Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Aye, There's the Rub*

We apologize for our time away, but Kobe kept stunting the development of our stories. Kobe was dominating the keyboard, while we stood off to the side by the mouse, ready to be used if needed (almost always, Kobe went with the trackpad).

Last week, Andrea Bargnani told an Italian newspaper that the Raptors are "pretty much the worst team in the NBA," and we agree with that assessment^ - although they've won two in a row without him in the lineup - now that the Bobcats, losers of 11 straight, are back to being the harmless and hapless Bobkittens. The Raptors might also be the most OCD team in the association, too.

As Bargnani was airing his feelings of frustration, Amir Johnson was trying to feel out the fiasco on the floor. Johnson wanted to heed his habit of rubbing the ball in between free throws, but in the third quarter that rubbed the ref the wrong way. Forgetting to put the 'tact' in "tactile," Johnson tried to snatch the Spalding from the official and was tossed, then he tossed his mouthpiece, which led to a one-game suspension. At least there's one player in Toronto who wants the ball in his hands. Believe it or not, what Bargnani said, rather than what Johnson did, is more of a touchy subject.

*We're more ham than Hamlet, but we had to quote Shakespeare to mark our 200th post.
^Bargnani has claimed that comment was mistranslated, but we doubt his words were twisted like fusilli.

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