Miami Threat Still With Chance for All-time Record

Much has been made of the super-best friends' slow start. No low post presence, no depth, etc. But with all the shenanigans and disappointment, the Heat still have a shot at the all time record: 9-73. It will take some doing, focus, and a lot of Spoelstra but the three coolest guys that we know have shot at pulling this off. You can bet that the 72-73 Sixers will nervously keep the champaign on hold.

"Both teams played hard...goodnight and godbless."

Welcome to Believeland

One thing about Cleveland fans is that through terrible teams, terrible weather, and a terrible economy the fans are always passionate. And the Browns are the pinnacle of sports fanaticism in the Cleve. In fact the intensity is so high that being any other kind of fan is actually dangerous. Take it from the family of local Jets fans who took their 8 year old son to the Browns Jets game last weekend. The family of course, was dressed in Jets gear. Now a certain about of smack talk and wouldn't be out of question in a live football game, but on the way back to their car the Brennans had food and obscenities thrown at them and a sloshed Browns fan tackled the little kid! Snap! Stay Classy Cleve.

Like a Bosh

TBJ exclusive: Like A Bosh from The Basketball Jones on Vimeo.

“Like a Bosh” [idiom, ~2010]: When someone or something desires the limelight only to wilt under the newfound pressure.

Original video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NisCkxU544c

Salt in the wound, Lebron

Lamar Odom vs The People

Lamar Odom! Yes, its true I'm a sucker for a good LO story. But it turns out this genius has filed his $12,000 in NBA fines from 2007 as a tax deduction! Booyah! Someone needs to pass this idea on to James Harrison. Anywhoo, obviously the IRS has denied him so LO is suing the IRS for the fines and is also throwing in the ammount that he spent getting in shape for that season: $178,000. That's right nerds it takes 200k to sculpt a body that can attract a sasquatch. Start saving.

"Both teams played hard...goodnight and godbless."

Yo Dawg, I heard you like Lies, so we put a Lie in your Lie so you can Lie while you Lie

Remember how Gilbert Arenas missed a preseason game because of an injury? And then it turned out he was faking the injury instead and was just giving up playing time to his frustrated teammate? Remember how he was fined 50K for that? And how you though, man this guy is an idiot...all he had to do was shut up and play? Well now apparently Gilbert was lying about ALL that, and instead he was so worried about playing in front of the Wizards fans after the whole gun incident that he lied about a lie about a fake injury to get out of it. What a winner! I don't know if there is a fine strong enough for that.

"Both teams played hard...goodnight and godbless."

Ron Artest, mathematics major at St.John's, keepin it 100%

Who knew this? When it was mentioned in the AP recap from last night's game, I thought it was a joke. But it is actually true (according to his NBA.com page). Makes his “I only count to two, I’ve been out of school 15 years, so I only count to two” quote even more hilarious.

Skip Bayless & The Incident with the Dougie

Apparently after a heated debate about the appropriateness of John Wall's 30 second rendition of the Dougie during an in-game intro, the incredibly annoying Skip Bayless decided to demonstrate to us all just how easy the Dougie is. Not bad? I guess that officially ends the Dougie craze for me.

"Both teams played hard...goodnight and godbless."

The Turkish are Answered

The Answer (or "Cevap" in turkish) has arrived in Turkey...amidst much fanfare I would say. They clearly have been prepping for this since he decided to take his talents to Ölüdeniz. Now AI might not be a household name like Torkoglu or Okur just yet, but as soon as he learns the turkish word for "practice" Ilyasova can move over.

"Both teams played hard...goodnight and godbless."

Welcome Back Sporting Nerds! And Mo Williams!

Ladies and gentlemen, Mo Williams, former-all-star-based-purely-on-talent-and-not-being-a-whiner, has helped place Cleveland in a truly awesome position: above the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference standings.

1. Atlanta 6-1

2. Boston 6-1

3. Orlando 4-1

4. Cleveland 3-3

5. Miami 5-2

6. New York 3-3

7. Indiana 2-3

8. Chicago 2-3

From J.A. Adande, "This morning's standings supply the best if the playoffs started today setup of all time: No. 4 Cleveland would open against No. 5 Miami in Round 1". Maybe Lebron shouldn't have left the Cle? Actually, I'm pretty sure I would've left too. I just like to think I would have done so a bit more gracefully.

Bosh probably made the right call too. How's his former team faring in his absence? From Marc Stein, "Here's a capsule glimpse of early post-Bosh life north of the border: Jarrett Jack has been the last Raptor unveiled to Air Canada Centre-goers during pregame introductions in Toronto's first two home games."

I don't have a cool signature to sign off with like Ganesh, so I'll instead echo Rodney Stuckey in my first post for the revamped The Sporting Nerd:

"On paper, we are the best team in the league."

- Rodney Stuckey [re: your Detroit Pistons], September 2010

Did you know that KG is super annoying?

In case you didn't remember the 2008 playoffs when KG's season was derailed by knee problems...you might remember his perpetual sideline scowl. In fact many pundits claim that whatever Garnett was lacking in his knee, he overcompensated with his lower jaw (macrognathia, i.e. the opposite of Chris Bosh). In any case it was super annoying to see him yell unnecessarily intense smack talk about each play, since he was you know... on the sideline in a suit. And it should come as no surprise really that the same dude called Charlie Villanueva a cancer patient. Oh wait, in his defense he just called Mr. Villanueva a "cancer on his team and the league." That's reasonable. Charlie V, though, has got to take that in stride....its simply more smack from a notorious basher. You can't go challenging people to boxing matches all willy-nilly, you think a guy with an autoimmune disease that destroys all his hair would be more reasonable. OH SNAP! CANCER PATIENT!!! I JUST GOT IT!

"Both teams played hard...goodnight and godbless."

Obviously This Would Happen

The long and painful cloud of sorrow that each Lions fans knows too well, just mustered up enough enthusiasm to take another dump on the D. With Jason Hanson out due to an in-game injury, backup kicker Ndamukong Suh (yes THAT Ndamukong Suh) had to kick the extra point. He of course shanked it leaving the door open for the Jets to tie it up and win in OT. What should have been a signature win for a rebounding franchise turned instantly to failure. I guess that's what the Lions get for drafting a kicker in the first round.

"Both teams played hard...goodnight and godbless."