Random Thoughts on a Friday Afternoon

It’s been a while since I’ve posted some random thoughts, so why not on a Friday to get you ready for your weekends?!

Lonzo Ball, certified. Put a stamp on it. My word, I was at the game thanks to my little sister’s taking me for my birthday. Loudest I’ve heard Pauley in over a decade.

Speaking of that game, glad I went. I was listed as “Questionable – Illness, back spasms”. Thankfully I gutted it out from my chair. Feel free to praise me as you please.

President Trump’s odds to be impeached on off-shore betting sites are around 5/2. I reminded someone that if he’s impeached, we’re still stuck with Pence. To which I was reminded, “yes, but at least Pence won’t blow up the world.” Touché.

The loudest collective groan I’ve heard in person occurred at that UCLA game last night when this poor cheerleader fell from the pyramid. She was on the ground motionless for several seconds after which, because the TV timeout was ending, someone decided it would be a good idea to pick her up and run with her as if it was a pick-six and she was the football. That didn’t go well. Solid running WWE power slam though.

I am not good at being sick. I complain 24/7 and just want to figure out how to remove my head from my neck.

I will always feel dirty rooting for my Bruins as long as they’re coached by Steve Alford. Yes, I would feel that way even if the Bruins played defense or flashed the high post against the zone.

To be fair to President Trump, his “I have no doubt that we’ll win” about his failed travel ban order is a more encouraging cheer than when we U.S. soccer fans chant “I believe that we will win” during the World Cup.

Yes, I loved Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer on SNL, but I’m still upset that Chris Farley is not alive to have played a role that couldn’t be more perfect for him.

Sorry Tom Brady, if you are vocal in your support Trump and put his hat in your locker, people are allowed to ask you about it. Not only that, but Donald Trump used your name on the campaign trail with no objection from you. You have a large voice and chose to use it to support Agent Orange’s run for the Presidency. Now you get to live with that decision.

How much money did President Trump pay Jimmy Dolan for the Knicksocalypse to take sports fans’ collective attention off of the Trump Administration’s dumpster fire of a start to a Presidency?

“JaVale McGee (glute contusion) will be available to play against the Grizzlies on Friday.”

I am nowhere near mature enough to read the above sentence and not laugh.

This Lakers season is turning out perfectly. The team is fun to watch, plays with effort and intensity, but is still bad enough to have a more than decent chance to keep the top-3 protected pick in next year’s draft.

At this rate, the only people at the White House to celebrate the Patriots’ Super Bowl will be Robert Kraft, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady.

As someone who hasn’t always been exactly pro-Carmelo, I have to ask, is there a way to handle his current situation in a classier way than he has? He is the only person coming out of this Knicks mess unscathed. Well, as long as you don’t watch the Knicks’ offense stop every time he catches the ball because everybody knows the shot’s going up.

In unsurprising news, The Lead Sports is reporting that Charles Oakley may have been slightly tipsy during his run in at the Garden. But they nailed it, Oakley is still the man and Dolan, well, not so much.

Yes, I write for The Lead Sports. No, I wasn’t involved in the writing of the above article and therefore commending myself.

No, I wasn’t paid anything to post it either. Sheesh, what’s with the inquisition?

Quick note to The White House: Leaving the Jews out of your statement about the Holocaust is still anti-Semitic even though you got a Jew to write it.

I’m obviously not a fan of Ivanka’s father-in-law owning a baseball team, but if it means getting rid of Loria, I’m in.

Not sure who spit more fire today, Passan in the linked column above on Loria, or Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s responding to Trump’s “see you in court” with: “We’ve seen him in court twice, and we’re two for two.”

Is it weird that the Chargers and Rams play in Los Angeles but the Raiders and 49ers are still the most popular teams in L.A.? Um, yes.

I think that my least favorite people now are the ones who send envelopes to you in the mail but used about four rolls of scotch tape to seal them.

Ok, that’s all for today. Watch for my column on rec. center dad stereotypes on The Lead Sports this Sunday.

 

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