No Your Links: 11/19/07

by JakeTheSnake on Nov 19, 2007 6:26 PM EST in Briefing Comment 4 comments

Ominous quote of the day belongs to Stephania Bell, ESPN's injury expert, who had this to say about Gilbert's knee injury:
The fact that Arenas is having persistent swelling, enough to get the knee drained twice, is cause for concern. This means that something is continuing to cause irritation inside the joint, which in turn causes swelling. Again, Arenas may return to play and play well, but the setback here raises the question of whether he will continue to have problems intermittently throughout the season.

Granted, the article is from last week but that really doesn't make it any more comforting.
Brendan Haywood had some keys to success this off-season, twenty-four actually:

Haywood said he didn't do anything special this offseason, except that he spent more time in Charlotte instead of Washington. He kept the same workout routine and spent his down time watching all five seasons of "24" on DVD.
"I'd go to the gym, work out, watch Jack Bauer and then I'd go back to the gym the next day," Haywood said, shrugging his shoulder.

As if we all needed another reason to hope the writers' strike ends soon.
SLAM Online's Mike Greger was at the Wizards-Blazers game and has some game notes.
Last Second Shot was at the game as well and wonders what was up with the Wizards Hall of Fame
New blog on the block My Swog is Phenomenal spotted Oleksiy Pecherov shopping at Safeway, which I found odd because in the Ukraine, Safeway shop you! (HT: The Bog)
Washington City Paper thinks the Wizards dance team is a little hefty. (?!?)

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Oy

I hope my daughter doesn't pay any heed to jackasses like that City Paper moron. I'll bet a dollar he's got a big gut, too.

Link to SLAM didn't work for me.

I'm starting to worry they're gonna have to cut Gil again. Hope the rest of the guys are as ready as they looked against Portland.

As for Haywood, "24" always seemed a little hokey to me. I wonder how well he'd play if he worked out then watched "Firefly" DVDs. That's a muthafuckin show right there.

"Now, obviously individual production does not unilaterally equal better team production, but there's a high level of causation."

by Vanilla Gorilla on Nov 20, 2007 9:41 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Whoops

The link is fixed, and I agree 100% with you about the dancers and the writer. If they're hefty, I don't ever want to be thin.

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by JakeTheSnake on Nov 20, 2007 12:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Clarification

When I say "cut Gil again," I mean they're gonna have to perform surgery. On reading that comment a second time, I realized it wasn't entirely clear.

"Now, obviously individual production does not unilaterally equal better team production, but there's a high level of causation."

by Vanilla Gorilla on Nov 20, 2007 1:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Look I would never say the dancers looked "hefty", but yes in terms of dance teams they weren't the most in shape I have seen. My girlfriend said the same on Saturday but we both decided it may also have been because the MC Hammer/clam digger pants they were wearing were completely unflattering.

by LoDawg31 on Nov 21, 2007 1:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs