Well, it was back to the old ways last night for Ridnour/Watson, as Bob Hill went with Earl Watson for the fourth quarter (they actually played together for a couple of minutes mid-way through), and the Sonics came away with another win, despite an off-night from Sugar Ray.What can you say about Chris Wilcox that hasn’t already been said? The guy has been flat-out amazing since his arrival in Seattle, and the only man more excited about his performance than us has to be his agent. For crying out loud, Wilcox has probably made his unborn grandchildren rich by his performance the past few weeks. After all, if Jerome James and Calvin Booth can get 5-year deals based on a week’s worth of average performances, how much does The Beast get for playing near-All Star-like for a couple of weeks?
For all the Ridnour-bashing of the past week, you have to give him credit for posting a strong +11 last night, for nailing all 8 of his FTs, and for dishing out 10 assists (his third double-digit performance in four games). Face it, people, the man can run an offense; if we could get him to trade places with Watson as he runs back on defense, we’d have one of the three best PGs in the league.
All in all, a stellar game for the Sonics.
"if we could get him to trade places with Watson as he runs back on defense, we’d have one of the three best PGs in the league."
ReplyDeleteHere's where basketball could borrow something from hockey. On-the-fly line changes. I can't say I've seen it in action in an actual hockey game, but it was pretty damn cool to switch lines in NHL 94 (Genesis). Just think--Luke would never have to play defense again!
I think one of those weird minor basketball leagues actually tried something like this, along with some oddball rules that addressed late-game fouling. Kooky.
Kudos to Luke.. He deserved the bashing after those inane comments and the total choke job in the 4th against the Kings. But boy was he fired up to redeem himself last night. 2 steals in the first, some sweet passes (that behind the back bounce pass on one of Wilcox's misses was especially sweet). I love having Luke to run our offense, I love having Watson to D-up in the 4th even more :).
ReplyDeleteI picture of the Burger King dude on this site gives me the queebs.
ReplyDeleteI don't care how many power forwards the Sonics have on the roster, there's always room for Shawn Kemp. Sign him, pick up GP in the offseason on a one-year MLE, and let's roll. Thanks for the link, c-dub.
ReplyDeleteI think that Wilcox just needed to get away from all those Dookies on the Clips (Brand, Maggette, Ewing -- even Mike D's son went there).
ReplyDeleteThey were just keeping that old Terp down...
And by all means, bring Kemp back for the memories and the green dope. Just make sure isn't packing the marsupial pouch he had in Cleveland and Port-Vegas.
getting Kemp back on crack is the key. he was a beast on it. once he got off it, he started to eat and got fat. i think their should be a clause in his contract stipulating that he must stay on crack.
ReplyDeleteCorrection. Not crack... just the pure white stuff.
ReplyDeleteif i knew shit about Nowitzki, i'd say something...Ridnour is high alright, high on god...he's straight up a god boy. i've followed Kemp forever, AND I LOVED HIS GAME, it was just said that the dude did the stuff as well as create a nationwide litter of little Kemps across the U.S. ain't about no black/white B.S. - "y'all" must be implying that we, filipinos flew that into OUR communities where both, blacks, asians, and others of ethnic background reside...riiight.
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