I was only 4 then.
While we're on the subject of the Pistons, let's make fun of Ben Wallace (from Bill Simmons' latest):
"I'll turn this over to Manhattan Beach, Calif., reader Michael Hunter, who writes, 'Could you please create the Ben Wallace Award for the free agent who kills his original team with his departure and manages to make his new team worse as well? Also, can't Ben be credited with destroying the Pacers as well by instigating the Palace Brawl? That's three franchises destroyed in a career, incredible! Here's hoping he becomes a GM.'"
(
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/061129, one of the funniest articles I've ever read)
Jesus, what does that make you know like 10?
that article was sweet, he's my favorite sports/pop culture writer. Even better (from the same article) was
5. MIAMI
The big problem: The Heat are like a group of women who went out for somebody's birthday, ordered food and wine and spent the next three hours talking and eating and drinking and having a grand old time. And then the check comes and they're completely floored by the total. Wait, it's how much??? So they spend the next 25 minutes figuring out who owes what, and there are always 2-3 people who didn't bring enough cash, so somebody has to cover them (and they're pissed off about it), and then there's a girl who left early because she has a kid, and she left only $40 when it's $75 per person (so everyone's pissed off about that), and then there's the one slutty friend who got housed and wants to stick around because she thinks she might have a chance to knock boots with one of the waiters, so one of the other girls has to stay to keep an eye on her and make sure the bus boy doesn't get involved, and there's so much drama going on that everyone ends up leaving with a bad taste in their mouth and forgetting that they had a barrel of fun for the first three hours.
(Translation: The Heat mortgaged the second half of the decade to win one championship. And they did. Now they're looking at the check and saying, "Wait, it's how much?")
Most interesting subplot: Did you know that Shaq makes $20 million this season ... and another $60 million over the next three? Every Miami fan just threw up on their creepy all-white T-shirt.
watching Miami choke, despite the greatness of Wade, will bring joy to my heart since my Bulls will clearly underachieve this year. Say it with me now "Tha-bo sef-uh-lo-sha" (yes they have Thabo Sefolosha on their team).
