No Your Links: 1/4/08

by Jake Whitacre on Jan 3, 2008 10:35 PM EST in Links

If you don't know anything else about the Bucks, here's what you need to know for tonight: Michael Redd might not play tonight after injuring his thigh and Charlie Bell is really, really bad.
Sign #240,579 that D.C. is still a football town: even the Wizards care more about the Redskins than they do about the Wizards.
Sign #240,580 that D.C. is still a football town: The Redskins had the top two D.C. Sports moments this year, although the Wizards took spots 4 and 5 in this year's top 11, which is progress...I think.
Sam Vincent and Lawrence Frank both think that Caron Butler deserves a spot in the All-Star Game. Maybe if they were among the Blogger MVP voters, Caron would've cracked the top 10.
Take heart Ravens fans, at least you weren't as bad as the Baltimore Bullets.
If you can believe it, Oleksiy Pecherov is almost close to being healthy again. While we're grateful that he's on the road to recovery (hopefully), we must remember the teams that aren't as lucky.
Mister Irrelevant catches everyone up on the latest Wizard fashions.
Finally, before I completely forget about it, congratulations to jackpitt on winning the Bullets Forever Pick 'Em Contest. There's not really a prize for winning, but the swag that comes with the title is a prize in and of itself.

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Heh

Not mentioned in that list of awful long-term contracts the Bucks are carrying (in the Charlie Bell-is-bad link) is that they offered Etan the same deal we've all been griping about for a couple years, but the Wiz saved Milwaukee from itself by matching.

With regard to Charlie Bell being bad, I remember poor Jacque Vaughn starting out a season long ago as the starting PG for a bad Atlanta team (is that redundant since the Nique ere?) and carrying an 0-fer into at least the sixth game of the season. It's not to late for Bell to snap out of it. Heck, maybe Miami's even still interested, considering their Smush Parker situation.

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

by Vanilla Gorilla on Jan 4, 2008 12:22 AM EST reply actions

Wow

I went back and looked it up. Vaughn started the 2001 season 0-for-22, which appears to be an NBA record. He finished the season shooting .470 from the floor, .444 from three and .825 from the line, while averaging career highs in points, assists and rebounds. That's a pretty good indication of why Vaughn has lasted 11 seasons in the league despite his marginal talent. Maybe Charlie Bell ought to have a little chat with Jacque.

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

by Vanilla Gorilla on Jan 4, 2008 12:26 AM EST up reply actions

I remember seeing that on SC

They showed this montage of all the shots he'd missed up to that point (including a couple of ugly airballs) and then when he finally made a shot they had this whole elaborate celebration. It was something to behold. I was going to use this moment to make fun of Michael Ruffin's shooting percentage compared to Charlie Bell, but he's shooting 71% from the field (!!).

Bullets Forever: Your place for the very latest in Wizards news and PhD-level analysis.

by Jake Whitacre on Jan 4, 2008 2:09 PM EST up reply actions

thank you thank you

and its a title i shall display proudly..and remind myself of how i can get 153 picks right in a pick pool that has no $$ at stake but come up a big loser when actual $$ is wagered.

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by jackpitt on Jan 4, 2008 2:00 PM EST reply actions