Random Thoughts
Barstool Sports Readers Sound Off On The Ray Allen Trade; Rate the Trade
Based on a random sampling of readers' reactions, which is considered highly 
scientific according to scientists, Celtics fans and exCeltics fans are against this trade. Let's call it 55%- 45% against.
Some of our readers' comments on the deal:
- I just jizzed all over the place. -Ben-T
- Fuck this deal. hes 32 and owed 75 mil over 4 years. Corey brewer would have been just as good in 2 years. Stupid ainge. -Westcyde
- You guys can't be serious. He's 32 years old, and this is the 4th time in the last 3 years that Danny Ainge has changed his strategy. Ray Allen has averaged almost 40 minutes over his career and has missed time 2 of the last 3 years.The Celtics just ensured another 5 years of mediocrity. -PatriotsNation
- Danny Ainge please step in front of the shot gun. click click
BOOM! Thanks Danny. Red Auerbach will torture you now. Dumbass!- Chip Douglas - anyone else not like this move? allen is good but he's like 32, and how long is he even signed for? I thought the plan was to go young. what the fuck is ainge doing? -Cloud 9
- They should have just made the pick and wait another 2 years for Al and Green to really develop and this pick would be in his 3rd year whoever it was. And by then they would have traded the Ratliff contract and prolly would have dealt Pierce which means a great nucleaus of young but developed talent. UGH - Spaz522
- RAY ALLEN AND PAUL PIERCE!? This team looks nasty in NBA LIVE 2001 -BobNOMAAMRooney
- Ainge sucks. This just means a few more years of mediocrity. maybe they make the playoffs a few years, but it's early exit every time, and then lousy draft positioning again. At least Danny saved me some time; I'll be watching these guys about the same as I watch the Bruins. let's hope for a long football season...- aero_man
- People fail to realize that this trade will likely bring the first televised brain aneurysm in the history of the league as Tommy H. will surely become overwhelmed trying to differentiate Ray Allen and Allen Ray. So even if the team still sucks, at least we have this to look forward to. -Drew
- I am sorry...this is terrible. This is really, really bad. The only reason I can come up is that this is Doc & Danny's last attempt to save their jobs. And at some point, you have to stop faulting them, because if they are terrible then that is what they are. If they really cant do a better job then you can keep hoping them to do so. At some point you have to fault the owners... -DkBos
So now it's time for the definitive Stoolie ranking of the Ray Allen Trade
Paul Pierce: The Straw That Stirs the Drink
...And with the 5th pick of the 2007 NBA Draft, Paul Pierce selects...
Ray Allen. University of Seattle Supersonics.
Consider the following timeline:
- Danny Ainge insists the C's are adamant about keeping the pick.
- There are "rumors" in the press that Pierce is demanding the Celts reverse six year youth movement and once and for all add a veteran for some reason other than his contract is about to expire.
- Ainge floats it out there that there's no truth to The Truth's "disgruntledness", and he and The Truth are on the same page, truthfully.
- The Celts draft a guy only to trade him.
What other logical assumption are we to jump to, other than Pierce guided this move? I'm not saying that's a good thing or a bad thing. Pierce has carried this team on his shoulders to the degree that he's been able, and he's sick of waiting while another kid who still hasn't taken off his high school mortar board is brought in, and, by the way, try to be patient while he works through his Sophomore Jinx...next season.
There's no other way to read this move. If the idea was to get a guy with down-the-road upside, the pick is Yi, who could have at least potentially given them the Al Jefferson-partner they need. If it's to placate the resident star, you get an established guy. Period. Why else would they pick up Allen, whose forte is the outside jumper, which they're already getting from Pierce and Gerald Green?
Anyway, at least we know they're kinda sorta trying to make a run for the near future, without committing the career suicide of giving up Jefferson or Green.
Ray Allen To The Celtics. Also, Danny Ainge Is A Liar.
ESPN's Andy Katz is reporting that the Celtics will be making a trade with the Supersonics for former UConn star Ray Allen.
The Celtics will give up Wally Szczerbiak, Delonte West and #5 pick Georgetown's Jeff Green.
Minus any other major deals, the Celtics would likely open next season with this starting lineup:
PG- Rajon Rondo
SG- Ray Allen
SF- Paul Pierce
PF- Al Jefferson 
C- Kendrick Perkins
Certainly good enough to make the playoffs in the Eastern Conference and Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green and Tony Allen look solid as backup options. Plus, Theo Ratliff's expiring contract is still around and Danny Ainge may be able to combine Theo and the C's second round selection to move back into the late first round.
