Game Day: former speed freaks come to town
by Stop-n-Pop on Nov 26, 2008 10:25 AM CST
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Hello, my name is Steve Nash and I'm a recovering D'Antoni addict.
Hi Steve.
I used to be nothing more than a 7SOL kind of guy but now I have this big lug at my side...following me everywhere I go, making sure I keep things slow and low.
God bless you Steve. (clapping)
It's tough man. Sometimes I just want to go. Up and down, up and down, up and down!!! It's not like this running stuff has ever really gotten me in trouble. I mean, the Spurs never really beat us. We beat ourselves. Plus there was that gambling ref guy.
Don't play the victim Steve.
Now Mike is off in New York running up and down Times Square while clearing cap space for 2010 and here I am wasting away with an oversized cactus. Talk about a bunch of bunk. Hell, I could still be running around with Dirk.
You are where you are Steve.
(tapping his feet on the floor) I gotta go man...gotta go. Walk the ball up the court? Man, f-that. (throws down his cup of coffee and runs out of the room)
THE END
Randy Wittman was on the Chad Hartman show yesterday. You can listen to the podcast of the interview by clicking here. Truth be told, I like Witt. He was the only Wolves official that didn't buy into the BS 42-game nonsense at the end of last season and he seems like he has a fairly dry sense of humor about his situation. As for the Son-of-Sid, I have a love/hate relationship with his work. On one hand, he's the best interviewer on KFAN with the best mix of good sports talk and current events. Unlike Dan Barreiro and his phony-baloney sorry-for-offending/sorry-for-giving-a-blanket-apology schtick, Hartman's approach to his show seems less like an attempt to place himself in the meaningless middle of whatever 2 sides of the issue he is talking about than it is a sincere attempt to work through the matter at hand. On the other hand...his voice. Sorry, his radio voice is simply unlistenable at times. It comes and goes in its thickness but good lord...when it comes, it comes, and I have to turn the channel. OK, enough with the radio critique...
Witt always seems to have good stuff on Hartman's show. Yesterday he took a few pot-shots at bloggers by using the tired old cliche of "aren't those the guys who sit in their mama's basements?" Right. He was talking about Britt Robson with this particular comment. It's pretty amazing that a coach with a sub-.333 career winning percentage, and who is currently at the helm of a 3-9 team that can't fill its arena, would be taking pot shots at the one guy in town who pays attention to the squad and writes at great length about it after each and every single one of its games. It's also pretty amazing that he would go after a group of people who a) pay attention to the club, b) talk about the club, c) encourage people to go watch the club, and d) have a combined readership greater than the number of people who ended up watching the club on TV during last year's final games. It's called the new media, coach. We're not all loser geeks in our parents' basements who are covered in cheeto stains. We have good paying jobs and wonderful families and we do this as a hobby because we happen to like your piss-poor team and organization despite all of its piss-pooredness (and repeated pokes in the eye). We literally have people from around the world talking about a 3-9 ball club. This isn't something you should be sneezing at.
Outside of the blogger cheap shots, Witt also talked about Kevin Love's minutes, cutting down the playbook, and his NBA coaching influences (the Czar of the Telestrator in case you are wondering). It's a pretty interesting listen and you should go check it out if you haven't already.
Beyond that, enjoy Thanksgiving. I'm not going to be around for tonight's game thread or for a recap tomorrow. We'll have new content available on either Friday or Saturday. In the mean time, eat some good food, enjoy some good basketball, have fun with friends and family, and we'll see you later.
PS: Don't forget to check out fellow SB Nation blog Bright Side of the Sun for all your Suns-based needs.
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Strong post and I love the intro...
It indeed is a nice interview. The things he says about Britt is really awfull, he really has no clue. I wonder if he knows that Britt sits in some press conferences and even asks the best questions (last year there was a certain press conference where I could just pick out 3 of the 5 questions Britt had asked just by listening to it once).
Maybe someone ought to tell him he should read it, might learn something too.
“Truth be told, I like Witt.”
I delayed passing judgement on Witt when I started noticing Britt having the same feeling toward him. That delay is long gone though, even if we stay on course of a 30-52 season, I’m not buying it that it’s Witt’s doing :).
britt vs. der witz
hey, witt should be more careful — the bloggers aren’t the only basement dwellers around here.
i suppose it is probably BECAUSE britt asks the best questions that he is singled out in this interview. as a proud california delegate to canis hoopus, let me second the notion that without these new media outlets the wolves would be COMPLETELY under my long-distance radar. and that would be too bad — imagine having to shift allegiances and cheer on my local squad, which happens to have a .923 winning percentage. wow, that would be a drag…hmmm….
OK — insert holiday-themed Wittman-looks-like-a-turkey-and-coaches-like-one-too joke here, and have a good one everybody!
by secretarykissinger on Nov 26, 2008 12:57 PM CST up reply actions
Agreed on Chad Hartman LOL
Only Hosts worth a Damn on that Network are Paul Allen..Barriero and the Common Man.
KFAN
I would like to take issue with Witt on his response to Hartman’s “I’m bored with Jason Collins, why isn’t Kevin Love getting more minutes?” Witt said playing Collins (and Gomes at the 3) was helping them rebound better.
Here are Love’s and Collins’ rebound percentages:
Collins: 9.3% Oreb, 10.0% Dreb, 9.7% Treb
Love: 12.4% Oreb, 17.6% Dreb, 14.9% Treb
Numbers-wise this young season, Love’s the team’s second best rebounder after Al, and he’s the best offensive rebounder who’s played major minutes (Maddog has a 20% Oreb rate, but in very limited time).
Now, I guess I don’t have a huge issue with Collins starting. He’s a really bad NBA player and always has been, but after starting he doesn’t typically see much burn as the game progresses. But once Love’s jumper starts falling, he should be the starter. It’s the best of both worlds in this case: you’re getting your young guy experience AND he gives your team the best chance to win.
Nice catch...
…even the on/off show the Wolves to have a higher rebounding edge when he is on the court. Here’s Collins’ on/off/net rebounding numbers:
http://www.82games.com/0809/08MIN14.HTM#onoff
And Love’s:
http://www.82games.com/0809/08MIN11.HTM#onoff
Love is especially good on the offensive glass.
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holy crap
is foye being aggressive. like what i’m seeing out of him. 2 of his missed shots he was hammered by shaq and no calls…
I'm missing this game since it's not on 45
but it’s no problem, because pbs has this awesome show on called “Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work.”
now they got a documentary on
about Charles Schulz. Turns out he was this quiet Norwegian kid, parents came into the cities from some country town. He used to sit alone in the corner with his sketch book, that’s how he learned to draw. Also, he used to get real anxious when he rode the trolleys.
by plinytheelder on Nov 26, 2008 9:07 PM CST up reply actions
thanks for the tip...
…I was looking earlier, but didn’t know where to look. I can’t get it to work but will keep trying.
by plinytheelder on Nov 26, 2008 9:15 PM CST up reply actions
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