Anthony Randolph has quietly become one of the NBA’s most exciting and dynamic rookies.  He’s gone unnoticed in large part because he plays for the lowly Golden State Warriors and his coach seems to be conspiring to ruin his already fragile psyche. Randolph is 6′10″ with hops and handles.  On just about any other team (save Boston and the Lakers) Randolph would at least garner 30-35 minutes a game.  Playing under Nelson, who disdains rookies, his playing time has no correlation to his skill or better yet potential.

It’s getting to the point where I almost want to see him traded so I can at least watch him play for a team that values his unlimited potential.

Bill Simmons, in his recent mail bag, has even taken notice of Randolph’s prolific skills. “He’s one of the most breathtaking rookies I’ve seen in person — ever — for all the reasons you just described. There has never been anyone quite like him. He’s like a cross between Josh Smith and Lamar Odom, only if you fed him 10 Red Bulls and told him right before the game, “If you can make 10 things happen during the 10 minutes you play tonight, we will quadruple your salary and you will start for the rest of the season” … and then he does just that, but the coach reneges on the promise so Anthony has a near-crying meltdown on the bench. That’s every Anthony Randolph game. I caught him once and, in the span of two hours, he made three “MY GOD!” plays and broke down on the Warriors’ bench because Nellie wouldn’t put him back in, followed by an assistant consoling him through an entire timeout like Randolph was a third grader who got in trouble for something he didn’t do, then had a meltdown and got kicked out of class. It was riveting. The odds of me missing another Clips-Warriors game for the next five years are 10,000-to-1.”

I guess white men can jump.

ESPN reported that, “New Jersey Nets free agent Nenad Krstic signed a two year deal worth $3 million euros per year with Triumph Moscow early Tuesday morning, Krstic’s agent, Marc Cornstein, said.” That $3 million euros translates to roughly $9 million per year here in the States considering exchange rate and the fact that European clubs pay all the players’ taxes. 

This is definitely starting to be a problem for the NBA.  Krstic is number 7 so far this year to opt for Europe over the NBA.  Krstic joins Josh Childress, Bostjan Nachbar, Juan Carlos Navarro, Jorge Garbajosa, Carlos Delfino and Primoz Brezec.

Let’s face it until the dollar recovers this will continue to happen.  Think about this from the perspective of a European player playing in the NBA.  Most of them would probably rather be closer to home and play for a league where their team members actually play like a team and play every game as though it matters instead of worrying about their stats or if their getting enough respect from the refs. 

This is just another in a long line of problems the NBA is facing.  Madness predicts Stern will do nothing.  What I really want to know is where’s the tipping point for Yahoo to come out with Fantasy Euro Ball!?

Awwwww
 

Photo’s of previously uncontacted/unknown Amazonian tribe.  Question: Why are 2 of them orange? Looks fake.

Awww yeah! Here’s to your Never Ending Weekend.  Side note check out the sick mullet with highlights.

First video recording of aliens to be shown today. 

Al - what did you expect?

Addicted to music? 15 websites you should know. 

Chest bumps anyone?

NBA to implement fines for flopping! There goes Ginobli’s season.

High School Sophmore basketball phenom has a film crew entourage.

Have any Bathroom reading?

Lot cooler if you did

World’s deepest swimming pool.  Kind of has an eerie feeling about it.

Everybody (liberal friends) hates FoxNews but they’ve been #1 now for 77 straight months.  Ailes knows the beating heart of America is not the silver tongue of Olberman but the black and white, I am right, you’re wrong analysis of Bill “F*ck it, we’ll do it live” O’Reilly.

Everyone can now relax.  The Leaning Tower of Pisa is saved. 

Cool shot of Mile Marker 13

I can see how that can be confusing

Beverly Hills Cop 4 in the works

Ever wonder why your flight doesn’t go straight?

Sick sketches of San Francisco’s new Transbay Terminal.

Rare video footage of young Hillary Clinton

Handicapped? Need to mow the lawn.  You no longer have an excuse.

Mmmbop, Ba Duba Dop Ba Do Bop, Ba Duba Dop Ba Do Bop, Ba Duba Dop Ba Do.

All work and no play makes Hill-Dog a dull girl.  Drink up it eases the pain.