That's short-term. Longterm- the Celtics' chances of resigning some of their young "talent" just got a lot less likely.
Also, Danny lies:
"I think [a trade] is unlikely. I'm expecting to make our pick," Ainge, the Celtics executive director of basketball operations, said Wednesday. "I've felt that way from the beginning, that these trades are hard to come by."
Celtics still have Ratliffs contract to trade come the trade deadline...thats huge.
anyone else not like this move? allen is good but he's like 32, and how long is he even signed for? I thought the plan was to go young. what the fuck is ainge doing?
dammit. dammit all to hell. we give up Ray Allen to draft a guy at #5 who plays the same position as Kevin Durant?? all I know is that we'd better do a sign-and-trade with Rashard Lewis. Otherwise, we get Great White Wally, Cold Sore Delonte, and a dime a dozen swingman for our only offense.
Fuck
cloud 9, read the post below. A lot of people hate it
Ainge sucks, he makes his decisions on brain typing.
Outside the lines July 21, 2002
JON NIEDNAGEL, PRESIDENT, BRAIN TYPING INSTITUTE- I can actually watch people move and tell you how their brain works, their cognitive abilities.
DANNY AINGE, PHOENIX SUNS HEAD COACH - You can take Red Auerbach, Jerry West, Phil Jackson --I'd take Jon Niednagel.
http://sports.espn.go.com/page2/tvlistings/show121transcript.html
oops, guess I'm late to the party
Cloud I agree 100%!! Deal makes no sense...Allen is getting older and look at his contract. Now they are stuck for the final 4 years I think it is...
Also this team has no defense. They are gonna let up 100+ a night. And fact is Pierce and Allen will miss a lot more than they make and who is gonna get the rebounds other than Big Al. Perk? Come on the guy is a waste...
And hate Delonte all u want but fact is they are going into the season with Rondo as the starting PG which is pretty weak!...
Ainge just hurt the team even more and he and Doc are as good as gone now!
They should have just made the pick and wait another 2 years for Al and Green to really develop and this pick would be in his 3rd year whoever it was. And by then they would have traded the Ratliff contract and prolly would have dealt Pierce which means a great nucleaus of young but developed talent. UGH
Khalid El Amin is available, I think. Or maybe Kevin Ollie.
Does anyone think this trade made the team a championship contender? Not even close, just putting off another couple of years of rebuilding. Sweet, we can watch the C's sneak into the playoffs for the next couple of years and get busted out in the first or second round. If anything, this trade is costing the team some good draft picks over the next couple of years. By good I mean early, obviously they would f up the picks. The only thing worse than this trade is Noah's horrendous tie!
Does this mean the Celtics are going after a big FA signing this off season. Because this deal don't look to good for the Green.
Hey remember like 2 months ago when we had all those Durant vs. Oden debates. That was awesome.
Ainge sucks. This just means a few more years of mediocrity. maybe they make the playoffs a few years, but it's early exit every time, and then lousy draft positioning again.
At least Danny saved me some time; I'll be watching these guys about the same as I watch the Bruins. let's hope for a long football season...
Wait'll Ray hires non union workers to redisign his new Boston crib. Oh boy.
If this year didn't prove that "play shitty and get a good draft position" is NOT a viable strategy, I don't know what will.
People fail to realize that this trade will likely bring the first televised brain aneurysm in the history of the league as Tommy H. will surely become overwhelmed trying to differentiate Ray Allen and Allen Ray. So even if the team still sucks, at least we have this to look forward to.
I hate Tom Heinsohn. Any guy they call Heiney is an ass!
I am sorry...this is terrible. This is really, really bad. The only reason I can come up is that this is Doc & Danny's last attempt to save their jobs. And at some point, you have to stop faulting them, because if they are terrible then that is what they are. If they really cant do a better job then you can keep hoping them to do so. At some point you have to fault the owners...if you ask somebody to make the playoffs or get fired, they of course they will do anything possibly to do so. You could have predicted they would do something crazy like this...which is why you dont put them in this situation and fire them 6 months ago.
I know we all want the Celtics to be good now, but lets face reality, folks...they are not going to win any championships with this team...and wouldnt we rather wait a few more years and then be excited about a young team that had the actual ability to win a title.
