Before I dive into this H2O business (note the pun), a few quick thoughts: first of all, we should create a space for quick thoughts (just a thought). second, 11.6 million for being called a 'bitch'? that fucking fucking bitch. thirdly, speaking of ABS and her 11.6 mil, at least now she can afford a sex change.
Now, before we really get into H2O2 (get it, because its his second time around AND its still a water), his addition to a roster that already boasts Q-Rich, J-Craw, D-Lee and company really highlights how far nicknames in the NBA, and professional sports in geneal, have fallen. Is taking a players first initial and pairing it with the first syllable of his last name really the best that the American sports nation can do? Gone are the days of Chuck 'The Rifleman' Person, Stacy 'Plastic Man' Augmon, The Dunkin' Dutchman Rik Smits, Isiah 'Sugar in the Britches' Thomas, and so on. Have we sunk so far that 'Melo is now a clever and refreshing moniker? And worse, when players surnames prevent us from jamming them into this creatively challenged caste of nicknames (i.e. Terrell Owens/Jermaine O'neal), we dumb it down even more, replacing the first SYLLABLE of the last name with the first LETTER of the last name. This formula breeds superstars that we now casually refer to as T.O., J.O. and a bevy of others. How has it come to this? Do David Stern and Bud Selig and Roger Goodell need to add linguists to their payrolls? And who is to blame for this derth in creativity? Does the blame fall on the team announcers, we the fans, or does it perhaps lie elsewhere? I'll let you soak this up before I tackle the H2O issue (zing!), and perhaps one of you can identify the source of the nickname drought (double zing!)
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Found my collection of old basketball cards yesterday, thought I would share some shots from the most honerable knicks teams of the 90s.
Gotta pay respect to the man in the middle....
We miss you big man.
This is Petra, and she's really fly.
Supposedly this is the dancer Isiah / MSG paid to flirt with Referees. Who knows if this is true (it came out after this whole harassment case, and right now any money hungry female garden employee is planning a case against MSG...but i wouldn't doubt it.). Good job Isiah.
This guy is supposed to lead the Knicks to a NBA title?
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also gone and not forgotten, the days of Robert "The Chief" Parish, Dennis "The Worm" Rodman, Daron "Mookie" Blaylock,,, and of course, Vinny "The Microwave" Johnson and perhaps my favorite, Armon "The Hammer" Gilliam....... And if it werent that it would have been plain mean and offensive, history would have fondly remembered him as Tyrone "The Alien" Hill. Some of us do.
I always called Tyrone Hill "skeletor" or "the ugliest man on the planet".
Since we are getting into nicknames perhaps we should give ourselves nicknames. I'm toying with Arthur "I just beat off to that picture of Petra that Jeremy put up" Mallet.
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