A few random notes to get you through hump day:
I was sifting through the NBA standings today, and three things stood out:
1 - Everybody in Miami should be embarrassed, as the Heat are an astonishing 8-28. 8-28!! I know D-Wade is banged up, and Shaq is a shadow of his former self, but it's a complete disgrace for them to have a worse record than the New York Knicks. Pat Riley seems to be already planning his exit strategy, and Dwyane Wade has become as injury prone as his out-of-shape running mate. There seems to be no end in site to their misery.
2 - My beloved Bulls continue to stumble, and currently sit 11th in the Eastern Conference at 14-22. Let's just move on...
3 - The number one seed in the West is...the Los Angeles Lakers. I'm as stunned as you are. Granted, there are a bunch of teams jumbled at the top, and the Lakers are about to drop with the loss of their phenom center, Andrew Bynum, for a minimum of eight weeks, but we have to credit their GM for making the best of a bad situation when Kobe Bryant demanded a trade in the offseason. Mitch Kupchak could have caved in to Kobe and received ten cents on the dollar in a trade with the Suns, Knicks, or Bulls. Instead, he stuck to his guns, and now he has a potential contender in the next few years. Also, he appreciated Bynum's talent last year, and smartly refused to deal him for Jason Kidd, who, while still occasionally spectacular, would be a horrible fit in the triangle offense. According to John Hollinger's PER ratings, Bynum is the 16th ranked player in the league this year, while Kidd is all the way down at 82.
And finally, I came across this story when looking at Bill Simmons' weekly
links on espn.com: apparently, Eminem is now weighing in at over 200 pounds (which is bad considering he's 5'7"), and his depression, isolation, and unhealthiness have people fearing for his life. I remember listening to his songs on the 8 Mile Soundtrack, which came on the heels of his best full-length LP, The Eminem Show, and thinking that he did the impossible - he lived up to his enormous hype. Fast-forward to 2008, and do you know anybody who would get excited about a new Eminem record? I know fame is fleeting, but this is just sad...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Kobe, the Horri-Bulls, and the sad tale of Eminem
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Wow. I haven't personally seen Eminem in a while. D12s old studio was about 25 minutes from my home and I used to bartend at a place they would frequent. Its a sad situation, what Em is going through. Being a huge celebrity seems like a very depressing life. I use to feel bad for those guys because if they ever came to the bar they'd have to be in the VIP area with all kinds of security and never get to really enjoy the "fun" that everyone else was having as normal people.
Tori
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