Player of the D.A.Y.
Weekends?
Last year, the glaring problem with Player of the D.A.Y. was that I pretended the NBA didn’t exist on Friday and Saturday nights. So the numbers were skewed ever so slightly. There was that weird phenomenon of Kobe saving his very best for Friday nights, for example. But anyways, I am here to fix that slightly, in a fast way cause I’m a busy man.
For games played Friday night, Player of the D.A.Y. was Kevin Garnett. A 20-20 in his home debut? That’s pretty good. Gilbert’s guarantee came off as extremely foolish. Honorable mention to Joe Johnson who led the Hawks over the Mavs. Was that Atlanta’s biggest win of the 2000s? It might have been, which is hilarious. I saw some of LeBron’s 45-7-7 against the Knicks while I was trapped in the corner of some German restaurant. All performances against the Knicks D get taken with a mandatory bottle of salt.
For games played Saturday, Player of the D.A.Y. was Deron Williams. 30 and 11. Golden State wants to run, Utah wants to run, this is what happened. Honorable mention to Michael Redd with 27 and 9 against the Bulls in a game were about half as many points were scored. That means if Redd were playing in that GS-Utah game he would have gone for 54. Don’t question me, you know I’m right. That being said… I’m still going with Deron. This is tricky, two teams that should make the playoffs are now both 0-3, so are they good or about to become obviously bad? I don’t know.
And that brings us to today. Could be Kobe, but we need to celebrate the Lakers second unit play, so that wouldn’t be right. And I’ve been doing too much Utah so far. Instead I will celebrate the highwater mark in Charlotte Bobcat basketball history. Undefeated! Just like the Patriots! Jason Richardson scored 29 against a Heat team without Wade. The Southeast division is totally backwards right now and I love it. (It’s still early it’s still early it’s still early it’s still early it’s still early)
One final note: I submitted a photo/idea of someone to one of my very favorite blogs out there, and they ran with it. Yes, it is NBA-related. Enjoy!
30 Responses to “Player of the D.A.Y.”
Nov.5 at 3:54 pm
Myung says:
that’s hilarious, sam. i wonder what nickname SLAM readers will give Skinny Mike. i think you’ve just given them some more ideas.
Nov.5 at 3:55 pm
BETCATS says:
we are 1.000 ha ha ha eboy and cheryl
Nov.5 at 4:01 pm
Noah D says:
lol poor gil, i hate when a player guarentees a win and then it doesnt happen for em.
Nov.5 at 4:03 pm
Ryan Jones says:
I would counter that Mike Miller actually looks like a young lesbian (in fact, he sort of looks like one of my cousins, who is in fact a relatively young lesbian). This is a key difference.
Nov.5 at 4:12 pm
Myung says:
Mike Dunleavy took what the Nation of Islam Sportsblog wrote about the Pacers on SLAMonline personally, methinks.
Nov.5 at 4:13 pm
Bryan says:
Sam you’re f*cking hilarious.
Nov.5 at 4:13 pm
white hot eboy says:
That photo of David Bowie kind of blows Mrs. Taurasi out of the proverbial “furry” water.
Nov.5 at 4:14 pm
jbn74sb says:
Incest is a common problem in rural areas, particularly amongst farming communities. In other words, it is not surprising that Ryan’s cousin became a lesbian.
Nov.5 at 4:16 pm
white hot eboy says:
On a Lil’ Dun side story, when the Pacers played the Heat the other night, Dun was playing real big early. Jumpers, back down post moves all kinds of nice sh*t. And then at the height of his fnatastic night, he caught a huge elbow from Udonis Haslem, wound up with a busted nose, blood leaking everywhere, furious while leaving the floor, and wasn’t the same upon his return. Classic Lil Dun.
Nov.5 at 4:16 pm
Myung says:
Zing, Bodie.
Nov.5 at 4:18 pm
Myung says:
eboy, I’m sure someone captured that moment on film (er, memory card). That would also be Classic Lil Dun.
Nov.5 at 4:34 pm
BETCATS says:
the cats meow is finneto
Nov.5 at 4:37 pm
Myles Brown says:
I like your blog title and love the title of your second post. But your game notes leave something to be desired.
Nov.5 at 4:41 pm
BETCATS says:
i aplogize for that miles, i just get caught up in eating my popcorn during the game that i dont think much
Nov.5 at 4:42 pm
BETCATS says:
but then agian i do not ever think much, kinda like how i just spelled Myles wrong when it was directly in front of me
Nov.5 at 4:44 pm
Myles Brown says:
It happens.
Nov.5 at 4:44 pm
white hot eboy says:
BET, if you can, look into a SpellCheck feature the blog site provides.
Nov.5 at 4:46 pm
BETCATS says:
eboy if i did that it wouldnt be me writting it would be the little abc button with a check mark next to it
Nov.5 at 4:57 pm
white hot eboy says:
Just saying, it would be easier to read for your fans.
Nov.5 at 5:00 pm
Tarzan Cooper says:
cant argue against kg
Nov.5 at 5:00 pm
BETCATS says:
they interpert it
Nov.5 at 5:01 pm
Captain America says:
45 points….45 points get you what? Nutine
Nov.5 at 5:01 pm
BETCATS says:
Tarzan Cooper = Rick Kamla’s better half
Nov.5 at 11:57 pm
The infamous DP says:
Damn you Iggy, Damn you!
Nov.5 at 11:58 pm
The infamous DP says:
doggit!forgot:play wit it
Nov.6 at 2:54 am
ID says:
Why not celebrate Kobe you HATER? didn’t Kobe “make his teammates better”, wow I hate your double-standards garbage. replace Kobe with Lebron, had that performance happened by the second unit you’d be all over Lebrons nuts.
Nov.6 at 3:25 am
Young Chris #3 says:
BETCATS just became my favorite poster (on the website, not on my wall… that would be kinda odd) after reading his posts here. Dude is out of control!
Nov.6 at 10:43 am
BETCATS says:
wow i have a fan
Nov.6 at 12:03 pm
Tariq says:
I love it when people interpert stuff.
Nov.6 at 7:58 pm
BETCATS says:
Tariq!!!!