The Roundup: When the Need for Speed Backfires
Media Gossip/Musings, NBA Draft, NHL, Stephen Strasburg, Video May 4th. 2009, 8:00am
Kristin Cavallari… dismal doesn’t begin to describe Ireland’s wretched economy … why’s China investing so heavily in gold? … kid in Florida waves confederate flag, gets shot soonafter … 8-year-old set to divorce 50-year-old husband … Florida skateboarders find foreclosed homes, then skate in the abandoned pools … some folks are so desperate to sell their house, they’ll try anything … Atlanta should brace for higher taxes as if fights for its financial life … after the jump: kids take a car to 155 mph, videotape it, and get in a wreck; vodka-soaked Larry Merchant …
Warren Buffett on newspapers, and it ain’t pretty. (WSJ)
What a weak year for celebrities at the Derby. (Courier-Journal)
Guess who hit 100 mph on the gun this weekend? Yup, the guy the Nationals have no shot at signing. (Mercury News)
The football career LeBron gave up on. (NYT)
If the NYT and Boston Globe don’t reach a deal this morning, the biggest paper in Boston will be gone in 60 days. (Wash Post)
Five weeks after watching Tiger storm back to steal a tournament from him, Sean O’Hair wins at Quail Hollow; Woods finishes two shots back. (Observer)
Your great blog name of the day. (Brodeur is a Fraud)
Ray Frager lands safely on the web after his run at the Baltimore Sun ended last week. (Sports Media Journal)
Star Wars day at Pawtucket: The Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher imitators are weak. (Red Sox Monster)
Another blogger claims Jeter is overrated. (Viva La Vidro)
Cam Ward blanks the Bruins, Carolina rolls, 3-0. (News & Observer)
An NBA scout says that next year, Hasheem Thabeet will be the most athletic true center in the league. Dwight Howard’s not a “true center.” (Boston Globe)
[Merchant via Gawker]
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May 4th, 2009 at 8:03 AM
Ew. I think she may be too skinny, I looked real quick and thought it was Ann Coulter..
May 4th, 2009 at 8:05 AM
Guess who hit 100 mph on the gun this weekend? Yup, the guy the Nationals have no shot at signing.
Link doesn’t work.
And, why don’t you think they can sign him? Everything I’ve read says they are willing to spend the 50 mil or whatever the cost.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:09 AM
hey whatever it takes to get them competitive. i hope it works out for them
May 4th, 2009 at 8:11 AM
i dont like her face either
May 4th, 2009 at 8:12 AM
i wish something else in sports was going on so bill simmons would stop writing his 39th column on the boston series..
May 4th, 2009 at 8:18 AM
i wish something else in sports was going on so bill simmons would stop writing his 39th column on the boston series..
Amen. He needs to take another trip to Vegas. I always found those stories much more entertaining than anything sports related he wrote.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:20 AM
merc news link fixed
May 4th, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Wasn’t the Derby good? I DVR’ed it, and expected a 15 minute commitment. I ended up using it to fill my Boston/Chicago halftime, so I didn’t have to listen to anybody talk.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:29 AM
The New York Times taking a hardline approach with the unions — gotta love it!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:30 AM
Also, I hope those Audi jerkoffs died.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:38 AM
I know you love doom and gloom, TBL, but a January article on Ireland’s economy? Good article, but maybe slightly dated.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:40 AM
you need more curves to pull off those stretchy type deal dresses.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:43 AM
good point, GYD. was reading about Ireland (potential trip later this year) and should have gone with a more recent link.
link changed
May 4th, 2009 at 8:45 AM
An NBA scout says that next year, Hasheem Thabeet will be the most athletic true center in the league. Dwight Howard’s not a “true center.€ (Boston Globe)
Same clowns who thought Okafor should have been drafted before Howard
May 4th, 2009 at 8:46 AM
seem to remember Ireland was heavily cited during the election as a model economic structure for businesses in regards to the low tax rates on businesses. interesting.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:50 AM
i was one of those clowns. okafor was coming off a title (i believe), an accomplished college career, and Howard was a high schooler.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:51 AM
i wish something else in sports was going on so bill simmons would stop writing his 39th column on the boston series..
Yeah, because he won’t start writing about the Sawx the second they’re eliminated.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Simmons doesnt really write much about the Sox anymore. After the Celtics get eliminated, he’ll still write about the rest of the NBA playoffs, that’s his sport. We might get one baseball article before October.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:56 AM
Just stop reading the no-talent ass-clown.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:57 AM
That’s exactly what I said. My second job is as an NBA Scout.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:59 AM
he’ll still write about the rest of the NBA playoffs, that’s his sport.