Two years from now, we will be in exactly the same position we were when Danny and Doc took over. A few play-off wins, but never anywhere near winning a title...
RAY ALLEN AND PAUL PIERCE!? This team looks nasty in NBA LIVE 2001
Celtics just got the rights to Wilt Chamberlains sperm bank supply. They traded Lucky the Leprachaun for it. THANK GOD!
We also got the 35th pick in the draft. Brewer is a better Bowen, he shined as the 3rd best player on a college championship team. Allen had his highest scoring avg. last year before he got hurt, is a 7 time All-Star and he is just 31(bad for a RB not bad for a hoops star). People hating this trade aren't reasonable. We got better, and kept Jefferson, Green and a valuable expiring contract.
What the hell is Stuart Scott doing? His first question to Durant was regarding how he can't bench press worth a lick and now all he wants to know about the Nick Young fella is about how his brother was gunned down when he was a kid. I'm sure these guys are more than happy to discuss these things on the best night of their lives.
Much like Isiah Thomas should have won the executive of the year award the past four years for single handedly 'rebuilding' championship contenders in Phoenix and Chicago by getting fleeced on deals for 'superstars,' Danny Ainge is looking to throw his hat in the ring for Executive of the Year honors in 2008 when Kevin Durant and Jeff Green prove to be infinitely better versions of Shawn Kemp and Detlef Schrempf, the Sonics win 45 games, and the team the announces its landmark move to Vegas. What's going to be harder to take-- the in-game 3 point contents between RayRay and the Truth, or the trade they both will demand by February?
Hope Danny has a good medicade plan for him
I think the trade was pretty good. Delonte West is a decent backup PG, Wally sucks, and who at #5 is that good anyways?? Corey Brewer is the same player as Tony Allen. Nobody at #5 is that good and why do the Celts need to get any younger? Green is 20 and Jeff is 23. They have the young guys. Hopefully a trip back to the East Coast is good for Allen. Two things I wanted out of tonight were to hold on to Jefferson and to not draft the Chinese Darko. Allen at the 2, Pierce at the 3 and Jefferson at the 4 next year will get them into the playoffs. With how bad the East is anything can happen once your in the playoffs.
You realize he basically just gave up on Gerald Green right?
he has no minutes/shots anymore.
How is getting Allen giving up on Green? Green will still get plenty of minutes. He's only 20 years old
Anyone who likes the trade is a damned fool. We should have taken the Chinese dude, he's a face-up 4 who wouldn't have crowded the paint on Al Jeff. And with the Chinese dude, the C's could have trotted out a lineup that included Tony Allen who can shut down opposing 2's and 3's while letting Yi develop. Now we've got Ray Ray and Pierce to defend against the opposing team's top scorer. Those two defensive dynamos don't exactly scare me, let alone a Rip Hamilton. And if they're not scaring Rip, the Wades, Melos, Iversons, LeBrons and Kobes are going to torch the C's. By the way, everybody that thinks that Ray Allen really is the Second Coming should have paid attention to the NBA this season and realized that he just got surgery on BOTH of his ankles in April and he's about to be 33 in less than a month. We're so screwed.
And I've also got beef with anybody who says that Darko can't play. Darko can ball, it's just that he wasn't getting any playing time last year. Of course you're going to say that he didn't get any playing time last year because he couldn't play. And you'd be grossly misinformed because it was a contract year for Darko, and the Magic limited his minutes so that other teams wouldn't drive the price up on him. Even if you think that isn't all that plausible, which it is, try to explain why the Magic would start Tony Battie. Darko's also like 22, so he's still got time to develop anyways, but let's just jump on the guy because he couldn't crack a lineup in Detroit that included Rasheed Wallace, Ben Wallace, Antonio McDyess and Dale Davis: all of whom were All-Stars.
Define plenty.
25?
And that's if Doc Rivers all of a sudden develops an ability to manage a lineup. Which he's yet to do.
I LOVE this trade, of course I'm a Sonics fan!
Next Ainge will try to give us Jefferson for Rashard and Watkins! hahahahahahahahaahhahahahhhaaha
Whats up with Seattle just giving it to boston lately??
20-25 minutes a game is plenty for a kid who's still 20 years old. Jermaine O'Neal didn't even get off the bench until year 3-4. How many minutes did you want Green to play? 35-40?
And you'd be grossly misinformed because it was a contract year for Darko, and the Magic limited his minutes so that other teams wouldn't drive the price up on him. Even if you think that isn't all that plausible, which it is, try to explain why the Magic would start Tony Battie.
