Here comes the all-Dreg edition of Fact or Fiction (because nobody wants to talk about bad teams). By the way, how in the HELL did Sasha Vujacic land Maria Sharapova? Next thing you're going to tell me is Marko Jaric married Adriana Lima...wait...that HAPPENED? And they had a kid? Andrew Bynum nailed Rihanna? Seriously? And here I thought Pau Gasol dating a smoking hot black girl in Memphis was amazing (and she was hot...). You wish you could have your Clippers playoff prediction back.
Fact-ish: I made that prediction a day before Blake Griffin went down. But I'm a man, I use Old Spice, and I'm 30! So I'll own it. If you could dump any player on this team, but if you keep them, you keep the contract, only Griffin, Eric Gordon, and DeAndre Jordan stays. And Al Thornton is 27 I think, so his flaws are probably not going away. They are also listless as a team. They don't have a lot of energy (I watched them a bit when I had the NBA League Pass preview).
Memphis should fold.
Fiction: I'm harsh! I make up all these statements! Again, same criteria as LAC and I only keep Marc Gasol and O.J. Mayo (would keep Rudy Gay but he wants like $14M/season). We have already talked about the bad moves for this year. Let's think about the future. They have Zach Randolph for 2 more seasons at something like $32 million. They do not have a truly marketable player. Lionel Hollins has been a nice assistant, but there's no indication of his head coaching skills. And Heisley and Chris Wallace has shown no insight into the future. Wait a minute...did I make the argument to fold? Sorry. At least we have...uhhh...OJ Mayo?
New Jersey is horrible.
Fiction: New Jersey is injured. I looked at their box score a game ago and didn't even recognize a few of their STARTERS! Devin Harris, Courtney Lee, Yi Jianlian are all out. Chris Douglas-Roberts is out now I believe. I don't care what team you are, if you lose 4 of your top 7 players, including your best, you're losing in the NBA. I still like this team. I think once everyone comes off injury, you can really evaluate this team. Brook Lopez, the Venezuelan Victoria Secret model...wait...that's a guy's name? Seriously? Anyway, he's playing well...right? Yes. Yes he is.
New York needs to hope for James.
Fact: Uhhh...yeah. The good news? It looks like Danilo Gallinari might be ok. It also looks like David Lee can contribute on a good team (and apparently, dates the hot chick from the World Poker Tour). The bad news? This team stinks. Al Harrington is terrible and he's their #1 guy. Eddy Curry gets paid 10M just to stay away. Larry Hughes makes $13M and it's considered a success if he scores in double figures. And Nate Robinson wouldn't crack the rotation on a good team. Yeah, here comes Lebron! They'd win a title in 2011 with him!
Minnesota giving up 146 to Golden State is embarrassing.
Fact: Especially if you consider that Stephen Jackson lead the team in assists and nobody likes him! We know Minnesota is rebuilding. Jonny Flynn is scoring but not dishing. Al Jefferson looks lost surrounded by bad shooters and bad passers. Ramon Sessions looks like a bust. On the bright side, Kevin Love is still Tweeting (or Twittering...someone help me with this). And somehow, Rashad McCants was a T-pup when he dated Khloe Kardashian and Marko Jaric found Adriana Lima. So let's see if someone else can outkick his coverage.
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