I'm currently in Tampa, Fla., covering the Southeastern Conference Tournament for the Kernel. We arrived on Wednesday night and proceeded to go out for what we'll call 'a few' beers and drinks. We arrived back at our hotel, the Tampa Marriot Waterside, when we saw Champion's Bar and Grill and decided to have one more beer.
The group I was with included Alex Hale, Eric Lindsey and Brad Luttrell. Upon entering we saw Tim Brando sitting at a table sipping on some sort of alcoholic drink. Now, let me preface this story with what happened last year at the SEC Tournament. Fellow Why So Serious creator, Dan Howarth and I were in Atlanta and scored tickets to Georgia Tech to watch UK lose to Georgia in the quarterfinals. At halftime Brando walked by us when Dan built up the courage to tell Brando he loves him and he uses his famous quote 'the iron unkind' in beer pong. Brando responded with 'anything I can do to help pop culture.' He instantly became a Park Boy favorite.
Now, this year Brando steps up from his table and begins to man hug everyone in sight, while he looks dishelved and flat out bombed. This time it was Hale who had the courage to go to talk to him. Hale, the Kentucky Boy himself, shook Brando's hand and told him it was a pleasure to meet him. Brando's response: "I'm going to bed." And then rolled into the hallway.
Simply put, Brando loves alcohol and being the man.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
LeBrick James No More?
I have been meaning to touch on this subject for some time but my studies (ha!) and other things have been keeping me away from posting. Brian Windhorst touched on this subject on his Cavs beat blog tonight, but its something I have been meaning to talk about as well.
I will go all Matthew Berry on you here.
Player A - 33.3% three point percentage
Player B - 33.9% three point percentage
Player C - 32.7% three point percentage
Player B is Kobe Bryant's three point percentage for the 08-09 season. Player C is Michael Jordan's three point percentage for his career. And Player A is LeBron James' three point percentage in 08-09.
When people talk about LeBron's game, his detractors quickly point out his jump shot or supposed lack of one. National media blowhards like Skip Bayless have even dubbed him "LeBrick." But what most of the national media is missing is that LeBron has quietly improved that area. Since January 30th, LeBron has gone 42-93 from deep for a Jason Kapono-esque 45.16%.
Expecting him to keep shooting 45+% from deep is pretty unreasonable. He still gets the ball too many times late in the shot clock and has to take too many difficult threes. I like to refer to these shots as "The Jodie Meeks Special." Also, he attempts too many heat check threes after big dunks or hitting several shots in a row. But if LeBron can hit in the 35-37% range on his threes in the playoffs and consistently knock down the shots the defense gives him within the rhythm of the offense, you can count on a Cavs championship.
I will go all Matthew Berry on you here.
Player A - 33.3% three point percentage
Player B - 33.9% three point percentage
Player C - 32.7% three point percentage
Player B is Kobe Bryant's three point percentage for the 08-09 season. Player C is Michael Jordan's three point percentage for his career. And Player A is LeBron James' three point percentage in 08-09.
When people talk about LeBron's game, his detractors quickly point out his jump shot or supposed lack of one. National media blowhards like Skip Bayless have even dubbed him "LeBrick." But what most of the national media is missing is that LeBron has quietly improved that area. Since January 30th, LeBron has gone 42-93 from deep for a Jason Kapono-esque 45.16%.
Expecting him to keep shooting 45+% from deep is pretty unreasonable. He still gets the ball too many times late in the shot clock and has to take too many difficult threes. I like to refer to these shots as "The Jodie Meeks Special." Also, he attempts too many heat check threes after big dunks or hitting several shots in a row. But if LeBron can hit in the 35-37% range on his threes in the playoffs and consistently knock down the shots the defense gives him within the rhythm of the offense, you can count on a Cavs championship.
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