— jvforlive8, Jun 28 2007, 9:48 pm
You're a moron. You think the Magic purposely sat Darko this season to keep his price down? That may be the dumbest thing I've heard on this board all day. I'm not surprised that you like Yi since he's no more than a Chinese Darko. Yi is going to be terrible
Dana I don't know what minutes are required for somebody to develop, but a 2 guard being compared to an insanely athletic 4/5 doesn't really make much sense to me.
Doc Rivers: "Bad news, Danny... remember how you wanted us to follow the Isiah Thomas mold for making horrible trades? Yeah... well... just disregard the Zach Randolph trade. Pretend like it didn't happen. We can't be derailed on our quest to set the Guiness world record for most money made for the shittiest job done... one day, Carl Pavano's place in history shall be our's!!!"
I think this was a good trade for the celtics. I mean, let's see, they could've had Corey Brewer. Big fucking deal. This guy plays defense like eddy curry, shoots like dennis rodman, has eddy curry's heart, vin baker's drinking problem, and len bias' affinity for the nose candy.
Like I said, 20-25 minutes a game is plenty. Explain how this is giving up on Green again? That makes no sense
Or wait, maybe Dana Bible was wrong in his assessment of Corey Brewer...Maybe he was the most important player (arguably) on a two time collegiate national champion...
Dana 20-25 minutes per game as the 2nd (at best) or 3rd option, never actually GETTING shots isn't a way for a guy to develop.
And go ahead, someone bring up Ed O Bannon or what's his face from Michigan State.
HaHa. You have no idea what you're talking about.
1. He's going to be coming off the bench, so he will get shots.
2. Have you watched any Celtics games in the past 2 years? Getting shots isn't what this kid needs. He needs to work on his defense.
So by playign on a team that is incapable of playing defense (with one of the worst defenders in the league, Ray Allen) this is going to help him?
He's coming off the bench to play along side Ray Allen and/or Paul Pierce.
He'll never get shots.
Shawn Respert from MSU by the way.
devo - Mix in a clue. Ed O'Bannon didn't win 2 Titles, neither did anyone from Michigan State
You're all over the place. He won't be on the floor with Pierce and Allen so how will that take away shots from him. He'll be the first or second scoring option on the second unit. That's a great way for him to develop.
Isiah Thomas just pulled off the deal of the draft. He got a guy that puts up 23 and 10, and a couple of nice spare parts, for a jump-shooting vagina and a player whose only claim to fame now is being Cuttino Mobley's supposed gay lover.
Do you really think they're going to play significant minutes with all three of Allen, Pierce, Jefferson out of the lineup at the same time?
Green will be the 4th, 3rd, and at best 2nd option with the second unit. Which, mind you, got a lot worse with Delonte West not involved.
He'll be the 4th, 3rd or 2nd option? Considering there are only 5 guys on the court you're really not saying anything.
I'm saying he's not going to be the 1st or 2nd like you are.
You said - Ainge was giving up on Green which is False.
You said - Green won't get any minutes to develop which is False
Now your saying he won't get enough shots.
Don't trip while backpeddling
You really think all these teams would be willing to give Darko something close to a 10 million dollar/year deal if Darko couldn't play? Teams are still trying to give him that kind of money even though he got held down. If you don't think he was getting held down, then logically explain why Tony Battie would be starting over him.
So just standing around watching helps development?
Scalabrine should be a stud next year.
I want Glen Davis with our next pick. What do you guys think?
Hung, I agree. He could come in, bang a little, knock some people down. I also wouldn't mind seeing the kid from UMass, Lasme.
Another 2 guard.
Dana, they still haven't given up on Green, right?
ok, well maybe the next pick.
That's a good pick. Chad Ford had Pruitt ranked 21st over all. He pretty much replaces Delonte both offensively and defensively. A decent combo guard.
Did Mike Lindall call someone a liar?
Now that's irony.....or stupidity.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BIG BABY!
He's gonna knock some heads.
There you go Hung.
Now move Jefferson, Green, Ratliff, and next year's #1 to Minny for Garnett and lets go compete for a title.
Now we have Big Papi and Big Baby
Big Baby and Jesus Shuttlesworth in one draft. The NBA, it's faaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnntaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssstic.
It's not okay for a baseball player to eat a house, but it's okay for a basketball player to do that?
