1. Watching the Nuggets over the past month has been painful. For those who initially thought their poor play was not due to the absence of their coach (myself included), their first round playoff catastrophe with the Jazz has been decisive evidence to the contrary. Regardless of who is on the floor, they are getting outworked, outplayed, out coached, and quite simply, embarrassed.
Not even our beloved Chauncey can herd these cats on the floor. With no one to provide a calming, emotionally stable influence, the Nuggets are coming unglued. Their failures are certainly known by the players and coaching staff, but changes have not been made. They're simply not moving the ball, and when they do, they play careless and turn it over. In their three losses, the Nuggets averaged 15.6 assists per game, and a loathsome 16.3 turnovers per game. Good heavens.
And now, down 3-1 to the Jazz, good 'ol J.R. Smith offered up this gem via his Twitter account:
"You play selfish you lose selfish that's all I'm saying about the game!"
Golly J.R., thank you for enlightening us. For the series he's shot 15-44 from the field, just in case any of you were curious.
2. The near 24-hour NFL draft coverage this year was completely out of hand, as was the non-stop discussion of the Broncos selection of Tim Tebow. All of the broadcasters, analysts, and irate fans really need to calm down and take a walk, have a drink, eat some cookies or something other than wring your hands at the decision. We've now been inundated with talk of his ability, his leadership, his faith, his lack of technique, his eye black, his favorite cereal, playing in a spread offense, his work ethic, and all of his future failures.
I plan on being patient, and watching this whole thing play out, good or bad. Because the fact is, none of those high-profile bigmouths that were smeared all over our screens during the draft coverage have any damn clue what will happen here with Mr. Tebow. Time will tell.
And, if you happen to be curious, you should go back through some archived draft coverage to see what the "experts" had to say about the player who was drafted in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft at pick number 199.
3. The Hype Machine is already screwing with the Rockies. Jorge De La Rosa has a torn tendon band in his middle finger, and he'll be sent to the DL for an undefined length of time. Oh, and another starting pitcher, Jason Hammel has a strained groin and will be out for a bit. Oh, and Chris Iannetta is being sent down to the minors to figure out what's wrong with his swing.
Damn the hype.
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