Raptors coach Dwane Casey rode the Toronto subway to game 7 Sunday after congestion caused by a marathon. He tried to drive to the game, but his path was blocked, although it still wasn't the best block of the afternoon on a Raptor (and that's "The Truth"). We hope with the new three-year contract Casey signed Tuesday, it won't be beneath him to take public transportation, especially the underground variety.
This draft class goes to eleven: Ten players were taken ahead of Michael Carter-Williams (heck, he wasn't even the first guard with a hyphenated surname to be selected; thanks a bunch, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope), but he wound up ahead of them all, leading newcomers in scoring, rebounding and assists, and accordingly was awarded rookie of the year Monday. Carter-Williams' points-per-game was quadruple that of the number one pick, Anthony Bennett, who was almost as much of a Canadian train wreck as the Lac-Megantic derailment. Around The Association, and even more so in Philly, Carter-Williams stood out like Tetris on a tall building*
Ocho Cinco de Mayo: Monday, Chris Paul put the '3' in his nickname, "CP3." Paul connected on a career-best octet of them and missed only one attempt, meaning he was draining more shots on this Mexican holiday than a careless - and culturally clueless - collegian (he found the bottom of the net, they found the bottom of the bottle, both got high-fives from their friends).
Just stating the artifacts: The second round has barely begun, but the Pacers and Thunder have already lost home court advantage again. They must have been archaeologists in a past life because they keep having to dig themselves out of holes they've made. Still, they've demonstrated commitment to climbing out^, so we know they won't throw in the towel - or trowel.
*like a lot of our games of Tetris, the Sixers were missing most of the pieces necessary in order to play well.
^except Roy Hibbert, who's seven-feet under, in a riding-the-pine box
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