Now I've heard it all.
Glen Davis = Hot Plate Williams
Danny...
1. Moved Wally and the 5 for Allen upgrading the offense immediately
2. Kept Big Al and GG
3. Replaced Delonte and got great value with Pruitt
4. Kept the expiring contract of Theo
5. Got great value with Big Baby
6. Kept Pierce and Al happy by giving them a fighting chance in the weak East
Defense is going to be a problem but how can you not consider tonight a success. Did any of you really want to wait 3 years for a team with Yi and no Pierce?
Newest rumor: Kirilenko for Ratliff, GG and a future #1. I'm all over that.
No D, but we're putting up a hundo every game.
Nicely said Salty! The Celts are not done, but Nets and Knicks just got better too. Lets get AK and see what happens in the East.
Celts fans,
IT'S CALLED CELTICS! Just wanted to welcome you to Bruinsfanland. Have a (yellow) seat. Plenty available. Enjoy the $7 Heineken and perenially inferior product. Now look for your cue on the jumbotron.
With regret,
Bruins fans
Congrats celts fans. You guys have locked up the #5 seed for the next 4 years, and nothing higher. Fantastic move getting Ray Ray.
Cap will probably be at 53-57 million for this coming season, the C's will have roughly 45 million tied up in Pierce, Allen and Ratliff. If they keep Ratliff and trade for Kirilenko (4 years at 61 mill), their cap number will be 45-48 next year for Pierce, Allen and Kirilenko. Thing is, Al Jeff is a UFA after this year and will probably demand a 10 million dollar a year deal. The C's CAN'T trade Ratliff for another veteran and expect to be able to sign Al Jefferson long term.
Marion, do you have any idea about Kirilenko? He's one of the best defenders in the league.
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Breaking News: JESUS IS COMING TO BOSTON! Celts Get Ray Allen
Celts trade the #5 pick and Delonte West and Wally Szerbiak for Ray Allen!
Whoa Baby....
Unwatchable draft only hours away
Instead of some in depth post about potential Celtic draft picks with only hours to go before the #5 pick, UB has decided to post this classic clip of this dumbass kid wrecking his knee. If nothing else it will give you a chuckle and help you forget that no mater who we get tonight, we're still screwed for years to come. With trade talks all but dead, most experts believe the C's will take Yi Jianlian. He might be the best pick at that position, but something about ESPN's draft prediction page just has UB feeling a little uneasy...
Look at these photos of the top 9 from the page: Do any of these guys not look right? (Cue the Sesame Street jingle "one of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn't belong...")
Yeah, so Joakim is also odd looking in this group, but you get UB's point. Yi is the complete unknown. And that's who is supposed to lead our resurgence to greatness?
Well it's off to the liquor store for UB...
Trishelle is at McFadden's Tonight!
Can you feel the excitement in the air? Tonight is the big night. Trishelle is going to be at McFadden’s for the Little Black Dress party. Essentially what this means is chicks who wear black dresses get to cut the line and get in for free. That’s fine by me. The more girls the merrier. But El Pres will be coming for one reason and one reason only. To get me a picture of myself with Trishelle to add to my ever growing collection of El Pres with MTV stars collection. The only problem is that we have a Ms. Barstool Sports event tonight at the Joshua Tree in Somerville from 10-12. So I’m going to have to pull me a “John 3:16” trick and be everywhere all at once.
I can’t wait to report back tomorrow with a ranking on how hot Trishelle is in person. I’m thinking I’m going to have her at a solid 8.
Golfing Hotness: Paula Creamer vs Anna Rawson
Here we are with Day 2 of what we hope will culminate with the crowning of a Barstool Sports Ultimate Pro Golf Babe (yesterday's winner Natalie Gulbis advances to the next round). Today's match up pits Paula Creamer vs Anna Rawson.
Paula Creamer:
- The 20-year-old was named 2005 LPGA Rookie of the Year
- Has 3 wins on LPGA tour and 5 total pro wins
- Top 10 ranking from Women's World Golf
- Won 19 amateur national titles, 11 American Junior Golf Association tournaments
- Nicknamed "The Pink Panther"
Anna Rawson:
- The 26-year-old from Australia is a model and golfer on the Ladies European Tour
- South Australian, Victoria Junior Champion, Jack Newton International Junior Classic winner
- Member of the 1999 Australian National Squad
- Member of the USC NCAA Championship team
- Finalist in the Australian "Dolly" Magazine model cover contest
Eesh...Tough call here. Paula is the better golfer, while Anna appears to be hotter with the modeling background...1 for Paula, 10 for Anna.
