Re:Philly game

[bird <birdw@xxxxxxx>]

> From :Tammo29@xxxxxxx
> [...] That was a bad call.  As was the over and back call on Shammond
> Williams.  Although why he would want to pick up his dribble there and 
> give
> the refs an opportunity to make that call I have no idea.
> I also can't explain how a guy who was supposedly an NBA coach doesn't 
> know
> the rule as it stands in the rule book.  All three points, meaning the 
> ball
> and both feet, must have been established in the front court for an 
> over and
> back.  Williams straddled the line with only the ball and one foot 
> ever being
> established in the frontcourt.  That was clear on the replay and Van 
> Gundy
> still said it was a good call.  Makes you wonder what other rules 
> these guys
> don't have a clue about.
I don't think it was Van Gundy, but rather the "Tsar of the 
Telestrator", Mike Fratello.  And perhaps that explains it, since 
Fratello has always seemed like a complete hoser to me.  You're 
absolutely right, though, that was a terrible call, and it was made 
more egregious by the fact that the official was right there.  I 
actually expected Shammond and Obie to win the argument, because, well, 
it was so damn obvious.  They didn't, natch.

I hate listening to Marv Albert and Fratello.  Their "clever" little 
digs at each other, the painful banter and "chemistry".  Isn't at least 
one of them old enough to be dead already?  Fratello's directly 
responsible for a type of basketball I truly loathe to watch, and Marv 
the Perv seems to delight in the Celtics' misfortune, and loves to 
point out all the places where he thinks Antoine Walker has taken a bad 
shot.  Say, Marv, what're the Knicks up to?  Oh, right, wait, I 
couldn't care less about them.  Never mind.

> Boy, Van Horn looked absolutely horrible.  How many wide open bunnies 
> did he
> miss tonight?  There's a guy that needs to have a heart transplant.  
> This
> Philly team is not the same team as last year, which is probably a 
> good thing
> since neither are we.
True, but we seem closer than they do.  Van Horn is soft, soft, soft 
like baby's bottom.  I did notice Larry Brown tried to keep him away 
from Antoine Walker defensively.  Probably because he knows Walker eats 
him for breakfast, lunch and dinner, almost every time.  I've literally 
seen Walker salivate at the sight of KVH guarding him.  "Heart 
transplant"?  I'll say.

Bird