Recapping Picks: Finaaaaaaaaaally. 2-1 and we get some space to relax as we're 21-19 on the year. The slump is over. Time to shake off the rust and continue to hit it hard. Purdue would of given us 3-0 but they blew a 15 point lead and ended up losing by 4. That's the last time I bet on a team with the name Boilermakers attached.
Today's Picks:
Phoenix Suns vs Indiana Pacers.......Suns -3.5
Just because they beat the Toronto Raptors and came back from 23 down, I'm not going to give them this much respect. 5 games ago the Pacers lost to the Knicks 132-89. Expect Phoenix to close this one out early and never look back, I expect Nash and Amare to have great numbers.
OKC Thunder vs San Antonio Spurs.....Spurs +1
I know it's a back to back but the Spurs beat the Lakers. (Yes Kobe had to leave the game but that was not making any difference, they crushed em. Spurs are older than Joe Paterno but I think they cover and could take this one outright. The Thunder have gone 3-2 in their last 5 losing to both New Orleans and the Bucks. San Antonio covers easily is my predicition.
Next pick:
Lakers vs Dallas.........Over 194.5
Lakers coming off a loss and a day-to-day Kobe injury will have a hard time scoring. However the game has gone over 4 out of the last 5 Dallas games and the American Airlines Center. This game will go over 195 regardless of the Kobe effect as both teams will look to shoot the lights out.
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Days Til My Next Drink: 25 days. Hoping to see the light at the end of the tunnel
May the winners be ours. Taking over the world one step at a time. Incase you haven't gotten the memo my name is Julius James and I'm the fucking shit.
7 comments:
Have to disagree with your take here, BB.
If it is about simplicity of equipment because of poverty, then Basketball should be as big (it's not) and something like wrestling even bigger (you need nothing really) or running even.
Basketball is fairly expensive. I know in Trinidad it took the Miami Heat to come down and build a 250k court in order for people to start playing. Yes there are cheaper ways to play and almost no outdoor court costs 250k but it isn't as cheap as soccer. Meaning you won't go down to Senegal and find basketball nets everywhere. Howevere here is an interesting read about bball replacing soccer (thanks to China):
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/article/126131
There are no real avenues to wrestle globally. The closest your going to get in other regions of the world is recreation and once kids realize it's fake they just stop. It's along the lines of ManHunt or Tag in the world (yes I long-jumped) (with the exception of Europe and North America)
I wasn't talking of playing the game proper because there aren't many places where people recreationally play on a regulation field and top notch surface but it is just as easy to shoot a ball through an improvised hoop as it is to throw two bags down on a beach to make a net (four bags for two).
I wasn't referring to pro wrestling, obviously.
So you pretended to hate a game you supposedly like just to argue with a Scottish guy? My last word on your blog before I stop reading... "What the fuck IS THIS SHIT?"
Luken, I'll see you again next week.
Didn't pretend, discredited it as being the greatest sport ever.
I have to disagree that it is only big because poor people play it. That is the argument guys on my baseball team use to rip on the game.
I see it as a more refined game without too much BS that some other sports possess.
I don't have much to back it up, but that is just the way I see it. :)
Without too much BS?? Match Fixing LOL? Diving? Racism?
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