He’ll probably still write about the playoffs, but it will still be in the context of “what could have been” (a.k.a. with Garnett)
May 4th, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Maybe I’m really stupid, but I want to know what Dwight Howard does that doesn’t make him a center. Patrol the paint, last line of defense on the rim. Rebounds the ball and scores a majority of his points inside. Isn’t that what a center does. Please, somebody correct me if I’m wrong.
/not being sarcastic, I really can’t find anything else that takes away from Howard being a center.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Between Steven Strasburg and the 4 no-hit guy in Florida, I have never seen this much hype in one season with non-MLB pitchers. I’m not old enough to remember David Clyde, and I think it passed Todd Van Poppel.
Scott Boras must have something to do with it.
/Mushnick’d (2nd paragraph only)
May 4th, 2009 at 9:04 AM
We’ll see if Thabeet ever averages 21 and 14 per game like Howard.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:07 AM
We’ll see if Thabeet ever averages 21 and 14 per game like Howard.
It doesn’t matter. If you get a shot at a 7-footer with talent, you take him. Period.
/Sam Bowie’d
//Shawn Bradley’d
///Mike Oluwakandi’d
May 4th, 2009 at 9:08 AM
Am I the only one who thinks Thabeet will be a massive bust? He doesn’t have a single post move and he let a guy like Blair (6′7″..maybe) dominate him at one point. What is going to do against guys who are much closer in size and are much stronger? I see him as a good shot blocker who won’t rebound as he should. Do you really draft that at #2.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:08 AM
dont think Thabeet will average 21-14. i could see 17-14-3, though.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:09 AM
May 4th, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Between Steven Strasburg and the 4 no-hit guy in Florida, I have never seen this much hype in one season with non-MLB pitchers. I’m not old enough to remember David Clyde, and I think it passed Todd Van Poppel.
Scott Boras must have something to do with it.
/Mushnick’d (2nd paragraph only)
Still has to go a ways to reach “Greg Jefferies is the next great hitter” status.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:13 AM
I’ve reached the point where I really think you ignore the 7-footer unless he has other-worldly talent like Shaq/Hakeem/Ewing.
Based on his college career, I wouldn’t put Thabeet in that category.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:15 AM
great golf tournament yesterday…even better course. quail hollow rocks.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:18 AM
Burying a St. Joe statue is old news when it comes to selling a house. This would probably work better.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:18 AM
Sounds like Timmy.
Also, who cares if Thabeet never develops a post move?
Great/Will-be-great post players who had/have dogshit offensive games.
Dikembe, Ben Wallace, Rodman, Camby, Varejao, Noah.
Defense is half the game.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:22 AM
There’s no proof those idiots in the Audi actually crashed. They turned it off just as they started to “freak out.” Could be totally staged. I’m not convinced.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:22 AM
Great/Will-be-great post players who had/have dogshit offensive games.
Dikembe, Ben Wallace, Rodman, Camby, Varejao, Noah.
Defense is half the game.
But you can’t be an offensive liability and justify going 1-3 in the draft.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:25 AM
@Jay: But you can be a defensive liability and justify the same?
/Adam Morrison
/Aldridge
/Iverson
/Durant
/on and on
May 4th, 2009 at 9:28 AM
No. I guess it just depends on what you need on your team. Usually the teams that can take on the liability and not suffer aren’t picking at the top of the lottery.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Anderson Varejao deserved to be a top 3 pick. Allen Iverson, not so much.
/NickP science
May 4th, 2009 at 9:40 AM
A defensive minded, quality center can change your whole team philosophy. If Thabeet can average 3 blocks a game(which is actually a lot) then he’s probably affecting dozens of shots per game. If that’s true, then you can tailor your defense around funnelling drives right at him (a la Tim Duncan and the Spurs) and making everyone shoot wrong footed runners.
Best case scenario, a defense only player playing center who doesn’t foul a lot can make a team great on one end. Then, if you can pair him with some scorers, and a good garbage man, you’re really got the beginnings of something.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:53 AM
Take Morrison out of this list and 90% of the GMs in the NBA would want any of the rest in their prime.
Varejao and Noah are “will-be-great” post players??
Wallace had two good years and that was it.