I know that most of my readers could give a shit about the NBA considering what I usually write about, but I have tried to contain myself for a week, but I can’t hold it anymore.
The Sixers Kick Ass! Good, got that out in the open. The Philadelphia 76ers have signed Elton Brand. Woot! Full disclosure: I hate Duke, so when I heard rumors about Brand going to the Sixers I at first was kinda skeptical. But then I remembered how crazy good he was on the Clippers a few years ago. Now, we all remember what happened the last time the Sixers got an aging All-Star PF from the Western Conference (actually, it wasn’t all bad. If not for Webber, AI might have quit the team sooner). Webber was the shit, but he kinda disrupted the chemistry of the try and try harder team. Brand is nearly unstoppable, and is a nice pickup for an Eastern Conference that can’t begin to compete with the Celtics who hold the amazing and defensive maniac Garnett.
My only hesitation, right now, is that the Sixers suck at shooting, and everyone will just collapse even more on Brand. And the Sixers had to give up Chris Carney in a later deal, which is annoying, considering he was one of the team’s best shooters. I’m also sad that one of my childhood heroes, Calvin Booth (yeah 1995 Penn State!), is leaving (Not Really).
There was this controversy that Brand had told the Clippers that he would stay there. Might be true, but what Brand probably did was think “Well, I could stay in LAC where the management has always sucked and where no one gives a shit about us because of LAL, or I could go to a team with NO GOOD PLAYERS that somehow beat the Pistons in two games IN THE PLAYOFFS. Hmm, I wonder who wants to win more?…”. It’s true. Did you watch the Sixers this year? They had no good players. They were the worst team ever. And yet, they made the playoffs. How the fuck did that happen? There is something about Mo Cheeks and Philly. It just works. Crappy players can be successful. Can’t wait to see what it will be like when Brand, a bonafied good player shows up to play. On the flipside, the Clippers had lots of good players, yet they still sucked every day. And didn’t make the playoffs. Hmm.
The best part of all this was my realization that I will be living in PA for the next year at least, so therefore, I will be able to watch nearly every single Sixers game from the comfort of my own home. Now, all I need is that HD hookup, Mom and Dad. I haven’t been able to do that kind of Basketball watching since I was in high school. Sure, at McDaniel, I could always turn on the Wizards, which was sometimes exciting, but I had other shit to do at school. Now that I’m home, with scarce friends, Marc Zumoff will again be my friend, saying “Brand in the weight room, got it!” the whole year. Woot.
That’s all for my Russian Novel entry of the day. Keep it real-ish.
