Stinky Stanky

Trying to say a kind word about the losers when it becomes inevitable. Announcers do it all the time, but it's not appropriate here. I'm feeling better now.

You saw the root of it all through all the smoke. Better analysis here than anywhere else. Last games of this WS being pitched by bullpens and Wunderkinds. A far cry from us in '05. Fried's established, but he's been a disaster the last two games.

Jimmy was low 1st round but he made something out of himself with a lot of hard work. Something Joakim, a high 1st rounder, also did. Made the departed front office look better than it deserved, those two. Ayo is a PG playing out of position. Didn't he win the Cousy award as best college PG?

I wonder if he's getting more than the "Ambassadors" like Scottie and Joakim. The team's got money to burn. You and I could be Ambassadors too.

He's improved his three point shooting, at least from the corners, the rest of his game is still there, and he's looking for redemption here when he thought he was a Raptor for life. They look like a different team than last season because they are. Thanks to the new bosses. Credit to John Paxson for basically firing himself.

I hope you're not saying that there wasn't plenty of talent there for Thibs, because there was.

That helps. I didn't know what happened there, other than thinking Thibs doesn't react well to being told what to do.

What happened to him in Minnesota that it went sour so soon?

You were right the first time, but he made himself into something he wasn't when they drafted him by a lot of hard work. They could use a few of those old timers back right now to protect the middle and get a few rebounds.

The handoff would have left him one-on-one with enough time for one dribble and a midrange jumper. Better than what they turned out getting, true.

Crazy game. Display of offensive ineptitude second to none. But entertaining.

Just as meets the eye, P Williams looks like he might be a NBA power forward. Someday. Now? Too soon to tell. He has muscled up quite a bit.

The perfect DP candidate. Tries to pull outside pitches, hits grounders to SS and can't run. And the tragedy is that he can go oppo when he's in the right mood.

Ricky fired himself by going off the rails mentally as his team was staggering into the playoffs. Not that you're wrong or anything.

I was screaming that at the screen. Base open, lefty up next. Obvious to anyone with a breath left.

Still need to put the ball in play and hope all those atom balls from game 1 don't find a fielder in game 4. The guy has wicked stuff and great control of it. Maybe Roger Bossard can do some magic with the infield. ?

Cease has made progress over the course of this season. It's too soon to give up on him if he does the same thing the game 1 and 2 starters did, and there's no discussion about keeping them. The gamblers have this game as pretty close to even money, from the numbers I saw.

You nailed it. They need some taller defenders. Hoping for Tony Bradley to fill the hole, but not active tonight. I mean, when you're talking DeRozan at the 4.... he's 6'6" for pete's sake! I hope he has a great season. Had his heart cut out by Toronto trading him away. They don't care, a one year rental of Kawhi won them a title.

Nice to see anyway, since bad football isn't my thing. More laffs from Stacey already than a week of Stone and Benetti.

You know, at the time it was made, there was plenty of intelligence pointing to MItch as the best of the three, as a Tribune story pointed out. And he looked great against the Bears just this season. But he can't throw the deep ball and Fields seems to be able to. Side note: I was in Queretaro a long time ago and remember it as a retirement haven for Yankees. Is it still?

Comparing anything to he clueless Trubisky on the deep ball should be illegal. ?

Too much "funny" isn't always a good thing, esp. when it isn't funny. Same for the two clowns on the postgamer. Humor is funniest when it's a surprise. With these guys it's constant.

He wasn't an athlete, fer sure. Best passer on the team, nice hands on defense, shot the three a little bit. Overall no loss, you're right. But I liked him for no reason at all.