Shocking Sports Discovery- Red Sox Fans Are Assholes!
The Red Sox have spent most of June playing teams from west of the 
Mississippi- Oakland, Arizona, Colorado, San Francisco, San Diego and Seattle- and more or less have gone about the business of sleepwalking into the postseason as AL East Champions. Seattle pulls off a three game sweep and the Sox's lead in the division drops from 10 games to 9- yawn.
But the most startling news from the Sox's recent dalliance with western teams is the discovery by opposing fans and media that Red Sox fans are...assholes.
Some of the West Coast's sharpest knives are on the case-
- Red Sox fans suck. Badly...I think to myself, where did these people come from? Surely half of Massachusetts couldn't have moved to San Francisco. And, how do so many always end up at my beloved Oakland Colisium for A's vs Red Sox games? And why are they so obnoxious? And why do they all look the same? (Dollar Wednesdays)
- Contrary to popular belief, the Red Sox fans were quite cordial this past weekend. If by cordial you mean, absolute fucktards, albeit with an apologetic tone after shitting on our town. And to the guy that was from Clairmont, donning his freshly unwrapped McBastard Town jersey, eat shit pal. I couldn't care less if you ignored the Padres growing up for the Red Jerx, there's no excuse for your existence in this town. Quietly pack up your shit and get out. You are useless here. Eat mule balls and put it on youtube. (Super Chargers)
- I don't understand Red Sox fans — the Red Sox Nation, if you will. Red Sox fans think they're God's gift to baseball. Some would say Yankees fans are the same way, and maybe they used to be. But not anymore...They believe it's their right, their privilege, to always be in the pennant race. They've won, what, one World Series? Yet they believe they're the greatest...The Red Sox Nation has taken over as most obnoxious in baseball. The holier-than-thou attitude really bothers me. (Inside Bay Area)
No shit, Sherlock's.
One of the funniest aftereffects of the Red Sox winning the World Series has to 
watching other baseball fans slowly come to the realization that real Red Sox fans are nothing like Jimmy Fallon's castrated, hopelessly optimistic, love my Sawx to the day I die, good-natured Ben Wrightman from Fever Pitch.
And yeah, some of the assholes in question are no doubt the bandwagon fans that Boston.com's Eric Wilbur is determined to hunt down and exterminate.
But regardless of what color hat they're wearing and despite what the fans and reporters on the West Coast may think, Red Sox fans have always been sorta assholes. It didn't matter that the team hadn't won a World Series since 1918. It didn't matter that the Yankees were the Yankees of yore and actually managed to finish above .500. It didn't matter that every aspect of the organization- ownership, management, facilities, players, etc.- were all second rate. Sox fans were still assholes because that's kinda the way we/they are naturally.
We just embraced our natural ability and went with it. A World Series title didn't suddenly turn Red Sox fans into assholes. It just made us World Champion assholes.
Barstool Classic: "Larry Holmes Kicked Me and Punched Me"
Am I the only one totally addicted to watching The Best Damn Sports Show countdown lists? They’ve got everything from the best baseball plays, best blowups, best dunks etc. It seems like these top list shows are on 24/7 and they show the same ones over and over, but I watch them every time. You got to give credit where credit is due and Best Damn did an awesome job compiling these things.
Anyway, I was watching “Best Blowups” yesterday for the billionth time (it’s my favorite one) and I felt the need to post my favorite clip of all time. Of course I’m talking about when Larry Holmes runs across the top of a car and Super Fly Snuka’s Trevor Berbick (RIP)
This clip works on so many levels I don’t even know where to begin. For starters, I love the fact that Berbick is trying to convince people that Larry Holmes assaulted him. It’s almost like he is building a case in a court of law and is worried nobody will believe him. And then all of a sudden you hear a gasp and scream and here comes Larry Holmes resplendent in a white jump suit, sprinting across the top of a car and launching himself at Berbick. Case closed! I believe you Trevor. Clearly you had an altercation of some sort leading to this high risk maneuver.
I literally will never get tired of this clip.
Cops vs. Skateboarders
I got the cops back on this one. First of all I hate skateboarders. I feel like the world would be a better place without them. I cringe every time I drive by a skateboard park and see more kids there than on baseball fields. So I'm all for police brutality against skateboard punks. Having said that what did these kids thing was going to happen when they ran? You can't run from the cops and not expect to get beaten down. Choke them to death is what I say.
