The Morning Wood - 06/14/2006

Stud: Dwayne Wade.
Anyone else watch this entire game last night? This young man has a huge sack. I mean, HUGE SACK. Not only did he drop 42, w/15 coming in the 4th quarter, and grab 13 rebounds, he was playing w/a bunch of disinterested assholes. With the exception of Udonis Haslem, who seems to be a pretty tough bastard, the entire squad had a French-esque level of defensive intensity. This should never happen. If I see Jason Terry drive right off a screen untouched and hit another 14 ft jumper, I'm going to lose it. Maybe they were all checking out this. I think he's been working out.

Dud: JJ Redick
Oh man, this is rich. After two Zimas and an Aspen Edge, it looks like good ol'William Butler Yeats decided to get behind the wheel of his Cabrio and hit the highway. Seeing a police roadblock, he used that Duke education to make an illegal u-turn near the 5-0s, was pulled over and arrested w/a "strong odor of alcohol on his breath," which apparently covered up the aroma of moron. In draft terms, this probably means that he'll drop down 5 spots or so. It shouldn't effect the inevitable disappointment the lucky team will experience once he takes the court, however.

Talk Around the Cooler:
Antoine Walker is horrific. Last night, there was one breakaway play where he drove, tried to lay it up off the glass, hit it way too strong, and a hustling Haslem threw the shit down. A momentum changing play. Crowd goes crazy. What does Walker do? Start complaining to the ref about the no-call. You got the two points, asshole. As this is going down, the Mavs turn around and go on a fastbreak, with 'toine being the last man down the floor. I wanted to tear the television out of the wall. His defense is atrocious. I'm getting angry just writing about this, so I'm going to stop.

Quick Hits...
Your Stanley Cup MVP will be one of two people. Steve Nash apparently took over Dirk's body the other night. There's so much I want to say about this photo, but I can't focus on one thing. The World Cup is awesome. Argue w/it. In a related note, Mexico played Iran the other day. I'm guessing this is the first time those two countries have ever interacted in any way. I'm not even sure if their respective heads of state could pick out the other country on a map. First time I've seen her since 1995.