe about his top 5 playoff moments, and one of them was Robert Horry’s ridiculously lucky shot to beat the Kings. Only it wasn’t luck. Big Shot Bob = playoff wins. You can’t even quantify with points or rebounds or match-ups or strategies or psychology. He hits big shots in the playoffs and there’s nothing you can do to stop it. He missed one in the year following the Laker three-peat that would have given them momentum, and that put an end to their title run. While Dirk and Avery are having a public feud about what kind of attitude you need to have to be a W.I.N.N.E.R., Robert Horry just is.
18 Responses to “W.I.N.N.E.R.S.”
May.1 at 4:25 pm
Jax says:
I thought the biggest irony in last nights Spurs win was the DPOY was guarding Bobby Horry and left him to go help AI on Parker’s drive. Everybody whose ever played the game knew the pass would go out to Horry. WHY DID CAMBY LEAVE HIM OPEN?!!!? It’s not a secret what he does an what he was out there for!
May.1 at 4:26 pm
Boyd says:
bla bla bla… who cares, its MAVS WARRIORS round 5 tonight. Earlier in the year everyone reasoned it would be mathematically impossible to beat the Mavs. How could a team lose four games in two weeks when it went entire months of the regular without losing? Chalk Dallas up as the final Texan team to get the chip. How about this logic: how in the f*ck are the Mavs gonna a beat a team 3 TIMES IN A ROW that they only managed to beat ONCE IN TWO YEARS? Oh dear oh dear. Where are all the player-hatin Mavites now?
May.1 at 4:46 pm
Jason says:
Second Life has nothing on the Sims.
May.1 at 4:47 pm
dez says:
I have a sinking feeling that Dallas is going to come out and steamroll the Warriors tonight.
I hope thats wrong
May.1 at 4:55 pm
Cheryl says:
I would love to see Sam in a bunny suit! SSSsexy!!!
May.1 at 5:04 pm
Tom Jackson says:
While the NBA is number 1 in my life and I love reading Sam’s daily awards, I think it should be noted that the NBDL championship runner-ups from Colorado were led by Pooh Jeter and Tony Bobbitt… yes, Pooh Jeter and Tony Bobbitt.
May.1 at 5:17 pm
the Birdman says:
Second life?
May.1 at 5:17 pm
the Birdman says:
Its amazing what people will spend money on these days…
May.1 at 5:25 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
I have the free version at home, but really haven’t played that much. From what I’ve read/seen it’s scary how huge it is. Think of living inside a myspace page where you can walk and drive (or rocketpack and fly) around. Look second life up on youtube if you want to be freaked out.
The Sims was fun. My character forgot to go the bathroom, was sharing a bed with his mom, and actually said “I am too depressed to get a job.”
May.1 at 8:59 pm
whooo! says:
there’s a robert horry dedication song from some lakers fans. and if lang ends up pulling through w/ a video session for horry, i suggest you show him this too! http://youtube.com/watch?v=CqZQ7fYavT4
May.1 at 10:28 pm
cassius says:
Sam, I’m watching the Golden state game right now and I was wondering: we know Kwame’s fallen behind Curry and Chandler this year but there is another High school center taken in that draft. Desagna Diop was the biggest bust of all time his first three years when he was overweight, but would you take Kwame over Diop today? Admittedly I haven’t watch the lakers much, so I can’t speak knowledgeably on the subject… what do you think?
May.1 at 11:23 pm
Boing Dynasty says:
Kwame Brown is alergic to basketballs.
May.1 at 11:58 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
Kwame’s decent not total disaster of a game felt like the greatest accomplishment of his career. You can’t really fairly judge Kwame vs. Diop cause of expectations on each, but Diop seems more ready to scrap and grind and do whatever he has to do.
The fourth quarter of GS-DAL is about to begin. Is it fair to say that it looks like Matt Barnes wants this game more than Dirk?
May.2 at 12:41 am
Sam Rubenstein says:
OKay… Dirk is 4 of 4 on threes in the 4th quarter when he just lets it go without overthinking. Do that ALL GAME LONG
May.2 at 1:40 am
namik says:
Dirk just proved his MVPness. Hey Steve Nash did the same sh!t last year and no one was dawging him like this. Sam who is your MVP?
Also has Entourage fallen off as badly as I think it has? The last ep was awful.
May.2 at 3:58 am
James says:
Its ROB. Not BOB. The man said it himself. Get it right!
May.2 at 4:08 am
James says:
The Mavs just took me from a B to a C in my psych class. I’m writing on a deadline and I decide to watch the game rather than study, wrecked my whole paper. And Entourage is going strong. He f#cked the agent! Classic Vincent Chase. The last Sopranos I thought went nowhere, but oh well.
May.2 at 8:06 am
Decs says:
I’m still hoping Kobe comes out and drops 128 to outscore the entire Phoenix team all on his own (Odom maybe score 2). If there is a basketball god, he should make it happen.