Plumbers Picket Brady's Apartment; Call Him A Cheapskate
Inside Track - New England Patriots[ team stats]QB/QT - and fledgling real estate flipper - Tom Brady[ stats] is under fire by the Plumbers & Gasfitters Union who want their brothers on the job at Brady’s Beacon Street rehab installing all of the bowls - Super or otherwise!
“We’re not going to any Pats games until he builds union,” said Francis Jensen of Local 12, who with about a half-dozen of his brethren threw up an informational picket line in front of No. 12’s Back Bay condo yesterday. Added union captain Tom Koney: “Here’s a guy who gets paid millions for what he does but he doesn’t believe in paying plumbers a decent wage.”
Metric president Geoffre Karaboolad said he would have been happy to hire union plumbers for the Brady job but none contacted him during the bidding process and “all of the obligations to hire any of the workers are ours, and we did not confer with Tom about who to hire,” he said.
But the plumbers say that Brady was aware of their pipe gripes because they sent a letter to the two-time Super Bowl MVP’s agents before throwing up the picket line, and they never heard anything back. “Our members are great Patriots supporters, and we didn’t want to embarrass him,” Cotter said. “But we are disappointed he didn’t respond.” Cotter said Local 12 has a special place in their hearts for No. 12 - natch - and feel that the lack of response was a “slap in the face.”
So let me get this straight. The plumbers sent Tom Brady a letter and he didn’t respond? Holy shit! I guess Brady really is an asshole. I mean it’s not like he gets a ton of mail or anything like that. I know when I send a letter to one of the most popular athletes in the world I expect a hand written response within 24 hours of receipt.
Also let’s call a spade a spade. Sure Geoffre Karaboolad is trying to bite the bullet for Brady, but you know that Brady hand picked the non union plumbing company himself. After all what else does he have to do besides fucking Gisele, playing in celebrity golf tournaments and traveling the world?
I’m sure scouring the yellow pages for the cheapest plumbing company to fix his shitter is his top priority in life right now. I just hope the Pats can withstand the financial ramifications of a 12 man boycott this season.
What The F-ck Happened To Alicia Silverstone?
Honestly what happened to her? Did she just turn ugly over night? Or was she really never that pretty to begin with? I guess it shouldn't be a surprise that her roles in movies have all but disappeared. You can't put a mug like that on the silver screen. Regardless it's just crazy how far she has fallen. I mean it didn't get any better than Alicia Silverstone during her Aerosmith and Babysitter days. (I always felt dirty watching The Babysitter) But looking back at the photos of her even when she was at the top of her game, I'm not sure how hot she ever really was. Sure she wasn't gross, but maybe we should have seen her downfall coming. How old was she when she was hot? Like 14?
Dan Shaughnessy Speaks The Truth About No Sports At Stoneham High School
Dan Shaughnessy tackles the Stoneham School Committee's decision to cancel all sports at the high school in today's Globe.
And I agree with everything he has to say. Including this:
A high school without teams is a body without heart, without soul. It's also a recipe for disaster. We need our kids applying their bodies and minds in those hours after the last bell rings. We need them learning the lessons of team-above-self, dedication, and commitment.
Eliminating high school sports in order to address mounting budgetary problems (that almost certainly have nothing to do with JV girls basketball) is the type of short-sighted decision that ruins the high school experience for the hundreds of students (and parents) directly affected. But in the long term, it creates an identity crisis that no municipality wants- we're broke and if you live here and have kids that want to play sports, then prepare to pay for private school. Oh, and we're gonna be jacking up your property taxes every year and if you want us to pick up your trash, that's $200.
What young couple planning to start a family would move to Stoneham now? The bad publicity from the School Committee's decision may be even more damaging to Stoneham's financial future than the $3 million budget shortfall that prompted the elimination of high school sports in the first place. Lower housing prices; a graying population that eats up municipal resources; little public support for educational spending of any kind (which happens when none of the tax payers actually have children in the schools their taxes support); tougher times for local businesses without the local families that buy their subs, milk, newspaper, oil changes, etc.
The only people that benefit from this decision are the coaches of the private schools in the area. Now they get to cherry-pick Stoneham's best athletes for their own teams.
Check out SavetheSpartans.com for more information.
They did technically make the pick.