Re: more pack journalism

[snoopy1@xxxxxxx]

Well, I'd have to say after tonight that New Zealand's answer would be 
'AAAAUUGGGHHHH!!!"

Ouchie, what a game.  For just over a half, the Kiwis kept it close.  Then 
Paul Pierce said, "Oh, yeah, the three point line is way in there...".  And 
once again, a "borderline all-star team" that realistically took the whole 
first half to get it out of first gear suddenly hit warp zoom.

I think, at least in Pierce's case, the "borderline" description is not a 
good fit.

Though he really, really needs to work on his free throws.  I thought he 
was giving his impersonation of Shaq...  :>)

As far as your question of who's possibly lazier?  I'd go with the baseball 
people.  I kept hearing about "history making deals" and last minute 
agreements.  Like it's somehow a good idea to keep everyone wondering if 
you're going to finish the professional season until two hours before the 
deadline.  Gah.  I know there's probably some baseball fans here, but I'm 
not among that much-abused membership.  I seriously considered giving up 
pro basketball after the lockout.  If that sort of foolishness happened 
every few years, I'd have changed sports ages ago.  My sympathies to the 
baseball fans out there.


Snoopy the Celtics Beagle

At 10:32 PM 9/3/02 -0400, Josh Ozersky wrote:

> Could anybody be lazier or stupider than basketball writers?
> I think I've heard for about the four-thousandth time that "the
> world is catching up."  The foreign teams are better than they
> used to be, and so the best of them stay in the game against
> borderline all-stars for three quarters.  Can anyone possibly
> think that even a world all-star team could stay within 20 points
> of this team:
>
> C:  Shaquille O'Neal
> F:  Tim Duncan
> F:  Kevin Garnett
> G:  Kobe Bryant
> G:  Jason Kidd
>
> with Allen Iverson, and the current US starters coming off the bench?
>
> Amazing the received wisdom you hear.